Oviedo said the following on 05/02/2009 23:02:
The bending props is a unique effect.


Almost! The fashion advertising crowd had used that effect with
making racing cars and people lean right over some years ago and it's
made a come-back with the Matrix bullet-time array of cameras showing
people that look like that have been distorted in spirals.


http://people.rit.edu/andpph/photofile-b/lartigue-1.jpg
http://people.rit.edu/andpph/photofile-b/doisneau-1.jpg

http://maisonbisson.com/blog/post/10531/focal-plane-shutter-distortion/