Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog

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"Dr. Horrible Operates in Explosion of Short Form" — In 2008, director/writer Joss Whedon’s "Dr. Horrible’s Sing-a-Long Blog" was released as three 13-minute webisodes and quickly became a cult hit. The films mark another moment in the evolution of established artists presenting short films on-line—pioneered last year by Will Ferrell’s "The Landlord."

This movement was catalyzed in part by the Writers Guild strike of 2007, when artists from film and television came together in greater numbers to express themselves in the short form, an integral part of the moving-image experience since the dawn of cinema.

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