Team William - You Look Familiar

Hello friendly friends,

Here's a really amazing music video

true blood: vampires and doggs

don't get me wrong, i love true blood. in fact, i really can't seem to get enough of it. call it a guilty pleasure, pathetic a "sorority show," whatever... this HBO series is phenomenal in my opinion and i have far too much fun watching these beautiful people prance around louisiana's swamp land with blood in their mouthes and supernatural mysteries to solve.

however, even i thought this was a little ridiculous-



kind of uncool snoop dogg... we may all love sookie, but i don't know that this makes you look like much of a bad ass rapper... it actually just makes you look like a rich dipshit that is completely out of touch with his audience.

well done, snoop. can't wait to hear your next song about how you fuck werewolf cubs and drink vampire blood.

Sophia Coppola's "Somewhere" Trailer

Coppola's new film stars Stephen Dorff and Elle Fanning while also featuring music by Phoenix. It's set to come out in December.

The beautiful song in the trailer is a demo version of the Stroke's You Only Live Once called, "I'll Try Anything Once."

Beauty and the Beast

Dir. Jean Cocteau (France 1946)

Disney is leagues away from Cocteau. Whilst the story is classic, the visual effects were my absolute favorite. They add a delightful whimsy to the film that remind me of the more contemporary film maker, Michel Gondry. This is especially noticeable with the personification of the objects in the Beast’s castle. The doors whisper, the wine pours itself, and bodiless hands light the castle. Rather than try to deceive the viewer, the cinematic illusions are blunt and display extraordinary imagination and creativity.

One of this film’s most beautifully striking moments is when Belle first enters the castle. Her skirt dances in slow motion as she runs through a hallway lined with isolated candle-holding arms that move as she passes by to light her way.

This classic story combined with its avant-garde stylings is a total triumph.

The Spirit of the Beehive

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Dir. Victor Erice (Spain 1973)

Any words here cannot do this film justice. This is film is ABSOLUTELY STUNNING. The story, the performances, and the cinematography were all impeccable.

The film takes place in 1940 (after the Spanish Civl War) and is centered around the two young girls of a disjointed family. Ana, the younger of the sisters, is an adorable little girl whose world unravels quietly and darkly after viewing Frankenstein with her sister at a traveling cinema.

At just five years old, Ana Torrent delivers an extraordinary performance. The viewer feels the same suspense and fear as she escapes into the forest and sees her reflection turn into Frankenstein's. The fear and curiosity in her eyes can be easily and completely absorbed. Apparently, she wasn't only acting, but she was also living in the world of the film. Her reactions to Frankenstein are completely genuine, since Erice captures her as she views the film for the first time.

And the cinematography, OH GOD the cinematography! To begin with, (as over-used as this is) every single shot is like a beautifully composed photograph. Beautiful golden tones are used throughout the film to aid the allusion to the beehive, and even the windows of the house have a hexagonal pattern. Frames contain vast empty landscapes and desolate imagery. In fact, I want to call this a minimalist film because of the economical dialogue, clean lines, and white space in the framing (oh boy do I like white space). Every word spoken had incredible weight to it because of the small amount of dialogue, but it was something I really appreciated- to receive only the essential dose of phonetic information. The visuals were vital in setting the mood and communicating the somewhat difficult-to-decipher story. To top it off the film's cinematographer was going blind during the making of the film!

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Don't do drugs

Here's a music video from 15 year old L.A. rapper Earl.
Just watch for yourself. And not on a full stomach.

Moving Countries foward with Moving Images

These spots for amnesty international speak for themselves.

Death to the Death Penalty



Russian Dolls