Considering the pig, a single-minded bestiary.
The Sow’s Purse Occasional Video Series will try to root up, save and present overlooked and ambiguously promoted videos that concern pigs. Porkopolis will fetch the old and new, fat and lean and feature them here for another look.
Here is the official music video for Sandra Boynton’s “When Pigs Fly.” It tells of a gentle relationship between a parent and child who both happen to be pigs. This short film was storyboarded and directed by Boynton and wonderfully animated by Ira Baker. Ryan Adams does the mesmerizing vocals. The lyrics are here, too – sing along!
“The Three Little Pigs” read by Christopher Walken – the king of cameos and quirky roles. Walken puts his own demented personality into a classic fairytale.
Here is a favorite scene – Den of Pigs – from the film Mail Order Wife (2004). This is a darkly comic mockumentary film about a documentarian who arranges to fund the East Asian mail-order bride of a NYC doorman in exchange for the right to film the experience. The documentarian gets a bit too involved with his subjects and a tragi-comic love triangle develops.
Here is JD Ruse and the Little Big Band recorded live at the Corner Room with special guests, The Three Little Pigs. The quartet are performing John Donoghue’s song “Whoopee in the Cushion” about one of life’s nagging mysteries: Where does fun come from?
The Sow’s Purse Occasional Video Series will try to root up, save and present overlooked and ambiguously promoted videos that concern pigs. Porkopolis will fetch the old and new, fat and lean and feature them here for another look.