Check out this amazing video from photographer Gregory Colbert. There's also a full length version of the film available on DVD, although it's quite hard to come by. It makes up part of an entire Ashes and Snow project, made up of films, installations, photographs and novels, you can find out more about it here.
"In […]
Adam Curtis' new documentary aired recently on BBC2; it was fantastic, as expected, he has a stunning track record, his previous films have been some of the best programmes ever broadcast. It's called The Trap: What Happened to our Dream of Freedom, you can find it through bittorrent, or on google video. In his previous videos he […]
This week I went to see Darren Aronofsky's new film The Fountain. I don't generally look at reviews before I go to see a film, but when I saw the BBC Movies website had only given it two stars I found myself looking around to see if the film I had be so eagerly awaiting […]
Just a quick post to say I found a couple more excellent Bill Viola videos worth checking out:
The Reflecting Pool
Documentary
A Scanner Darkly has finally been released here in the UK which means after a long wait I got to go and see it on the big screen. Before I share my thoughts on the film, I should probably point out my bias; If you are a regular reader you will probably know that Philip K […]
A Scanner Darkly (the Richard Linklater adaptation of a Philip K Dick Novel) is released in the US at the end of this week. Whilst looking around at lots of the reviews and previews online I found this article on slate.com. Joshua Glenn (who also writes an excellent column at the Boston Globe) has really […]
Century of the self
This is an absolutely fantastic BBC series from 2002 about psychology and propaganda over the past hundred years or so. It has been mentioned a lot on Pop Occulture, and other places. The BBC has their own page about it (just text, no video):
Adam Curtis’ acclaimed series examines the rise of the […]
For those of you who are interested, the official “A Scanner Darkly” website is online here, looks good. Some stills:
I have not looked at all of these yet, but some of them are excellent:
http://www.naqoy.com/forum/forum.asp
Naqoyqatsi is also one of the best films ever, well worth a watch.
Snakes On A Plane:
http://www.tagworld.com/snakesonaplane
Yes, that is the actual title.
Brilliant.
“The trick is to combine your waking rational abilities with the infinite possibilities of your dreams. Because, if you can do that, you can do anything.” - Linklater
Laura Veirs on Radio 2:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/shows/long/upcomingsessions.shtml
New A Scanner Darkly Trailer:
http://www.themoviebox.net/movies/2005/STUVWXYZ/Scanner-Darkly,A/trailer.php
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_1714106.html
http://earthacademy.org/interview01.html
I had forgotten how good this was:
http://avalonuk.com/tv/iframe_tv_darkplace_big.htm
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“I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.” - Groucho Marx