Jason's Blog, page 74

Another ink doodle

Miami Vice

I watched the first half hour of this film and then gave up. It has the same ugly high def video look as Public Enemies. I thought that Michael Mann cared about authenticity, but the opening of the film takes place in a disco, with loud music, and people still talk in their normal voices, not having to shout back and forth. Right... There's also a lot of scenes of people talking on their cell phones. Cop movies should basically be set in the 70s. And since this is a Mann film, there's all that real cop lingo, making you have to guess what they're talking about half the time. Maybe I'll check out the rest of the film later, maybe not.

Frankenstein

Tronsmo

Drawing done for Oslo's independent bookstore Tronsmo. Yes, that's Bukowski.

Happy birthday, Jack Kerouac!

Doodle selfie

Public Enemies

I guess in theory it's an interesting choice to shoot a gangster film with handheld camera in HD digital, to give it an immediate feel, but in practice it makes the film look cheap and ugly. It looks like bad TV, with lots of close-ups. Boardwalk Empire looks better and more cinematic. And Johnny Depp's Dillinger is completely uninteresting as a character. Possibly the film is closer to reality than previous portrayals of the guy, but that's no excuse to tell a boring story. Maybe it's a genre that needs to be told in a more operatic style, like De Palma. Top five Michael Mann movies:1. Heat2. Thief3. Manhunter4. The Last of the Mohicans5. Collateral

Jules 18

Danny Wilson

            Not quite Mary's Prayer or Second Summer of Love, but still not a bad song.

Sketch doodle