David Lynch fans, here you go. Below (and added to our YouTube playlist), we have Lynch’s anti-litÂterÂing pubÂlic serÂvice announceÂment that has a fairÂly high creepiÂness facÂtor. He’s actuÂalÂly not new to the world of comÂmerÂcials. This site colÂlects Lynch’s preÂviÂous comÂmerÂcial work, startÂing with his 1988 series of Calvin Klein ObsesÂsion ads that played on the work of F. Scott FitzgerÂald, Ernest HemÂingÂway, and D.H. Lawrence. And, while we’re at it, let’s not forÂget Lynch’s recent anti-iPhone spot, which is usuÂalÂly good for a laugh.
The Best Place on the Web for Film Junkies
Some of you may know GreenCine as a highÂbrow video-rental comÂpaÂny, one that serves as an alterÂnaÂtive to NetÂflix and BlockÂbuster. But the best thing about Greencine is its blog, mainÂtained by David HudÂson and updatÂed sevÂerÂal times a day. A thoughÂful and unpreÂtenÂtious colÂlecÂtion of reviews, interÂviews, fesÂtiÂvals and othÂer worthÂwhile online film disÂcusÂsions, refreshÂingÂly free of snark or invaÂsive opinÂionÂatÂing. Think of it as a very, very smart aggreÂgaÂtor. This parÂticÂuÂlar cineaste makes it her homeÂpage.
Cracking Tarantino
“TaranÂtiÂno’s Mind,” an award winÂning short film from Brazil, decodes the filÂmogÂraÂphy of Quentin TaranÂtiÂno, drawÂing conÂnecÂtions most TaranÂtiÂno fans might not have drawn themÂselves. ActÂing in the film is Seu Jorge, a great BrazilÂian musiÂcian (check this album out) who has gained recent fame in the US. The clip runs a good ten minÂutes. The only downÂsides are the small subÂtiÂtles and lanÂguage not suitÂable for puriÂtanÂiÂcal types. But we are in TaranÂtiÂno terÂriÂtoÂry, so what could you realÂly expect? (The video below has been added to our YouTube Playlist.)
80 Years of Academy Award Winning Films in Posters
Great poster colÂlecÂtion of Oscar winÂning films, from 1927 to this week. Check it out here.
via Kottke.org
Hitchcock 2008
What would it look like if you stuck today’s stars in HitchÂcockÂ’s clasÂsic films? VanÂiÂty Fair tried to figÂure it out.
Dr. Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
1964. DirectÂed by StanÂley Kubrick. StarÂring Peter SellÂers and George C. Scott. The TrailÂer. Action:
Added to our YouTube Playlist.
Who Do We Vote For This Time Around? A Letter from Michael Moore
The Iowa cauÂcus is finalÂly and merÂciÂfulÂly upon us. And right in time, filmÂmakÂer Michael Moore has offered an analyÂsis of the DemoÂcÂraÂtÂic field of canÂdiÂdates. There’s much here that I don’t parÂticÂuÂlarÂly agree with here, but Moore makes two large claims that strike me as being funÂdaÂmenÂtalÂly (and regretÂfulÂly) true:
- The “DemoÂcÂraÂtÂic front-runÂners are a less-than-stelÂlar group of canÂdiÂdates, and … none of them are the slam dunk we wish they were.”
- “For months I’ve been wantÂiÂng to ask the quesÂtion, “Where are you, Al Gore?” You can only polÂish that Oscar for so long. And the Nobel was decidÂed by ScanÂdiÂnaÂvians! I don’t blame you for not wantÂiÂng to enter the viper pit again after you already won. But getÂting us to change out our incanÂdesÂcent light bulbs for some irriÂtatÂing fluÂoÂresÂcent ones isn’t going to save the world. All it’s going to do is make us more agiÂtatÂed and jumpy and feelÂing like once we get home we haven’t realÂly left the office.”
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