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 3 – The third issue of Wholphin features the early, rediscovered work of Alexander Payne in ‘The Passion of Martin,’ and Dennis Hopper in ‘The Russian Death Chair’ / New-found talent from abroad, including Jonas Odell and Alice Winocour / ‘Funky Forest – The First Contact,’ the strangest Japanese film we’ve ever seen, from the three-man directing team Naisu No Mori / A documentary about a thirteen-year old Yemeni girl who refuses to wear her veil / The world’s most illegal game of volleyball at the U.S./Mexico border / Lobsters / Shark attacks / “The Popcorn Effect” of trap-jaw ants
- NTSC Region 1
- Easter egg menu options
- 40-page magazine attached inside with interviews with the filmmakers.
- Bonus Disk includes part 2 (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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