Tag 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)
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)
Harry Crews
I re-read Harry Crews‘ A Childhood: The Biography of a Place a few months ago, and this clip is a radically shortened re-telling of a story in the book. I don’t know why I didn’t post about it at the … more…
alternate repetitions in Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining
I don’t remember why I was browsing on The Shining originally — possibly I was thinking of doing Jack up as a lolmaniac ….ah yes… — but amongst the trivia on an otherwise rather turgid write-up at House of Horrors, … more…
links for 2007-09-03: early Scorsese
The Big Shave – Martin Scorsese Long, long time since I saw this last. I’d forgotten, if I ever knew, that Scorsese credits Herman Melville for Whiteness… (tags: film Martin-Scorsese Herman-Melville shaving)
Labour Day Special at The Blue Raccoon: Eugene Debs, Louise Brooks
Harry Kollatz at The Blue Raccoon has posted a very respectable outline of the career of labour activist Eugene Debs by way of a Labour Day observation, and a terrific picture of Louise Brooks, too, from the movie Now We’re … more…
links for 2007-08-17: Antonioni
The one who went before | Features | Guardian Unlimited Film Martin Scorsese pays tribute to Michaelangelo Antonioni (tags: film Martin-Scorsese Michaelangelo-Antonioni)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Last night I found myself watching The Boston Strangler (Richard Fleischer, 1968) at the urging of a friend who isn’t much given to emphatic movie recommendations. I remembered hearing of it before, and I knew it had a reputation, at … more…