Friday Afternoon Videos, Part 2: ‘Frames of Reference’

May 30th, 2008 at 04:10pm Will Pfeifer

It’s been a tough week for movie fans, with both Sydney Pollack and Harvey Korman shuffling off to the great beyond, so here’s a fun, fascinating montage of movie clips to end things on a happier note. It comes courtesy of the Cinema Styles blog, and expertly edits clips from dozens (hundreds?) of movies to “Complex City,” a piece of music composed and conducted by Oliver Nelson. There’s no sound from the movies themselves, but you don’t miss it. “Complex City” both ties all those frames together and carries them along to a thrilling conclusion.

 The variety of movies is pretty amazing, too, with everything from ALIEN to TOUCH OF EVIL to A CHRISTMAS STORY to THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC to JAWS to THE BIG LEBOWSKI included, and believe me, that’s barely scraping the surface. See how many you can spot.

Set aside six and a half minutes, turn up your speakers and enjoy…

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