mercredi 28 novembre 2012

lundi 26 novembre 2012

Stupeflip - J'refume du shit ( Audio track ) 2002


vs the previous post  ! ( Since I smoke dope again ! That's why the guy is runnin' to nowhere forever ...) bit sad & funny too  ....

Stupeflip - Je fume pu d'shit ( Dir : S.Bellenger & JP. Michel ) 2002


amazing song (  " Since I gave up smokin' dope " ) , funny & catchy , Jacno's cameo , followed by ....

Hesta Prynn - Can We Go Wrong ( Dir : Randy Scott Slavin ) 2010


amazing stop motion vid ( 13 k still photographs ! ), singing limit out of tune but sexy ( I like the dimple ) & catchy indie pop , arty , Central Park  , Can I go wrong ?

dimanche 25 novembre 2012

Mexican Institute of Sound - Mexico ( 2012 )


hypnotic & catchy track ,  footages of protest against the unbearable violence of today's Mexican society , very moving & informative ....

Making of The Shining Part. 2 ( Dir : Vivian Kubrick ) 1980



very interesting doc' .... funny , charismatic & energetic Jack N. , touching Shelley .... fascinating Stanley Kubrick ... aka The Man ....
                                        Watch it HERE !

Making of The Shining Part. 1 ( Dir : Vivian Kubrick ) 1980


very interesting doc' .... funny , charismatic & energetic Jack Nicholson  .....  fascinating  movie , director & actors ......
                             Watch it HERE !

Austin Lace - Kill the Bee ( Dir : Matthieu Frances ) 2004


catchy Belgium pop tune , fresh & entertaining , melodic , cute , baby ....

samedi 24 novembre 2012

Julian Plenti - Games For Days ( Dir : Javier Aguilera ) 2009


film noir references , seedy  ... Interpol :Paul Banks ,  Metric : Emily Haines , New York ,:Toronto  ....

DJ Mike - Jay Z & Weezer - 99 problems vs Buddy Holly mashup ( 2006 )


two great track & two amazing vid ( by Mark Romanek & Spike Jonze )  mixed together ....
complete here :  http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/02/jay-z-99-problems-dir-mark-romanek-2004_24.html
& here :  http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/04/weezer-buddy-holly-dir-spike-jonze-1994.html

Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events - Opening titles (2004)



I’m very disappointed in you children ( Count Olaf ) , Jim Carrey , Les orphelins Baudelaire ( in France ) brilliant movie ..........
                                        watch it HERE !

James Nachtwey, War Photographer ( Dir : Christian Frei )


probably the best war photographer of the last 20 years ... a ( long , sorry ) documentary in English & German with Spanish subs... this guy got guts ...& passion ....it's worth watching ..

vendredi 23 novembre 2012

Wave Machines - I Go I Go I Go ( Dir : Alasdair Brotheston & Jock Mooney ) 2009


love the clip & the uplifting song , indie pop at it's best ....Kitsch " à la Jeff Koons " ....

Pirupa - Party Non Stop ( Dir : Emile Rafael ) 2012


Ibiza dance track , " porno chic " , supa babes , technically perfect  , if you're under age , do not watch this ! ( or ask your parents before ...I'm sure you will ) ....

mercredi 21 novembre 2012

Diwali ( festival of lights ) Photographs - 2012


good over evil , Lakshmi : goddess of wealth and prosperity 

YAS - Get it right ( Dir : Stéphane Sednaoui ) 2009


Yasmine Hamdan & Mirwais Ahmadzaï , Caïro happy few , catchy ...

The Real Tuesday Weld - Bathtime in Clerkenwell ( Dir : Aleksey Budovsky ) 2002


Clerkenwell geniuses , Stephen Coates , B&W , animation , great track ...  ( also here : http://leschicsclips.blogspot.fr/2012/07/the-real-tuesday-weld-black-birdies.html )

Fever Ray - Keep the streets empty ( Dir : Willem Martinot ) 2012


      Cascais , Portugal , amazing framin' , shootin' , editin' ,
sharpeness ... magical stuff ....
                                                      Watch it HERE !

lundi 19 novembre 2012

Sigur Rós - Valtari ( Dir : Christian Larson ) 2012


extraordinary dancers & choregraphy in a post-nuke world 
( love always win ? )... XLent cinematography ( to be watch in HD ) & beautiful ( as always ) music by Sigur Ros ......a gem ...

dimanche 18 novembre 2012

Touch of Evil - Opening title ( Dir : Orson Welles ) 1958


Probably the most famous sequence long take in cinema history , it's magical ... directing , camera movement , crane shots , framing , light & music , timing ... just perfect ...
                                                            Watch it HERE !

Ninos Du Brasil - Tuppelo ( Dir : Giulio Tami & Nico Vascellari ) 2012


stompin' & beatin' , can't stop dancin' , electro-samba , repetitive & hypnotic ....

The Walkmen - Four Provinces ( Dir : Bruno Levy ) 2009


moving Nepalese kids shots , stop motion ,  rocks ,
roof of the world  , pub song ....

vendredi 16 novembre 2012

Delilah - Love You So "Joe Goddard Remix " ( Dir : Emil Nava ) 2011


sensual & sexy song ( & singer !)" à la Santigold " , very grippin' mood , brilliant remix ...

The Wave Pictures - Sweetheart ( Dir : Ben Reed ) 2010


another great vid by Ben Reed , superb illustration work , fast ( ! ) & clever ( sense , phonetic , Etc ... ) .....hours of fun , watch & re watch & again .......

The Peach Kings - Lonely ( Dir : Paul Trillo ) 2012


Splendid vid , voice " à la Lana " ( no botoxed lips here...)  bluesy & hypnotic song , not emphatic just right , do not miss it .....

jeudi 15 novembre 2012

Siriusmo - Wow ( Dir : Martin Waltz ) 2010


sexy absurd (n'importe nawak ) ,  XLent dance track , Berlin sound ...

Mostar ( Bosnia ) - Short documentary ( Dir : DGA Productions ) 2012


Amazing ! Splendid ! Do not miss it ! A short & powerful film  on Mostar , the old bridge restoration , some of the scars of the war , the islamic and catholic history of the city , the divers ... and a bright future ( I hope ) for this land after such a trauma ....

Stuck In The Sound - Ouais ( Dir : David Fontao & Raphaël Lopez ) 2009


one of my fav' french indie rock track ( the song is in english )....yeah ! ( Ouais ).....

samedi 10 novembre 2012

Feist - My Moon My Man ( Dir : Patrick Daughters ) 2007


Supa voice from Toronto , catchy tune , classic vid with chore , technically perfect ...
                                             Watch it HERE !

Otis Redding - Try A Little Tenderness ( US TV show )


It still give me the thrill ......in memoriam of Donald " Duck " Dunn  fav' bass player ( and very nice man dixit Steve Cropper ) ......written by : J Campbell , R Connely & H Woods in 1932

A Place To Bury Strangers - And I'm Up ( Dir : Karl Ackermann ) 2012


 Usual Chinese made toys battle ,  the budgets & creativity level of music videos is so low at the moment , this seems better than average ......catchy noisy indie track ....

jeudi 8 novembre 2012

Elefant - Misfit ( Dir : Adam Levite ) 2000


      Not a particular good vid ...but I always  liked this catchy tune !
                                                      Watch it HERE !

Earl Parker - The world of science ( Dir : ? ) 2011


Very catchy ,  electro , 80's sound , Alan Vega's hook  , no budget psyche VHS FX's vid , pleasant .......

Sophie Hunger - LikeLikeLike ( Dir : Jeremiah ) 2012


Fun " footballistic " ballad in Parissensual singer with guts , good right foot & energy , Switzerland ......

mercredi 7 novembre 2012

The Flow ft Berg Beaugé - Berg & Ernie ( Live at the Meatlocker ) 2012


Toronto ,  young jazzmen collective , jazzy groove & rap .....
very pleasant , XLlent musicians .....

The Sleepy Jackson - Good Dancers ( Dir : Nash Edgerton ) 2003


XLent popsong , the owners of the vid doesn't want me to share it directly from Vimeo ( they like to shoot  their own foot , f...in' idiots self called " genius " from business schools !...)
                                       Watch it HERE !

Wolfgang Gartner - Love & War ( Editing & Selection : Zapatou/Luc Bergeron) 2012


Amazing u2b compile ! , best of web 3 , ( many vid are already in complete version on LCC ) , fast & impressiv

mardi 6 novembre 2012

Jara - Hope ( Dir : Logi Hilmarsson ) 2012


Icelandic " always interesting " pop , the song start around 0:45 , awesome nature & wilderness , Lolita voice .......

Ben Lee - Something Borrowed, Something Blue ( Dir : Nash Edgerton ) 2002


Good simple power pop , Australia , road movie , cool .....
                                            Watch it HERE !

Birthday - Short film ( Dir : Pietro Malegor ) 2012


perfectly done , very touching & spiritual , amazing short .....
cinematographer :Michele Brandstetter de Bellesin ........

lundi 5 novembre 2012

dimanche 4 novembre 2012

O Mistério de Picasso - Documentary ( Dir : Henri-Georges Clouzot ) 1956


Extraordinary doc' about the process of creation , & when the artist is Pablo Picasso and the filmmaker  H-G Clouzot , it's fascinating  .... ( in French with Spanish subtitles ) ....

Prefab Sprout - Doo wop in Harlem ( Audio track ) 1990


A gem .... a masterpiece for many ...last song of the album ,   one of the all time best UK's pop album  ....

Labrinth - Express yourself ( Dir : Jonas & Francois ) 2012


" fell good " track & vid , in this cold & grey weather ( in Europe ), it gives a boost ....

samedi 3 novembre 2012