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Blog: Videos with Bibi

Now it is official - Bibi has started a video blog obviously called Videos with Bibi! For many of us it is no secret that Bibi of Bibi's Box has uploaded loads of films to Google Video. We are talking classic quality film, classic cult movies, historic silent films, old cartoons, artsy experimental shorts and films that quite simply are in public domain. So far, on the blog, we can watch for example: Kurosawa's Rashomon, Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, Fritz Lang's M, Murnau's Nosferatu, Wiene's The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and The man Who Knew to Much by Hitchcock. How's that for a lesson in cinematographic history? It doesn't stop there. We get to watch animated Gulliver's Travels by Dave Fleisher, early 20th century funny trick filming, semi-documentary German films from the 20s and WWII stories by John Ford and John Huston. And more. You can't expect me to tell you everything, can you? Look for yourself!

Videos with Bibi

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Music: Wir wünchen Euch ein schönes Wochenende!

(Die Drei Peheiros)

Wir wünchen Euch ein schönes Wochenende!
Trevlig helg!
Have a nice weekend!
Bom fim de semana!
Bon weekend!

We are thinking especially of Mr Gyllenstråhle!
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Commercials: by Ingmar Bergman

8 commercials by Ingmar Bergman, made for the soap Bris. Click here or on the image. Thanks Mr J, nice work!

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Posters: Bergman
"A nice collection of Swedish posters for Bergman movies."
Movies: Ingmar Bergman - Now in English!
"The great Ingmar Bergman site Face to Face - now in English."

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Videos: Pippi Långstrump

The original Swedish Pippi Longstocking theme song on YouTube and here is one in English if that's your cup of tea. And in French(!) with charming illustrations! Three more original Pippi songs. Pippi, Tommy, Annika and Astrid Lindgren on Hylands Hörna in 1970. Pippi in a sword fight with Lennart Hyland (He was Sweden's Johnny Carson - kind of.) A longer clip from an episode where Pippi's father - Beppe Wolgers - appears (in Swedish of course).

Found through Stationsvakt (image)

Related:
Beppes Godnattstund (YouTube) - an other Swedish children's TV show very well-known to my generation, featuring Beppe Wolgers.

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Food: More Vintage Food

This photo is a part of P-E Fronnings vintage food series

Poster Art: Japanese Labor and Social Movement

Images of Japanese Labor and Social Movement in the Post-1945 Japan.

"Ohara Institute for Social Research owns about 1400 posters of labor and social movements in the post-1945 period."

Via Designerblog.it

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Illustration: The Last & Greatest Acrobatics

Dissection Beauties, Ball Girls and Bottled Girl

The Last & Greatest Acrobatics is just one of Japanese Mizna Wada's illustration series' that you can find on her web site - Mizna Lens. At first I didn't think that her style was anything I'd like but I surrendered to her personal mix of disturbed cuteness and morbid humour. She tops it all of by executing her works with an impressive accuracy.

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Animation: Mega Robot Returns!

Mega robot returns
Uploaded by Fronning

A short and funny animation made by the Swedish film company Kaktus Film, specialized in motion design, digital effects and 3D animation. You can get this film in higher resolution here, here and here and read more about it here.

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Cartoon: Balthazar before and after

Predrag at DVDlab sent me a couple of images from their restoration of the cartoon Professor Bathazar (1969-1971).

(Click images to enlargen)

Quite a difference isn't it? They hope to finish all the episodes this spring. However these are so far only for the Italian/Spanish versions. Let's hope not for long!

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