February 2012
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Andrei Tarkovsky's The Killers
a-bittersweet-life:
Based on the short story by Ernest Hemingway, The Killers is a student film Andrei Tarkovsky made with his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. It was Tarkovsky’s first film.
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Movie Choice(s): Senna // Pearl Jam Twenty
Senna, Senna, Ayrton Senna. This documentary goes beyond its genre…it is a perfect representation of what a film ought to be and shines light on Samuel Fuller’s words about the medium: it is, in one word, emotion. Senna takes us through the life of Formula 1 driver Ayrton Senna, from his early days as a professional go-kart racer to his tragic death in the 1994 San Marino Grand...
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WatchA short video on the Stanley Kubrick exposition presented by la Cinémathèque Française.
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Stanley Kubrick's List of "Titles in Search of a...
During their 34-year working relationship, Stanley Kubrick and his assistant Tony Frewin kept a list of potential movie titles called “Titles in search of a script.” Frewin reveals the list with commentary explaining the source of the titles in the book The Stanley Kubrick Archives.
I MARRIED AN ARMENIAN: Said matter-of-factly to us by a woman publicist. Stanley thought it a...
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The Laughing Heart by Charles Bukowski
your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light...
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“It is not what I see outside that makes my images, it is what I feel on the...”
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Artists Who Also Make Movies
Banksy
Even if you’re not entirely familiar with street artist Banksy, you’ve undoubtedly seen his work pop up online and most assuredly heard of him after 2010 documentary, Exit Through the Gift Shop. Banksy directed the film, which in part tells the story of the early days of street art, but also shows how Thierry Guetta — also known as Mr. Brainwash — became an overnight creative...
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sirene-cryptique asked: Beautiful.
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Buddha Smile
At times, I imagine myself a child
in old India, standing before the Buddha.
My feet, like his, are bare and sink
into the moist, dark, brown earth caressed
by the small puddle of dirty water.
The sun hides behind his head, casting
a shade on me and creating a crown for him.
I look at the man and ask What is this?
as I spread my arms outward in a motion
suggesting this, that, the trees and...
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La Ville-Lumière
I arrived in Paris, France, a couple of days ago and am currently residing in the Latin Quarter. Hence, my lack of posts but they’re back! I did not realize how much I missed this city since my last visit, and though I have always been one to call anywhere home, I feel I can easily sink some roots in La Ville-Lumière. The winter here reminds me a lot of winter in Peru, with its dry...
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Eric Rohmer, Nadja in Paris (1964)
French New Wave directory Eric Rohmer made this 1964 short film about a woman who is a student in Paris and likes to walk around exploring the city and herself. Incredible simplicity.
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