In Kubrick’s words, 2001 proved the viability of film as ‘a non-verbal experience—the truth is in the feel of it, not the think of it.”
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Only the brave playbook
In Kubrick’s words, 2001 proved the viability of film as ‘a non-verbal experience—the truth is in the feel of it, not the think of it.”
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The people of the Flat Earth Society believe that this place is one of the four corners of the world; the very edge of the earth. Fancy that.
Nowhere in the world looks like Newfoundland and Labrador the most easterly point of North America, perched on the edge of a continent. This chapter evokes the strange and terrible beauty of our landscape and seascape, in stark contrast to the typical images found in most glossy tourism advertising.
Director Alar Kivilo.
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Remake of the classic The Graduate from Tony Notarberardino. Beautiful stark cinematography. Iconic.
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Electric radiance of Los Angeles at night. Colin Rich’s interpretation of the city captures the downtown district including a memorable reverse view of the Hollywood sign. Colin’s “LA Light” journey serves as a homage to the best of LA’s landmarks at night.
The most notable benchmark for cinematic brilliance of LA’s nighttime hues and tones could be Michael Mann’s 1995 feature film, ‘Heat‘. This movie captured a quiet ambience, albeit with some lesser known architecture.
Dante Spinotti the cinematographer on ‘Heat’ provided stark unsentimental framing and Elliot Goldenthal gave an equally minimal soundtrack avoiding the mundane and elevating the sober mood into a truly admirable realisation.

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Racy psychological thriller. ’Love Me Tender, Or Else’. Short film written and directed by Greg Williams as a web viral for underwear firm Agent Provocateur staring model Rosie Huntington-Whiteley.
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Amazing new multi camera streaming technology. h/t @shirowilde
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The film documents Herzog fulfilling a bet he made with Errol Morris.
Roger Ebert has said, “After twenty years of reviewing films, I haven’t found another filmmaker who intrigues me more. Errol Morris is like a magician, and as great a filmmaker as Hitchcock or Fellini.”
If Morris would finish his brilliant first feature “Gates of Heaven,” Herzog said he would eat his shoe. He uses this public stunt to say some very serious things about American pop culture, filmmakers becoming ‘clowns’ to promote their work, and the culture of images (or lack thereof).
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Likley to be one of the best AmEx commercial ever made.
I can only imagine what Stanley Kubrick would say looking through his nephew’s birthday photos. Beautiful crafted spot. Marty deserves top marks.
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I defy anyone not to find this remarkable soundscape anything short of stunning.
Don’t be put off by occational sorrow this soundtrack has many wonderful inspiring passages.
Gustavo Santaolalla’s stunning mix that moves between bombo drums and the charango vs. the strings, as if they were the characters and the orchestra the landscape. Then we hear the electric guitar chord, like the time passing, giving a time context, actuality and rebel. It is appropriate for telling the story of such a controversial personality, traveling around a landscape without words to describe: South America. A great reminder to check out these Cuban filmmakers too.
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Spoke earlier about the stunning cinematography of the Atlantic coast in this new short film from Astray Films.
Gorgeous and deeply evocative portrayal of the ocean around the United Kingdom.
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It’s often said, “Always dare to fail. Always take chances, and never give yourself the comfort of not trying”. In honor of Edison who’s rare successes beat the 10,000 failures.
Failure. The mere thought can paralyze even the most heroic thinkers and keep great ideas off the drawing board. But is failing really that bad? We get an inside look at the mishaps of Honda racers, designers and engineers to learn how they draw upon failure to motivate them to succeed. From poor color choices to blown race engines, these risk-taking individuals provide an honest look at what most people fear most. Watch the film and discover the upside of failure.
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A welcomed addition to our cinema listing featuring luscious cinematography with a deep stirring soundtrack. Bit of a familiar and trying storyline but it’s worth sticking with it for such lovely art direction
STASIS by Christian Swegal 24m high definition movie with outstanding art direction.
In the future, an Ex-Soldier is placed in virtual exercises to cure his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. In the simulations, he sees glimpses of a mysterious girl, presumably someone from his past. When a Stranger appears in his facility offering answers, the Soldier finds himself once again asked to kill, this time for her…
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A short film about Japanese custom motorcycle engineer shinya kimura from chabott engineering. Directed by Henrik Hansen
Exquisite work. The film, the story, the subject, the bikes – beautiful.
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Interview from PopMatters [international magazine of arts and culture] Find more PopMatters content at www.popmatters.com.

Hans Zimmer’s career as an Academy Award-winning film composer had a bit of an unusual start: He has the distinction of being in the first music video ever broadcast on MTV.
Having orbited around a New Wave band called the Buggles in the late ’70s, Zimmer — a keyboard wizard who grew up in Germany before moving to London as a teenager, soon indulging his love of pop music at any chance he could get — managed to get a small spot on the video for the song “Video Killed the Radio Star,” which not only became a huge hit for the band, but also has the distinction of being the first video ever aired on the then-fledging Music Television Network. Following that, he bounced around various projects before partnering up with noted film composer Stanley Meyers in the early ’80s to do movie work. From that point onward, Zimmer’s pioneering use of electronic instruments in film scores helped usher in a new generation of young composers, soon securing his place in cinema history with his work on films such as “Rain Man,” “The Lion King” and “Gladiator.”
Known for his willingness to collaborate with others, Zimmer found a kindred spirit with noted director Christopher Nolan, who brought on both Zimmer and James Newton Howard to work on his Batman films. The resulting scores for both “Batman Begins” and “The Dark Knight” were powerful and dynamic, but very atypical of what a score for a superhero movie should be: There was no endlessly-repeated theme, no collaborations with pop stars. Zimmer and Howard wrote for the needs of the film, drawing viewers in to a dark, sometimes terrifying world without the usual Hollywood score tropes dogging them the whole time. Mixing electronic elements with ambient violins and thundering percussion, Zimmer has proven that at 52 years old, he is showing no signs of slowing down.
The much-hyped sci-fi action film “Inception” marks the first time since his 1998 debut “Following” that Nolan has written an original screen story entirely for himself. Despite its A-list cast and daring action sequences, the film has its roots in distant memories and painful regrets, mixing a high-end concept with real human emotion (Nolan’s forte). Speaking about his work on the score, the warm and funny Zimmer reveals why he brought along Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr to provide contributions,
how his relationship with Nolan works, and why the “Inception” music was inspired by both David Bowie and mathematician Roger Penrose.
Roger Penrose famously described ‘quantum consciousness’:
It is best known to the wider public for his view that there is an essentially non-algorithmic element to human thought and human consciousness. Example: It has been known for about forty years that there is no algorithmic way of deciding whether a given collection of polygonal shapes will tile the plane, that is, the tiling problem is non-recursive.

Q: Having finally seen the final cut of “Inception,” what are your thoughts on it?
A: It was a very different process. You know, usually films are being made in bits and pieces and there’s a structure of how you work it: the composer sees the movie and discusses the themes with the director and he goes off and he writes the theme — we didn’t do any of that on this one.
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Tony Scott’s tragic death is sad reminder that success does not equate to happiness or inner peace, lest one think otherwise. Twitter, Jason Brush
“I’m deeply sorry for the death of Tony Scott. I will like to understand the mystery behind the decision he took.” Twitter, Guillermo Arriaga (Filmmaker)
Forever and indelibly the artist, maker, visionary of light and dark. Full reporting on the life and passion of film director Tony Scott who’s tragic passing on Sunday shocked the whole creative community. Story via the Guardian
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35mm« is a shortfilm about cinema itself. We picked 35 of our favorite movies and tried to simplify them as far as possible. The outcome is a 2 minute journey through the history of film. Take a close look and tell us if you’ve recognized them all!
Fightclub, Singing in the Rain, Jaws, Snow White, Toy Story.
h/t @creativesoapbox props @pascalmonoco
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