I love this: The new video from the goofy power-pop band The Presidents of the United States of America was shot entirely using an array of Sony Ericsson cellphones. The song is a Weezer-ish tune called “Some Postman,” and the video was directed by the Australian filmmaker Grant Marshall.

The original video file resides here, but that server is very slow, so I’ve put the video on my own server. Here’s the video; it apparently only works with Quicktime 7. I’ve encoded and uploaded a lower-quality version that should play nice with other video plugins, as well as earlier versions of Quicktime. [UPDATE, 10/19: I’ve taken the primary file off my server because the bandwidth was getting a little out of hand. So I’ll just point you again to the original video file, which is here; it apparently only works with Quicktime 7. I’ll continue to host the lower-quality, more broadly compatible version on my server as long as I can. If you have Quicktime 7, you should definitely watch the original file, because it looks and sounds much better. UPDATE II: Okay, I had to take the lower-quality version down, too. But the cool people at ifilm’s Viral Video channel have begun hosting the clip. If you have Quicktime 7, you should definitely watch the original file; if you don’t, head to ifilm and watch a lower-quality streaming version. And P.S.: The RSS feed for ifilm’s Viral Video channel is well worth subscribing to.]

Here’s some background about how the “Some Postman” video was put together, and here’s some more. The phones were only capable of 10 frames per second (standard video is shot at around 30 f.p.s.), and they couldn’t capture quick jerky movements without pixelation, so much of the footage was shot with the band performing the song at half speed.

(I bet Clive will want to link to this…)

[via Lisa Rein.]