Film

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in December 2007.

Blade Runner: The Final Cut

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Tomorrow I’m going to see my favorite film of all time in the theater for the first. Time.

<3 <3 <3

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2007.

At Mezzanine, tonight.

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in November 2007.

Cashback

Tonight a few of us holed up in Kona and watched movies. One of them was Cashback, the first feature from Sean Ellis, based on his short of the same name. The cast from the short reprised their roles. Ben, the protagonist narrates the story about an artist in university who reacts to his insomnia by working the night shift at Sainsbury’s, the characters he meets there and the events that follow. It’s also a story about love, loss, pranks, acceptance, introspection and plain being young. And freezing time. And lots of very naked women. In conclusion: awesome, one of the best films I’ve seen in a while.

Think Michel Gondry, Danny Boyle and Edgar Wright figuring out how to collaborate with no budget, Sean Ellis is solidly ticking off both boxes on his to do list. The Brøken, a horror film starring Lena Headey from 300 is his current project.

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in October 2007.

Michel Gondry to Direct Animated Film with His Son

http://www.cinematical.com/2007/10/11...

<3 Michel Gondry. Animation!

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in October 2007.

Helvetica

Amazing film.

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in October 2007.

Going to see this this weekend. Like every show.

Helvetica at YBCA Screening Room

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Helvetica is a fascinating independent film about typography, graphic design and global visual culture. It looks at the proliferation of one typeface (which celebrated it’s 50th birthday in 2007) as part of a larger conversation about the way type affects our lives. The film is an exploration of urban spaces in major cities and the type that inhabits them, and a fluid discussion with renowned designers about their work, the creative process, and the choices and aesthetics behind their use of type. Helvetica encompasses the worlds of design, advertising, psychology, and communication, and invites us to take a second look at the thousands of words we see every day.

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in September 2007.

The Flying Scotsman

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in July 2007.

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in June 2007.

Watching a couple episodes of 24 followed by The Lost Boys is just weird.

Originally posted to ydnar.vox.com in December 2006.

Films about a fascist Britain are nothing new. However, where V for Vendetta was a bludgeon, Children of Men is a scalpel. It is an extremely violent film, the acts coming with neither warning nor celebration; a bleak comment on race relations, globalization, media, surveillance and xenophobia. In contrast with the film’s gray palette, every scene is saturated with detail: photographs, signs, advertisements, sideband messages reminiscent of the Bolex Brothers’ Secret Adventures of Tom Thumb or Graeme Base’s earlier children’s books. Like the latter, filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón makes clear his contempt for the current war in Iraq, the hypocrisy of western drug policy and immigration law. Children of Men is not only the best film made in 2006, it is probably the best near future science fiction film made in the past 30 years.