Repo Chick release

Repo Chick (2009)"The crew came in for work on the fourth day and found that the RED Digital Cinema Camera, most camera accessories, a portable sound package, two computers, digital still equipment, and personal effects were stolen. The RED #1605 has not been found.
Director Alex Cox [Repo Man] was not a fan of the Red One camera, writing on his blog that "the hated high-tech camera continues to cause difficulties, problems, and slowdowns."
Scathing review.

Paul Bowles

Authorized Paul Bowles Web Site

His grenades are of a wrong system

YouTube - Белое солнце пустыни: 1/9 [broken link fixed] YouTube - Белое солнце пустыни: Following on from yesterday's post about cosmonaut rituals ("The night before launch, a viewing of the popular 1969 Russian movie White Sun of the Desert («Белое солнце пустыни») the night before launch is compulsory!") here on YouTube is White Sun of the Desert.

Zulu

WalterFilm Online Photo Museum - Yousuf Karsh: "ZULU, a film about warfare between the British and Zulu warriors in 1879, was directed by Cy Enfield, and its cast included Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins, and Michael Caine. It was released to considerable acclaim on 17 June 1964, and it is now considered something of a classic in its genre.

Yousuf Karsh (1908-2002) is famous for his iconic portraits, such as those of Churchill, Hemingway, and Einstein. When he was given the commission to go and do the on-set photography of this film, he focused not on the white movie stars, but rather on the native Zulu people, and, in the process, produced what appears to be his only extensive series of ethnographic portraits."

Retro Living

Ultra Swank: "Design, architecture and the lifestyle of the 1950s to the 1970s."

Some Came Running

One of those foo-foo film sites.: "By Glenn Kenny". Film critic – stills included.

Letters from Stan

The Stan Laurel Correspondence Archive Project: "hopes to collect and catalog as many of Stan's letters as is possible".

Olm

ARKive: a unique collection of thousands of videos, images and fact-files illustrating the world's species… gathering together the very best films and photographs of the world's species into one centralised digital library.

Issues of Global Significance

Knight Center for International Media:

Vision

• We believe that the world will not solve its most difficult problems until we learn to communicate easily and effectively across national and cultural borders.

• We believe in the power of visual storytelling in raising awareness of a better world.

• We believe that innovative use of digital technologies can enable local voices to join global conversations that address the world’s most pressing problems.

• We believe in the power of social networking with the purpose of creating collaborative multimedia projects that address the world’s most pressing issues.

• We believe positive change is a process of multigenerational transformation.

Open Images

Open Images: "is an open media platform that offers online access to audiovisual archive material to stimulate creative reuse."

Movie Monitor

Watch Movies Online: "Movie Monitor tracks the availability, quality and pricing of on-demand and streaming movies across the web's leading providers."

CAMERAWAR.TV

This is a new cinema.

Strandbeest

Theo Jansen: "Since 1990 I have been occupied creating new forms of life.

Not pollen or seeds but plastic yellow tubes are used as the basic material of this new nature. I make skeletons that are able to walk on the wind, so they don’t have to eat.

Over time, these skeletons have become increasingly better at surviving the elements such as storms and water and eventually I want to put these animals out in herds on the beaches, so they will live their own lives."