Art for a New World

[CaptainTrilby]

Here's another 'what if' question for you Escapists. An alien has just warped you up to their mothership and demanded to see, in your opinion, the best bits of human art that you can muster. They demand off you:
A film
A piece of music (that means a single song, not a CD)
A book
A game (this can be a board game, video game or anything you see as a game)
A painting, sculpture or art installation

So, what pieces of art would you show to our new alien overlords?

 

[Zaeseled]

Bambi.
Some of Mozart's maybe? Or Bach.
I don't know what for a book.
Chess.
Mona Lisa?

 

[HumpinHop]

Watchmen.

Divinity's Reach by Jeremy Soule: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UC4vjbCqJOk

A Game of Thrones.

Ocarina of Time (I didn't want to say Heavy Rain)

Saturn Devouring His Son by Francisco Goya.

 

[Mr Somewhere]

Metropolis (silent expressive classic, would capture a sense of heart)

Life On Mars, Bowie. Should be something with universal(?) appeal

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (I'd normally pick horror but... not sure that'd be a good idear)

Super Mario Galaxy (again, universal appeal, pure fun too)

Nitehawks

 

[Hero in a half shell]

Film: Shrek

Music: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

A book: Peter Pan

A game: Perudo

A sculpture: The Farnese Atlas sculpture

 

[ArcossG]

Film: Titanic

Book: Harry Potter

Game: Ocarina of time

Art: Mona Lisa

 

[Scarim Coral]

Film: Cinema Paradiso

Music Halcyon by Orbito

Book: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Game: Okami

Art: Lunchtime atop a Skyscraper (1932) by Charles Clyde Ebbets

 

[Heathrow]

Film: Fitzcorraldo

Music: Bach's Cello Suite No. 1

Book: To Kill a Mockingbird

Game: Half Life 2: Ep 2

Art: Van Gogh Sunflowers