Happenstance or Homage?
Shots from Abel Gance’s “Napoleon” and David Lynch’s “Eraserhead.”
When Wes Anderson Met Pauline Kael
She was a few inches under 5 feet tall, and she stood shakily with a metal cane that had four legs at the base. We both had on New Balance sneakers.
Register Now for the 6th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout!
What is the 72 Hour Film Shootout??? The Shootout is a nationwide competition where filmmaking teams have 72 hours to complete short films up to five minutes in length. Teams compete for cash and prizes and the chance to have their films screened at film festivals. The Shootout intends to create opportunities for Asian Americans to demonstrate their talent, gain exposure in the entertainment industry, and to have an impact on the visibility of Asian American stories and characters in film and television.Registration is now open for the 6th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout with new online registration this year! The competition is just around the corner on June 26 - 29, 2009 and remember online registration is the fastest way to get to get started! AAFilmLab members get an additional $20 discount off the Regular Shootout entry fees. Just sign up to be a member first on www.aafilmlab.org
Marion Cotillard in Lady Dior
I wanted to like this, but the style (tongue-in-cheek as it is) - full of every tracking shot imaginable - is so distracting. Just me?
Match in the video: Rob Bigwood vs. Shawn Lattimer
Take a peek at this short teaser Matte Chi cut from yesterdays Big Apple Grapple tournament. Matt is the most amazing director, videographer, and editor - a really talented guy. Contact me if you want his email for work purposes.
I ended up taking second place to Travis Bagent in the super lefties AND second place to Mike Selearis in the 225 lbs right handed class. Not too bad for training only 3.5 months and taking over two years off.
Headline Art
I can’t hold a candle to the headline writers of the New York Post. I am not thinking only about the famously attention-grabbing headlines like “Headless Body in Topless Bar” (the title of a compilation put into book form by Post staffers), but of headlines that demand interpretive work of a kind usually associated with modern poetry.
-Stanley Fish, NYT
“ The greatest thrill is that moment when a thousand people are sitting in the dark, looking at the same scene, and they are all apprehending something that has not been spoken. That’s the thrill of it, the miracle — that’s what holds us to movies forever. It’s what we wish we could do in real life. We all see something and understand it together, and nobody has to say a word. There’s a good reason that the very best sound an audience can make — in both the theater and the movies — is no sound at all, just absolute silence. ”
Mike Nichols
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Pride, in short, begets perseverance. All of which may explain why, when the repo man is at the door, people so often remind themselves that they still have theirs, and that it’s worth something. Because they do, and because it is.
However much pride may go before a fall, it may be far more useful after one.
”When All You Have Left Is Your Pride
Wittgenstein's Powdered Eggs
Found this link on Amol’s blog - he happens to have a dissertation on “The Concept of Modularity in Cognitive Science” so he knows a few things about these philosophers, for he might be one.
Brain Researchers Open Door to Editing Memory
“Suppose scientists could erase certain memories by tinkering with a single substance in the brain. Could make you forget a chronic fear, a traumatic loss, even a bad habit.”
