Category Archives: film

“Krautrock: The Rebirth of Germany” DOCUMENTARY

fascinating documentary on krautrock that originally aired on bbc 4. this section focuses on my favorite krautrock band neu – includes an interview w/ iggy pop on his love of their drumming. via rhizome

posted by cameron on January 26th, 2010| categories: documentary youtube | Tags: , , , , , | comments

Connected: SHORT FILM

Let’s review what we know about Connected. It’s a Danish short film that was released in 2009. It’s a sci-fi/western. It has an immersive website that offers a great look at various stages of production, including costuming, sound design and a nifty section on matte painting that illuminates the seamless transition between real-world Danish chalk pit and post-apocalyptic wasteland.

Until I see the short (fingers crossed!) I cannot determine if the film is a triumph. But, speaking as both somebody who is knee deep in getting my own independent short film off the ground and as a ravenous motion picture junkie, this project is hitting all the right notes. Explore the site for more videos, hints, and behind the scenes goodery.

Also? That poster is sublime. Graphic design company Barq released a very limited number for sale, so if you have an extra 39 Euro in your pocket, or want to buy me the perfect birthday present (less than a month away!), go thin out your wallet here

posted by evan on January 14th, 2010| categories: film | Tags: , , | comments

Alma: VIDEO

Guess what? Some dude from Pixar made a great short film. Seemingly impossible, no? It’s not like they have a track record for mind-blowing stuff. This is how I imagine a conversation would go down between my two favorite television characters after they watched this video.

Pete Campbell: “Can you imagine? A thing like that.”
Omar: “Oh, indeed.”

I especially enjoy the (ironic?) peppy, hopeful score at the end despite the decidedly unchill finale. Those Spaniards and their sensibilities…

via /Film

posted by evan on December 20th, 2009| categories: animation film video | Tags: , , | comments

The Unclothed Man in the 35th Century A.D.

A few days ago the ‘noids and I both twittered about this eccentric little Animated Web Series That Could over at IFC.com. But, in case you’re not the microblogging type (but are the regular blogging type? I’d guess very few of those people exist), this small, engaging project is definitely worth your eight minutes.

Comic book artist Dash Shaw (previously responsible for 2008’s Fantagraphics delight Bottomless Belly Button) also released Unclothed Man via Fantagraphics this month. Disparate animation styles and simple, hand drawn production value is the perfect vessel for a world where future-artists hone their still life sketches on rigid, unmoving droids. Our hero, Rebel X-6, is no droid. Defiance works best when you start small, I suppose.

Embedded is the first installment (watch the rest here), but the second and third chapters are my true favorites. That’s what we call a “hook” in the biz (what biz?):

posted by evan on December 10th, 2009| categories: animation comic film space video | Tags: , , | comments

Neill Blomkamp: “alive in joburg” SHORT

neill blomkamp’s district 9 is by far the best film i have seen this year. the best science fiction uses elements of the genre to explore broader issues, relying on fantastical elements as a crux to grow stroyline’s and plot, a technique blomkamp has nailed. if you still haven’t seen the film watch his alive in joburg short that piqued peter jackson’s interest and led to the production of district 9 as a feature length film:

posted by cameron on September 10th, 2009| categories: film | Tags: , , , | comments

Tron Legacy: TRAILER

posted by cameron on July 25th, 2009| categories: film video | Tags: , , | comments

angel heart

a very weird movie watched the other night:

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posted by cameron on May 6th, 2009| categories: film | Tags: , , , | comments

mystery train

posted by cameron on March 3rd, 2009| categories: film | Tags: , | comments

wisdom from jarmusch

from my favorite director (via FFFFOUND!):

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posted by cameron on January 8th, 2009| categories: art creativity culture film | Tags: | comments

the wrestler

i saw the wrestler last night and it exceeded expectations ten fold. my favorite film of this ‘oscar push’ season – it is beautiful, harrowing, and like all my favorite art exposes an incredible story in an unexpected arena. it is humanist in the truest sense. mickey rourke and darren aronofsky excels while expandsing his breadth as an auteur. is phenomenal mick foley (mankind) has a great piece about at slate:

I found great authenticity in so many aspects of Randy’s battered psyche. His constant need for acceptance—from his estranged daughter; from his possible love interest, a stripper played by Marisa Tomei (who is wonderful, if a bit shocking for any guy who ever had a crush on her in My Cousin Vinny); from a random collection of customers at the deli counter where he works; from his dwindling number of nostalgic wrestling fans—is a theme that many a wrestler will grudgingly admit to connecting with. The scene depicting a poorly attended “Legends Convention” where Randy, a man so proud of his past, is forced not only to accept his present but to take a glimpse at the future, will strike an uncomfortable yet legitimate chord with every wrestling star whose personal appearances have ever been met with a symphony of silence.

posted by cameron on December 18th, 2008| categories: film | Tags: , , , | comments