Category Archives: film
Kenneth Anger’s Missoni
YouTube – Missoni F/W 10-11 (HD) film by Kenneth Anger, 2010 Somehow I hadn’t heard that over the last ten years, Kenneth Anger has returned to film making. His Wikipedia page, however, lists no less than twelve new films since … more…
pink terror
YouTube – Pink Terror More slo-mo goodness. I must say I’m not over-keen on the soundtrack, but if you are, it’s over here. (via 3quarksdaily)
links for 2010-01-08: Two Gentlemen of Lebowski
Two Gentlemen of Lebowski The Big Lebowski retold in Shakespearean English, beautifully done. (tags: Shakespeare Lebowski humour film literature)
links for 2009-12-04: Kubrick on adaptation
The Kubrick Site: Kubrick on 'Words and Movies' from Sight & Sound, 1960-61 (tags: kubrick film writing literature)
Wilbur Wright und seine Flugmaschine
100-year-old footage of Wilbur Wright’s flying machine demonstration in France, including some shots filmed from the air — the first time this was ever done. (Europa Film Treasures, via kottke)
American Beauty
Was reminded of this scene in conversation recently. Last time I checked, it wasn’t available on Youtube, and now as (I trust) you see, it is — although embedding is tediously disabled.
Jim Carroll 1949-2009
(via Silliman’s Blog) Possibly wrong to bring it up in an RIP box, but: whilst peering into the depths of the David Shankbone portrait on Silliman’s Blog, it struck me that if anyone were planning to make a film of … more…
buggy
flight patterns from Charlie McCarthy Most ingenious time-lapse photography of insects doing what insects do around streetlamps.
C’etait un Rendez vous
I could have sworn I posted this, like five years ago, but searching the blog tells me otherwise. Glad to be reminded of it now. (via kottke)
Kevin Coyne – Marjory Razorblade
Amongst the (unusually worthwhile) comments, the following (which turns out to be from a 2003 Guardian 100 Best Albums You Have Never Heard) is quoted: Eastbourne Ladies flashing their knickers; Jackie in his boarding house, paper hat on head, pining … more…