Wholphin No. 7 will feature a short film by Gus Van Sant based on a William S. Burroughs short story; a face off between American gray squirrels and British red squirrels; a hallucinogenic post-Katrina New Orleans masterpiece; a documentary exploring autism from the animators of Waking Life; an incredibly close look at the sun in its most inactive and gorgeous state; Field Notes from Dimension X, bumper cars, UFOs and more. Issue 7 will also include a special bonus disc containing a highly controversial interactive scientific experiment in retroactive causality, in which the Wholphin audience, just by watching, will help to determine the role of consciousness in the establishment of a physical reality.
TABLE OF CONTENTS WHOLPHIN NO. 7:
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars
Excerpt and Extended Scenes from the Documentary Film, U.S.A.
Directed by Banker White and Zach Niles
30:00
Cold & Dry
Short Film, Norway
Directed by Kristoffer Joner
12:00
The Discipline of DE
Short Adaptation, U.S.A.
Directed by Gus Van Sant
9:00
Nutkin's Last Stand
Documentary Short, U.S.A.
Directed by Nicolas Berger
18:00
Field Notes from Dimension X
Animated Short, U.S.A.
Directed by Carson Mell
4:00
Choque
Short Film, Spain
Directed by Nacho Vigalondo
11:00
David Huggins: Experienced
Documentary Short, U.S.A.
Directed by Jeremy Vaeni
7:50
The Even More Fun Trip
Animated Short, U.S.A.
Directed by Bob Sabiston
16:30
Glory at Sea
Short Film, U.S.A.
Directed by Benjamin Zeitlin
25:00
Look at the Sun
Original Wholphin Short, U.S.A.
5:00
William Tell
Performance Art, U.S.A.
Directed by William Lamson
3:40
Fantaisie in Bubblewrap
Animated Short, U.S.A.
Directed by Arthur Metcalf
4:30
Special Bonus Disc: Select Your Intention
Interactive Scientific Experiment, U.S.A.
Directed by Aaron Michels
45:00
Wholphin is a quarterly DVD magazine from McSweeney's, lovingly encoded with unique and ponderable films designed to make you feel the way we felt when we learned that dolphins and whales sometimes, you know, do it.
What, you may ask, is a Wholphin?! Photographic evidence can be found languishing in the nooks and crannies of the internet, but those too busy to visit Google for the 28th time today can trust us that it's the lovechild of a bottlenose dolphin and a false killer whale. A beautiful hybrid born of invention and exploration.
