What we have here are famous movies, edited down to 30 seconds, and re-enacted by bunnies. They're strange and funny.

On a deeper level, it's an interesting commentary on the power of iconic cultural imagery that a movie like "The Shining" can be retold in 30 seconds by bunnies and still make sense to us. Part of what makes cinema so powerful is that it's both a shared experience and a non-interactive one. For some of their punch, these little mini-movies rely on the fact that the camera angles, slow pans and fade-outs that I saw in the original movie were exactly the same ones you saw when you watched the movie. The point-of-view is immutable, which differentiates film from live performances, where front-row-right and balcony-left do experience different perspectives on the action. And the imagery in film is overt, which differentiates it from books, where descriptions on a page lead to very subjective pictures in the reader's mind.

So, whether the Angry Alien people are aware of it or not, they're skillfully exploiting the medium of film, with its unique set of strengths and limitations, to entertain us and - just perhaps - educate us about the culture that we live in.

Two Dog Night teaches film from time to time, and may reserve the right to tell me I'm full of shit.

Thanks to HT friend Ed for the heads up about this link.
Angry Alien Productions