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“Man on Wire” poster by All City Media

London’s All City Media

“Man on Wire,” a new documentary coming out August 1 about Philippe Petit’s “artistic crime of the century” to tightrope walk in 1974 between the World Trade Center towers. All City Media, a “design for film” studio in London, has a shot of the poster on their site. All City’s site often includes images of initial concepts for the key art, from posters to DVD covers, such as “Control”, “Persepolis” and “The Lives of Others”, along with a case study of the key art for “Amores Perros”.

Radiohead’s Camera-Free Video

Aaron Koblin, artist/designer/researcher “focused on creating and visualizing human systems,” thought Radiohead might dig his new take on data visualization. Low and behold, their new music video for “House of Cards” is his work: made up of 3D images captured with a sonor-like data visualization. The behind-the-scenes video (embedded below) includes Koblin talking about the project. You can download the code at code.google.com to make your own visualizations. In March 2007, I interviewed the fellow UCLA alum about the SXSW-winning web site, “How Do I Say This?”

Screenshot from “Tarantino’s Mind”

Tarantino’s Mind by Brazil’s 300ml

With its first U.S. screening in 2007 at the The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the short film “Tarantino’s Mind” is about a film buff (Selton Mello) who shares with a friend (Seu Jorge) that he’s broken “the code” of Quentin’s work, stitching together interconnections from “Reservoir Dogs” to “Kill Bill.” Hungry Man TV, a web video channel from director Bryan Buckley, currently hosts the film directed by 300ml (Manitou Felipe and Bernardo Dutra). The site also hosts other web series, like “Undercover Cheerleaders” and “Phistophicles, the Lesser Known Greek Philosopher.” To view the film full-screen, you’re better off seeing it on DailyMotion or YouTube. (via Coudal Partners)