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October 10, 2012
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October 3, 2012
Factories in China
Photographer Stephen Wilkes takes beautiful photos of factories in China that are reminiscent of a less ostentatious, more documentary Andreas Gursky.
See his full body of work at his Web site. Also, Quartz his an article about these photos.
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October 2, 2012
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A Steel Building by Eero Saarinen
The architecture magazine Domus periodically revisits stories from its archives on its site. The most recent entry in this series is this 1965 feature on the Deere & Co. building designed by Eero Saarinen.
It’s gorgeous. Full article here.
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October 1, 2012
Pinhole New York
Stefan Killen takes photographs with “one of several homemade cameras designed to hold 120 mm film — either a small cardboard box wrapped in black plastic and electrical tape, or a slightly more elaborate panorama version.” The results are beautiful.
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30th Anniversary of the Compact Disc
Age aside, what’s really remarkable is the lifespan consistency of major recording formats: “ If you look at the last 110-115 years, the major formats all have about 20 to 30 years of primacy.” Read more at NPR.
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September 28, 2012
Deleted Scenes from “The Master”
Last weekend I went to see Paul Thomas Anderson’s latest Very Important Movie, “The Master.” I’m not sure I can recommend it — it’s like spending two hours with largely unlikeable people — but personally I thought it was an amazing cinematic achievement. Anderson is a craftsman of the highest order, and every scene and shot is rich with artistry. It’s not a profoundly enjoyable movie, but you might enjoy it nevertheless.
Over at Cigarettes & Red Vines, they take note of the fact that “many, many of the scenes present in the film’s marketing did not make it into the finished film.” This blog post is an inventory of the clips prominently featured in the movie’s trailers; the writers also discuss how they likely would have fit into the narrative that was ultimately released. It suggests that there is at least a longer, more expansive cut that may one day make it to video or even to theaters. Count me in.
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September 25, 2012
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September 18, 2012
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September 14, 2012
FILMography
Christopher Moloney prints out stills from movies, carries them to the real world locations where they were shot, holds them up so that the stills mesh almost perfectly with the scenery, and then takes another photo. The results look like this:
It’s beautifully done. See the full tumblr here.
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