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Movie Tributes on “The Simpsons”

Simpsons Movie Montage

Celia Gómez recently put together a video supercut that compiles many of the movie tributes that have appeared on The Simpsons. The tributes include Mr. Burns as the title character out of Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) and Bart Simpsons as Indiana Jones from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981).

Although most of the tributes are ones most people would catch, some of the best references are ones you may have missed while watching The Simpsons. The cuts showing both the movie scenes and the scenes from The Simpsons highlights the animators’ attention to detail. Check it out.

The music accompanying the video is “Sing Sing Sing With a Swing” by the Benny Goodman Orchestra.

What is your favorite Simpsons movie tribute? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Childhood Summers In the Movies

    Slate has put together a movie montage supercut featuring scenes of childhood summers from various films. Along with the sound of Ben E. King’s “Stand By Me,” the video Nostalgia of Summer is sure to take you back to your childhood . . . or at least make you remember some of these movies. Although it skews toward more recent movies, it still is a nice nostalgia trip.

    [2024 Update: Unfortunately the video is not presently available.]

    What is your favorite movie featuring children in the summer? Of course, Stand by Me (1986) is a great movie about childhood, but so is To Kill a Mockingbird (1962).

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    How Camera Movement Dramatizes Speech In Cinema

    This new video from Slate illustrates how a movie director can dramatize a monologue through the use of camera movement. In the video, Alisha Harris narrates several examples, including clips from movies such as Citizen Kane (1941), Night of the Hunter (1955), and Forrest Gump (1994).

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    The Fourth Wall Breaks

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    A new video compiles scenes of movie characters breaking the fourth wall through such tactics as commenting to the camera or even just giving a knowing look. Video essayist Leigh Singer put together this supercut that highlights the various ways that movie directors and actors can convey humor and a knowing wink to the audience.

    Check out the Breaking the 4th Wall II: Break Harder montage below. At the Vimeo website, you may find the list of films that appear in the video, such as The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), A Hard Day’s Night (1964), and The Big Lebowski (1998).

    And yes, if you want more wall breaking, there was an earlier supercut of breaking the fourth wall from a few years ago. If you missed it, check out the first Breaking the 4th Wall Movie Supercut below (with list of movies available here).

    Bonus “fourth wall” trivia: According to Wikipedia, most attribute the idea of the “fourth wall” to the philosopher and writer Denis Diderot.

    What is your favorite moment of a movie breaking the fourth wall? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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    Batman’s Evolution

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    Most of us have watched different movies, TV shows, cartoons, and actors take on Batman through the years. But Jacob T. Swinney came up with the idea to revisit the various incarnations in one video, The Evolution of Batman. Beginning with serials from the 1940s, Swinney takes us on an exciting tour through the years.

    Check out The Evolution of Batman.

    The Evolution of Batman in Cinema from Jacob T. Swinney on Vimeo.

    For a list of all of the shows and movies featured in the video, head over to Vimeo.

    What is your favorite version of Batman? Leave your two cents in the comments.

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