seriously watch it and it will make you happy
If this 10 minute short film fails to make you smile, then you’re probably dead inside.
Trailer for Beauty Is Embarrassing
a documentary about artist and Pee Wee’s Playhouse set designer and voice actor Wayne White, the man whom Matt Groening describes as “a little Zach Galifianakis, a little Snuffy Smith, a little Unabomber.” The film is premiering at SXSW in March, but let’s all hope that it comes out for a much wider audience soon after, because it looks like a great inspiration for anyone trying to be creative.
via Splitsider
I need to see this immediately.
It’s a rare filmmaker who could juxtapose festive fireworks with brutal gunfire and transition from the inside of a New York coffee shop to a huddle of civilians into Afghanistan, but that’s exactly what documentarian Tim Hetherington does in “Diary” — his 19-minute film that encapsulates his decade of war reporting.
"It’s about the social contract, especially if you’re a guy working in a parking lot and you’re talking to a guy in a $50,000 Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer, and they’re getting in your grill about fifty cents, even though to them it seems completely plausible that that fifty cents shouldn’t even really matter to you. To you that fifty cents is worth $50,000 of Eddie Bauer Ford Explorer, and you just want to take it out of them any way you can."
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The Parking Lot Movie.
Oh, man. If you think this movie is not a straight up meditation on the class struggle in America, you’ve either never held a really shitty customer service position or you’re just not paying attention.
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February 23rd
10:17
10:17
Extended trailer for Ray Harryhausen: Special Effects Titan.
February 17th
16:50
16:50
a message from byronic
Hi Elaine, how are you?
I've just finished watching Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN_aejkbh9c) and I'm wondering whether you've seen it. If not, I'll strongly recommend it, it's absolutely marvellous. They even show the dissection of a working 1936 Technicolor camera! Basically it's a cinéphile's idea of porn :)
Take care.
I've just finished watching Cameraman: The Life & Work of Jack Cardiff (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dN_aejkbh9c) and I'm wondering whether you've seen it. If not, I'll strongly recommend it, it's absolutely marvellous. They even show the dissection of a working 1936 Technicolor camera! Basically it's a cinéphile's idea of porn :)
Take care.
Hi Irene! I’m swell, thanks for asking and for sending this to me. I haven’t seen it and unfortunately it’s not available on Netflix yet (no news on if/when it’ll be in cinemas here). I love films about the people behind the camera, so this is right up my alley. Thanks again, and I hope you’re well!
February 5th
21:22
21:22
Meeting People Is Easy (Grant Gee, 1998)
NOW AVAILABLE TO WATCH INSTANTLY ON NETFLIX: Banksy’s Exit Through the Gift Shop
Something’s Gonna Live – A Film by Daniel Raim
An intimate portrait ten years in the making, of Hollywood’s pre-digital master craftsmen, “Something’s Gonna Live” celebrates the work, friendship and indelible contribution of renowned production designers Robert F. Boyle (NORTH BY NORTHWEST), Henry Bumstead (TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD), Albert Nozaki (THE WAR OF THE WORLDS) and Harold Michelson (STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE), as well as master cinematographers Haskell Wexler (IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT) and Conrad L. Hall (IN COLD BLOOD).
Video: Trailer for “Restrepo”
“Restrepo” is a feature-length documentary that chronicles the deployment of a platoon of U.S. soldiers to Afghanistan’s Korengal Valley. The movie focuses on a remote 15-man outpost, Restrepo, named after a platoon medic who was killed in action. It was considered one of the most dangerous postings in the US military. This is an entirely experiential film: our cameras never leave the valley, we dont interview generals or diplomats. Our only goal is to make you feel as though you have just done a 90-minute deployment. This is war, full stop. The conclusions are up to you.
July 25th
18:16
18:16
Jay Rosenblatt’s Human Remains (1998)
I need to see this again. In my film production class, before we were allowed to even touch the school’s Bolexes, we were shown this film.
Human Remains is a haunting documentary which illustrates the banality of evil by creating intimate portraits of five of this century’s most reviled dictators. The film unveils the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Tse Tung. We learn the private and mundane details of their everyday lives — their favorite foods, films, habits and sexual preferences. There is no mention of their public lives or of their place in history.
Ken Burns’s newest film The National Parks: America’s Best Idea will be premiering tonight on PBS. As a nature lover and a fan of documentary, I wouldn’t miss this. More info here.
“Just as many of the lands that make up today’s national parks were the spiritual homes for the indigenous tribes who lived there, they had a profound and often spiritual impact on the settlers who first saw them and on the visionaries who fought tirelessly to preserve them as the common property of the American people,” said Ken Burns. “They saw in them a visual, tangible representation of God’s majesty. Our film celebrates the beauty of these parks and the vision and foresight of the men and women who made sure that this land would be preserved.”
