started reading outliers by malcom gladwell.
woke up and watched interviews with charlie kaufman and videos about synecdoche, new york. synecdoche is one of the richest films i have seen in a long time. kaufman continues to make the most creative and sad films i have ever watched.
samsung hotel, geoje island, south korea. april 2014.
via wikipedia
watched the big sleep (1946)
humphrey bogart as private detective marlowe and lauren bacall
directed by howard hawks
screenplay by william faulkner, leigh brackett, and jules furthman.
based on the big sleep by raymond chandler
podcast, movies and books.
kidnapped by n. korea to make films: act one of this american life 556: same bed, different dreams.
film director shin sang-ok 신상옥 and wive, ex-wife and re-wife, actor choi eun-hee 최은희
“pulgasari” japanese poster via wikipedia.
full movie with subtitles
pulgasari. 1985. north korea. godzilla-type film directed by mr. shin.
capitalist/feudal lord-crushing proletarian monsta.
mother and a guest. south korea. 1961. starring mrs. choi.
A Kim Jong-Il Production: The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator’s Rise to Power by paul fischer
on amazon kindle
shin’s and choi’s memoir: either called kingdom of kim or i am a movie or Chogugŭn Chŏhanŭl Chŏmŏlli (My Motherland is Faraway) published in 1988/2001.
take a look at on the art of cinema (published in 1973) by the late kim jong-il.
patterns. centum city. busan. february 2012.
steadycam operator.
quint’s indianapolis monologue. robert shaw.
set of jaws
USS Indianapolis (CA-35) at Pearl Harbor, circa 1937 | via wikipedia
started listening to the audiobook of the big sleep by raymond chandler
LA detective. film noir. 1930s/1940s.
centum city. hipstamatic. early 2012.
lack of plot.complicated plots. lack of artificial exposition. natural unfolding of the story.
via wikipedia
via wikipedia
the close-up on p t anderson, 58 mins.
josh brolin. dp/30
The coen brothers speak (reluctantly) the big lebowsky, the big sleep, etc.
via wikipedia
apocalypse now helicopter sound:
Apocalypse Now – Ghost Helicopter Flyover from Unidentified Sound Object on Vimeo.
http://filmmakermagazine.com/88485-the-sound-of-helicopters-in-apocalypse-now/#.VSRNXGbfHs0
