Choices
From last year: The bold choices ad. Starring Willem Dafoe and directed by Dante Ariola for StrawberryFrog.
Behind the scenes here.
entries Tagged as [cinema]
The Titanic Boat
I think I’ll post this here.
About fifteen years ago, when Titanic was in full swing and everyone was trying to cash in on the concept – books, exhibitions, games, sequels – I came up with this idea for a tee vee series: The Titanic Boat.
It would be the same concept as The Love Boat (1977–86) where every week new stories revolve around guest stars. The only difference, all would take place on the original Titanic. And the guests would either be saved (via lifeboats) or die some sort of gruesome death. [Read more →]
SF, 1955
‘You’ll see Playland, our oceanside amusement park which was closed in 1972, very rare footage of the SkyTram (an extinct ride over Seal Rocks and Sutro Baths), and a brakescreeching ride down the Crookedest Street in the World.’
From 1955: Color Cinemascope footage of San Francisco by Tullio Pellegrini.
Found via Boing Boing
Going West
Film for the New Zealand Book Council, produced by Colenso BBDO and animated by Andersen M Studio.
And you can snag a copy of Maurice Gee’s Going West here.
Found via Daniel Will-Harris
The Last Obsession
‘Death does determine life . . . . Once life is finished it acquires a sense; up to that point it has not got a sense; its sense is suspended and therefore ambiguous. However, to be sincere I must add that for me death is important only if it is not justified and rationalised by reason. For me death is the maximum of epic-ness.’ –Pier Paolo Pasolini
Luca Finotti’s The Last Obsession. Featuring Tom Ford’s Fall/Winter collection.
Peppy and the coat
Bérénice Bejo as Peppy Miller in The Artist.
Finally saw it last weekend. Beautiful little nouveau ‘silent’ film.
Prager, Evil
The photography of Alex Prager.
Last month, Prager completed a 13 ‘cinematic villain’ piece for the NYT Magazine. View Touch of Evil here.
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