I’m still limping around after twisting my ankle, so it’s SO IRONIC that I’ve got a new EP by:
Snapped Ankles - Planet You (Official Video)
Don’t you think? It’s pretty good, too.
after-image I: nothing stands still
I also like the new album by Liis Ring. I guess it’s part of this thing that I haven’t seen anybody try to make a genre name for yet — it’s albums that are made from sounds from around the house, but sometimes somebody breaks out into song. Bird noises, people talking in the background, cars passing by, and then a beautiful little song. Derek Baron, Jenny Berger Myhre… I love it.
Remember a couple of days ago when I said that I had refreshed the Diamond/Lunar previews web site I’ve been doing for a few years? No?
But when I first start futzing around with a project, more and more little annoyances become clearer, and improvements present themselves, so I always end up sitting for days, just tweaking and tweaking… the code! Dude! I’m tweaking the code!
So there’s now phrase search “like this”, and backwards search, and highlighting the search hits. And you can now filter on unnumbered books. And many CSS tweaks to make things really stay put — the idea is, after all, that nothing should move on the page as you advance through the catalogue, so that you can scan things fast without hunting for things with your eyes on the page.
Oh, and I grew tired of the monochrome background, so I er appropriated some art from the all time favourite fine art artist among cartoonists. Guess who!
The mobile version is basically the same as the desktop version (but with things rearranged), so these improvements are there, too.
I’ve seen this movie several times before, and it’s not new on this year’s Top 100 (it was the only movie directed by a woman on the 2012 list — at #91). But I’ve got at 2K restoration recently, so I’m watching the movie again.
In a recent interview with Alice Diop in Sight & Sound magazine, Diop described Denis’ way of filming something like… er… that she’s always filming as if she loves the character and/or actor that’s in front of the camera? Something like that. It’s very accurate.
It’s such a tense movie. It doesn’t let up.
This movie has the best ending in the history of history.
I’ve watched this before, of course — last time three years ago. And this movie isn’t new on the Top 100 (it jumped from #75 to #22, though). But I’m re-watching this anyway, because Studiodigital (I think) has done a new 4K restoration, and Criterion has released the bluray.
More pixels! More bandwidth! More mystery!
And, of course, this movie is one that rewards rewatchings. If you consider it a puzzle movie, there’s all these hints to get excited about. But it’s also just so… engrossing to watch even if you’re not trying to decode anything, but just let it all wash over you.
Those are some odd lens flares.
I remembered this movie as doing the switcharoo about halfway in, so when we were getting towards the two hour mark, I wondered whether I was totally misremembering the film.
It’s still a great movie, but this time around, I was just kinda overwhelmed by the last part. There’s so much to process that you want to pause the film and give things a good think-through…
Oh, right: I’d forgotten that this was originally meant to be a TV series, but ABC passed on the pilot:
Most of the new scenes were filmed in October 2000, funded with $7 million from French production company StudioCanal.
Anyway — it’s mostly a delight to watch and re-watch. Some bits are kinda weak, but it’s mostly amazing.
%3A+Extreme+Vocals)
%3A+Tuscaloosa+(1973))
%3A+Hokey+Pokey)
%3A+New+Stereo+Mix)
%3A+Live+at+the+Fillmore+East)
%3A+Live+at+the+Fillmore+West)
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