Movie City Indie http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/ 2009-07-03T13:57:00-08:00 One more reason it's hard to do satire these days http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/07/one_more_reason.html
"That's not how I'm wired! That's not how I'm wired to operate! ... The world needs more Trigs, not fewer."

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Ray Pride 2009-07-03T13:57:00-08:00
<![CDATA[<i>this is 606</i>: a photo exhibition of "chicagoesque" images]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/07/this_is_606_a_p.html Beauty
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Ten large photographic landscapes of Chicago, or "606," open Friday, July 3 at The Architrouve in Chicago, 6-9-m. [Location and daily hours through August 2 here.] The set is drawn from the ongoing daily photographic project, "this is 606," which is here.

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Ray Pride 2009-07-02T12:39:37-08:00
Microsoft's bodily fluid ad for IE8 http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/07/microsofts_bodi.html
Bug or feature?

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Ray Pride 2009-07-02T12:15:23-08:00
<![CDATA[<i>Are We There Yet?</i>: 60 creepy seconds from Swedish McDonald's ad]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/07/are_we_there_ye.html

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Ray Pride 2009-07-01T12:57:57-08:00
<![CDATA[<i>You want to travel blind</i>: portraits]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/you_want_to_tra.html Kitano considers
Azita
Ondaatje before reading
An exhibition of portraits of film figures and friends is running in Chicago through July 26 at the Rainbo Club. The address, more information and other pictures are here. [Takeshi Kitano; Azita Youssefi; Michael Ondaatje]

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Ray Pride 2009-06-30T17:08:06-08:00
Who knew soybean oil, vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, sugar, modified food starch, eggs, salt, mustard flour, artificial color, potassium sorbate as a preservative, paprika, spice, natural flavor and dried garlic was so cool? http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/who_knew_water.html

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Ray Pride 2009-06-21T13:55:02-08:00
<![CDATA[<i>Riot police turn and run</i> from BBC Persia]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/riot_police_tur.html hurrah_they_yelled.jpgLink here.













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Ray Pride 2009-06-21T11:25:15-08:00
<![CDATA[Animation: <i>She Farted and Created the World</i> by Scott Coello]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/animation_she_f.html

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Ray Pride 2009-06-17T12:42:02-08:00
<![CDATA[Under fire [<i>violence</i>]]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/under_fire_viol.html

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Ray Pride 2009-06-15T17:22:09-08:00
Truth in advertising? http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/truth_in_advert.html lepetderniereamarienbad.jpgA campaign for the DVD of Paul Blart, Mall Cop was replaced on The Awl by one for Last Year At Marienbad, but part of the earlier ad remains... Or is this a new Criterion we're seeing here?














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Ray Pride 2009-06-14T14:52:25-08:00
Jerzy Skolimowski on his missing years as a director http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/jerzy_skolimows.html skolimowski_the_judgement_full.JPGIn Vertigo, John Riley talks to about the 17 years between features. “Even during that long break, I looked at film projects, but either I was too lazy or just resting or I was focusing on becoming a serious painter. The process of painting feeds my needs now. You concentrate on doing something exactly as you want. With film-making there are always compromises, you can’t do exactly as you would wish, you’re not even trying to do that. But Four Nights With Anna is as close as I’ve ever got to making exactly the film I wanted—maybe not 100% but the high 90s. It was a small budget but I insisted on doing things exactly as I wanted. Filmmaking is really hard work, physically hard work, so I can’t say I enjoy it, but to create art one has to suffer! But, to my surprise, I feel ready to make another film: I have a great subject, I can see how to do it; I’m working on a script and have about half the money for my next project. So the prospects are good!” [A good career overview.][Art.]






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Ray Pride 2009-06-14T13:44:46-08:00
<![CDATA[<i>Mad Max</i> in Esfehan, Iran]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/mad_max_in_esfe.html
Leather-jacketed riot cops on motor scooters chased by protesting citizens... the end of the shot is like the end shots of Wenders' State of Things and Jarmusch's Limits of Control. [Via Andrew Sullivan.]
But, of course, it's not fiction:


[Via Laura Secor in the New Yorker.]

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Ray Pride 2009-06-14T10:57:42-08:00
<![CDATA[<i>Tetro</i>, brought to you by...]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/tetro_brought_t.html 3622697093_fa7ac8f88f.jpg



























This has to be the most honest film ad in ages... What brought you Tetro? What paid for Coppola's latest opus? Safeway, aisle 3. Synergy, theater 4. The citation of the theater at the bottom of the ad is also neatly reminiscent of the 1970s full-page ads for Cinema 1 or Cinema 2 or the Beekman premiering Nashville or The Conversation. [From Friday, June 12's New York Times.]

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Ray Pride 2009-06-13T11:44:29-08:00
<![CDATA[<i>Excellent Response</i>]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/excellent_respo_1.html


From a project by MJ Buffett.

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Ray Pride 2009-06-11T12:15:37-08:00
<![CDATA[<i>Deadline</i> by Bang-yao Liu]]> http://www.mcnblogs.com/mcindie/archives/2009/06/deadline_by_ban.html
The pressures of deadlines reflected in stop-motion animation of Post-It notes. A student project from the Savannah College of Art and Design.

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Ray Pride 2009-06-11T11:44:12-08:00