Kirby Ferguson is the Internet filmmaker and visual genius behind Goodie Bag, a Creative Commons-licensed web comedy series. In this week’s episode of Goodie Bag, Kirby distills four decades of celluloid New York annihilation into a three-minute musical montage. Watch as the Big Apple is destroyed by asteroids, monsters, tsunamis, and other assorted misfortunes.
“Hollywood V. New York” makes fair use of clips from films like Armageddon, Godzilla, Independence Day, and King Kong to explore Hollywood’s fascination with the destruction of Manhattan. The video is a great transformative work and presents a unique kind of visual argument.
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