Man in a Blizzard - video of a harsher storm, still beautiful, though

Image source: NASA via Wired – Nemo was a scary looking mofo from outer space

During this past blizzard, we got to thinking about past big snowstorms (honestly, we did not get as huge a dump as we could have). A friend reminded us of this wonderful video filmed during the December 2010 “snowpocalypse” and we wanted to share it with you. It’s as delightful now as it was then.

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kD_M50-V6s]

It was filmed in Astoria and was a lauded by Roger Ebert at the time:

This film deserves to win the Academy Award for best live-action short subject.
(1) Because of its wonderful quality. (2) Because of its role as homage. It is directly inspired by Dziga Vertov’s 1929 silent classic “Man With a Movie Camera.” (3) Because it represents an almost unbelievable technical proficiency. It was filmed during the New York blizzard of Dec. 26, and Jamie Stuart e-mailed it to me with this time stamp: December 27, 2010 4:18:18 PM CST.

The music is “Painted Sun in Abstract” by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross from the soundtrack of The Social Network.