From David Bordwell: “From Tehran comes the shocking news that Jafar Panahi, one of the finest of Iranian filmmakers, has been sentenced to six years in prison. The sentence also bans him from filmmaking for twenty years, forbids him to leave the country, and forbids him from giving interviews to the press, foreign or domestic. Panahi’s collaborator Muhammad [...]
Archive for the ‘Cross Cultural’ Category
White Nights
Posted in Cross Cultural, Exuberance is Beauty, Theory and Practice on June 10, 2010 | 1 Comment »
I spent a couple of sleepless nights in a rainy, fogbound Paris half a lifetime ago. It felt a little like this. Video by Arev Manoukian.
Eric Ripert, Josh Ozersky, Såladin and the Canon 5D Mark II
Posted in 5D Mark II, Cross Cultural, DSLR, The Subtext Labs, tagged Canon, DSLR, La Bernardin, Ozersky, Pork, Ripert on April 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »
When renowned chef Eric Ripert and Le Bernardin flew a famous Puerto Rican pig master, one of his prize yearlings, and a sack of island fired charcoal direct to the Bronx for a slow flame roasting (courtesy of a Buick ‘driveshaft’ – see the vid), Josh Ozersky and I had to make our way to the [...]
The Art of the Long Take
Posted in Cross Cultural, The Revisionist, Theory and Practice on April 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
What many current Hollywood directors will be watching in hell. It’s subtle, but just as though you’ve held your breath, the tension mounts with every passing second in these heroically long takes. Posted by Jon Owen. Special thanks to the steely eyed insights of Jim Emerson.
