Matrix: The Silent Movie

Silent Era Matrix
Charlie Chaplin is The One in this Russian comedy troupe's silent film version of The Matrix. If you can't handle the six plus minutes (which is admittedly long for you web-addled monkeys) skip to about 5:30 and watch the Cream Pie Time filming technique, which was the cutting edge of 1920s film. (Link via Neatorama and spreading like wildfire, so don't get left out!)

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My filtered water tastes impure.My turkey and giblets has begun to taste exactly like my whitefish and tuna in gravy. It's all the same.

French cat existential angst at its arty best.

Link via Cute Overload! and by way of Pam, who's kittie isn't quite as deep a thinker.