Souls of women

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A non-industry movie fan named Michael something-or-other (one of his portrait photos is identified as "miraulam") who works as a florist but also attended Comic-Con '07 has either created or posted on his "Various and Sundry" blog one of the most sexy and transfixing CG montage pieces of famous Hollywood actresses I've ever seen.

Spanning 80 years of big-star faces, the piece is unfortunately called "Women in Film" ...but we can get past that. What's awesome is not just a melt-morph from one face to another -- an easily achievable effect -- but the creator having chosen the right similar-looking faces and then tilting their heads and blending their expressions in just the right way so there seems to be some kind of genetic connection between them.

After a while it starts to seem as if the souls of all these actresses are blending into each other, and thereby making them (in a sense) into one and the same lady -- born and created and refined by the same celestial force...all with a separate but at the same time identical something-or-other. Trippy stuff for a Saturday morning. For a while there I felt a little memory-lane mescaline thing.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on August 4, 2007 at 10:09 AM

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scooterzz says ...

according to the comments section, 'michael/miraulam' didn't actually create this...he just posted it....but there's no indication of provenance....

Posted by scooterzz at August 4, 2007 11:00 AM

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Higgy Hackford says ...

I was impressed with the feat, too. The creator's secret, I think, is in the way he makes the women's eyes seem to flow from one face to the next. The sizes and shapes of the faces and hair colors and styles change dramatically, but sometimes it looks as if you're looking at the same pair of eyes. The effect, at times, is amazing.

Still, I had problems with it. I blogged about it here.

Posted by Higgy Hackford at August 4, 2007 11:36 AM

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Sax says ...

similar looking faces?
Rules of life:
All good-looking people look alike.
all good people do the same things.

Posted by Sax at August 4, 2007 11:41 AM

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Rich S. says ...

I think it is beautifully done. I especially like the transitions from women who are smiling to those who have more neutral looks on their faces.

This would be an absolute showstopper at the Academy Awards.

Posted by Rich S. at August 4, 2007 11:49 AM

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Wrecktum says ...

They're all white. Bad move.

Posted by Wrecktum at August 4, 2007 12:54 PM

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jeffmcm says ...

Presumably whoever made it isn't into ladies of color.

Posted by jeffmcm at August 4, 2007 1:06 PM

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Walter Sobchak says ...

What the hell is Sandra Bullock doing there?

And really, was there anyone hotter than Jane Fonda pre-1969?

Damn, Mary Pickford was cute.

Posted by Walter Sobchak at August 4, 2007 1:22 PM

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Rod32303 says ...

Was happy to see my Michelle Pfeiffer in there - surprised Basinger didn't make it, unless I missed her. It really is an astonishing feat.

But no sisters at all. No Halle? No Angela Bassett? No Diahann Carroll or Cicely Tyson or Vanessa Williams or Queen Latifah, all beautiul women of color.

Posted by Rod32303 at August 4, 2007 1:27 PM

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Mr B says ...

Yeah, I don't think they necessarily look alike, it's all about the eyes. They seemed to have put some sort of anchor point on the eyes so that they were always lined up when transitioning to a new image.

Posted by Mr B at August 4, 2007 4:27 PM

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