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34. Excerpts: Beyond the City
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33. EX3 test short: Windsor Waltz HD
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32. "Conkers" Concept trailer
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31. Glass Insomnia
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30. 3 Seconds HD
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29. Legends HD
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28. Reel for Sony
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27. Anorexia: Ali's story Part 2
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26. Life of Crime: Bruce Reynolds HD
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25. Five Faiths: Buddhists HD
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24. Anorexia: Ali's story Part1 HD
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23. Five Faiths: Protestants HD
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22. A guide to the Letus Extreme & 35mm adaptors
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21. A guide to the Reflecmedia Litering
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20. PDW 700 overview
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An extreme way to get a room upgrade or a sign that I just work too hard. First night of my holiday in Dubai after shooting a documentary here and this is my nightmare...

Shot on my EX1 naked. Camera too...

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  • Marc Köhlbrugge 1 year ago
    Looks awesome. The "door thing" was a nice touch as well.
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  • Sean Cruser 1 year ago
    the upward angle lookin towards the moon was quite extraordinary.
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  • Moayad Hassan plus 1 year ago
    So you really did stay all night chasing the moon! It sounds romantic... but I'm sure it wasn't :p
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  • Daniel Loomis 1 year ago
    You have done it again! Instead of wrestling with your pillow, you produced something truly arresting! You have a special gift . . . or is it a curse!
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  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    i only did a few shots to knock together to show the manager so I could get an upgrade to sea view. it worked!

    I mean that Philip Glasss is great and all but his music IS very loud at 3AM.
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  • Paco Gomez Vega plus 1 year ago
    philip, so how long did you take to do this to film and edit and finish so you can show it and get your upgrade room,.!!!
    even way your idea and your vision is amazing,.!!!
    amzing,.!!
  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    took an hour or so to edit a rough cut to show them!
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  • Hoop-CA, USA 1 year ago
    Bloom-go to sleep man. Love your stuff-
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  • Ivan 1 year ago
    Those big cranes are like the hands of clock. I love the cement truck. Now I know why building materials are so expensive: first building frenzy in Bejing, now in Dubai!
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  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    I slept last night with my sea view room!
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  • Frederic Vercammen plus 1 year ago
    which camera use you?
    go to an other hotel!
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  • xavier baglin 1 year ago
    this is a blast... as always. Thanks for sharing. And btw, I know that insomnia thing, had the same when I was in Cairo in February. :P
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  • didier houbrechts 1 year ago
    Very nice !!!
    I love it ...
    Thank you for sharing
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  • MILapse 1 year ago
    Amazing to see all that activity in Dubai.... Nice work! That EX1 has some excellent night capability! Unless you were using a dslr for that?
  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    all ex1!. Slow shutter
  • MILapse 1 year ago
    wow. very impressive! So what's the longest shutter biggest F with the stock lens that cam allows? You can't get like 5-20 second exposures can you??
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  • gsmith 1 year ago
    If construction sounded like that to me, I think I could do without my earplugs. Nice work, very creative spin...
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  • Wynner3 1 year ago
    Truly amazing. It was great.
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  • Stephen Lewis plus 1 year ago
    Greatness!
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  • jsendicott plus 1 year ago
    Awesome! Your creativity continues to blow me away!
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  • Rusty Rogers 1 year ago
    I love the richness of the colors despite being late at night.

    Do you have a favorite Interval Recording setting?
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  • Clan McCloud plus 1 year ago
    Your work never ceases to amaze me. This is brilliant. You could've easily given us a simple time-lapse. But instead you give us something more... take it to the next level by incorporating the element of a window opening and closing. It's the small things you do that really elevate your work into art. Thanks again.
  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    super kind of you, thanks v much!
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  • Harry Joaquin 1 year ago
    Great stuff fella, are you shooting much with the X3 yet?
  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    dont get mine until next week!
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  • Gabriel Soares 1 year ago
    Genius, as always...
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  • Johnson Silva 1 year ago
    Hi Philip, I'm from Brazil, but I'm here in Dubai, and I really would like to meet you, as I think your shots is great.

    I'm working here, as a Pianist in a Jebel Ali Golf Resort & SPA Hotel. If you want, givi me a call. 050 159 4208
  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    how far is that from le Royal Meridien? If you are passing this way in next two days I will be here in the evenings, but i expect you work evenings!
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  • Johnson Silva 1 year ago
    HI, I know very well the Le Royal Meridien, actualy I have a offer to work there, after Ramadan. Its a litle far from my Hotel. Yes, I'm playing at evenings. Do you gonna stay just for more 2 days? Well, I know everything here, and maybe I can be usefull for you. Let me know, and feel free to email me. keybor@hotmail.com Anyway, tomorrow I have a meet in the Hitz Carton, 3 mns from Le Royal merdidian.
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  • Euan Preston plus 1 year ago
    Dubai is unrelenting, unfinished and unnatural. Only Glass would do. Lovely.

    I had a simillar experience a few years ago:

    farm1.static.flickr.com/166/350875443_3161cc8ffe.jpg
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  • Cody Jensen 1 year ago
    beautiful.
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  • Liam Underwood 1 year ago
    Another Visual Adventure :)

    So How many SxS cards did you end up chewing through? i would love to know your PP's on this.

    But a magician never usually reveals his tricks . Well done mate!
  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    the joy of interval meant i user half of on 8gb card
  • Liam Underwood 1 year ago
    Ah, Righto.. *slaps forehead* i should have known... i'm off to do some Intervals tonight :)
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  • Sébastien Abes plus 1 year ago
    haha koyaanisqatsi reference i love it :) crazy timelapse
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  • MiMo 1 year ago
    sick shot at 1:03, had to write about it on my blog

    artisticthings.com/2008/08/20/philip-bloom-glass-insomnia/
  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    thanks man, actually my new blog was launched tonight itself philipbloom.co.uk/blog
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  • Jorj Baker 1 year ago
    Great show and humor; I see something new in it each time. Thanks for another PB brilliant create.
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  • Steve Holt 1 year ago
    Really beautiful stuff, as always. Very entertaining.
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  • Mark Rigler 1 year ago
    nice one
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  • Retner 1 year ago
    cool cool

    added to vimeo.com/pantare
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  • Irina Shatalova plus 1 year ago
    OMG! If only Godfrey Reggio had seen it!
  • Philip Bloom plus 1 year ago
    if he did would hope he would like my homage to him
  • Irina Shatalova plus 1 year ago
    I am sure, so would have been, Philip.
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  • T-bag 1 year ago
    You're a fucking badass.
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  • Project Overseer Productions plus 1 year ago
    Outstanding, no other way of putting it.
    Its got to be the best `City` timelapse I've seen, mainly because of the superb creative aspect.

    Inspirational without doubt!

    Chris
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  • Urban Cinematography 1 year ago
    Great work. Very inspiring!
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  • Annie plus 1 year ago
    Phil! Your work is Absolutely awesome and who else but you could come up with a piece as stunning as this.
    The ideas you come up with never cease to amaze me and I can watch them over and over for inspiration that one day it might lead me to making something so great.
    Thanks you for sharing your wonder work with us mate :)))
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  • astute 1 year ago
    Will you have my babies? Oh wait, that won't work. Still, I admire your work! Love the little storyline you brought into just showing pretty pictures. Also loved the ending and must say that Noyaaqatsi (or how you spell that) has been a big influence on me too since I saw it a few months back.
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  • Michael Fidler 1 year ago
    That's got to be one of my favorite Video's. You weren't kidding about sleeping. I'm a bit of a nightowl and can relate. 24/7 construction, I don't know to say about that except, just glad you were able to capture it.
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  • Santi Trujillo 1 year ago
    Very nice shots, and very funny. Good editing too.
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  • Kjewbee plus 1 year ago
    omg... dubai...
    It must be a horror town...
    noise, work, dust, warm, ... not my idea of vacation ;)

    Great movie.
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  • g s george 1 year ago
    well, that was great
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  • Andreas Gering 1 year ago
    cool
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  • Jon Coy plus 1 year ago
    "I mean that Philip Glasss is great and all but his music IS very loud at 3AM."

    How true. I'm actually beginning to shoot a feature documentary in the same vein as Koyaanisqatsi for a Philip Glass recital at my school next semester. Unfortunately, I don't have five years to shoot and 35mm cameras to shoot WITH. I've got a dvx-100a, a solid work station, and a whole lot of tricks. These films of yours are definitely going to be inspirational in this work. Keep 'em coming for my benefit!
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  • Italo Valerio 1 year ago
    Beautiful colors.
    Ahahahaha, the door part is very funny, ahahhahaaha, I did not expect that, ahahahahaa. :)
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  • Takeshi Fukushima 1 year ago
    Nice, I like the Phillip Bloom, Phillip Glass, Qatsy combo. Am looking forward for you teaming up for real.
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  • Jeroen Roland 1 year ago
    Amasing! well done! The door thing is also very good, and funny! The music by Phillip Glass is always beautiful...
    i don't know if it is said before but for anyone who's looking, the song is called "The Grid"
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  • Henry 1 year ago
    Great Video!
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  • Edgar Vasiluk 1 year ago
    I like the idea with the door.. well done!
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  • Jesús Olmo plus 1 year ago
    very good, very 'koyaanisqatsian'...
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  • ardnega.gnurug 1 year ago
    i've heard about construction work active only in the night time in the middle east because of the tremendous heat and workers falling off due to heat stroke.
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  • Hache 8 months ago
    I actually did think of Koyanisqatis while watching this video... :)
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  • →Zac Boyet← plus 8 months ago
    What documentary are you filming? We gonna get a sneak peak?
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  • Pablo Rios 7 months ago
    Very Funny!
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  • Jon Bryant plus 5 months ago
    A really nice homage to Koyaanisqatsi - love it, Philip Bloom or Philip Glass?
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