Wed 14 May
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Oil!
For a couple of months now I’ve been reading Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow. It’s a big book, and a tough one to read. Like the work of José Saramago, the style of Pynchon’s writing turns…
Wed 14 May
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Wed 14 May
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15 sci-fi movies, 15 famous architectural locations
‘Brutalist’ architecture seems to be an unwritten law of sci-fi location scouting. I automatically remembered the odd portuguese sci-fi movie, Solveig Nordlund’s Low Flying Aircraft, which was set mostly in the Torralta Towers, since then demolished (notice the Wile E. Coyote eye on our Prime Minister 2 minutes into the video).
That movie has another scene - the ‘futuristic stormtroopers creating havoc’ scene present in 85% of sci-fi - set in the CGD headquarters in Lisbon, which is absent but I think should top the list for architectural Orwellian creepiness (in a tacky, early 90s kind of way).
That movie has another scene - the ‘futuristic stormtroopers creating havoc’ scene present in 85% of sci-fi - set in the CGD headquarters in Lisbon, which is absent but I think should top the list for architectural Orwellian creepiness (in a tacky, early 90s kind of way).
Mon 12 May
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Trailer (also in HD) for The Fall, directed by Tarsem Singh and produced by David Fincher and Spike Jonze (whaa?). The cinematography alone seems to be three movie tickets’ worth, even if the rest sucks - which I don’t believe it will.
I want to see this film.
Fri 09 May
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Kottke: When Obama wins
Fri 09 May
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Great backstage photo from Sofia Coppola’s Marie Antoinette. Are there any backstage photos of Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon involving a Braun record player?
Wed 07 May
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‘True Spirit’ by Guillaume Paris, 1992. Each word in the sentence is the brand name of the product displayed under it - left to right: cigarette, soap, margarine, cleaning pad, dog food. (at VVORK)
Sun 04 May
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Justice - ‘Stress’. It challenges the definition of ‘music video’, as this short film is a brutal synthesis of Clockwork Orange-like nihilistic violence (perhaps even more brutal: no chance for a “it’s set in the future” sigh of relief). This video was directed by Romain Gavras, apparently the son of director Costa-Gavras, known for his overtly political films. Good to see his offspring leaves no medium (the music video) as ‘safe’.
Sat 03 May
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In 1973, a guy with a strange hat explains an analogue image processor.
Fri 02 May
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CNN is like the worst “news” source. Ever. Here’s ’”Dozens killed in battle against outlaws”. I dig this. It’s Spamusement for sensasionalistic news. (via Neato)