Cinema Redux - The Big Lebowski Edition

Inspired by Cinema Redux, I used Thumber to output this lovely fingerprint of my The Big Lebowski — which just so happens to be one of my all-time favorite movies.

There's a much larger version of this — around 7680 x 14976 and 25 MB — that I'm considering making a 24 x 36 poster out of. After getting linked on BoingBoing, I'm investigating getting this turned into a poster. If anyone has any advice on doing this, feel free to contact me.

P.S. Yes, the aspect ratio on the frames is slightly jacked up. That's Thumber's doing, not mine. If I could have kept it at the proper ratio, I seriously would have. Also, some people around the internets seem to think this image consists of every frame of the film. It's actually a frame grab every second — which actually sort of ties the move together if you ask me...

Update: I'm actually doing what I can to fix the aspect ratio right this second. A commenter on BoingBoing mentioned an updated version of Brendan Dawes' script that required a tweak or two to get running under the current version of Processing. Hopefully in a few hours, I'll have something a little nicer to work with.

Update, Part Deux: The Processing script didn't work as well as I'd hoped, so I went back to an updated version of Thumber that preserved aspect ratios. Its output can be found here.

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Mauronic says:

cool idea!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

xeni says:

sup boogah! nice experiment! i'd love a poster if you make some. boinged.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Brian Hathcock says:

Very cool.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

tfross99 says:

very interested if you make this into a poster! Very Cool!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Phil South says:

interested? totally
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Omar de Armas says:

indeed. very interested.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

xeni says:

That's a great plan, Jason. That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly. It's a Swiss fuckin' watch.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

jasonEscapist says:

You got mad BoingBoinged, son
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

HRCostigan says:

I trust Xeni will let BB know if and when posters become available...

I want to stick one on my fridge along with those magnetic letters and words so people can build their favorite quotes on it.

"At least I'm potty trained." is just one of mine....
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

gregruben says:

is there any way to do that and keep the correct aspect ratio intact?
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Cobber99 says:

I'd buy one for sure dude!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

ilkkasiv says:

Loving it. Send me a dozen!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

jhherren says:

That's fuckin' ingenious, if I understand it correctly.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

zevans23 says:

I don't think I'd be interested in a poster... but maybe a wall-hanging or other soft furnishing... like...

Yeah, a rug would REALLY tie the room together, man!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Andy*Matthews says:

I'd love a poster of this!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Walter Rafelsberger says:

regarding the aspect ratio: how about just resizing the whole image vertically? wouldn't that do the job?
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

pgarne01 says:

At least I'm 'housebroken' I believe.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

desertdragon says:

awqesome :-)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

sean_schendel says:

Cool, and great movie. I'd buy a poster.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

drierp says:

Poster isn't a bad idea, but you'd likely need permission.. chances are this would not fall under "fair use"..
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

boogah says:

Much love to everybody (especially Xeni) for checking this out and spreading the word. It was something that was a little rough and wasn't quite ready for a lot of attention — but I'm glad people are enjoying it nonetheless.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

just sof says:

Far out, man.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Lumberg the Lactating Llama says:

Well that's just like... your opinion, man.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

JBHemlock says:

The best thing about this was running into it on BoingBoing exactly 3 1/2 seconds after the Gipsy Kings cover of "Hotel California" started playing on my ipod...

Oh, and please do make a poster from this. I'd love one!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

bebizzy says:

Hope Polygram isn't a Viacom property or "you're about to enter a world of pain."
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Tom Russomano says:

Wave of the future, Dude. 100% electronic.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Hell'sCook says:

F-ing interesting man... that's f-ing intersting!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Skin.Bintin says:

I agree with the above poster about it being copyright right infringement... but who cares? It's great! And good luck getting those posters made :)

Excellent :P
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

bionictechnophobe says:

I was also inspired by Brendan Dawes' work, but found that downsampling each frame to it's average color was more interesting. I used the movie Koyaanisqatsi for its many time lapse sequences. Since every frame is sampled, rather then every 24th frame or so, long scenes are identified by smooth gradients in the color. As a bonus, the sketch is exported as a resolution independent PDF file and can be output quite large.

Koyaanisqatsi Movie Poster

Regarding copyright issues...only one pixel is used to represent each frame...and it's interpolated...so it might never exist in the original copyrighted work. Can a single pixel be copyrighted (or be considered obscene?)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Kominyetska says:

The problem I have with this is that it's not just 1 image. It's many images in 1 frame. I disagree with the original and can't say anything better for this one. It isn't even visually appealing to me. If there were a pattern or a "big picture" maybe I could get into it.

And usermilk has a good point.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

sandofsky says:

I'm pretty sure the link to thumber is wrong, since I wrote an app called thumber that does exactly this and the aspect ratio thing is from using an older build.

The latest build it up on the thumber site, and there's a checkbox if you want to leave it "square" ratio.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

esquareda says:

I like your style dude.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

The Conspiracy says:

That's an excellent idea!

But, you know how it goes:

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU FUCK THE ASPECT RACIO IN THE ASS!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Carosaurus says:

I'd totally buy a poster of that, sir. Well done.

Mark it 8.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

corpse of taloy says:

Fantastic...

The dude would abide...
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

boogah says:

Whoops! The link to Thumber was wrong. That's been fixed now tho. Thanks sandofsky!

As Processing seems to keep barfing halfway thru, I'm using the new version of Thumber to do this with the correct aspect ratio. I really want to bring the best posters I can to the people who want them. I'll keep everyone interested up to date!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

sandofsky says:

Let me know if you run into any problems with the software, or any suggestions. Good luck!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

charleydeppner says:

You should have the image made into a photo blanket that you could use as a rug. It would really tie the room together.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Karl Gunnarsson says:

It's... full of stars.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

diceliving says:

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called A to Z and all things flickr, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

DUDE
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Tableteer says:

This would look really cool in Sivlerlight's DeepZoom
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Cooriander says:

Wow interesting idea.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

louisvillepaparazzi says:

Achievers unite!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

les_boulez says:

you, my friend are an achiever!
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

Τ says:

Both concept and realisation are awesome.

That's what I call a movie poster! ;o)
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

tonythesuperperson says:

I would love a poster of this.

Or a rug.
Posted 12 months ago. ( permalink )

ying22a says:

Mind if I do a jay?
Posted 3 months ago. ( permalink )

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