Trailer for Gary Hustwit’s new film, Urbanized. The Barbican have a week of screenings, 16-23 December 2011, tickets and info here. Big fan of Gary’s work and this looks amazing. Can’t wait.
LivingForTheCity
CanIGetAJetPackWithThat
Excellent short film about the internet and how we’re all going to be nodes on a big super connected network of exciting shit in the future. Can’t wait. Can I get a jetpack with that.
FilmOne
FILM 1 from martin de thurah on Vimeo.
Just found Martin De Thurah’s first film for BLK DNM clothing brand, Film 1. Another great short, beautifully written, shot and directed. It’s also worth checking out Martin’s other work on Vimeo and on the Bacon site.
Surveillance
FILM 2 / from martin de thurah on Vimeo.
Another great short film from Epoch films, directed by Martin De Thurah, this time commissioned by BLK DNM clothing brand for their Autumn 2011 collection. This time, The Conversation meets The Lives Of Others meets Three Days Of The Condor meets Rear Window, and pretty much includes everything I look for in a film, short or otherwise.
AgentProvocateurSexBotHorror
Agent Provocateur Soiree 2011 from Agent Provocateur on Vimeo.
Loved this short film/ad for Agent Provocateur, ‘Fleurs du Mal’, by Epoch Films, directed by Justin Anderson. Think Scream meets David Lynch meets Stepford Wives meets an invasion of Sexbots all dressed in Agent Provocatueur’s raciest scanties. NSFW obviously.
MovieTitleStillsCollection
It is what it is and it is OMG amazing. The work of designer Christian Annyas, Movie Title Stills Collection is a MASSIVE collection of title stills from 1920-now. And it is amazing. There’s also a section dedicated to the work of Saul Bass, which is worth a visit on its own.
TinkerTailorSoldierSimpleton
Three trailers for Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy. Top to bottom: the incredibly taut, mysterious and darkly thrilling UK teaser trailer, my personal favourite; the less teasing yet no less thrilling UK theatrical trailer and finally, below, the US ‘blow-by-blow-the-whole-story-with-sign-posts’ trailer. I don’t really understand. I’ve met plenty of Americans and none of them have been so completely stupid as to need the simpleton trailer that they’ve got. The fact is, the film in the first two trailers, looks far more enticing than that in the third. Or is it just me?
FellInLoveWithAGirl(P0rnStar)
I think there might be something wrong with me. I have developed something of a crush on Sasha Grey, superstar p0rnstar of the twitter generation; she of the exceptionally deep throat and no gag reflex.
The thing is, I prefer her with her clothes on. Which is good because following her appearance in ad campaigns for American Apparel and a role as a high class escort in Steven Soderbergh’s much overlooked (well I liked it) art-house film The Girlfriend Experience, Sasha’s making a bid for a full mainstream crossover. She’s already made a low-budget horror and did six episodes of US TV series Entourage (so far so p0rnstar) and has three films coming out in 2011, including I Melt With You starring alongside Rob Lowe. More importantly though, she’s self-styling herself as pop culture icon with a book, Neu Sex featuring her own photography (of herself) and thoughts, opinions and writings (on sexuality, the entertainment industry and her life in general) which even at a glance suggests she has all the instinct, belief and attitude needed to be the real thing.
Evidently there’s more to Ms Grey than her ability to make even the most hardcore of p0rn lovers blush. I know very little about her and I’m fascinated already. I would love to interview her, preferably for as mainstream a magazine, newspaper or website as possible. If any editors want to commission a feature on Ms Grey please let me know, I can’t help feel that 10 years from now, if not one of the biggest, she’ll certainly be one of the coolest stars around.