daisymay:

Went to see this on Friday and all I can say is, YOU MUST GO SEE IT! Seriously. I came out of the film wanting to go back in and see it again.

I was blown away by the humor, writing and acting. And the animation is just gorgeous. I’m a fan of Wes Anderson, so it’s not a far stretch for me to like this film however, I do think that he toned down his usual style to fit the broader audience that the animation medium is designed for. It’s still a Wes film, but one that everyone will like.

Amen to that - big improvement over the disappointment of The Darjeeling Limited and the unevenness of A Life Aquatic. Seems strange that Royal Tenenbaums was almost nine years ago, and Rushmore/Bottle Rocket are comfortably part of a different decade.

I enjoyed Fantastic Mr. Fox as much as anything I saw this year. The scene with the Wolf near the end killed me, and the stop-motion was dazzling in the theater. Nice touch with the “wild animal” feeding frenzies too.

nickdrake:

penelope cruz
ellen von unwerth
photoshoot.

There’s been a special place for Penelope Cruz in my universe since Vanilla Sky, Tom Cruise period notwithstanding. That she turned out to be one of the better actresses of this era? Gravy.

16mm experiments (via Peter Martin Photo)

16mm experiments (via Peter Martin Photo)

This may be my favorite of the bunch. Caught the end of a reel - they used to take a shot of the scoreboard at the end of every quarter to keep track of the time and score.

16mm Experiments

I’ve never really utilized this Tumblr photoset tool, so let’s give it a shot. Though in all honesty I’ll probably post half these pictures by themselves anyway.

I dug an old Elmo CL-16 16mm projector out of my parents’ attic, cleaned it up, and played around with it a bit. All I have for films at the moment are my father’s old high school games from the late seventies, but they’re pretty cool.

The Ecstasy of Gold HD (via DarthMikael69)

Following up my earlier post, here’s an excellent rip of the scene in question. Hit up the 720p mp4 version for the best experience.

My contribution to the “Where the Wild Things Ought to Be” contest over at the official blog.

louobedlam:

Yes, Kate Hudson was excellent in Almost Famous.

And nothing else.

So what occupies my thoughts now is this:

is it that she’s not really a good actress, but ended up in a Ray Liotta in Goodfellas situation? That the role just suited her actual personality perfectly?

OR

is it that she’s a decent actress thrown into the gaping maw of Hollywood, that the only roles she’s gotten are the stock female leads in routine rom-coms? That her reward for doing a great job in Almost Famous is to have a career as just another pretty face in a series of films no one will remember?

And which is worse?

I think I would add Colin Farrell as the male corollary to the Kate Hudson Dilemma™ - with In Bruges subbing in for Almost Famous, and inane action movies standing in for sappy romantic-comedies…though the timeline is inverted. Imaginarium gives his career a more hopeful prognosis, though.