Saturday, October 1, 2011

Saturday Steam: Invention of Love

This almost-silent art film is filled with stunning imagery, although I should warn you it has a sad ending:



I was especially impressed with the cityscapes and the mechanical butterfly. You?


I've seen this a few times over the past year, but thanks to Sara P. for reminding me of it!
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17 comments:

  1. Sweet Mommy BessOctober 1, 2011 at 2:36 PM

    That is rather sad... but very pretty, as well!

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  2. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 5:27 PM

    Thanks for putting it up! The butterfly is pretty fantastic, but I would do some pretty bad things for the upside-down music box.

    I can't help but you'd get a giant kick out of "The Mysterious Geographic Explorations of Jasper Morello." It's dark and steamy and darkly steampunky, and just all around awesome. I found it on the "2006 Best Animated Shorts Nominations" dvd that the Oscars put out to assure the world the category actually has films in it.

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  3. YuKi-MekishikoOctober 1, 2011 at 5:37 PM

    it was so beautiful that it gave me goosebumps... thanks for sharing Jen <3

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  4. KazOctober 1, 2011 at 5:47 PM

    That was incredibly beautiful. I also loved the cityscapes, but the horse was my favourite. The story was touching and, as you said, the ending sad. Did I mention incredibly beautiful yet?

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  5. TeriOctober 1, 2011 at 6:18 PM

    Wow! That was amazing!

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  6. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    It was beautiful! And sad, but a very nice meaning. Thanks for sharing!!

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  7. MarnieOctober 1, 2011 at 8:57 PM

    I agree the mechanical butterfly was amazing! This girl has talent for telling a visual story.

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  8. dameruthOctober 1, 2011 at 9:28 PM

    Lovely visuals, indeed! Thanks for the link. :)

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  9. AnonymousOctober 1, 2011 at 10:13 PM

    http://www.clockworkcouture.com/

    not related to the vid, but it reminded me of the awesome clothes on this website. They have cool home decor too- bonus!

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  10. EliseOctober 1, 2011 at 10:19 PM

    I heart the horse :)

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  11. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 5:25 AM

    Thanks for that! Somehow it reminds me of the anime "Angel's Egg."

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  12. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 9:01 AM

    Beautiful.

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  13. LeslieOctober 2, 2011 at 1:04 PM

    So very Russian...

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  14. AnonymousOctober 2, 2011 at 8:25 PM

    Ack. I was thinking "don't watch it, it will make you depressed, don't watch it." I watched it.

    I'm going to go cry myself to sleep now.

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  15. UnknownOctober 3, 2011 at 2:20 PM

    Wow. This is very well done and so sad. Thanks for sharing. I posted on my FB wall! I will go back to watch again!

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  16. GFNYOctober 4, 2011 at 2:31 PM

    Simply lovely, visually and musically. The horse wins it for me. Thanks for sharing.

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  17. LindsayOctober 7, 2011 at 10:18 PM

    I love the first song in this...any idea where to find it? I would love to download it!

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