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Gregory Dancer

Tuesday, January 16

Short films by Buster Keaton and Wong Kar-wai; cartoons of Tex Avery

Info: Buster Keaton

Film: The Follow (2001) - Season 1, Episode 3 of The Hire film series
Synopsis: The Driver is hired by a paranoid film celebrity (Mickey Rourke) to spy on his wife.

• with Forest Whitaker
  
• Directed by Wong Kar-wai
  
• Featured the BMW 3-Series and the Z3 roadster

Background info: The BMW film series The Hire was a series of eight short films (each about eight minutes long) produced for the Internet in the summers of 2001 and 2002. The films were directed by popular Hollywood and international directors. All starred Clive Owen as "The Driver". Each film's story highlighted the performance aspects of various BMW automobiles. The 'first season' films, as well as the Ben Younger-directed interludes, were executive-produced by David Fincher, the 'second season' three films were executive-produced by Ridley Scott.

Info: Tex Avery

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Last update: 20 December 2006