We Walk – A Beautiful Short Film

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Based on a poem by writer, Brett Darling, We Walk was commisioned by DixonBaxi, an independent creative agency from London.

We Walk is a short film which stumbles into the journey of a young girl desperate to leave the city in search of isolation and in turn, sleep.

The film has been lovingly shot in L.A. and Palm Springs by Christopher Hewitt, a London based director and photographer .

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RETINA – Cyberpunk Short Film

RETINA was created by Violet Suk and Martin Koch, a directorial duo based in New York city.

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According to its makers,  Retina explores the “the aesthetic archetypes of cyberpunk with the backdrop of a large, sprawling metropolis, neon & smoke and the reconfiguration of the human body through machines."

Though the short was created way back (in internet years) in 2003 , it manages to look contemporary and fresh.

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Chatroulette – The Movie

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Chatroulette (NSFW) has rapidly become one of the most controversial sites on the internet. The site pairs up, via webcam, random strangers who could be from any part of the world. The participants can either chat with each other, or rapidly move on to the next person. These elements of randomness and rejection have made the site the phenomenon that it is.

As you can well imagine – the curious, the depraved, the disturbed, and the bored – have all seemed to have taken to this site like vultures would to carrion. Make no mistake. This is the true face of the internet.

Vimeo user Casey Neistat made this interesting short film to give us a (somewhat-scientific) breakdown of the type of users populating the site.

Keep in mind that the movie has some NSFW language, but is safe for work, otherwise.

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