This made me laugh when I first saw the movie Planes, Trains & Automobiles and it still makes me smile today, almost 30 years later. There’s something deep going on here.
Son of Kong: stop-motion fight scenes
These scenes are from Son of Kong, the justly neglected 1933 sequel to King Kong. Most of the original Kong cast & crew contributed to this film, which was marketed as a comedy. Few would argue that this film captures any of the awesomeness that imbued its predecessor, and it remains a seldom-seen historical curiosity. However, the stop-motion scenes of the main character, a smaller & friendlier albino version of Kong, have an infantile charm to them. And who among you can not shed a tear when his whole world literally crumbles and sinks into the ocean (when a devastating earthquake strikes Skull Island).
InnerGalactic
Outerspace themed doodles & graffiti with hints of a story, as imagined by a young boy. This was created as a gallery installation, to be run continuously as a seamless loop.
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The Verve “Bitter Sweet Symphony”
Certainly, I do not need to post up this music video of The Verve‘s 1997 song Bitter Sweet Symphony, I mean it’s already been viewed over 200,000,000 times! But, it’s a great song, no matter the tortured copyright issues stemming from its sampling of previously recorded material by the Andrew Oldham Orchestra, which itself was derived (or inspired) from the Rolling Stone’s song The Last Time, which if you listen to, sounds absolutely nothing like Bitter Sweet Symphony and has totally different lyrics. I had never seen the music video featuring vocalist & song writer Richard Ashcroft, and it is really great!
The Animals “The House of the Rising Sun”
Eric Burdon and the Animals sing their 1964 hit song The House of the Rising Sun. Who could forget this memorable tale of a life gone bad (spent in sin & misery). Turns out, people have been singing this song for a few hundred years, in one version or another, and the origin & author of the song are lost to history. Hmmm, it must tell a story that still resonates today! Mothers, tell your children, not to do what I have done!
Sunrise Sausalito waterfront
Feeling guilty for my last post (see punishing strobe video below), I thought I would counter with a mellow sunrise (from yesterday) along the Sausalito (California) waterfront. San Francisco can be viewed in the distance. Lots of seagulls & a fishing boat indicate that the herring are still running. Peace.
pavemented graffiti (a strobe film)
Repeating patterns occur in a single frame matrix of mainly pavement textures. Can induce headaches, or spiritual revelations. Yes, I like this sort of thing.
I live in a bubble
An iPhone self-portrait: my reflection in a swirling eddy of water after a storm.
Russ Meyer, Film-Maker “King of the Nudies”
I’ve been suffering from “bloger block” this month and wanted to get up at least one measly post before the end of the month. Looking at my Lobby Card collection for inspiration, I decided to feature Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!, and subsequently got sucked into YouTube looking for a trailer. Instead, I decided to feature this hilarious clip from another Meyer film MotorPsycho, involving a rattlesnake. I didn’t come up with “King of the Nudies”, it’s on Russ Meyer’s gravestone.
Hey! I did not realize that the actor featured in the MotorPsycho rattlesnake scene was Alex Rocco, famous for portraying Moe Greene in the Godfather!
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