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Archive for the ‘Audiovisual Inspiration’ Category

Mad Men, cinema at home

RETRO: The Camera & 'Mad Men'
“The reason you haven’t felt it is because it doesn’t exist. What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons. You’re born alone and you die alone and this world just drops a bunch of rules on top of you to make you forget those facts. [...]

Hukkle, brilliant film making

Directed by Hungarian first time director Gyorgy Palfi, Hukkle is a daring, unusual and refreshingly original film. A crime mystery film where the mystery is not the crime but life itself. Life and its circularity. A tale about the natural cycle of birth and death.
An old woman sells poison in tiny bottles which cause the [...]

Heima

Heima chronicles Sigur Ros free tour around Iceland in 2006. I watched ‘Heima’ on the big screen at Sheffield Docfest 2007 and I couldn’t stop talking about it for months. Every frame is achingly beautiful and Sigur Ros music adds that surreal touch that makes this film different to any other music film that you’ve [...]

Beatboxing

Beatbox – Felix Zenger
I saw this video around two years ago while browsing through film making message boards and I inmediately liked it. I think is simple in its concept but terribly effective. And let’s face it, 90% of the time, simplicity is best! It’s shot with the same cameras that we use at viva [...]

The father of modern photography

On a recent trip to Western America, I visited the MOMA in San Francisco and I discovered the photographer (and later Film Maker) Robert Frank for the very first time. His master piece The Americans was on display. The 50 odd photographs were taken during three different trips around the US in the 50’s.
It’s quite [...]

Seattle International Film Festival 2009

Wow, great video. We hope the films at the festival are as good as the promo.
Guille