Beyond The Hedges
with Andrew Thomas Huang
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VDL Research House II
The borrowed Silver Lake glass house where the whole episode was recorded, and lusted after. Dan Rosen
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Mulholland Drive
The dumpster scene offered as the truest picture of Los Angeles: sunshine out front, horror behind.
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Ex-Girlfriend
The Hype Williams clip lodged in his memory from an older sister's MTV habit. Andrew Thomas Huang
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Under the Skin
Offered as proof you can still feel the music video training in Glazer's frames.
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Rubber Johnny
The live projection shows that showed Huang you could be commercial and still make your own art. Andrew Thomas Huang
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360
He praised his friend's video, then met twenty year olds who hadn't seen it. Andrew Thomas Huang
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Hey Ya!
Middle school memory of waiting for a video to come on, an experience now extinct.
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This Is America
Cited as the last true watershed video, made under conditions nobody can repeat.
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Cellophane
His own moment, and he knows exactly how unrepeatable the alignment was. Andrew Thomas Huang
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Euphoria
The last machine capable of turning unknown young actors into household names, possibly.
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Turandot
He did video for a Sydney production, and it prompted the question: is film going the way of opera? Andrew Thomas Huang
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Sydney Opera House
Where his Orientalism-haunted Turandot projections played. Andrew Thomas Huang
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The Matrix
Now apparently too slow for film students, which alarmed everyone in the room.
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The Wrestler
The lone concession during a brisk demolition of Aronofsky's seriousness.
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Grand Theft Hamlet
Half remembered as the guys who staged Hamlet inside multiplayer GTA, and released it.
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The Dark Crystal
Puppetry as a way in for a shy, closeted theater kid who hated being on camera. Andrew Thomas Huang
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Labyrinth
Named twice, once with the animatronics and once among the fantasies that traumatized him. Andrew Thomas Huang
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Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
The heart-ripping scene comes up during martial arts talk, followed by an admission it doesn't hold up.
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The Clock
The rare video art that's riveting, which is exactly the problem with the category.
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Kaili Blues
The Bi Gan one they actually love, offered as consolation after the Resurrection hedging.
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The NeverEnding Story
A pivotal childhood film, and you can still see the dragon in his work. Andrew Thomas Huang
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The Holy Mountain
Filed with the fantasy films that traumatized them as kids, which is the point.