Film often runs in parallel with life and it feeds off it but I don’t think it necessarily nurtures it. I don’t think it necessarily contributes in the way we think it does. We, in our world, in our bubble that we work in, imagine that it does but I am not sure that it […]
…whenever a fancy new video format (widescreen, dvd, blu-ray) appears I always make sure my first purchases are for films with real beauty…
Whenever I start feeling a bit snooty about preferring/demanding the widescreen version of a film, it helps to watch a bit of “pan & scan” footage so I can get all uppity again. Today Jason Kottke posted a link to the video below, in which some big name filmmakers school you on exactly what’s happening. […]
Beautiful chart from Information Is Beautiful Timelines: Time travel in popular film and tv | Information Is Beautiful.
“The Dude” Art Print by Ben Swift (Second Edition) After much debate, Ben Swift has indeed decided to release a second edition of his popular Lebowski-themed art print, “The Dude”. It’s a 12? x 16? screenprint, has an edition of 180, and costs $20. These will likely go pretty fast, so grab one now in […]