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Mopsey.
My tribute to one fine cat. 1 MB Flash Movie. Music by Art Garfunkel.
Mopsey was 16 years old by the time I met her and even though
she was just a grumpy, arthritic ball of badly-groomed fur she
captured my heart immediately. When she died at age 20 I gathered
all the pictures I could and created this little Flash memorial.
She now soars the winds of her endless dream right outside the
front door of her mistresses home, warded by the little stone
bench you'll see at the end of the tribute. Thank you for watching
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TM,
a tribute by Brad Goodman. 2.3 MB Quicktime Movie. Music by
Tracy Chapman.
Some time ago a visitor to the ICP, Brad Goodman, was so touched
by my tripbue to Mopsey (see above) that he made a movie in
honor of his own departed furry child, TM, who also sufered
renal failure. I think you'll agree it's a very touching lament
for what was obviously a beloved kitty. Please note that this
video uses the MP4 codec, essentially an MP3 audio track with
video, so if you can't see it please upgrade your Quicktime
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Shii's
Song, by Mr. Anonymous. 884KB Flash movie. Music by Jenny Stagile.
This one's complicated. Y'see, there's a Japanese video game
called "Lunar"on which there was a beautiful song
called "Wind's Nocturne", originally sung in Japanese.
Someone took the American version of the song and animated this
wonderful piece to it. The little cat was borrowed from a popular
Japanese TV program called CH2, a sort of gathering place for
pirate Flash animators.
And it really WAS animated by Mr. Anonymous. |
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PoozyBall.
1.1MB Quicktime movie.
This one is a personal conceit, but it's my site, so sue me.
The black fluffball to your left is Poozy, my little, furry
child. She adopted me back in 1999 and showed me that I wasn't
as allergic to cats as I thought I was. This footage shows her
playing our only game of Poozyball. She figured out real quick
that this "throw-it-and-retrieve-it" stuff was strictly
for the canine set and she never played it again. You can actually
see her figuring this out in her tiny Poozy-head as the game
progresses. |
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Magnificat,
by Alok Saldanha. 1.1MB Quicktime movie.
Although I have honest intentions of someday animating the Infinite
Cat Project two young men have actually accomplished the feat.
This first version is by Alok Saldanha and he tells me the software
used in the production was a hand-built bit of Java-coding,
which amazed me right down to my toenails. The background music
is a choral piece which I beiieve is called the Magnificat.
how appropriate. |
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Cat
Zoom, by Brett Levin. 1MB Quicktime movie.
Brett Levin also animated the web site and, having never even
seen Alok's version, he went the other direction and movied
outward instead of in. What these two movies showed me clearly
is that the biggest problem with animating the web site is deciding
where to stop...or start. |
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Cats
Don't Dance...various musical interludes.
Frequent visitors to this site know how I go on about a splendid,
though little seen, animated film called "Cats
Don't Dance". Well, lucky for you someone uploaded
all of the musical numbers to youtube so I'm now able to give
you a brief taste of this charming movie. |
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Moses.
Five Quicktime Movies.
Dermot Gunn, who lives in East London, developed an assortment
of iMovie videos of his friend's 12-year-old tabby, Moses, and
then, as he puts it "stored them in a drawer". Then
he found the Infinite Cat Project and thought it would be the
perfect venue for them. After seeing these very simple yet very
creative videos I very quicky concurred. They are Taxi
Cat (697kb), Carpet
(443kb), Cat
Dance (559kb), Freak
(934kb), and 2001
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Cat
Hypnotism. 400kB Quicktime movie.
This short clip came from somewhere in Japan and has been shown
on america's Funniest home Videos. I've seen it all over the
net and decided to host my own copy because that little black
kitty, trying desperately, it seems, to conjure his big orange
friend into an hypnotic trance, is just...too...CUTE! This is
the long version,which shows the aftermath. |
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The Flying Cat. 852kB Quicktime movie.
Although this kitty was reportedly stuck at the top of a telephone
pole for a day and a half he wasn't too keen on being rescued
by well-intentioned firemen, so the little guy took to the air
in an Olympic-quality leap you have to see to believe. |
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Cat
Meow-sseuse. 363kB Quicktime movie.
I'll bet you wish your cat would do this. |
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All
Paws. 286kB Quicktime movie.
A young woman sends her heartfelt love to her young man fighting
overseas but gets absolutely no help from her frisky kitty.
Keep your eye on little Fluffy there. |
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Time-Lapse
Davy. By Mark Terasaki. Two Quicktime movies.
Mark Terasaki has a thing for time-lapse photography, so one
day he decided to train a camera on the preferred sleeping spot
of his cat, Davy, just to see what it looked like. The video
(click here)
resulted in a quick trip to the vet as it revealed that Davy
had a hitherto unknown bad case of fleas. A second video shot
shortly afterwards (click here)
shows a much more calm kitty in repose. Note the clock ticking
off the minutes as the camera grinds.
Sadly, Davy passed has on since this footage was created but
he left behind a most revealing video record. |
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We
Got It Going On! 1.5kB Quicktime movie.
The People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals developed this
cheeky/funny/memorable public service announcement encouraging
owners to spay or neuter their kitties. |
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7
Cats. 949kB Quicktime movie.
This clip may look like something from Sesame Street...and that's
exactly what it is! But it's still crazy-cool in that very special
"where the air is free" kind of way. |
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The
Great Leap Forward. 175kb Quicktime movie.
I love it when people send me stuff like this. Two young kittens,
Sumi and Menoh, exuberantly explore the boundaries of gravity
from a convenient ledge to a nearby bed. It's very short and
very delightful. Thanks, Justin!
I'm using a new codec on this movie, the MP4 format, and should
work well with Quicktime. Please let me know if you have trouble
viewing the file. |
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Max. Two Quicktime movies.
Ben Karlstrom has a great tabby cat named Max and a good eye
for the slightly absurd as evidenced in these two home movies.
The first is called "Begging"
(685kb) which shows that a cat is never too dignified when there's
an unfinished basement to explore. The second movie, "Boxing"
(388kb) speaks for itself.
Neither of these two movies is of "Alien Vs. Predator Vs.
Oprah" quality but as cute kitty movies go, they'll do
fine.
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Getting
a Little Tail. 236kb Quicktime movie.
I discovered this short bit of video of a young cat going wild
in a hot tub and having the greatest time chasing its own tail. |
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Scarlett,
the Heroic Mother Cat. 232kb Quicktime movie.
A fire broke out in a Brooklyn, New York building back in 1996.
Firefighters on the scene observed a mother cat race in and
out of the building five times to retrieve her kittens. By the
end, her eyes were reportedly so blistered from the heat that
she could only count her babies by their smell. Here is a short
video of Scarlett, as she came to be known, and her babies.
You can find more about this dedicated mother here. |
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The
Window Washer. 1 MB Quicktime movie.
This is a film clip from an English comedy series called "Smack
the Pony" and it's a send-up of foreign commercials with
a surprising feline twist. |
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Kitty
TV. 550kb Quicktime movie.
There are companies that develop videos populated with small,
helpless woodland creatures specifically intended for the vicarious
pleasure of our little furry friends. I've always been skeptical
about the true effectiveness of these productions until I saw
this. (I have this alarming notion this is what we men look
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Love
Them Babies! 1 Mb Quicktime movie.
Combine a cat who was weaned too early with a sleeping baby
and you get a great big Kodak moment. Everybody say "Awwwwwwwwww!".
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Crazy
Cat! 674 kb Quicktime movie.
A dog and his cat pal are sharing a quiet moment on the kitchen
floor. Suddenly, the cat's "Invisible Killer-Gremlin Radar"
goes on full alert. That's weird enough, but it's the dog's
classic double-take that tickles me. |
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"I
Wanna Lick You All Over!" 747 kb Quicktime movie.
This little dog really likes this little kitten. I mean REALLY
likes this little kitten. I mean really, really, REALLY likes
this little kitten. Don't worry, it's G-rated. |
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Mars
Attacks! 530 kb Quicktime movie.
I honestly have NO IDEA what this video is trying to tell us,
except that cats are perhaps our best line of defense against
alien invasion. |
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Ecstasy!
2Mb Quicktime movie.
This movie has almost no dramatic content whatsoever, but I
love it! This is simply a movie of one cat, Katze by name, who
knows what he likes. |
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Ritalin
of the Sphynx! 356kb Quicktime movie.
I've never seen more than one Sphynx cat at a time, and I've
never seen a full litter of Sphynx kittens at their rambunctuous
best until now. It is a wholly remarkabkle though slightly disturbing
sight. |
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Infinite
Cat Idol. 657kb Quicktime movie.
These two kitties seem like they're trying to figure out how
to get into the Infinite Cat Project without bothering with
all that digital camera nonsense. |
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Cat
CGI. 402kb Quicktime Movie.
It's weird what you stumble onto roaming around this big wide
wonderful web. This animation is a demonstration of the use
of an unknown CGI program, made most relevant to this site by
their use of a 3-D kitty. You'll get a quick peek behind the
animation fence of "how they do that". |
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Asian
Fishing Cat video. 376kb Quicktime Movie.
I found this fascinating bit of video highlighting the fishing
cat's (yes, that's its name) skills at catching a little fishy
dinner. I thought you might enjoy it, too. |
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Infinite
Fun . 28kb Flash movie.
This has absolutely nothing to do with cats but everything to
do with recursive visuals. As a Flash programmer, let me say
that this is MUCH trickier than it looks and I'm in awe of its
simplicity. |
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