Yesterday, when I posted the Frank Zappa and Captain Beefheart vid, I overlooked the fact that the majority of the first three minutes was ripped off wholesale from the genius stop-motion duo The Brothers Quay. "Overlooked" may in fact be disingenuous: I honestly didn't realize it.
Here's my attempt at reconciliation: The Brothers Quay animate the oldest story on Earth, The Epic of Gilgamesh . For further info on the Quay brothers, check out this interview with them over at Senses of Cinema. "We want to make a world that is seen through a dirty plane of glass."
