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Film
Le Ballon Rouge, Part Deux
It is such a simple film. The images carry the story, the music enhances the images, and the dialogue is almost non-existent. The Red Balloon shows and does not tell, and because of that the audience is allowed to have their own reactions to it. It is an historical artifact and a fantasy. As Doc … Continue reading
La Ballon Rouge
Finally, after seven days of living sans computer, mine has returned with a new fully functional graphics card. Enabling me to view and enjoy Albert Lamorisse’s 1956 film, La Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon). For this week, Dr. Hyperbolus and I are swapping days. Not even a minute into this shit it’s already proven itself … Continue reading
return from London
I just moved back from London where I was working at Double Negative. Most people out of the FX industry probably haven’t heard of it but you’ve definitely seen the movies they’ve worked on… Dark Night Hellboy 2 Harry Potter Quantum of Solace …all the way back to Pitch Black in 1998 During my time … Continue reading
Flight of the Red Balloon
Hey, balloon! Come here. Are you coming? Come on. Are you listening? If you come… I’ll give you something. Something bigger than you can imagine. I’ll give you a hundred candies. Two million caramel bars. Anything you want if you come. It’s not listening. Balloon, are you coming or not? You heard me. So you’re … Continue reading
Freeze Frame
Writing with a Camera: A Take on Long Take Tracking Shots
Next week, Doc Salvatron and I will be collaborating on back-to-back posts about The Red Balloon, the classic short film by Albert Lamorisse, and the feature film it inspired, Flight of the Red Balloon, by Hsiao-hsien Hou. This week, inspired by the style of Hsiao-hsien Hou and by a film I watched called Nine Lives, … Continue reading
Rian Johnson’s Festival of Fakery: The Man Who Would Be King
The final selection from Rian Johnson’s Festival of Fakery is an old-fashioned, epic tale of high adventure: The Man Who Would Be King, directed by John Huston. (Full list here.) Over a few decades, the movie was previously launched and re-launched with a host of onscreen duos — Clark Gable and Humphrey Bogart, Burt Lancaster … Continue reading
Rian Johnson’s Festival of Fakery: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
Terry Gilliam is one of the most imaginative and inventive filmmakers we have, a ringmaster of cinematic oddities. It’s been awhile since he’s had a hit — The Brothers Grimm and Tideland weren’t very well-received — but even in his minor films, you can expect to see something different and challenging, something non-status quo. Later … Continue reading
Luc Besson
This was made in InDesign CS4 with Rockwell Std. “Why did I make Subway? Why did I do all that crazy undersea stuff in The Big Blue? Why did I go all black and nasty with Nikita?. I don`t know. Because I did. I do what I do because I want to do it, because … Continue reading
Rian Johnson’s Festival of Fakery: F for Fake
“Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.” – Pablo Picasso So what then, is art? The answer to that question today encompasses far more than it ever has — thanks to technology (which more and more helps us to synthesize reality) and the variety of media available to us (books, TV, the … Continue reading