July 04, 2013
"Glas" by Bert Haanstra
A short doc with matching music and visuals to perfect unity, with no talking at all, the context is about Dutch glass production in the 50's.
July 03, 2013
The Films of Arthur Lipsett
Arthur Lipsett's first film is an avant-garde blend of photography and sound. It looks behind the business-as-usual face we put on life and shows anxieties we want to forget. It is made of dozens of pictures that seem familiar, with fragments of speech heard in passing and, between times, a voice saying, "Very nice, very nice." It was critically acclaimed and plays frequently in festivals and film schools around the world.
This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract succession of unrelated views of the passing crowd. A commentary on a machine-dominated society, it is often cited as an influence on George Lucas's Star Wars and his conceptualization of "The Force."
Not only George Lucas (THX 1138, STAR WARS), but you can also see how Frances Ford Coppolla (THE CONVERSATION) and Steven Spielberg (AMBLIN', DUEL) were influenced by these films.
Very Nice, Very Nice by Arthur Lipsett
This short film from Arthur Lipsett is an abstract succession of unrelated views of the passing crowd. A commentary on a machine-dominated society, it is often cited as an influence on George Lucas's Star Wars and his conceptualization of "The Force."
Not only George Lucas (THX 1138, STAR WARS), but you can also see how Frances Ford Coppolla (THE CONVERSATION) and Steven Spielberg (AMBLIN', DUEL) were influenced by these films.
July 02, 2013
July 01, 2013
Cosmos: A Personal Journey - by Carl Sagan
With Cosmos, Carl Sagan and his wife and co-writer, Ann Druyan, brilliantly illustrated the underlying science of his same-titled book, placing the human species within a space-and-time context that brought the infinite into stunningly clear view. The series, which originally aired in 1980 on PBS, has been seen by more than 700 million people worldwide and remains a high-water mark in the history of television miniseries.
Sagan lucidly explains such topics as Einstein’s theory of relativity, Darwin’s theory of evolution, and the greenhouse effect, bringing the mysteries of the universe down to a layman’s level of understanding. The footage in these remastered, seven-DVD or seven-VHS sets is as fresh and riveting as it was two decades ago and is certain to fire the imaginations of a whole new generation of viewers.
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