Superman Vs. Budos Band

Just a quick example of how sampling and ‘fair use’ are NOT just about ripping off other peoples ideas, but instead, can be about truly creative work.

Exhibit A: The Budos Band’s video for The Volcano Song (Dir. Stephen Pitalo). This is one bad-ass video:

What makes this video even more awesome is that the video is composed of footage spliced together from two seperate Max Fleischer Superman cartoons from 1943!!

Here are the two Fleischer cartoons – I love how Pitalo rearranges both and creates a whole new story without the man in the blue spandex, and probably thus avoiding legal action from DC.

Note: you will come to learn of my disdain for Superman aka “The Boy Scout” as I write more.