When you die, all that wil be left are photos and videos of you. Do you want to look good forever?
I've been taking photographs for over twenty-five years and one of my early photo teachers taught me this trick. It is a life changer. People will want you to take their photos after looking at your work. You will look better in photos forever more. I'm not exagerating.
Photographer Peter Hurley talks about the ten pounds that the camera adds and I've always believed it had to do with this trick.
This video is one of those "duh" ideas; it should have been made years ago.
I've been making my way the Val Lewton RKO films. They are a quirky handful of films. I don't use the word "quirky" lightly. They are advertised as horror films. Grab a book on horror films and you will see stills from these films. The dead dog in the tree from I Walked with a Zombie is in practically every horror book ever written.These are not horror films. They are something other. Suspense films with a supernatural element. But even the supernatural element can be debated. The films cleverly disguise the truth, and refuse to positively identify their universe as a supernatural one.
The films are clever. The stories are original and you cannot leave the room. They are not scary but they are smart and interesting. I Walked with a Zombie has passionate, stirring, music, mixed with some noirish lighting and shots. The whole thing could be a mess if it had not been handled so deftly.
A nurse comes to the Carribbean island of Saint Sebastian in order to care for a woman who is neither living nor dead. She discovers that many of the locals are part of a voodoo cult. Do they hold the answers to her patient's condition?
There are twists and turns and a bug eyed, creepy looking gentleman.The end is really cool.
I don't think I will be posting these every week. But, just to brag, like a hipster douche, the video only had 1 view when I listened. I don't know if that is something brag about or something which shames my soul.
Tim Heidecker and Greg Turkington, the hosts of the always infuriating and funny podcast, On Cinema, are coming to the Roxie Theater in San Francisco on Saturday, June 2nd.
The On Cinema gents are hosting a screening of Moment by Moment. They will also talk about the film. The show starts at 11pm and will cost $15.
Wikipedia has this to say about the film:
It tells the story of a romance between a young drifter named Strip Harrison (John Travolta) and an older wealthy woman, Trish Rawlings (Lily Tomlin).
The Mütter Museum's Hyrtl Skull Collection needs help. Adopt-a-skull and help them preserve 139 skulls in the collection. You will be credited at the Mütter Museum for your efforts.
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Monster Brains has a small but killer gallery of Micronaut card art over HERE.
The artists name is Kevin Kelly.
I was not a big fan of the smirking, anorexic, semi transparent, hands fell off, silver head line of Micronauts, but these guys were the bomb dot com. I loved Repto (above).
Every year at Big Wow (Supercon) they do an auction where one artist provides the pencils, and several other artists try their hand at inking it, usually over blue lines.
This year, Big Wow attendee, Jim Lee, whipped up a fantastic Batman pin-up and I inked it, something I almost never do. (ink other artists that is) This piece will be available for auction during the show, check the show site for more info and I hope to see lots of you there.
(ps. the auction goes to helping Big Wow with it's expenses, I don't make a dime)
