In Michel Gondry's film Be Kind Rewind, Jack Black accidentally erased the videotapes at his friend's (played by Mos Def) VHS store. To make up for it, they "sweded" or remade classic movies into funny short films starring themselves
David Chen of Always Watching blog has compiled the top 10 fan-made "sweded' homemade films - from Predator to Star Wars to Lord of the Rings.
Some of them are better than the original movies! http://www.alwayswatching.org/features/top-10-sweded-films - Thanks David! More fan-made sweded videos here: Link
Update 3/21/08: More at SwededFilms.com - Thanks Nick Underwood!
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Okily Dokely. Swededfilms.com is ready for the prime time. Go check it out! Booya.
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I love these so much that I am currently working on a site to catalogue and support the art. swededfilms.com Not much there yet, but its coming together slowly.
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After watching those, it doesn't seem all that bad to pay $10 for a real movie ticket.
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