Luis Soares's Blog, page 262
July 2, 2017
Marco Ramirez - I Am Not Batman
BOY:
It’s the middle of the night. And the sky is glowing like mad radioactive red. And if you squint, you could maybe see the moon through a thick layer of cigarette smoke and airplane exhaust that covers the entire city like mosquito net that won’t let the angels in.
And if you look up high enough you could see me-standing on the edge of a eighty seven story building.
And up there-a place for gargoyles and broken clock towers that have stayed still and dead for maybe like a hundred years...
Adam Driver (& others)
Before he fought in the galactic battles of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Adam Driver was a United States Marine with 1/1 Weapons Company. He tells the story of how and why he became a Marine, the complex transition from soldier to civilian — and Arts in the Armed Forces, his nonprofit that brings theater to the military. Because, as he says: "Self-expression is just as valuable a tool as a rifle on your shoulder." Followed by a spirited performance of Marco Ramirez's "I am not Batman" by Je...
July 1, 2017
James Richardson - Fire Warnings
So much on the verge
of flame.
In a hot
wind anything
is tinder: paper, sage
feverish with bees,
your auburn
hair, my hand
that glows with a thought.
Sunset
or sleepless dawn,
nothing is sure
but what’s already burned—
water that’s ash, steel
that has flowed and cooled,
though in the core
of a star, they too
would fuse and rage,
and even volcanic
glass and char,
and the cold seas,
and even
what we once were
might burn again—
or in the heart.
June 30, 2017
The Underside of Power
From Algiers' new album 'The Underside of Power' released by Matador Records on June 23rd, 2017
Directed, Produced & Edited by Henry Busby & Marcus Tortorici
Executive Producer: Andrew Hutcheson
Head of Production: David Brickel
DP: Anthony Carella
Production Company: Voyager Creative
Steadicam Operator: Brendan Poutier
Gaffer: Billy Quigley
1st AC: Sachi Bahra
2nd AC: Emmanuella Zachariou
Art Director: Peter Corn
Art Assistant: Charles Caster-Dudzick
Production Assistant: Phoebe Barghouty
Pro...
A Little Life
Peter Hujar, Orgasmic Man, 1969
Esta fotografia de Peter Hujar está na capa de um dos meus livros favoritos dos últimos anos, "A Little Life", de Hanya Yanagihara, de 2015. Ainda está por traduzir, creio.
From The Washington Post:
As a critic, I find myself in a strange position with Hanya Yanagihara’s “A Little Life.” Her doorstopper novel, about the lives of four college roommates who remain life-long friends, is one of the best new books I’ve read this year. And due to its exceptionally...
Matthew Zapruder - Poem for Passengers
Like all strangers who temporarily
find themselves moving in the same direction
we look out the window
without really seeing or down at our phones
trying to catch the dying signal
then the famous lonesome whistle
so many singers have sung about
blows and our bodies shudder
soon we will pick up speed
and pass the abandoned factories
there has lately been so much conversation about
through broken windows they stare
asking us to decide
but we fall asleep next to each other
riding into the tunnel
sharing withou...
Paraguaya
Paraguaya from Juana Molina's new album "Halo", out now
Directed by Alejandro Ros & Juana Molina
Co-directed by Pablo Ramos Grad
Edited by Ian Kornfeld
Photo by Leo Tamer
Produced by Federico Mayol
Featuring CHUNCHUNA VILLAFAÑE
PARAGUAYA
Quemarás la ruda, prepararás la poción,
y en noches de luna repetirás la oración:
"Linda luna que ahi con tu luz iluminas el brebaje
a ti te invoco, ayúdame a conseguir lo que he pedido."
Se lo bebió, se lo bebió todo, se enamoró, se enamoró como yo.
Nos d...
June 29, 2017
Doomed
Moses Sumney - Doomed
Director - Allie Avital
Cinematographer - Ryan Hope
Production Company - Partizan
Executive Producer - Laura Jones
Senior Producer - Whitney Jackson
Producer - Jade Forté
Production Designer - Victoria Foraker
Gaffer - Chris Tonkovich
Key Grip - Alex Emmons
Editor - Jake Schwartz
Colorist - Nick Metcalf / The Mill
VFX - B.ART VFX Studio
'I wrote a poem for you.'
As movies seem to keep getting bigger and louder, filmmaker Jim Jarmusch still sets his own pace. In his latest, a bus driver makes his daily route through the streets of Paterson, New Jersey, taking in the stuff of everyday life to write poems. Jeffrey Brown talks with Jarmusch and poet Ron Padgett, who composed poems for the film.
