Wholphin
EditorBrent Hoff
FrequencyQuarterly
First issueDecember 2005
Final issueFebruary 2012
CompanyMcSweeney's
CountryUS
Based inSan Francisco
WebsiteWholphin

Wholphin was a quarterly DVD magazine running at least 14 issues containing a selection of short films which had little or no exposure elsewhere.[1] The magazine was created by Dave Eggers and Brent Hoff of McSweeney's publishing house. It was named after the marine animal of the same name, a rare hybrid of a false killer whale and a dolphin, which highlights its unusual nature.[2]

Eggers and Hoff claim they were inspired to create it after the Cannes Film Festival, which is one of very few places at which many of these short films can ever be seen. Short films and documentaries have limited exposure to the general public because, in the words of Hoff, "they're too short to show on TV, and they don't play in theaters because they'd rather show some great trivia about Adam Sandler."

The first issue of Wholphin was released in December 2005, containing among others a documentary by Spike Jonze about Al Gore, by David O. Russell on U.S. soldiers in Iraq, films by Miguel Arteta and Miranda July, David Byrne and Selma Blair, Turkish sitcoms and Iranian animation.[2] Issue 15, the last Wholphin, was published February 2012.

Issues 2, 3, and 4 each came with a bonus DVD of the three parts of the documentary The Power of Nightmares by Adam Curtis. The magazine did not include any advertisement.[1]

Issues

Issue 1 (2007)
  • Al Gore Documentary by Spike Jonze
  • Soldier's Pay (documentary) by David O. Russell
  • Death of a Hen (animated) by Brian Dewan
  • Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? by Miranda July
  • The Writer (animated) by Carson Mell
  • The Writer by J. Lisa Chang & Newton Thomas Seigel
  • The House in the Middle by National Clean Up, Paint Up, Fix Up Bureau
  • The Delicious by Scott Pendergast
  • Malek Khorshid by Ali Akbar Sadeghi
  • Tatli Hayat ("The Sweet Life" aka "The Turkish Jeffersons") (sitcom, English subtitles provided by Jack Pendarvis, Rodney Rothman, Brian Reich, and A.G. Pasquella
  • Stairway at St. Paul by Jeroen Offerman
  • The Great Escape by Jeroen Offerman

Issue 2 (2007)
Issue 3 (2007)
  • The Russian Suicide Chair (Explosive Performance Art) by Dennis Hopper
  • The Passion of Martin by Alexander Payne
  • A Stranger in Her Own City (Documentary) by Khadija Al-Salami
  • A Bee and a Cigarette by Bob Odenkirk
  • Never Like the First Time by Jonas Odell
  • Kitchen by Alice Winocour
  • Ballistic Jaw Propulsion of Trap-Jaw Ants (Scientific discovery)
  • "Yeah Yeah, We Speak English. Just Serve." by Wholphin
  • Flotsam/Jetsam by David Zellner & Nathan Zellner
  • Tactical Advantage by Daren Rabinovitch
  • Bobby Bird by Carson Mell

Issue 4 (2007)
Issue 5 (2008)
Issue 6 (2008)
Issue 7 (2008)
Issue 8 (2009)
Issue 9 (2009)
Issue 10 (2009)
Issue 11 (2010)
Issue 12 (2010)
Issue 13 (2011)
Issue 14 (2011)

Best-of issues

Volume 1 (2008)
  • Two Cars, One Night directed by Taika Waititi
  • Heavy Metal Jr. directed by Chris Waitt
  • The Pity Card directed by Bob Oedenkirk
  • Chonto directed by Carson Mell
  • American Outrage (excerpt) directed by George and Beth Gage
  • Wallyball: "Yeah, Yeah, We Speak English. Just Serve." by Wholphin
  • The Delicious directed by Scott Prendergast
  • More directed by Mark Osborne
  • A Stranger in Her Own City directed by Khadija Al-Salami
  • Are You the Favorite Person of Anybody? directed by Miguel Arteta
  • Untitled Patton/Byrne Piece by Wholphin
  • Baby Squid, Born Like Stars by Wholphin
  • Tactical Advantage directed by Daren Rabinovitch

References

  1. 1 2 Nat Ives (15 February 2006). "Wholphin: A Magazine of Short Films". AdAge. New York. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
  2. 1 2 Danielle Digiacomo. "Saving the Odd Docs: Hybrid Media Like 'Wholphin' and 'GOOD' Distribute Rare Films". IDA. Retrieved 1 January 2016.
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