Office guy actually went nuts for Angelina
In the week or so since the "Office Worker Goes Absolutely Insane" video surfaced, the discussion seems to have focused less on “Is it real?” than “Who’s behind this fake viral?” The answer, as you probably already guessed, is Timur Bekmambetov. On the off chance you’re not a die-hard fan of Bekmambetov and a loyal reader of his Cyrillic blog, I’ll explain. He’s the director behind Russia’s brilliant Night Watch and the upcoming movie Wanted, kind of a “Matrix meets Grosse Point Blank” affair starring Angelina Jolie and random other people who aren’t Angelina Jolie. So how does the office freakout tie into his new movie? According to Cinematical, the viral stunt was about breaking out of your workaday drudgery, as the geeky main character does in Wanted. I suppose it could have been worse if freakout guy had started trying to “bend bullets” around his co-workers’ heads. |
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The tip-off, for me, was the fact that everyone else in the office hangs around to watch. They get out of the guy's way, but they don't even try to leave the room for safety. If that happened in real life, everyone would want to get as far away from the maniac as possible, especially when he starts throwing stuff around.
Posted by: Craig | Jun 11, 2008 3:16:54 PM
The bigger tip off is that none of the computer monitors are attached to cables.
Posted by: Daniel | Jun 12, 2008 9:17:38 AM
if this was'nt done by asabailey mad team in London for the upcoming movie Wanted, then I'm a adgoose,K?
Posted by: art | Jun 12, 2008 9:30:08 AM
