you cracked like the ice general nobile
krasnaya palatka (the red tent) 1969, directed by mikheil kalatozishvili, cinematography by leonid kalashnikov, music by ennio morricone & aleksandr zatsepin.a flawed film, but worth watching. the highlights being: peter finch's performance, the stunning cinematography by leonid kalashnikov, and the music, which at times is quite frightening, and of course the beautiful land(snow)scape
being an eye for nothing
bunkers & fog in marin, images from last year"to be a cinematographer of nothing, to express its own impossibility? to imagine one being an eye for nothing, an eye for the impossibility demand such vulnerability at times. maybe cursed and blessed at the same time" z, kafka's ghost
la mélancolie et le christ mort
hans holbein the body of the dead christ in the tomb 1521andrea mantegna the lamentation over the dead christ c. 1490dostoyevsky said after viewing hans holbein's the body of the dead christ in the tomb, one might lose their faith and proceeded to write the idiot. that holbein's painting was so visceral then (and still is), is quite wonderful.paintings of - beauty, melancholia, love and
nothingness
i know nothing about nothingness 4/17/2007the deeper you go, the more you get lost (both quotes from mekas)
it is a grimy establishment with some dusty trade goods....
photographs of conté and ink drawings done by the late mister futterman, or m. swiezynski.(photos of conté drawings):(night time photographs of an oed definition written with a mont blanc on a small paper and submerged in water):more info here and here.
and the bells were ringing
virgil caine is the name,and i served on the danville train,'til stoneman's cavalrycame and tore up the tracks again.in the winter of '65,we were hungry, just barely alive.by may the tenth, richmond had fell,it's a time I remember, oh so well,the night they drove old dixie down,and the bells were ringing,the night they drove old dixie down,and the people were singin'.they wentla, la, la, la, la,
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cloud imagesi gave up my lucrative career as a cloud photographer to be an antiquarian, which i regret now. but here are some of my previous studies that were published in numerous scientific magazines and periodicals, mainly in the fine french journal ivrogne (soûlard, alcoolique).
beauty, chaos and destruction from dassin
more images from brute force, 1947 directed by jules dassin cinematography by william h. daniels.chaosbeauty; passing lightda vinci, durer, bosch and bruegel destructiontrue chaosother great prison films:-the big house 1930 (d. george hill)-un condamné à mort s'est échappé ou le vent souffle où il veut 1956 (d. robert bresson)-le trou 1960 (d. jacques becker)-cool hand luke 1967 (d. stuart
rain & snow.......daniels & zsigmond
2 cinematographers and their use of water (or weather).-rain in brute force, 1947 directed by jules dassin, cinematography by william h. daniels.the beginning of this classic prison break film by jules dassin has various shots of the building in extreme rain, and sets the tone for the rest of the film (turbulent and unpredictable).-snow in mccabe & mrs. miller, 1971 directed by robert altman,
monochromes and architecture
monochromes and interior design by david ireland.folded paper landscape, 1973landscape, 1974dirt work with flakes, 1974a portion of: from the year of doing the same work each day,1975waxed cement with hole, 1975capp street, 1986headlands center for the arts, 1986-1987
trains in cinema, woyzeck
woyzeck directed by jános szász, 1994hungarian version of georg büchner's 1837 play woyzeck.instead of a soldier we find woyzeck as a flag man in a train yard in hungary.like bela tarr making a train film, although less minimal.with examples of; smoke, darkness, rain, snow, mud and fog (obscuring the trains and characters that pass by).close up of the tracks as a train passes by in slow motion
catscratchers
preston sturges' unfaithfully yours, 1948one of my favourite parts of unfaithfully yours; the great comic actor lionel stander praises the skills of conductor rex harrison, after his gut-wrenching performance:"flatter you?, compared to the truth i am insulting you, what did you have in your head, what visions of eternity, armageddon, the final battle of the planets in the end of creation, to
....choreograph her teacup to synchronize with her dialogue....
beautiful new things: music:arvo part (paul hillier): da pacem, harmonia mundi.these compositions are just so beautiful.michael cashmore (with antony, john contreros & others): the snow abides (great title), dutro/jnanarecords.another fine cd, especially for those interested in current 93 and antony. it is a shame it is so short.books:interviews with tarkovsky.ozu, by donald richie, univ. of
writing with light
nostalghia 1983 (d. andrei tarkovsky) dp: giuseppe lancia small list of considerations for the cinematographer series.with select filmographies.néstor almendros: domicile conjugal 1970 (d. françois truffaut), le deux anglaises et le continent 1971 (d. françois truffaut), days of heaven 1978 (d. terrence malick), sophie's choice 1982 (d. alan j. pakula).john alonzo: harold and maude 1971 (d. hal
michael chapman, cinematographer & abstractions from raging bull
michael chapman (1935-)new york cinematographer known for starting out as gordon willis' camera operator for the films klute, the godfather and bad company. chapman went on to be the director of photography for many of the classic martin scorsese films: taxi driver, american boy: a profile of steven prince, the last waltz, and raging bull. reading masters of light and listening to chapman's
addendum to the essential cinema
more titles for the essential cinemaamerican mutoscope & biograph co.: the ghost train 1903lloyd bacon (busby berkeley): footlight parade 1933bruce baillee: mr. hayashi 1961, castro street 1964, all my life 1966sarunas bartas: *works (*in memory of a day gone by 1990, *three days 1991, *the corridor 1994, *few of us 1996, *the house 1997, *freedom 2001)frank borzage: moonrise 1948paul burnford:
hymns to the night
endless and full of mysterysweet trembling courses through us-to me it seems an echo soundsout of the deep distance of our grief.our loved ones too may be longing for us,and sent to us this yearning breath.down now to the sweet bride, onto jesus, to the beloved-take heart, evening's darkling greysto the loving, to the grieving.a dream will break our fetters off,and sink us forever in our father's
vladimir g. suchov
images of the work of russian engineer vladimir g. suchov (1853-1939), found in this fine german book published by dva.works:kaufhaus gum in moskau 1889-1893banhofs in moskau 1912-17wasserturm in polibino 1896sabolovko-radioturm in moskau 1919funfstockiger-nigres 1927
jonathan coleclough and andrew liles, torch songs
"»torch songs« is a collaboration between jonathan coleclough and andrew liles. they met in october 2004 when they both performed at intergration 3 in preston, uk. liles subsequently reworked the recording of coleclough's solo performance from that evening. he went on to add, subtract, multiply and divide further live recordings supplied by coleclough, and the eventual result was this double lp.
plants & earth
hugo simberg in the garden of death 1896 max klinger terrace 1879 johann wolfgang von goethe budding, flowering, and branching systems 1786/87 robert rauschenberg dirt painting (for john cage) 1953 & untitled (gold painting) 1953 jean dubuffet la physique du sol (texturologie xxiii) 1958 jean dubuffet vie exemplaire du sol (texturologie lxiii) 1958books:-the painter's garden: design, inspiration,
paris, sf, nyc
pandit pran nath: raga cycle, palace theatre, paris 1972with la monte young & marian zazeela: tambouras, terry riley: tabla.and also,pandit pran nath: midnight, raga malkauns 4 viii 71 sf, 21 viii 76 nycwith terry riley: tabla, ann riley & simone forti: tamboura + k. paramjyoti: tabla, la monte young & marian zazeela: tamboura.two recordings with a quiet intensity, like a cecil taylor played by
manhattan
highlights from recent trip to manhattan.moma:otto piene.untitled (smoke drawing). 1959arnulf rainer.bird scratches. 1968william anastasi.60 minutes. (1987)william anastasi.untitled (11.13.01 wynn kramarsky 14:50). 2001jean dubuffet.soul of the underground. vence, december. 1959andy warhol. empire. 1964 day andy warhol.empire. 1964 eveningrobert rauschenberg.untitled (asheville citizen). c.
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