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You Had Them at ‘Jerry Maguire’: This Art Exhibit Stocks Just One Movie

59 points by prismatic 10y ago

theao 10y ago
"Art"
- techer 10y ago
  "Limited"
  - khazhou 10y ago
    "Panda"
    - rublev 10y ago
      I like the artistic gradient these downvoted comments created [0] [0] https://sli.mg/QxRQuL https://sli.mg/QxRQuL
      - discreteevent 10y ago
        Down we go.
        pre4646744 10y ago
        Hear hear
        discreteevent 10y ago
        Did you make a new account for this? C'mon. It's not art if you give up any karma.
eltoozero 10y ago
EIT tours as a costumed crew showing found VHS footage. They are also involved with VHS preservation. They have fairly twisted yet entertaining full length releases which consist of bizarre clips edited together from long forgotten direct-to-video films.[1] Pushing the boundaries of fair use and artistic preservation. I have collected 66 "Jerries" that will be finally going home as part of this project. [1]: http://watch.everythingisterrible.com/?p=5401328194173648619 http://watch.everythingisterrible.com/?p=5401328194173648619
zachrose 10y ago
> “I don’t know anyone who could tell you the plot of that movie,” he said. “The average person just says, ‘Show me the money,’ ‘You had me at hello,’ ‘The human head weighs eight pounds.’” Sports agent Jerry Maguire has a professional epiphany that gets him fired. He enters serious personal relationships with his last client and one employee who left with him, and together they all achieve athletic success and personal happiness.
- macintux 10y ago
  Leaving out the part where he effectively abandoned his last client in the quest for the holy grail (#1 QB who stabbed him in the back) and did abandon his relationship with his employee (don't remember why, couldn't watch the whole thing without fast forwarding). It's a memorable movie and a notably unmemorable movie.
  - SyneRyder 10y ago
    It's more like she asks him to leave, because he's more dedicated to his work than he is to his relationship. Or to paraphrase the Late Great Dicky Fox: "If the heart is empty, the head doesn't matter." I dunno, I loved the movie. I avoided it for years because I expected a cheesy comedy chick-flick romance (and it is), but instead I found a great representation of the bootstrapped "escape from cubicle nation" story that hits harder the older I get. From the idealistic naivety to the fumbling along, being scrappy & taking unconventional directions to keep things afloat. I've watched it at least as many times now as I've seen The Social Network.
zo7 10y ago
Also by this group: "Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!", a remake of Holy Mountain made entirely out of found footage of dog films. It's really astounding, especially when you consider how much effort it took to go through all of the material they had to create something cohesive. https://youtu.be/l4QOf1cspMM https://youtu.be/l4QOf1cspMM
ikeboy 10y ago
>Wikipedia claims that itis the best-selling, non-Walt Disney VHS film ever. But according to a 1998 press release from Blockbuster, the film “Titanic” broke records in video home sales, surpassing several Disney filns as well as “Jerry Maguire.” Why print a wikipedia claim you know is incorrect? Also, two errors in one paragraph (itis, films)

59 points by prismatic 10y ago

theao 10y ago

"Art"

techer 10y ago
"Limited"
- khazhou 10y ago
  "Panda"
  - rublev 10y ago
    I like the artistic gradient these downvoted comments created [0] [0] https://sli.mg/QxRQuL https://sli.mg/QxRQuL
    - discreteevent 10y ago
      Down we go.
      - pre4646744 10y ago
        Hear hear
        discreteevent 10y ago
        Did you make a new account for this? C'mon. It's not art if you give up any karma.

eltoozero 10y ago

EIT tours as a costumed crew showing found VHS footage. They are also involved with VHS preservation. They have fairly twisted yet entertaining full length releases which consist of bizarre clips edited together from long forgotten direct-to-video films.[1] Pushing the boundaries of fair use and artistic preservation. I have collected 66 "Jerries" that will be finally going home as part of this project. [1]: http://watch.everythingisterrible.com/?p=5401328194173648619 http://watch.everythingisterrible.com/?p=5401328194173648619

zachrose 10y ago

> “I don’t know anyone who could tell you the plot of that movie,” he said. “The average person just says, ‘Show me the money,’ ‘You had me at hello,’ ‘The human head weighs eight pounds.’” Sports agent Jerry Maguire has a professional epiphany that gets him fired. He enters serious personal relationships with his last client and one employee who left with him, and together they all achieve athletic success and personal happiness.

macintux 10y ago
Leaving out the part where he effectively abandoned his last client in the quest for the holy grail (#1 QB who stabbed him in the back) and did abandon his relationship with his employee (don't remember why, couldn't watch the whole thing without fast forwarding). It's a memorable movie and a notably unmemorable movie.
- SyneRyder 10y ago
  It's more like she asks him to leave, because he's more dedicated to his work than he is to his relationship. Or to paraphrase the Late Great Dicky Fox: "If the heart is empty, the head doesn't matter." I dunno, I loved the movie. I avoided it for years because I expected a cheesy comedy chick-flick romance (and it is), but instead I found a great representation of the bootstrapped "escape from cubicle nation" story that hits harder the older I get. From the idealistic naivety to the fumbling along, being scrappy & taking unconventional directions to keep things afloat. I've watched it at least as many times now as I've seen The Social Network.

zo7 10y ago

Also by this group: "Doggiewoggiez! Poochiewoochiez!", a remake of Holy Mountain made entirely out of found footage of dog films. It's really astounding, especially when you consider how much effort it took to go through all of the material they had to create something cohesive. https://youtu.be/l4QOf1cspMM https://youtu.be/l4QOf1cspMM

ikeboy 10y ago

>Wikipedia claims that itis the best-selling, non-Walt Disney VHS film ever. But according to a 1998 press release from Blockbuster, the film “Titanic” broke records in video home sales, surpassing several Disney filns as well as “Jerry Maguire.” Why print a wikipedia claim you know is incorrect? Also, two errors in one paragraph (itis, films)