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Someone recut The Wizard of Oz into alphabetical order (for who knows what reason)
Hey, do you want to find out how many times they say the word 'brick' in The Wizard of Oz? Of course you do!
Ever thought, "hey, I feel like I understand what's going on in the Wizard of Oz a little too much?"
Well, here's the answer to your problems! Vimeo user Matt Bucy has re-cut the entirety of the classic 1939 musical... in alphabetical order, from 'a' to 'zipper'. Entitled the 'Of Oz the Wizard', the 1hr 42m cut runs the same length as the original picture, yet makes for an entirely different viewing experience.
Warning: Bucy does make the note, "This film contains extremely fast editing, flashes of light, abrupt changes in image and sound." So, prepare yourself for this.
Of Oz the Wizard from Matt Bucy on Vimeo.
Is it conceptual art? A trippy diversion? Or a psychological torture instrument? Truly odd, odd things start happening to the brain when it's forced to hear the word 'can't' indefinitely repeated.
Admittedly, it does function as a fairly amusing experiment into the most commonly most used within the film's screenplay. Sure, no one's surprised the words 'place', 'brain', 'courage', 'heart', and 'brick' all crop up a bunch of times. But exactly what context begs the film's use of the word 'brontosaurus'?
By the far the weirdest element, though, is Bucy's inclusion of sound effects as viable parts of the alphabetised selection. Get ready for a cut of every time Toto goes 'arf', every laugh (separately filed under 'ha' and 'he'), and everytime Dorothy breathes weirdly (apparently that counts as 'hhh').
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