As a special treat for this Easter weekend you get not one but three extraordinary images from me.
All three are stills of movies. I set the camera up in the back row of the movie theatre and pressed go as the opening credits start and stop at the end of the final credits. That way I film the film you see.
The first film today is Michael Winterbottom's stunning In This World pseudo-documentary. I had to see it twice for this project, and it was even better the second time around.
The second film today is Osama. To be honest I can't remember anything about it except that it was the first Afghanistani film made after the fall of the Taleban. Some people loved it. I guess it didn't move me much - but that might be just cos I'm a heartless kinda guy.
The last show today is Shattered Glass, the true story of an arrogant young journalist who put fame ahead of truth - only in America eh?! Not a great film but okay entertainment if you find it sitting all lonely on a shelf down at the DVD store.
The top two shots were published in Lumiere Four (albeit in black & white), and while they have stopped doing a printed version of the magazine their website is running hot with all the film reviews you need, plus other reviews and interesting conversations. Thanks Tim.
2 comments:
Honestly Andy, did you make that idea up all by yourself? That's really cool! Looks like you may still be 'ahead of his time'?
it's one of those occasions where i don't know whether i came up with the idea before or after seeing similar work - happens quite a lot actually, usually with work i see kinda fleetingly. but there is someone else who has done similar but he did his in empty theatres which isn't anywhere near as exciting.
but i actually think that it was my idea and while i'd seen the work of this othe guy i only found out about his technique after i came up with my idea.
and none of yous guys is allowed to steal that idea cos i've gone and copyrighted and patented it and i'll sue your sorry arse for all you're worth.
anyway as my friend peter black says (about his blatant robert adams/lewis baltz ripoff - he admits it) doing it in nz is a good enough point of difference to make it yours.
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