A blog of aggregated miscellanea and things I like uncovered from my daily travails. I'm Jacob, a peripatetic interdisciplinary designer of British persuasion, having interests in gastronomy, fashion, technology, interiors and sustainability. I'm currently working on online e-Commerce and identity. I dig Macs, mountain biking and smelly cheese.
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Posts tagged “Film”
‘Jean-Micheal Basquiat - The Radiant Child’ — a film by Tamra Davis
‘Separation,’ a disturbingly stunning claymation horror short, by Robert Morgan.
‘Many Moons’ music video (“short film”) by Janelle Monáe, directed by Alan Ferguson; via TheUntamedShrew.
![‘Bright Star’ (2009) by Jane Campion.
«Keats and His Beloved in an Ode to Hot English Chastity»— Scott in The New York Times.
«Jane Campion’s film Bright Star is a wistful and melancholic account of the unconsummated romance between the poet John Keats and his neighbour Fanny Brawne.»— Quinn in The Independent.
«Very few films allow you to listen to the sounds of silence, or near-silence, between the lines of dialogue: the sounds of birdsong, or the rustle of clothing, or footfalls in a country lane – but that is what Campion’s does. […] a fine and even ennobling film: defiantly, unfashionably about the vocation of romantic love. […] Their love is murdered by the false choice between love and art, and sacrificed to a petty tangle of money worries, social scruples and irrelevant male loyalties.»— Bradshaw in The Guardian.](http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxtvzkMyUF1qz4yr8o1_500.jpg)
‘Bright Star’ (2009) by Jane Campion.
«Keats and His Beloved in an Ode to Hot English Chastity»
— Scott in The New York Times.
«Jane Campion’s film Bright Star is a wistful and melancholic account of the unconsummated romance between the poet John Keats and his neighbour Fanny Brawne.»
— Quinn in The Independent.
«Very few films allow you to listen to the sounds of silence, or near-silence, between the lines of dialogue: the sounds of birdsong, or the rustle of clothing, or footfalls in a country lane – but that is what Campion’s does. […] a fine and even ennobling film: defiantly, unfashionably about the vocation of romantic love. […] Their love is murdered by the false choice between love and art, and sacrificed to a petty tangle of money worries, social scruples and irrelevant male loyalties.»
— Bradshaw in The Guardian.
Clip from ‘The Endless Summer’ (1966) by Bruce Brown. A brilliant and supremely narrated surf movie, that I’d recommend even to those without webbed feet. It’s an ethnographic classic of the modern TV travel-show, and although the narration early in practically bordered on xenophobia, it’s all in the vein of wit. “Apparently sharks and porpoises have yet to integrate in South Africa.” Grab a copy, or if you’re not convinced watch the original trailer (but like modern trailers, it gives rather a lot away!)
