This is what obsession looks like, and it’s glorious. The creator behind Corduroy Frames spent five years recreating the Beastie Boys’ iconic “Sabotage” video in stop motion, building the whole thing from card stock, foam, cardboard, tin foil and cotton balls, one microsecond at a time. The numbers tell the story: 4,340 hand-animated frames, 108 Ad-Rocks, 95 MCAs, 84 Mike Ds, 5 DJ Hurricanes, 41 blue cop cars and 177 pairs of little sunglasses, all moving in order from Scene 1 through Scene 129. You can watch the craft sharpen in real time, the early wobbles giving way to confident, fluid animation across a three-minute epic. And the banner across the whole project says it loud: no AI was used in making this video. It’s a handmade labor of love for one of the greatest music videos ever made.


