“Live, laugh, tape fish on ATMs.” Last year, a Utah teen was arrested for taping fish to ATMs and posting pictures of the fishy ATMs to an Instagram account.
From Antiques Roadshow in 1990, a look at a rare first edition copy of The Hobbit. It’s got a dust jacket and is accompanied by a personal letter from J.R.R. Tolkien himself.
Leigh Singer gathered more than 50 clips from movies that break the fourth wall (where the characters acknowledge they’re in a movie).
Sadly my favorite broken fourth wall moment didn’t make the list: Billy Ray Valentine in Trading Places getting a commodities lesson from the Dukes. (via zupped)
Update: Ah, and all is right with the universe again as Trading Places makes it into Singer’s second compilation of fourth wall breaks.
[This is a vintage post originally from Apr 2013.]
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Radiolab
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Quietly marveling at the diverse array of ceramic work on view this month at an art fair in Brussels dedicated to the medium.
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Tomorrow, Jan 24th: a special 24-hour livestream of the “groundbreaking” generative documentary film Eno (about Brian Eno). The film is different each time it’s shown; they’ll be presenting 6 different versions over the 24 hours.
