Charlie Huston's Blog, page 68

Andrei Tarkovsky"And is Chaplin—comedy? No: he is Chaplin, pure...

Andrei Tarkovsky
"And is Chaplin—comedy? No: he is Chaplin, pure and simple; a unique phenomenon, never to be repeated. He is unadulterated hyperbole; but above all he stuns us at every moment of his screen existence with the truth of his hero’s behavior. In the most absurd situation Chaplin is completely natural; and that is why he is funny."

Buster Keaton
"At his best, and Chaplin remained at his best for a long time, he was the greatest comedian that ever lived."

François Truffaut
"My religion...

And then there was the morning I asked myself if getting a Blue...

And then there was the morning I asked myself if getting a Blue Mule tattoo would be a good idea.

mulhollandbooks:Now in paperback! A combination of Le Carré...

mulhollandbooks:

Now in paperback! A combination of Le Carré spycraft with Stephenson techno-philosophy, Charlie Huston delivers a new kind of thriller for a new kind of world.

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Cage Match

The Charlton Heston SF trifecta vs. the Kurt Russell SF trifecta.

In this corner…

George Taylor

Neville

Detective Thorn

And in this corner…

R.J. MacReady

Jack Burdon

Snake Plissken

"The message that we send when we don’t represent the broader culture in our stories is that ‘You are..."

“The message that we send when we don’t represent the broader culture in our stories is that ‘You are other’. As a community, as an organism, it is a thing that makes us ill. It is actually bad for us.””

- Kelly Sue DeConnick (kellysue) , speaking about the continuing need to diversify the kind of characters that appear in comics, as part of the ECCC panel—Broadening Comics Readership. (via robot6)

"I think that in order to find reality, each must search for...

"I think that in order to find reality, each must search for his own universe, look for the details that contribute to this reality that one feels under the surface of things. To be an artist means to search, to find and look at these realities. To be an artist means never to look away."

Akira Kurosawa
March 23, 1910 — September 6, 1998

A Few Words Regarding "Powers."

Powersis a long running, independently owned comic book series written by Brian Michael Bendis and illustrated by Michael Avon Oeming. I am a fan. In fact, when I had an opportunity several years ago to work as a freelancer at Marvel Comics,Powerswas one of the series I started reading to try and figure out how good comics can be written. More recently, I had the good fortune to be invited to become part of the effort to bring aPowers based TV show to life. The eighteen months that I’ve...

Sony's next move on PlayStation TV: original shows

Sony's next move on PlayStation TV: original shows:

Sony Corp. is venturing into original TV programming for its PlayStation as part of an ambitious effort to make the device a home for TV and not just videogames.

I will reserve comment, other than to observe that the writers have done considerably more than “…begin to brainstorm ideas.”

Sony Pictures TV To Produce Comic Book Drama Series ‘Powers’ For PlayStation

Sony Pictures TV To Produce Comic Book Drama Series ‘Powers’ For PlayStation:

Sony’s PlayStation video game console is the latest digital platform to enter the original programming space. Its first show will be hourlong drama Powers,

afp-photo:INDIA, VRINDAVAN : Indian widows celebrate Holi...

afp-photo:

INDIA, VRINDAVAN: Indian widows celebrate Holi with water and gulal (coloured powder) in Vrindavan on March 14, 2014. Breaking centuries-old tradition, around 1,000 widows living in the holy city of Vrindavan celebrated the spring colour festival of Holi at Meera Sahabhagini Sadan in Vrindavan. In a symbolic gesture, the widows celebrated Holi with colours and gulal unlike the previous year where they only sprinkled flower petals over each other. As per Indian tradition, widows are...