It’s Saturday! And I’ve got your diversion for you — a bag full of quirks and links and an astounding video of first and final frames of 55 films. Here we go!
- Alicia Watkins is a cross-stitch genius. Check out her newly embroidered microbes and germs.
- This is worth it for the stunning illustrations alone. The Illustrated Story of Persian Polymath Ibn Sina and How He Shaped the Course of Medicine.
- DarkAngelØne is almost blind. And yet, he creates deeply original and absolutely beautiful GIF art.
- This is going to make you angry but it’s worth reading. Jon Lee Anderson wrote an excellent essay on ISIS, religious extremism and continued destruction of the world’s heritage.
- Graphic designer Martin Vargic visualizes for us what our sunsets would look like if our sun is replaced by other stars.
- Speaking of space, photographer Navid Baraty created a project called WANDER Space Probe using items from his pantry. At a glance, totally looks real.
- Before you play Sext Machine, you need to know that you have to trick the bot into thinking the image you just sent is pornographic, even if it’s not. Yes, the number to text is provided.
- For young readers, here are 10 great kids’ comics.
- Bonus from WTF Evolution: Penis-fencing flatworms.
- Groovy Gift Suggestion: PALEOPLUSHIES.
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I’m sharing this with you simply because it’s powerful. It’s also a fascinating perspective to see first and final moments of a movie side by side.
First and Final Moments in 55 Films
Edited by Jacob T. Swinney
from the page
Films used (in order of appearance):
The Tree of Life 00:00
The Master 00:09
Brokeback Mountain 00:15
No Country for Old Men 00:23
Her 00:27
Blue Valentine 00:30
Birdman 00:34
Black Swan 00:41
Gone Girl 00:47
Kill Bill Vol. 2 00:53
Punch-Drunk Love 00:59
Silver Linings Playbook 01:06
Taxi Driver 01:11
Shutter Island 01:20
Children of Men 01:27
We Need to Talk About Kevin 01:33
Funny Games (2007) 01:41
Fight Club 01:47
12 Years a Slave 01:54
There Will be Blood 01:59
The Godfather Part II 02:05
Shame 02:10
Never Let Me Go 02:17
The Road 02:21
Hunger 02:27
Raging Bull 02:31
Cabaret 02:36
Before Sunrise 02:42
Nebraska 02:47
Frank 02:54
Cast Away 03:01
Somewhere 03:06
Melancholia 03:11
Morvern Callar 03:18
Take this Waltz 03:21
Buried 03:25
Lord of War 03:32
Cape Fear 03:38
12 Monkeys 03:45
The World According to Garp 03:50
Saving Private Ryan 03:57
Poetry 04:02
Solaris (1972) 04:05
Dr. Strangelove 04:11
The Astronaut Farmer 04:16
The Piano 04:21
Inception 04:26
Boyhood 04:31
Whiplash 04:37
Cloud Atlas 04:43
Under the Skin 04:47
2001: A Space Odyssey 04:51
Gravity 04:57
The Searchers 05:03
The Usual Suspects 05:23
MUSIC: “Any Other Name” by Thomas Newman
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Featured images are by Tim Jeffs.
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Donna,
I like the Paleo plushies!