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mapsontheweb: Canals of Amsterdam, detailed map of how...

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:00:14 +0100

Canals of Amsterdam, detailed map of how Amsterdam canals work like streets

awfully good: Looking for Game of Thrones tourists!

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:00:10 +0100

awfully good: Looking for Game of Thrones tourists!:

Hello Tumblr!

I am a PhD candidate at Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands and I am currently working on a project about Game of Thrones tourism. The project is part of a bigger project about media-inspired tourism: why and how people experience places from television and film, what…

"Iain always insisted that he brought the same imagination to bear on his mainstream works as he did..."

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 19:42:01 +0100

“Iain always insisted that he brought the same imagination to bear on his mainstream works as he did on his SF, and that conversely he lavished the same craft and care on his SF as he did on his literary fiction. The only difference, he said, was in the setting and scale. He likened writing literary fiction to playing a piano, and writing SF to playing a vast church organ. Squandering the “unlimited effects budget” of his imagination on the vast scale of SF was always, by a small edge, the greater joy.”

- Ken MacLeod on Iain M Banks, 1954-2013. RIP.

And Daario Naharis? ♫ hello darkness my old friend ♫

Sat, 08 Jun 2013 12:18:32 +0100

And Daario Naharis?

♫ hello darkness my old friend ♫

theairtightgarage: orano: Drawing by Moebius/Jean...

Wed, 05 Jun 2013 12:00:29 +0100

theairtightgarage:

orano:

Drawing by Moebius/Jean Giraud

Probably Alejandro Jodorowsky for his movie El Topo (1970)

This image is actually flipped, as you can see in the signature. I first saw it when published in Stephen Bissette’s anthology comics zine, Taboo(#4).

thefinalimage: The Shining, 1980 (dir. Stanley Kubrick)

Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:00:17 +0100

thefinalimage:

The Shining, 1980 (dir. Stanley Kubrick)

kurosawa-akira: “The way Kurosawa used widescreen always...

Mon, 03 Jun 2013 12:00:15 +0100

kurosawa-akira:

“The way Kurosawa used widescreen always impressed me. No space is wasted. This is especially true in the first half of High and Low.” — Martin Scorsese

richardrouse3: Found this photo when looking for shots for my...

Fri, 31 May 2013 12:00:12 +0100

richardrouse3:

Found this photo when looking for shots for my mini-talk this Friday and now I just want to go watch Point Blank again.

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Thu, 30 May 2013 12:00:18 +0100

friedchickenandmacaroni: Point Blank

Wed, 29 May 2013 12:00:25 +0100

friedchickenandmacaroni:

Point Blank

cinephilearchive: Unseen photos from Point Blank part 6 In...

Tue, 28 May 2013 12:00:29 +0100

cinephilearchive:

Unseen photos from Point Blank part 6

In 1966, “Point Blank” was the first film ever to shoot INSIDE Alcatraz. The legendary maximum security penitentiary had only closed three years previous, in 1963. From John Boorman’s autobiography “Adventures of a Suburban Boy”:

“Towards the end of the picture we flew up to San Francisco to shoot the scenes in Alcatraz. We arrived late at night and had to shoot early the next morning. I was exhausted. When Phil Lathrop, the cameraman, asked me where I wanted the camera, I blanked out… Suddenly, Lee was at my elbow. ‘You in trouble?’ My denial was not very convincing. He walked back to the wardrobe truck and started roaring. I looked across, as did the whole crew. He emerged staggering and fell headlong on the concrete floor. He rolled around hollering and singing. Production manager Eddie Wohler came over to me. ‘You can’t shoot him in that state.’ They poured black coffee into him. With the pressure off, it took me only ten minutes to figure out the shots and break down the scene. I went over and told Lee I was ready. He made an immediate and total recovery and we made the scene and the day.”

Unseen photos from Point Blank part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4 part 5

Walter Hill just mentioned recently how much Point Blank screenplay by Alex Jacobs influenced him.

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"In Greek mythology, Nemesis (Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia (“the goddess of..."

Mon, 20 May 2013 12:00:25 +0100

“In Greek mythology, Nemesis (Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia (“the goddess of Rhamnous”) at her sanctuary at Rhamnous, north of Marathon, was the spirit of divine retribution against those who succumb to hubris (arrogance before the gods). Another name was Adrasteia, meaning “the inescapable.”[1] The Greeks personified vengeful fate as a remorseless goddess: the goddess of revenge. The name Nemesis is related to the Greek word νέμειν [némein], meaning “to give what is due””

- Nemesis (mythology) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

“pay what you owe”
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"So what I finally decided was, art is simply inevitable. It was on the wall of a cave in France..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 11:19:31 +0100

“So what I finally decided was, art is simply inevitable. It was on the wall of a cave in France 30,000 years ago, and it’s because we are a species that’s driven by narrative. Art is storytelling, and we need to tell stories to pass along ideas and information, and to try and make sense out of all this chaos. And sometimes when you get a really good artist and a compelling story, you can almost achieve that thing that’s impossible which is entering the consciousness of another human being – literally seeing the world the way they see it. Then, if you have a really good piece of art and a really good artist, you are altered in some way, and so the experience is transformative and in the minute you’re experiencing that piece of art, you’re not alone. You’re connected to the arts. So I feel like that can’t be too bad.”

- Steven Soderbergh’s State Of Cinema Talk at the 56th San Francisco International Film Festival. I’m late to this, but the whole thing is brilliant.

thefinalimage: Fat City, 1972 (dir. John Huston)

Fri, 17 May 2013 12:00:24 +0100

thefinalimage:

Fat City, 1972 (dir. John Huston)

ratscape: Book covers to the Love and Rockets Library, Jaime...

Thu, 16 May 2013 12:00:03 +0100

ratscape:

Book covers to the Love and Rockets Library, Jaime and Gilbert Hernandez

"We always say in the writers’ room, if Walter White has a true superpower, it’s not his knowledge of..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 12:00:05 +0100

“We always say in the writers’ room, if Walter White has a true superpower, it’s not his knowledge of chemistry or his intellect, it’s his ability to lie to himself. He is the world’s greatest liar. He could lie to the pope. He could lie to Mother Teresa. He certainly could lie to his family, and he can lie to himself, and he can make these lies stick. He can make himself believe, in the face of all contrary evidence, that he is still a good man. It really does feel to us like a natural progression down this road to hell, which was originally paved with good intentions.”

- In Conversation: Vince Gilligan on the End of Breaking Bad

mkupperman: Are comics serious literature?

Tue, 14 May 2013 12:00:12 +0100

mkupperman:

Are comics serious literature?

Twin Shadow - Five Seconds

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:10:03 +0100

Twin Shadow - Five Seconds

mercurialblonde: I was going to include this in my Jodelle...

Mon, 13 May 2013 12:00:30 +0100

mercurialblonde:

I was going to include this in my Jodelle write up—but couldn’t make it fit. Basically gawk at Joseph Bergin III’s color progressions here. One thing leading beautifully to the next. MWAH! Magnifique!

iamdavidbrothers: ayyeebeecee: lmaooo a highlight of the...

Sun, 12 May 2013 15:15:22 +0100

iamdavidbrothers:

ayyeebeecee:

lmaooo

a highlight of the place beyond the pines

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mapsontheweb: Canals of Amsterdam, detailed map of how...

awfully good: Looking for Game of Thrones tourists!

"Iain always insisted that he brought the same imagination to bear on his mainstream works as he did..."

And Daario Naharis? ♫ hello darkness my old friend ♫

theairtightgarage: orano: Drawing by Moebius/Jean...

Probably Alejandro Jodorowsky for his movie El Topo (1970)

thefinalimage: The Shining, 1980 (dir. Stanley Kubrick)

kurosawa-akira: “The way Kurosawa used widescreen always...

richardrouse3: Found this photo when looking for shots for my...

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friedchickenandmacaroni: Point Blank

cinephilearchive: Unseen photos from Point Blank part 6 In...

"In Greek mythology, Nemesis (Greek, Νέμεσις), also called Rhamnousia/Rhamnusia (“the goddess of..."

"So what I finally decided was, art is simply inevitable. It was on the wall of a cave in France..."

thefinalimage: Fat City, 1972 (dir. John Huston)

ratscape: Book covers to the Love and Rockets Library, Jaime...

"We always say in the writers’ room, if Walter White has a true superpower, it’s not his knowledge of..."

mkupperman: Are comics serious literature?

Twin Shadow - Five Seconds

mercurialblonde: I was going to include this in my Jodelle...

iamdavidbrothers: ayyeebeecee: lmaooo a highlight of the...