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	Experimental film - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An experimental film is a film organized neither as narrative fiction nor as non-fiction.
		As such, film scholars consider the experimental or avant-garde film to be one of the major modes of filmmaking, along with the narrative film, the documentary film and arguably animation.
		Though experimental film is known to a relatively small number of practitioners, academics and connoisseurs, it has influenced and continues to influence cinematography, visual effects and editing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Experimental_film (1610 words)

	Tower of Babel - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		A large construction project in the ancient world might have used pressed labour from a diverse set of conquered or subject populations, and the domain of the empires covering Babylon would have contained some non-Semitic languages, such as Hurrian, Kassite, Sumerian, and Elamite, among others.
		In the 1927 and 2001 film versions of Metropolis, the newly-rebuilt Tower of Babel (known in the 2001 anime film version as the Ziggurat) is the symbol of the titular grand city-state and the center of human imperial power.
		In the 2001 anime film version, the superhuman robot clone of Duke Red's daughter, Tima is to sit on her throne to activate the Ziggurat's revolutionary solar superweapon of mass destruction in order to achieve the goal of reaching the stars and domination of the entire Earth.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tower_of_Babel (5056 words)

	THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS - EAR.FM - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF MODERN ROCK ARTISTS
		Since 1985 they have been running a daily "dial-a-song" service where you could call a number and hear a brand new song by the band everyday.
		The band named themselves after the film of the same name.
		In an interesting move, they contributed an original album of 37 songs to the prolific McSweeny's Literary Journal, Volume 6 which is sure to become one of the rarer rock albums in history due to its limited availability.
	www.ear.fm /Encyclopedia%20T/they_might_be_giants.htm (220 words)

	They Might Be Giants - Homestar Runner Wiki
		They Might Be Giants is a popular rock band that has collaborated with The Brothers Chaps on several occasions.
		Strong Sad quotes They Might Be Giants lyrics (for the song "Don't Let's Start") in his journal ("Everybody dies, frustrated and sad, and that is beautiful").
		Puppet Homestar (and Marshie) joined They Might Be Giants onstage in Atlanta for their September 25, 2004 concert.
	www.hrwiki.org /index.php/They_Might_Be_Giants (381 words)

	They Might Be Giants : DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In fact, although the title THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS is stated in the movie as referring to the windmills that Don Quixote tilts at, it may also be referring to the two leading characters...
		In addition, the film is a sort of "director´s cut" as a scene deleted by the studio on initial release (in the grocery store) has been re-included.
		Films of the late sixties and seventies were just a little more courageous and less worried with the bottom line.
	www.pagenation.com /an/B00004KDEP.html (2089 words)

	They Might Be Giants - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American alternative rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as "the two Johns" or "John and John".
		The film, released in 2003, won rave reviews and several awards, and was featured in dozens of film festivals.
		They Might Be Giants perform a free show at Amoeba Music in Hollywood, CA on March 25, 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TMBG (2775 words)

	DVD Review - They Might Be Giants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		One of the most striking things about “They Might Be Giants” is the script, most notably the poetic quality of the dialogues.
		The color scheme of the film is visibly - and intentionally - muted, a sign of the movie’s age.
		On this premise “They Might Be Giant” is an intelligent movie that weaves both elements together to create a tale that is sometimes funny, sometimes thrilling and sometimes romantic without ever losing focus.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/they_might_be_giants.shtml (1017 words)

	They Might Be Giants live at Universalbuzz.com!!!
		Taking their name from a George C. Scott film and performing their original material with a drum machine, They Might Be Giants soon became fixtures on the Manhattan underground.
		They Might Be Giants released their eponymous debut in 1986, and the album became a college radio hit; it also made waves on MTV, due to the inventive video for "Don't Let's Start." Two years later, the band released Lincoln, which expanded their following considerably.
		They Might Be Giants maintained their "hardest working men in show business" status in 2001 when they issued Mink Car.
	www.universalbuzz.com /catalogresults.asp?letter=t&ArtistNumber=181 (659 words)

	They Might Be Giants - guest program
		It's been five years since the Giants released a full-length album (although a peek at their catalog of projects for film, tv, the internet and elsewhere over the last five years confirms that these guys are no slackers!).
		While new fans flocking to the Giants may be a little wet behind the ears, the band's saga goes way back to Boston in the early '80s, when the two Johns met as fellow incendiaries on a student newspaper.
		More recently, the Giants' music has been popping up in unexpected places that have turned out to be absolutely appropriate: on Warner Bros. cartoons, over the credits to Fox's hit show Malcolm in the Middle (with "Boss of Me"), and theme songs for nerdy science programs on major TV networks (ABC's "Brave New World").
	www.abc.net.au /rage/guest/2002/theymightbegiants.htm (487 words)

	They Might Be Giants - Biography - AOL Music
		They Might Be Giants released their eponymous debut in 1986, and the album became a college radio hit; it also made waves on MTV due to the inventive video for "Don't Let's Start." Two years later they released Lincoln, which expanded their following considerably.
		They Might Be Giants decided to sign with Elektra Records in 1990, releasing Flood later that year.
		They Might Be Giants maintained their "hardest working men in show business" status in 2001 when they issued Mink Car, a stunning follow-up to Factory Showroom that boasted collaborations with M.
	music.aol.com /artist/they-might-be-giants/5632/biography (865 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - They Might Be Giants
		The title of They Might Be Giants refers to the story of Don Quixote, who thought windmills were giants he could tilt at.
		Following Scott's death last year, Daily Variety wrote in his obituary that this film was an "overlooked gem." In many ways it is, as it blends fantasy into a modern environment and combines great performances with an intelligent script.
		The chemistry between the main characters is perhaps the best part of the film, but the story remains interesting and draws powerful imagery and thought in the mind of the viewer.
	www.dvdverdict.com /printer/theymightbg.php (1639 words)

	They Might Be Giants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is a pop / rock duo consisting of John Flansburgh and John Linnell collectively known as the two Johns.
		They Might Be Giants have also performed other movie and television sound tracks including The Oblongs the ABC News miniseries Brave New World and Ed and His Dead Mother.
		YES, ANOTHER THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS FAN AM I who bought this 48 page book, accompanied by a 4-song CD, intended for children; however, it's just as hot in hands of adults who appreciate the cleverness, vitality, and care that this band has been producing fo...
	www.freeglossary.com /They_Might_Be_Giants (1061 words)

	Sticks And Songs: AJ Schnack Talks About His They Might Be Giants Doc, "Gigantic"
		Known for their wacky live performances and bizarre songs, They Might Be Giants (John Flansburgh and John Linnell) have built a reputation as the quintessential independent alternative rock band since arriving on the East Village performance-art scene in the early '80s.
		Schnack: One of the chronologies in the film was the making of their new album that was going to come out on September 11 and we were going to shoot up until the record release party the night before.
		As far as the reactions to the film, I think the thing that surprised me the most was that we haven't yet gone to a town where we haven't had a lot of people show up.
	www.indiewire.com /people/people_030528schnack.html (1754 words)

	Chlotrudis Society for Independent Film - Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) Spotlight
		If you had said that the best film I would see at the Provincetown Film Festival this year was going to be a documentary on the alternative band They Might Be Giants, I would have scoffed.
		They Might Be Giants created such visually groundbreaking music vides that MTV added them to regular rotation, a first for a band not signed to a major label.
		GIGANTIC tells the story of the band They Might Be Giants and their twenty-year history, told through performance, animation, videos and hilarious commentaries from friends and fans.
	www.chlotrudis.org /movies/spotlight/gigantic.html (977 words)

	UGO.com Feature - Interview with John Linnell of They Might Be Giants, discussing Gigantic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		They Might Be Giants have been called the inventors of alternative rock.
		Their quirky, unbound musical style is unlike any band out there, which might explain why John Linnell and John Flansburgh (the founders of They Might Be Giants) have stuck together for just over 20 years.
		I mean, once he had given his speil, then we were concerned about it being a film that just talked about us without us having any control over the content, which was the explicit plan at the beginning.
	www.ugo.com /channels/music/features/theymightbegiants (3672 words)

	They Might Be Giants: Mink Car - PopMatters Music Review
		Because of They Might Be Giants, I began to explore what "that kind of music", which I had now adopted de facto as my kind of music, meant in terms of all the other music out there.
		Since their self-produced, independently released Bar/None/Restless album They Might Be Giants in 1986, TMBG have put out eleven proper albums, including a rarities collection, a live/greatest hits album, a retrospective double-disc set, an MP3-only album, and culminating in the recent release of this year's Mink Car.
		It might not be the album that saved my life, but its one in a long string of consecutively great albums, and it just might save your day.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/t/theymightbegiants-mink.shtml (1505 words)

	Attack of the 50 Foot DVD: They Might Be Giants (1971)
		I might as well come clean - this movie has remained safely seated in the number two spot of my personal favorites for nearly thirty years; it is almost impossible to watch this movie with an open mind or heart and not come away affected.
		Earlier pan and scan versions of this movie simply removed the top and bottom mattes from the film, and as They Might Be Giants utilized no sets - everything is either somebody's office or apartment - the boom mike was often tragically present.
		The segment represents a minor victory for the disenfranchised - which in the world of They Might Be Giants, are the forces of good.
	www.50footdvd.com /movies/t/they-might-be-giants.html (737 words)

	They Might Be Giants @ Soundbug
		TMBG's most famous songs are probably one single from each of their first three albums, "Don't Let's Start" (from They Might Be Giants), "Ana Ng" (from Lincoln), and "Birdhouse in Your Soul" (from Flood), and also "Boss of Me" (theme to the hit television comedy, Malcolm in the Middle).
		This owes largely to the use of songs from all of the Giants' previous albums: the infamous punching-the-kid-in-the-wheelchair scene from the first MITM season, for example, was done to the strains of "Pencil Rain" from Lincoln.
		Having been with They Might Be Giants for five years now, The Band of Dans is a trio of guys named Dan: guitarist Dan Miller, drummer Dan Hickey and bassist Dan Weinkauf.
	www.soundbug.com /artist/1475 (1037 words)

	Gigantic (A Tale of Two Johns) - A movie about They Might Be Giants : DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		First, They Might Be Giants is one of my favorite bands (see CdC #9 & 10) and I´ve been dying to see this movie since I heard that it was being made.
		Couple this with my knowledge that the filmmakers were offered a bevy of film footage starring the nascent Giants which they didn´t accept and that could have finally uncovered the story behind Dave Kendall´s claims that They Might Be Giants were roadies for The Replacements.
		The reluctance to have their film reviewed by a beseeching journalist and the brush-off of potential contributors (despite posting a desire for stories, pictures, et cetera) lead me to believe that A.J. Schnack´s GIGANTIC: A TALE OF TWO JOHNS would be a suboptimal work.
	www.pagenation.com /an/B0000E32YJ.html (1410 words)

	Savant Review: They Might be Giants
		Special: REPLY letter 10/15/00 from Lee B. They Might Be Giants is a quirky film in almost every sense of the word.
		A New York film through and through, They Might Be Giants is stacked with at least a dozen character bit roles that are played with perfect ensemble elan by actors who've since become favorites: F. Murray Abraham, James Tolkan, Eugene Roche, M. Emmet Walsh.
		The Universal trailer department brought the Trailers for They Might be Giants to show us students at the UCLA film school, along with the entire campaigns for Ulzana's Raid and the Great Northfield Minnesota Raid.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s150might.html (1940 words)

	They Might be Giants
		This film came from the same creative team that produced the historical drama The Lion in Winter.
		In their rational minds they know that he is loony, and that the forces of society are merely trying to restore order, but in their hearts people know that Holmes stands for compassion, human dignity, and respect for people.
		Films under five are generally awful even if you like that kind of film, equivalent to about one and a half stars from the critics or less, depending on just how far below five the rating is.
	www.scoopy.com /theymightbegiants.htm (840 words)

	Upto11.net - Artist Profile for They Might Be Giants (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		They Might Be Giants (commonly abbreviated to TMBG) is an American pop/rock duo consisting of John Linnell and John Flansburgh, collectively known as "the two Johns" or "John and John".
		The film, released in 2002, won rave reviews and several awards, and was featured in dozens of film festivals.
		The band takes its name from the 1971 movie They Might Be Giants starring George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward (based on the play of the same name written by James Goldman.) The play (and movie) title is a reference to Don Quixote, who mistook windmills for giants.
	www.upto11.net /artistprofile.php?ar=10790 (1638 words)

	Amazon.ca: They Might Be Giants (Widescreen): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The late, great George C. Scott does a fine turn as a widower judge who thinks he's Sherlock Holmes in "They Might Be Giants," a film that proves Scott easily could have played the fictional detective in a straight adaptation of Conan Doyle's mysteries, too.
		The film takes great delight in lampooning the establishment of the day--no surprise, as it debuted in 1971--with particular attention on cutting down to size the burgeoning mental health industry.
		This is a GREAT film that was unnoticed upon it's original release because of its quirkiness.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004KDEP (1376 words)

	DVD review of They Might Be Giants - DVD Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		It was perhaps this latter quality that accounted for the fact that with the exception of "Patton" he appeared in very few films as the principal star performer.
		By the film's conclusion, Playfair and Watson have enlisted a whole army of bizarre characters in their cause.
		The film closes with an epilogue from the filmmakers: "The human heart can see what's hidden to the eyes, and the heart knows things that the mind does not begin to understand." Madness may, indeed, make giants of us all.
	www.dvdtown.com /reviews/review.asp?id=3761&reviewid=459 (1010 words)

	They Might Be Giants: The Spine - PopMatters Music Review
		They Might Be Giants is an illustration of the difference between "success" and "selling out".
		Beginning with John Henry, They Might Be Giants started recording albums as a full band (having added supporting musicians to the live line-up years prior), but it did little to constrain their trademark sound.
		Instead, it's almost as though the scene has finally caught up to They Might Be Giants, and they're having fun with it, sense of humor intact but tempered a bit by time.
	www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/t/theymightbegiants-spine.shtml (1492 words)

	Apple - Pro/Film - AJ Schnack
		The film is an apt expression of the band’s unlikely 20-year success story; both are squarely based on a proud Do-It-Yourself (DIY) ethic that lets little guys with big ideas — and the right technologies — earn a visible presence in today’s deep-pocketed, conglomerate-dominated worlds of music and film.
		Although they habitually downplay their success (John Flansburgh says TMBG’s status as the most successful indie group in the U.S. “is like being the world’s tallest midget”), there’s no denying TMBG has always struck a chord with its fans, many of whom, even as the band ages, continue to be teens.
		In the film, Ira Glass reflects on this phenomenon: “I think the reason why they get an audience whose age starts around 12 to 14 is that there’s a cleverness to their songs that just kills you when you’re that age — you just can’t believe it could be so clever.”
	www.apple.com /ca/pro/film/schnack (575 words)

	Synthesis : Music : They Might Be Giants : Without a Context : They Might Be Giants occupy a space all their own (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Where They Might Be Giants is coming from has never been easy to pinpoint, but the duo wouldn’t have it any other way.
		Aside from the quirky approach They Might Be Giants has taken to their career, their approach to their songwriting has also helped set the band apart from the industry at large.
		Be it film or music, the variety of different projects and their indifference to passing fads and trends have been what has kept They Might Be Giants such a productive duo over the past 20-plus years.
	www.synthesis.net /music/story.php?type=band&id=476 (2024 words)

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