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.
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.
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.
Trying to kick yesterday’s heavy heart back into life. Think this might just do it.
Wired.com’s amazing video tribute to Steve Jobs. Only downside is it’s in flash which means you won’t be able to watch it on your iPhone or iPad, which would piss the great man off no end (probably his biggest career regret would be not living quite long enough to be proved right about html 5).
If ever inspiration about life and love is needed, you’ll find it here. Keep looking, don’t settle. Stay hungry, stay foolish.
Steve Jobs 1955-2011
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?
Real Scenes: Berlin from Resident Advisor on Vimeo.
Great little film about the rise of Berlin’s club culture.
There are many reasons to admire Stephen Fry, but none greater than his love of language. Here he makes the points that language is more than just words and meaning and that put in certain orders, they take on a life of their own to become something to luxuriate and get lost in, to enflame the passions and arouse the mind, to seduce, excite, anger and calm. Words, in certain orders, are more sensual than any sight or sound can be, because they get inside your head and fuck with it. Certain words, in certain orders, invite your imagination to roll around and get dirty, as Mr. Fry puts it here, “for the sound-sex of it.” Can there be anything better than that?
Almost enough to make me want to buy a magazine again.