More Words of Muhammad Ali, by Louis Vuitton and Yasiin Bey

Part 3 of Louis Vuitton’s beautifully realized Core Values campaign. Words of Muhammad Ali: Float

 

Parts 1 and 2 here

The Greatest Words of Muhammad Ali, by Louis Vuitton and Yasiin Bey

Hip-hop emcee, Yasiin Bey (formerly Mos Def), and calligrapher, Niels Shoe Meulman, pay homage to The Greatest, and sport’s greatest showman, Muhammad Ali, in this video for Louis Vuitton’s Core Values campaign. Drawing on Ali’s most famous quotes, Bey adopts the role of storyteller, bard and (literal) ringmaster to glorify the heavyweight champ. The results, directed by Stuart McIntyre, are beautiful. Both visually and lyrically dazzling.

Men Throwing Rocks With The Wrong Hand

Beautifully, joyfully awkward. And with a Carla Bruni soundtrack. Lovely.

Henri 3, Le Vet

He’s back!

Dark Side of the Lens

The breathtaking, award winning video from artist and waverider, Mickey Smith

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Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom Featurettes

Wes Anderson has released four “featurettes” in the run-up to the release of his new film Moonrise Kingdom.  It is a typically off-beat move by the director. And here they are.

The first is here

And 2, 3 and 4 are…

(via The Guardian)

Inside The New York Times “Lively Morgue”

I like this short film: a look inside the NYT’s legendary picture library, nicknamed “The Morgue”. Here between five & six million prints, contact sheets and 300,000 sacks of negatives are stored. And with the recent launch of their Tumblr, they have begun exploring this incredible resource and bringing the archives back to life online. Possibly helping save “The Morgue” itself.