This is such a wonderful scene and the song deserved all the praise. I was very interested to learn more about his process, and how he is very hands off with his cinematographer and set designer. It shows a great deal of trust in your team, and I wish I had that sort of easy…Read more
Public Domain Goodies: Miracle Mongers and Their Methods, by Harry Houdini
God bless Project Gutenberg, and all who maintain her. I’ve been doing some research for a project about fraud mediums and I came across a beautiful gem of a book. Harry Houdini wasn’t an outright skeptic in the internet, YouTube way that we think of today. He was open to being convinced of a life…Read more
Watch “Nothing But Trouble is a Very Weird Movie” on YouTube
Aww, what an adorable horror beyond my understanding (ChatGPT produces some crochet patterns)
So ChatGPT was prompted to write crochet patterns and the result was interesting. And adorable. Honestly it looks like a plushy in a Cronenberg body horror. They did something similar with a neural net trained on knit patterns called SkyKnit but what I find most interesting is that the ChatGPT AI appears to be providing…Read more
Volume Sets
I am very interested in this write up on the limitations of volume sets like the one used on The Mandalorian. This technology is so new and innovative, I think headlines like this could give the wrong impression that this isn’t an incredible gift for creators. We are still understanding the limitations of this technology,…Read more
Weekly Links January 2-8, 2023
Happy New Year, I am so tired. Comment on the News
Weekly post – 1/2-8
I didn’t get as much done as I wanted to this week. I’ve been finding in the last couple of months that things are getting tighter and tighter. My lease is up in May and I am hoping to get out of this unhealthy environment… but I want to stay in Orlando, which means something…Read more
The Menu review: Just let people do what they’re good at
My opinion of The Menu is meta and, like an ogre, has layers. Inside and outside the movie it comes down to a simple idea: Find people who are good at what they do, and then let them do that. Is it a movie about a perfectionist staring down the barrel of their career and…Read more
Sante Sangre: Wait, is this accessible Jodorowsky?
Hang on. Did I like this movie? I am biased here. I don’t have the greatest relationship with Jodorowsky’s work. His most lauded works come from an era when people were very In Touch with Spirituality. There is usually a whole lot of Symbolism happening, and while I can understand it on an intellectual level,…Read more