- Guitar is Hand-Carved Homage to Giger’s Alien –
- The Scenic Rhythms of TV Series – Rhythm is a hard thing to analyze and measure, but one idea I’ve been toying with involves a little quantification: Scenes per Hour (SpH). Essentially, count the number of distinct scenes (which I’d roughly define as a continuous presentation of action in a single time and space), and then prorate them to arrive at how many scenes there would be in exactly 60 minutes of storytelling (not counting credits & recaps) – and I’ll count a montage sequence as a single scene, even though it contains numerous places and times.
- The Definitive Spec Script Sales List (1991-2012): 1991 –
Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 4.06.2012
- Bill Murray Longreads – And then because I love you all very much and I was bored yesterday, I went looking for as many Bill Murray articles as I could find. It was hard to find the articles, if any written about him in the 80s and 90s, I think because it's only been since about Lost in Translation that he's gotten the current level of respect. Even still, I was surprised not to find longread profile pieces on him in Vanity Fair, NY Times Magazine, etc.
- Backstory iPad Magazine – The Art and Business of Storytelling – Creative Screenwritingin entisen pääjehun uusi iPad-aviisi
- Maxim Interrogates the Makers and Stars of The Wire –
Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 2.06.2012 – 4.06.2012
- Prometheus: Interview with Costume Designer Janty Yates –
- Joan’s Digest Brings Fun, Flamboyant and Serious Feminism to Film Criticism – "It takes so much effort for women to get to the starting line, to get onto an editor's radar. I also wonder if sometimes the things that women are interested in — the way they respond to certain movies — may not be of interest to many male editors, but would be to many female readers. I've found that's true. In cinephile circles you see mostly men, but women cinephiles are out there. They're often just isolated from those nerd-herd scenes."
- "Mitä näyttelijä siis tekee? En tiedä, enkä katsojana oikeastaan haluakaan tietää." – No sepä oli hyvin käytetyt 9000 merkkiä, jes
Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 1.06.2012
- The Girl With The ANSI Tattoo – David Fincher, your SQL-fu is weak
- Imperiumin vastaisku -satukasetti – w h o a !
- Towards a Unified Theory of Beard Acting – kröhöm
Toukokuun lyhytarviot
RAW DEAL (US’86) is an abject failure and not even an interesting one. Peculiar music choices.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 5, 2012
THE DEEP BLUE SEA (UK’11) Exquisite heartbreak of the most beautiful kind. Everything in wonderful harmony from the 1st shot onwards.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 10, 2012
Dome.fi: Diktaattori
FRIENDS WITH KIDS (US’11) asks if a couple can have a baby together and still stay just friends. TAKE A BLOODY GUESS.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 15, 2012
LE SKYLAB (FR’11): How’s it even possible for a two-hour non-experimental film to work this well with practically no narrative?
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 15, 2012
PIRANHA 3DD (US’12)serves as a sorry reminder on the impossibility of creating kitsch on purpose.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 16, 2012
DRIVE ANGRY (US’11): Was expecting vintage car chases and vintage Nic Cage anger. Got neither.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 26, 2012
BROADCAST NEWS (US’87): Given the setting, the themes, the actors, and the writing, it’s no surprise I was smitten.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 27, 2012
SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN (US’12): A fairy tale executed in a gritty, Gladiator-ish way. Looks fine, has no sense of humour.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 28, 2012
CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF MEATBALLS (US’09): Once again proves that silly physical comedy never gets old. Gorgeous design, too.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 28, 2012
VIDEODROME (CA’83): Peculiar how after 30 years the physical sfx still work flawlessly but the synthesized score is unbearable.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 28, 2012
EL TOPO (MX’70): Areolæ, blasphemy, eros, imagery, mammal genocide, the sound design, surrealism, thanatos. How could you not be impressed?
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 29, 2012
MISS FARKKU-SUOMI (FI’12) Teinipoika muuntautuu rockidoliksi. Empaattinen, ei nostalginen kuvaus 70-luvun Suomesta. Toimii.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 30, 2012
PROMETHEUS (US’12) Okay, so that’s what they meant by it not being a prequel butstill being set in the same world.
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 30, 2012
PORCO ROSSO (JP’92): The quintessential Miyazaki film? Beautiful beyond all measure: distortion in the wine, tie clip, viewfinder reflection
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 31, 2012
NETWORK (US’76): Wow. The first hour is flawless, the second one a terrific brick-a-brack of such great scenes. (2nd viewing)
— Olli Sulopuisto (@osulop) May 31, 2012
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