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Time-Lapse Video of an Amish Barn Raising in Ohio

Penny Miller created a time-lapse video of an Amish barn raising in Ohio. The incredibly efficient process, which took a total of 10 hours, three minutes, and 30 seconds, was condensed into three and half minutes of video.
via The Presurfer

‘Long Ma’, A Massive Fire-Breathing Kinetic Sculpture of a Horse-Dragon

“Long Ma” is a 46-ton fire-breathing kinetic sculpture of a horse-dragon by French artist François Delarozière and his art group La Machine. The nearly 40-foot-tall sculpture features articulating limbs, an expressive face, and the ability to “breathe” plumes of fire and smoke. The sculpture recently debuted in Nantes, France, and is destined for China, where it will be presented as a gift to mark the upcoming 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations between France and China.

Godzilla - 8_Bit Cinema

CineFix has released a new episode of 8-Bit Cinema that retells the 2014 Godzilla reboot film in the form of an 8-bit animated video game. It was written and animated by David Dutton of Dutton Films with music by Henry Dutton.
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‘The Players’ Score’, A Documentary About Video Game Music

The Players’ Score is a video game documentary by “a group of students, independent filmmakers and volunteers” about video game music. The purpose of the documentary is to cover the composers, bands, and various communities creating music for or out of video games. The Players’ Score is currently raising funds via a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign.

Aerial Photos of the Ongoing Eruption at Holuhraun Lava Field in Iceland

On September 4, Iceland-based photographer Iurie Belegurschi shot some remarkable aerial photos of the eruption at the Holuhraun lava field in Iceland. According to Belegurschi, the eruption fissure was nearly two miles long and lava was being launched almost 500 feet in the air. The surface eruption began on August 28 when lava from the nearby Bardarbunga volcano broke through the surface at the Holuhraun lava field. As of Monday the eruption is still underway.

By EDW Lynch on Sep 08

Paris rooftops by Michael Wolf

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Six Industrial Silos in Vancouver Converted Into Massive Public Art Installation by Os Gemeos

Cloned Gifs by Erdal Inci

Since 2004, Istanbul based filmmaker and graffiti artist Erdal Inci has been experimenting with a technique called “cloned motion.” In short, the technique involves a never-ending loop of video.

Until the Light Takes Us - A documentary film about Norwegian black metal

Until the Light Takes Us is a 2008 American documentary film about Norwegian black metal, from directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell. It was released on December 4, 2009.

Featured interviewees

Gylve "Fenriz" Nagell (Darkthrone)
Varg "Count Grishnackh" Vikernes (Burzum)

Jan Axel "Hellhammer" Blomberg (Mayhem)
Olve "Abbath" Eikemo (Immortal)
Harald "Demonaz" Nævdal (Immortal)
Bjarne Melgaard (visual artist)
Kristoffer "Garm" Rygg (Ulver, Arcturus)
Kjetil "Frost" Haraldstad (Satyricon, 1349, Keep of Kalessin)
Bård "Faust" Eithun (Emperor) – Eithun chose to appear as a silhouette, with his voice distorted

Release
Variance Films acquired the theatrical rights to the film in the U.S., and released it in New York City on December 4, 2009. The film grossed $7,246 on a single screen in its first week, the second highest per-screen gross of any debuting film at the time (behind Up in the Air).

Reception
Until the Light Takes Us has received a 54% approval rating at Metacritic and a 45% rating at Rotten Tomatoes.

Andrew O'Hehir of Salon.com called the film "crafty and compelling". Nick Pinkerton of The Village Voice said, "The filmmakers seem cowed into obeisance by their subjects. Varg's last onscreen appearance is accompanied by a montage fitting a schoolyard crush, and the film's title is the translation of Burzum's fourth album, Hvis lyset tar oss.  [the film] arrives a decade too late to add much."

"Until The Light Takes Us" tells the story of black metal. Part music scene and part cultural uprising, black metal rose to worldwide notoriety in the mid-nineties when a rash of suicides, murders, and church burnings accompanied the explosive artistic growth and output of a music scene that would forever redefine what heavy metal is and what it stands for to other musicians, artists and music fans world-wide. The film goes behind the highly sensationalized media reports of "Satanists running amok in Europe" to examine the complex and largely misunderstood principles and beliefs that led to this rebellion against both Christianity and modern culture. To capture this on film, directors Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell moved to Norway and lived with the musicians for several years, building relationships that allowed them to create a surprisingly intimate portrait of this violent, but ultimately misunderstood, movement. The result is a poignant, moving story that's as much about the idea that reality is composed of whatever the most people believe, regardless of what's actually true, as it is about a music scene that blazed a path of murder and arson across the northern sky.

http://www.blackmetalmovie.com/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1014809/

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Upside-Down Photos of Human Faces That Look Like Aliens

“Alienation” is a wonderfully bizarre photo series by photographer Anelia Loubser that transforms ordinary human faces into alien-like faces simply by flipping the portraits vertically.