Two excellent minimovies

Posted by Mark Frauenfelder, January 20, 2009 11:10 AM | permalink

Lotje says:

Back in 2006, AOL accidentally published a ton of personal search histories online. Our new Minimovie "I Love Alaska" is the audio-visualization of the Internet search queries of a lonely Texan housewife, put together by 2 Dutch artists Sander Plug and Lernert Engelberts (the same guys who made the melting bunny carnage).

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#1 posted by Norfolkadam , January 20, 2009 11:59 AM

When I was watching these all I could think of was Angela from The Office.

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#2 posted by oohShiny , January 20, 2009 12:36 PM

Anyone know who's singing/who did the music for the melting bunny carnage vid?

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#3 posted by PolishQ , January 20, 2009 12:55 PM

@Oohshiny:

I was going to say it was the theme from Rosemary's Baby but I looked it up on Youtube and it's not quite the same. Must have been an inspiration, at least.

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#4 posted by Zan

, January 20, 2009 12:57 PM

For the record, here are the search queries of user 711391:

cannot sleep with snoring husband … god will fulfill your hearts desires … online friendships can be very special … people are not always how they seem over the internet … gay churches in houston tx … who is crystal bernard romantically linked with … is crystal bernard bisexual … men need encouragement … how many online romances lead to sex … how many online romances lead to sex in person … the bible says be kind to one another … i cant stand dr. phil or his wife … is george clooney gay … how can i be a good example to an unsaved friend … farting preacher … who’s the hottest porn star … devotions for women … hillary swanke nude … best nude scenes of 1999 … how to take your body measurements … jake gyllenhaal is hot … bleached pubes … oprah gained weight lately … star jones hubby is a flaming homosexual … how to make a good first impression … accepting your body … why do i weigh so much though i am in shape … the lord’s table bible study … how can i tell if spouse is spying on me while i’m online … tempted to have an affair … extra maritial affairs are not the answer … staying calm while meeting an online friend … guilt cheating spouses feel … bryce howard nude … what the bible says about worry … female pirate costumes … symptoms of bladder infection … god will show you future events … symptoms of herpes of the tongue … i don’t want my ex back … why do christian men cheat … don’t contact an ex if you want to get over them … christian men that feel guilty about cheating on their wives … if you are upset can it cause bad dreams … and after you have suffered a little while god will make you stronger than ever … kelly ripa is so annoying … how to forgive yourself … how to recover from internet affairs … denise richards is a bitch … reason for constant bad dreams … having an affair is a waste of time … how to make a man want you …

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#5 posted by oohShiny , January 20, 2009 12:59 PM

@polishq: not exactly, is it? But I can see why it'd remind you of it.

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#6 posted by PolishQ , January 20, 2009 1:01 PM

@Oohshiny:

I knew I heard it somewhere before. It's actually the theme from Palindromes by Todd Solondz, music by Nathan Larson.

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#7 posted by PolishQ , January 20, 2009 1:06 PM

Wow, and sung by Nina Persson, lead singer of the Cardigans! Who knew.

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#8 posted by Zan

, January 20, 2009 1:10 PM

The complete list involves many more searches about sleeplessness, pimples, STDs, shaving private areas and, of course, "cruises to Alaska for poor people". You can read it at http://aolpsycho.com/user/711391/1#searches

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#9 posted by ASupertramp , January 20, 2009 1:17 PM

I watched the vocalization of the AOL queries and I think they choose the wrong ones to put in the movie. I didn't any sense of story by watching those. It became much more clear after I read Zan's comment and was able to see the entire list.

From what I can gather is 711391 is a married Christian woman who secretly has same sex attractions, and possibly herpes of the tongue, and wants to meet someone online. I wonder if her potential online fling was from Alaska.

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#10 posted by Anonymous , January 20, 2009 1:38 PM

I didn't know about that bunny video when I made a similar (albeit more amateur) project on flickr:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wmgobuffs/sets/72157605653712587/

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#11 posted by Anonymous , January 20, 2009 1:52 PM

IIRC, these weren't exactly "accidentally published search histories." These were supposedly anonymized search histories that AOL released for, well, no clear reason (maybe for "academic research", though possibly at the request of the DOJ). See here for the first reactions to this in 2006.

Though AOL later apologized, an New York Times reporter was able to track down a specific user based on the data.

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#12 posted by mbobich , January 20, 2009 2:07 PM

Perhaps you guys missed the INCREDIBLE posts on SomethingAwful.com about the search logs.
Part One:
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/weekend-web/aol-search-log.php
Part Two:
http://www.somethingawful.com/d/weekend-web/aol-search-log-2.php

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#13 posted by Brother Provisional , January 20, 2009 2:10 PM

I suspect the last little bit of something or other inside of me just died whilst watching "Chocolate haas."

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#14 posted by FarrisGoldstein , January 20, 2009 3:13 PM

Am I the only one who thought of a big red cat when he read "minimovie?"

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#15 posted by Anonymous , January 21, 2009 4:56 PM