Monochrom: Bye Bye (a short film)

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A short film by monochrom about a man who dies, is reborn, and sprouts gills. Created by Harald Homolka List, Johannes Grenzfurthner, Evelyn Fürlinger (link to monochrom site for this film, here are other short films from them in German).

Previous work from monochrom on Boing Boing tv:

* Monochrom: Economic Recession Wisdom from Sock Puppets.
* Monochrom's "Kiki, Bubu, and the Self"
* Nazi Petting Zoo
* Fisch Interview
* Orwell's 1984 deconstructed by puppets
* Monochrom's Marxist sock puppets
* Monochrom: MyFaceSpace, the musical
* Monochrom: Campfire at Will
* Monochrom: Falco Stairs
* Monochrom: Bar code artist Scott Blake / Falco stencil memorial
* Human USB Hack / Very Simple Motor
* Mark's Curie Engine / Monochrom's love song for Lessig

[#1 posted by technogeek , August 15, 2008 11:48 AM]

Not bad enough to be good...

[#2 posted by tartar , August 15, 2008 12:28 PM]

Very bizarre.
FX question: What are the gills made of? ;-)

[#3 posted by Dana Devonshire , August 15, 2008 12:37 PM]

@ Tartar:

Looks to me like ham?

Dana Devonshire
Series Producer, Boing Boing tv

[#4 posted by grenz , August 15, 2008 12:49 PM]

@Tartar, @Dana:
To be precise... We used special cinnamon-flavored christmas ham. It sat in the fridge for almost two weeks because nobody liked it.

[#5 posted by Dana Devonshire , August 15, 2008 1:02 PM]

Aha! It's the cinnamon flavoring that makes it look like gills! Neat trick!

[#6 posted by skramble , August 16, 2008 12:21 PM]

@ #1 Tchngk: gr.

Wht r y gys t BBTV dng? ths lm sm-cmcl nrrtvs d nt sm t b vry fnny r ntrstng. Sm gs fr th Kls-Prr srs. Whvr s bhnd ths lttl prdctns shld hn thr crft sm mr bfr pstng t th grt BngBng.