May 2012
10 posts
Documentaries That Draw Inspiration From Genre... →
More Altman interviews. He’s always saying interesting things. What’s really cool is how he worked with his writers. Nashville for instance was simply based on a diary that Joan Tewkesbury made after spending a few days there. The random car crash in the beginning is right out of her diary…and the structure of the whole script really follows that drifting feeling of a...
April 2012
30 posts
One dude tries to protect our digital privacy. I... →
When ST was making the documentary New World Order a lot of the people we talked to were really scared about digital invasions of privacy. They had good reason. Basically the NSA and FBI built back doors into a bunch of telecom companies…and its legal according to new terror inspired laws (as of 2008???). Well this dude is trying to fight back. He’s a badass…and the ACLU is also...
a camera that DESCRIBES THINGS instead of making... →
Jonn Ollsin Composer for Film and Commercial.... →
ST loves Jonny…if you go to www.kingkelly.com you can see the track that Jonny and Kim made for King Kelly (GIRLS ON TOP)
Suge Knight thinks 2pac is still alive - ST... →
Image…reality…whats the fucking difference these days. Evidence here from Suge Knight. Fascinating. What are the young kids saying these days. ‘No pics didnt happen’ or something like that. Now your whole life is ‘no hologram cant live forever’??? Fun. Interesting.
WILL BRILL Kicks Ass - Nominated for Outer Critics... →
2pac goes on tour. He's dead and he's going on... →
Capitalism is a scary and yet brilliant thing…ST thinks its strange that now the children of famous people will own ‘hologram’ rights to people…for how long? When does a hologram become public domain? We are heading towards a very strange (and exciting and scary) new world. Anything goes.
Herzog at the Whitney Biennial - Sorry to Say LAME →
Artfagcity artworld snarkster Paddy Johnson (who is pretty smart and always NY snarky - maybe to a fault once in a while) hits the nail on the head about Herzog’s Whitney piece. ST loves Herzog…and affords him lameness…but must call LAME on this one: both for him and for the Whitney. ST wonders…why do filmmakers always wanna be ‘artists’ in the fine art world....
More King Kelly Reviews...cool
EFILMCRITIC
CAPSULE REVIEW
Short review posted.
http://www.efilmcritic.com/feature.php?feature=3379
ADVANCED SCREENINGS
CAPSULE REVIEW
http://advancescreenings.com/2012/03/sxsw-quirky-roundup-the-aggression-scale-king-kelly-citadel-dollhouse/
THE DAILY CARDINAL...
Journey To Planet X At Tribeca! Looks Awesome →
ST’s friend Josh Koury made what looks like an AWESOME doc about amateur filmmaking. ST always wanted to make a doc on the subject but never got around to it. Go Josh. Go to see at Tribeca if you are in NY.
Nicolas Cage does John Cage's 4'3'' - Hilarious →
This little clip of silent Cage reaction shots is really amazing. Silence is so rare in Hollywood films and it’s sort of a blessing to see a bit of it synthetically strapped together. It is based on John Cages experimental music piece and strangely has a very similar effect…your mind moves in and out of the piece..and cage…and the performance…very well done. What it says...
One of Our Great American Journalist Dies →
Not just a dying breed…but now a dead one….who is supposed to replace this guy today? Anderson Cooper…what a fuckin joke. Hail Wallace!
King Kelly (Louisa Krause) super HOT in GQ... →
Ok well…GQ…what can ST say about that. But we feel that Krause is hot and we’re glad GQ thinks so too. Fuck Alba…the KING eats her alive.
Achuar woman sings war song or love song. ST can’t remember which…is there a difference? Anyway…she is singing on the town PA system…which they also blare one pop song over and over again (no shit like 50 times). They power it with a little gas generator. Only the old women in the town remember the songs anymore. Make way for the new. And can you blame them. War,...
Achuar boy with monkey…cute little guy…they most likely killed mom for food and adopted the baby. The boy likes the monkey…but then starts fucking with the monkey and its gets pissed. Filmed in the Amazon Basin in far easter Ecuador. The monkeys name apparently was Monkey.
March 2012
59 posts
Twilight Portrait at New Directors! →
Eben Bull shot it. I Eben! ST has not seen it yet but is looking forward to checking it out…ST likes Russians…
Cat + motorized rolling + insane, insane laughing = funny. Its the simple things in life that are telling (and blog worthy)