Asia
Crocodile Teasing at the Sriracha Tiger Zoo
The head in mouth bit comes after the four-minute mark.The Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 26, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Death, Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Asia
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Stop-motion allied with Rube Goldberg: now that's innovative!Other videos here.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Aug 12, 2021 -
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Category: Anthropomorphism, Rube Goldberg Devices, Stop-motion Animation, Asia
Giant Cat Billboard
Other videos and article here.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Jul 12, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Technology, Advertising, Giant People in Ads, Asia
Cultural Revolution Ballet
Posted By: Paul - Wed May 12, 2021 -
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Category: Dictators, Tyrants and Other Harsh Rulers, Political Correctness, Politics, 1970s, Asia
Garments by Ryunosuke Okazai
More pix here.
The creator's homepage.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 29, 2021 -
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Category: Aliens, Excess, Overkill, Hyperbole and Too Much Is Not Enough, Fashion, Asia
Orienta
From the Wikipedia page:
The album's liner notes stated that the music "resembles the dreams of an imaginative person who has fallen asleep during a 'Dr. Fu Manchu' movie on television," with vignettes that "combine the sounds of the East with the wit of the West; the charm of the Orient with the humor of the Occident."[1]
Posted By: Paul - Tue Mar 16, 2021 -
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Category: Music, Space-age Bachelor Pad & Exotic, Stereotypes and Cliches, 1950s, Asia
“Funeral Parade of Roses” by Matsumoto Toshio
Trying to explain the pleasures of such a scrambled impressionistic piece as Funeral Parade of Roses in plot terms is a pretty fruitless exercise, although the disjointed narrative does reach fever pitch in the latter moments, with developments inspired by the ancient legend of Oedipus Rex. The story really remains only a ruse for a work that is best seen as a fascinating reflection of a long-vanished place and time, caught in a cross-current of international pop-cultural styles and influences and not dissimilar to what was going on in similar circles in other far-flung parts of the world.
His Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Mar 01, 2021 -
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Category: Movies, Sexuality, Violence, Avant Garde, 1960s, Asia
The Hand Cannon
Smithsonian article.
Wikipedia page.
Posted By: Paul - Mon Feb 22, 2021 -
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Category: Medieval Era, Renaissance Era, Asia, Europe, Weapons
Two Strange Asian Ads
I have no idea what any of this means.
Posted By: Paul - Fri Feb 19, 2021 -
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Category: Technology, Advertising, Asia
Robo Show and Flower Planet
Two features from the 1990 World's Fair in Japan.The opening few minutes are a press release for the company that created the exhibit. "Robo Show" begins at the 5:40 mark, and "Flower Planet" at minute 13:00. State-of-the-art stuff for thirty years ago.
Posted By: Paul - Thu Feb 11, 2021 -
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Category: Fairs, Amusement Parks, and Resorts, Robots, Cartoons, Special Effects, 1990s, Asia
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