Before I get into the main body of the post, the first BBC news headline to catch my eye when I connected to the internet was the death of Sidney Lumet at the age of 86.
For most cinephiles, his name will be familiar through classics like 12 Angry Men, Dog Day Afternoon and Network which are classics – just look on YouTube for the endless clips. I have watched two of the above and others but cannot talk confidently about his work or his impact beyond how memorable they are. I can quote them so they worked and had an impact on me as a film-goer. I’ll leave it to better writers to eulogize him properly but in any case, let me just add my condolences.
R.I.P. Sidney Lumet. The world has lost a great film maker.
Back to original programming…
Every week I come up with a wealth of information and trailers that I bookmark and hope to revisit because they are interesting but don’t quite warrant a post. Getting back to these links can take me a while so here’s the highlights of the stuff from this week before I
forget:
Has everybody seen the trailer for Lars von Trier’s latest film?
I’m not a fan of the chap’s work. Actually, I find most of his films rather dull punctuated with points of staggering bad taste. That said, the cast looks absolutely stellar with Kirsten
Dunst, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Charlotte Rampling, John Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, and old von Trier collaborator, Stellan Skarsgård.
What drew my attention to the project was the story. When I first heard about it, it sounded damn interesting. That and the casting of Kirsten Dunst. Who appears nude. Ahem.
Web Game/Art/Random Cool Thing
This can qualify as an art installation, a game and a random cool thing. After messing around with this thing a few times I have absolutely nothing but praise.
For anybody who liked the Electroplankton games on the DS, here’s a link to something that is just charming. All you have to do is click on the squares. The order and pattern of squares that you click are of little importance because you will still create beautiful music!
The original poster (this is tumblr so people reblog like crazy) is here
This has replaced (temporarily) Japanese electro-pop as my internet soundtrack.
BBC – Movie Star Archive Collection
The BBC interviews a lot of stars. As Britain’s national broadcaster it would. All of these interviews are in an archive named:
Hollywood Voices Interviews with the Stars of the Golden Age of American Cinema
I haven’t explored it too deeply yet but from what I have heard, it’s quite fascinating. For any cinephile, this is a treasure trove of a standard and quality that the BBC is world renowned for.
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