Wholphin is a quarterly DVD magazine from McSweeney’s. Each issue reveals a fascinating blend of short films, documentaries, animation, and cinematic oddities from around the globe that have not, for whatever reason, found wide release. WHOLPHIN ISSUE 2 - The second issue of Wholphin includes ‘Building No. 7,’ Steven Soderbergh's intense sci-fi homage to Godard / Okusama Wa Majo ("My Wife's A Witch"), the Japanese "Bewitched" re-scripted by Daniel Handler (Lemony Snicket), and writers of the Daily Show / The Mesmerist, a hallucinogenic tale of murder and absolution, featuring Boris Karloff's melting head; Donald Trump channeling Citizen Kane in Errol Morris’ ‘The Movie Movie’ (Excerpt) / Two Oscar-nominated shorts / A miraculous, scientific discovery 7000 feet below sea / A gothic horror mystery about an aeronautical navigator, his plague-ridden home, and the blood-sucking beast with the antiserum / A special moment with Andy Richter in ‘The Quest.’
- NTSC Region 1
- Easter egg menu options
- 40-page magazine attached inside with interviews with the filmmakers.
- Bonus Disk includes part 1 (of 3) of the POWER OF NIGHTMARES documentary on the simultaneous rise of Islamic fundamentalism and American neoconservative thought, directed by Adam Curtis
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