Ninja October 26th, 2007
After a bit of searching, I finally got a copy of Weegee’s Naked City!
Take a look at some of his NY documentary photographs taken from the 1930s –1960s:
Related Links:
+ International Center of Photography—Weegee’s World
+ Weegee collection at Amber-Online
Purchasing Links (books):
+ Naked City
+ Weegee’s New York: Photographs, 1935-1960
+ Unknown Weegee
Penguin October 26th, 2007
Rating: 2.5/4 stars
While watching American Gangster, I couldn’t help but think about Scarface. There’s not nearly as much violence or cursing as Scarface, but the story is just as engaging. American Gangster is true story about how Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington) takes over the heroin business in Harlem while Richie Roberts (Russel Crowe) tries to catch him.
Ridley Scott has come a long way in terms of his narrative focus. Recently, I watched Blade Runner: Final Cut and Alien and was struck by how long the takes were and just how slow the pacing was. He does an amazing job of paralleling the two character’s lives until their inevitable intersection which isn’t nearly as climactic as it should be. So, after a strong first and second act, the film just kind of fizzles out.
There’s not a lot of violence, but when it happens, it’s raw and gritty. The story is great in its own right, but it’s no Scarface.
Links:
Frank Lucas at Wiki
-Penguin
Penguin October 25th, 2007
Photosynth is a technology that looks at any dataset and can reorganize it in any other way. The only limitation is the size of your monitor. You can zoom in and out as deep as you need. But that’s not the coolest thing about Photosynth. It can actually analyze pictures and build a representative model based on the data contained purely in the pictures. Check out the video demo.
Links:
Try Photosynth
Photosynth on Wiki
-Penguin
Ninja October 25th, 2007
“My pal Eddie Gorodetsky is producer of Bob Dylan’s amazing XM satellite radio show, ‘Theme Time Radio Hour.’ Eddie recently commissioned another pal, ‘Love & Rockets‘ co-creator Jaime Hernandez, to create a promotional poster for the show. I’ve seen this thing in person, and it’s insane. Each of the vignettes in the poster is based on the faux-noir voiceover that starts each episode of the show.”
– Coop
via Boing Boing
Haha, I think I see a reference to “The Thin Man.” ~__^
Related Link:
+ Click here for a closer look at the poster
Book Purchasing Link:
+ Las Mujeres Perdidas / a love and rockets collection
Ninja October 25th, 2007
For the past 25 years, David Barsalou has poured over 30,000 comic books to uncover the original comic images Roy Lichtenstein used in his work. Check out David’s Flickr set and see over 140 sourced illustrations.
via kanardo
Links:
+ David’s Deconstructing Lichtenstein Project
+ David’s Flickr set
Ninja October 24th, 2007
What:
Adrian Tomine with Sheila Heti
When:
Saturday, October 27, 2007
3:00 PM
Where:
IFOA Studio Theatre, Habourfront Centre, Toronto
Related Purchasing Links:
+ Shortcomings
+ Summer Blonde
+ 32 Stories: The Complete Optic Nerve Mini-Comics
Ninja October 24th, 2007
Team One, Stylewar, & a52 team up to make a giant Lexus Pop-Up book.
production built a giant, full-sized book frame for green screen, with tabs and wheels that could be manipulated by actual stage hands. And the actual pop-up book with moving parts was a mere six feet high, which was then married to the green screen frame at a52.
Link:
+ watch the Lexus commercial here
Penguin October 23rd, 2007
Just finished watching this lecture presented by Randy Pausch, professor at Carnegie Mellon University. His lecture is about achieving your dreams. And it’s not some silly motivational speech either. It’s a bit long (1.5 hrs), but it’s definitely worth the time to watch.
-Penguin
Related postsNinja October 23rd, 2007
House Industries redid the identity for Agent Provocateur (a UK lingerie shop). And they’ve documented their process in this 16-page die-cut board book (complete with matching knickers).
Related postsLimited edition lithograph prints. Signed + numbered.
