links for 2007-04-16

Even the ads have behind the scenes featurettes now! 😉 Mind you, wiht that much exploding paint, it’s amazing footage, regardless of what it’s used for!

Will French politicians beat Obama to become the exemplar of web politics, as JFK was the exemplar of TV politics? [Via Jill]

Documentary, meets lecture, meets mashup as Slavoj Zizek talks film and desire in this feature directed by Sophie Fiennes. Zizek’s thesis: ‘Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn’t give you what you desire – it tells you how to desire’