Exploding Head Shots (2008)

Exploding Head Shots, video, silent, 19 min. 33 sec.
Excerpt 1: 3 min.

Five of my favourite exploding heads ever to be recorded on film slowed down to one percent of their original speed for maximum enjoyment. Exploding heads in order of appearance in the original video: Dawn of the Dead (1978), Scanners (1981), Raiders of the Lost Ark  (1981), Evil Dead II: Dead by Dawn (1987), Dead Alive (1992). Excerpt shown above is the exploding head from Scanners (written and directed by David Cronenberg. Exploding head by Dick Smith).

Exploding Head Shots, video, silent, 19 min. 33 sec.
Excerpt 2: 5 min. 42 sec.

Excerpt shown above is the exploding head from Raiders of the Lost Ark (written by George Lucas and Philip Kaufman, directed by Stephen Spielberg , exploding head by Chris Walace with overlay effects by Industrial Light & Magic).

Exploding Head Shots, video with the live musical accompaniment of Ryan Driver and Justin Haynes at Hub 14, Toronto, November 2008.

The was the first screening of Exploding Head Shots with live musical accompaniment by Ryan Driver and Justin Haynes. It is well worth it to watch and listen to this performance right to the end.

Screened at:
Art and Drinks, Toronto, November 2011.
Monster Dinner Party: The Beast Feast, The Piston, Toronto, October 2010.
Hub 14, Toronto, with the live musical accompaniment of Ryan Driver and Justin Haynes, November 2008 (above).