Surrealism
La Gaite Lyrique
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Forget Ben Stiller and Night at the Museum. Here's the true weirdness behind the scenes at this new French museum.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Apr 03, 2010 -
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Category: Museums, Surrealism, Cartoons, Europe
The A To Z Of Awesomeness!
So if you've ever longed to see Lois Lane, Lana Lang and Lori Lemaris lasciviously licking lollipops at a London landmark, why not have a look-see at Neill's A to Z of Awesomeness. You'll love it!
Posted By: Dumbfounded - Thu Mar 25, 2010 -
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Category: Art, Comics, Surrealism, Pop Culture, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Superheroes
Banksy’s Meat
Posted By: Paul - Sun Mar 14, 2010 -
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Category: Art, Surrealism, Food, Europe
The Trembling Veil of Bones
I can't find any info on when the full-length version of this cartoon will debut, but the trailer sure looks weird enough to intrigue me!
Posted By: Paul - Thu Mar 11, 2010 -
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Category: Surrealism, Cartoons
Brandon Bird
Brandon Bird is an artist whose style might best be described as "pop culture Norman Rockwell." Pictured above is one of his most famous works, No One Wants to Play Sega with Harrison Ford. Head on over to his website to see more of his work, including a Law & Order themed coloring book, children's letters to Christopher Walken, and a version of The Last Supper featuring 12 James Woodses (and RoboCop).
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Thu Feb 25, 2010 -
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Category: Art, Pop Art, Surrealism, Celebrities, Pop Culture
16mm Theater #1
16mm Theater is my new series here on Weird Universe, in which I will share some of the stranger films in my 16mm collection. Today's feature: The Rainbow Bear, 1970The only way I can describe this film is "acid trip," and if you watch it I'm sure you will agree. Weirder still is the fact that this was apparently made for children, as it was produced by American Educational Films. And the weirdest fact about this short is that it was directed by Bill Meléndez, perhaps best known for A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Sorry about the poor quality, my projector doesn't have a telecine mode and I don't have a proper video camera.
Posted By: Salamander Sam - Fri Feb 12, 2010 -
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Category: Animals, Dreams and Nightmares, Drugs, Surrealism, Cartoons, 1970s
Soft Machine
Soft Machine was certainly one of the weirder bands of a weird era.
Posted By: Paul - Sat Dec 19, 2009 -
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Category: Music, Surrealism, 1960s, 1970s, Europe
Liquid Metal on a Checkerboard
I think this is someone experimenting with Chrome and what it can do, but I think it's just cool to watch. I especially like the collapse at the end -- very soothing.This might make a fun screensaver if it wouldn't burn squares into your screen!! Or does that still happen?
Posted By: gdanea - Tue Dec 01, 2009 -
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Category: Surrealism
Game Over
PES is an animation company that makes, well, "unique" stop motion short films, most of which feature only every day objects. Check out their other videos at their websiteA Little Light Weirdness - 5
Or perhaps this is simply proof that Scottish universities have got the jump on their transatlantic counterparts? In a move nearly, but not quite, totally unlike Jurassic Park, Professor Hans Larsson of McGill University in Montreal has announced that he hopes to de-evolve chickens back into their dinosaur ancestors. Larsson stressed that he is not aiming to recreate whole dinosaurs at this time, but by switching on or off certain genes in chick embryos he hopes to induce atavistic dinosaur anatomy in the full grown animals (AFP).
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Posted By: Dumbfounded - Wed Aug 26, 2009 -
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Category: Animals, Ceremonies, Weddings, Contests, Races and Other Competitions, Cryptozoology, Fictional Monsters, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Geography and Maps, Inebriation and Intoxicants, Nature, Science, Experiments, Surrealism
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