This is a great short film from Honda company. Although it's about their world (engineering) it applies equally well to arts and crafts too, very cool 9min snippet, enjoy.
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Monday, March 30, 2009
A song For The Ladies
The amazing Robi Draco Rosa. His CD "Mad Love" is one of my favorite CDs of all time, it's just incredible. Please listen and enjoy, and if you REALLY like it then BUY HIS CD!
Sunday, March 29, 2009
An Essay
This is a great essay I've found a long time ago and I still see it now and again and enjoy it, so why not share it among friends?
"English is a funny language!
"English is a funny language!
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple... English muffins were not invented in England or French fries in France. Sweetmeats are candies, while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce, and hammers don't ham? If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, 2 geese. So, one moose, 2 meese? One index, two indices? Is cheese the
plural of choose?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play, and play at a recital?
Ship by truck, and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? Park on driveways and drive on parkways?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can the weather be hot as hell one day and cold as hell another?
When a house burns up, it burns down. You fill in a form by filling it out, and an alarm clock goes off by going on.
When the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible. And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this essay, I end it?"
Saturday, March 28, 2009
The G-man
Perhaps one of the best villains EVER,
incl all types of entertainment (movies, books etc).
He is my favorite though, for sure.
incl all types of entertainment (movies, books etc).
He is my favorite though, for sure.
"Time Dr. Freeman?
Is it really that time again?
It seems as if you have only just arrived."
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
The Soundtrack
The score in a film can either completely make or break a film for me. I mean to the point where I could take a shitty Paris Hilton film, put a brilliant soundtrack on it and... it would still be shit but it would be A LOT better still. It's just something about music that... I can't describe it, but say in a film, its EVERYTHING for me. A film just has to have a great soundtrack or fuck it, might as well delete the whole film it's no point. I don't care if its the Godfather or Titanic, no good score? No point. It just becomes so disappointing, I don't know how else to describe it.Personally I feel the best soundtracks I have heard has definitively not come from any Hollywood film but rather video games and animes, FOR SURE. For anyone who has ever played any Final Fantasy game is virtually high fiving me at the moment, my love goes out to Nobuo Uematsu. Metal Gear Solid? Harry Gregson-Williams is a genius. Cowboy Bebop might have one of the best soundtracks out there, it's just nuts. The jazzy film noir feeling it gives... Max Payne... we gonna talk about max payne later, I'm saving it for it's own post. If I ever act in a film, or direct one, produce one etc, I am going to sit down FIRMLY with a (hopefully) amazing composer and we gonna sort out magic from crap mates.
Legend Of Zelda? Brilliant. Oldboy OST? Brilliant. I suppose though it's all relative, since the best songs that one person likes is the one they have some sort of emotional connection to of some sort so even the most trivial piece can become amazing, fair enough. I love the trumpet though, lately it has taken the top stop for one of my favorite instruments, I also love strings, in a big orchestra, obviously.
Still so much more that can be said about a score but, gonna keep it relatively short today, so instead I'm going to leave you with this.
I was wondering, which one of these two do YOU like the most? I love em' both and can't make up my mind.
UPDATE: Jesus fuck, Can't believe I forgot one of the best soundtracks I have ever heard and own. GRIM FANDANGO of course, what else? What the hell was I smoking when I was writing this earlier today. Grim Fandango OST 5/5 easy, one of THE best. And whomever composes scores and stuff for Blizzard games. World of Warcraft soundtrack is just brilliant, I love Blizzard, but I've stated this before.
Muse - Feeling Good
Michael Bublé - Feeling Good
Cheers
Friday, March 20, 2009
Vincent Cassel from La Haine.
This brilliant film is from 1995 with Vincent Cassel. I want to show you one of my favorite scenes of all times. I am not sure why I like it so much but, it's just so fucking brilliant. No overacting, believable, passionate etc. I just love it. Like the way I love small things in life, this is a small short wonderful amazing scene, enjoy bitches.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
You know what annoys me?
Birthdays. I mean who the fuck cares about birthdays unless you are under 21 or over 80 or something. People who take birthdays too seriously should be shot, like people who's friendship hinges on the fact if their friends show up for ones birthday or not. Let me tell ya, if that is the case with you then you didn't have much of a friendship to begin with mate. Fuck birthdays (and valentines day).
Another thing that annoys me. Unnecessary nudity in gym locker rooms. Who the fuck weighs them self completely nude? I am not a homophobic by ANY stretch of the imagination, in fact, I fucking love gays (no pun intended) but unless you are gonna take a ride on the space shuttle I recon you can pop on a pair of boxers and take of 100grams if you need to be so fucking specific. People who happily wander around naked, bending over like they are playing some volleyball game in the locker rooms, WTF? Put some clothes on mofos.
Completely random and from the top of my head. I have a lot more stuff to whine about, more on that later though. Stay Tuned.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Director William Friedkin on Fora.tv
Another amazing talkie talkie. This time from Fora.tv. It's basically like TED.com for all I know, bunch of videos with people who talk about amazing stuff.You might know William Friedkin as the man who directed the infamous films The French Connection and The Exorcist. In this hour long interview he talks about his work as a director, how he came to be, how he made The French Connection and The Exorcist and so on. It was really fun and interesting, check it out.
Friday, March 6, 2009
Does school kill creativity?
Here is another very interesting TED talk that I have to share by Sir Ken Robinson. The fella makes some amazing points and not only is he hilarious but I am sure his maths is brilliant as well.
So, does school kill creativity? I was unfortunate to end up in the wrong type of school when I was younger and that is why I am in this mess now.
Please do check out this TED talk.
So, does school kill creativity? I was unfortunate to end up in the wrong type of school when I was younger and that is why I am in this mess now.
Please do check out this TED talk.
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Current status
Alright, I'm going to write down my current status so one day I'll maybe look back and say "wow, come a long way since..."
a) Jobless - Doesn't REALLY bother me, would be nice to have a nice job to go to, I still refuse to take ANY job just to get cash because I refuse to work at a place I am not happy with. I am not talking about beeing CEO at a company or anything but say working at Mickey D's... forget it. Not that desperate YET.
b) Didn't graduate what you may call high school - Or it might be collage, not sure. Doesn't bother me either. I just wish that I had found out "what I want to do when I get older" thang when I was 15-16 (or of course even younger) instead of 22, but it's fine =). So I need to read up on a few things and get my degrees which shouldn't be hard at all to be honest. I don't wanna blow my self but I am pretty smart.
c) Haven't gone to any acting classes or schools - Of course, if you have "it" then you do but school is still brilliant, SO MUCH TO LEARN AND I CAN'T WAIT. Once I found an email in my inbox folder. Some casting agen't had found my old profile on a page where you can work as an extra on sets. He sent me a mail asking me if I would like to audition, so I did that. Just the fact that he found my profile that had been deactivated for 6+ months and he still found me and sent me a mail says to me "this is the job for you" "well thank you my alter ego I lurv you <3"
I think that's it about now. I Guess it could have been a lot worse. I am a lot happier then last year, I think it's pretty confirmed now. I had a depression during 2008. Glad to be over that shit. Time to get into school, get degrees, and whore myself out so I can get cash for either kulturama or Nyfa. A long way from the big screen innit. No rush. I keep writing down ideas I have for various film/tv stuff. Maybe one day... maybe babyl
That's it for now, but I aint leaving you without a tune.
a) Jobless - Doesn't REALLY bother me, would be nice to have a nice job to go to, I still refuse to take ANY job just to get cash because I refuse to work at a place I am not happy with. I am not talking about beeing CEO at a company or anything but say working at Mickey D's... forget it. Not that desperate YET.
b) Didn't graduate what you may call high school - Or it might be collage, not sure. Doesn't bother me either. I just wish that I had found out "what I want to do when I get older" thang when I was 15-16 (or of course even younger) instead of 22, but it's fine =). So I need to read up on a few things and get my degrees which shouldn't be hard at all to be honest. I don't wanna blow my self but I am pretty smart.
c) Haven't gone to any acting classes or schools - Of course, if you have "it" then you do but school is still brilliant, SO MUCH TO LEARN AND I CAN'T WAIT. Once I found an email in my inbox folder. Some casting agen't had found my old profile on a page where you can work as an extra on sets. He sent me a mail asking me if I would like to audition, so I did that. Just the fact that he found my profile that had been deactivated for 6+ months and he still found me and sent me a mail says to me "this is the job for you" "well thank you my alter ego I lurv you <3"
I think that's it about now. I Guess it could have been a lot worse. I am a lot happier then last year, I think it's pretty confirmed now. I had a depression during 2008. Glad to be over that shit. Time to get into school, get degrees, and whore myself out so I can get cash for either kulturama or Nyfa. A long way from the big screen innit. No rush. I keep writing down ideas I have for various film/tv stuff. Maybe one day... maybe babyl
That's it for now, but I aint leaving you without a tune.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
To All The Religous Freaks
Straight from Ferraro's blog.
"The irony of religion is that because of its power to divert man to destructive courses, the world actually could come to an end.
"Plain fact is, religion must die for mankind to live. The hour is getting very late to be able to indulge and have key decisions made by religious people, by irrationalists; By those who would steer the ship of state not by a compass, but by the equivalent of reading the entrails of a chicken. George Bush prayed a lot about Iraq, but he didn't learn a lot about it. Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about. And those who preach faith and enable and elevate it, are our intellectual slaveholders - keeping mankind in a bondage to fantasy and nonsense that has spawned and justified so much lunacy and destruction.
"Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do. Most people would think that it is wonderful when someone says, "I am willing Lord, I will do what ever you want me to do!" Except that since there are no Gods actually talking to us, that void is filled in by people, with their own corruptions, and limitations, and agendas. And anyone who tells you that they know what happens when you die, I promise you, you don't. How can I be so sure? Because I don't know, and you do not possess mental powers that I do not.
"The only appropriate attitude for man to have about the big questions is not the arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of religion, but doubt. Doubt is humble, and that is what man needs to be considering that human history is just a litany of getting shit dead wrong.
"This is why rational people - anti-religionists - must end their timidity and come out of the closet and assert themselves, and those who consider themselves only moderately religious really need to look in the mirror and realize that the solace and comfort that religion brings you actually comes at a terrible price. If you belong to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest. To do otherwise is to be an enabler - a mafia wife, with the true devils of extremism that draw their legitimacy from the billions of their fellow travellers.
"If the world does come to an end here, or wherever, or if it limps into the future decimated by the effects of a religion-inspired nuclear terrorism, lets remember what the real problem was: that we learned how to precipitate mass death, before we got pass the neurological disorder of wishing for it.
"That's it. Grow up, or die."
"The irony of religion is that because of its power to divert man to destructive courses, the world actually could come to an end.
"Plain fact is, religion must die for mankind to live. The hour is getting very late to be able to indulge and have key decisions made by religious people, by irrationalists; By those who would steer the ship of state not by a compass, but by the equivalent of reading the entrails of a chicken. George Bush prayed a lot about Iraq, but he didn't learn a lot about it. Faith means making a virtue out of not thinking. It's nothing to brag about. And those who preach faith and enable and elevate it, are our intellectual slaveholders - keeping mankind in a bondage to fantasy and nonsense that has spawned and justified so much lunacy and destruction.
"Religion is dangerous because it allows human beings who don't have all the answers to think that they do. Most people would think that it is wonderful when someone says, "I am willing Lord, I will do what ever you want me to do!" Except that since there are no Gods actually talking to us, that void is filled in by people, with their own corruptions, and limitations, and agendas. And anyone who tells you that they know what happens when you die, I promise you, you don't. How can I be so sure? Because I don't know, and you do not possess mental powers that I do not.
"The only appropriate attitude for man to have about the big questions is not the arrogant certitude that is the hallmark of religion, but doubt. Doubt is humble, and that is what man needs to be considering that human history is just a litany of getting shit dead wrong.
"This is why rational people - anti-religionists - must end their timidity and come out of the closet and assert themselves, and those who consider themselves only moderately religious really need to look in the mirror and realize that the solace and comfort that religion brings you actually comes at a terrible price. If you belong to a political party or a social club that was tied to as much bigotry, misogyny, homophobia, violence, and sheer ignorance as religion is, you'd resign in protest. To do otherwise is to be an enabler - a mafia wife, with the true devils of extremism that draw their legitimacy from the billions of their fellow travellers.
"If the world does come to an end here, or wherever, or if it limps into the future decimated by the effects of a religion-inspired nuclear terrorism, lets remember what the real problem was: that we learned how to precipitate mass death, before we got pass the neurological disorder of wishing for it.
"That's it. Grow up, or die."
Monday, February 23, 2009
Monday, February 16, 2009
Tiny Buddha Quote
@tinybuddha is amazing. If nothing, then that person is the only reason why I got twitter. One of this amazing quotes, and it's absolute truth for me.
"All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become." ~Buddha
Saturday, February 14, 2009
Goal: New York/Los Angeles Film Academy
"New york, new yorkI want to wake up in a city, that never sleeps
And find Im a number one top of the list, king of the hill
A number one
These little town blues, are melting away
Im gonna make a brand new start of it - in old new york
And if I can make it there, Im gonna make it anywhere
It up to you - new york new york"
- Frank Sinatra
I've definitely got a goal now. New York Film Academy. They've got two camps, one in L.A. and the other in New York.
I was with a few friends, watching a nice film (The Oxford Murders) and on my way back in the middle of the night, sitting in a buss, I saw an ad and on it it said "Study abroad! Visit Blueberry.nu" and I thought to myself "Why not?". And the next day I visited the site online too see what's what and lo and behold I came across NYFA.
Now, actually studying in NYFA would be an absolute dream come true, I read their site and all their .pdf files up and down and this place is so perfect I hardly know how to justify it by telling you all, so just visit the site NOW.
The biggest problem is financial of course, the price tag is pretty heavy. With the help of CSN and if I get lucky enough to get a scholarship, I AM FUCKING GONE. WOOOHOOO.
I don't want to get a head of myself though. Where I am sitting right now, I have A LOT of work ahead of me before I can even consider applying for a sholarship. I need to finish my high school (I think that's the english "gymnasium" equivilent anyway) degree because I decided what I was doing there at the time wasn't for me, and I was exacly right. I am so glad I dropped out of the shit. And been through a ton of shit since then (I was 18 when I dropped) I NOW finally know exacly what to do in life. So YAY for me.
I am not sure what I need to do or say to get a scholarship. But I think I need to get atleast one year's worth of acting basic education in Kulturama before I can apply for a scholarship with ANY of my dignity intact. But here is the thang you see... what if there is a possibility to apply for one without having had that education, if you show them enough heart and convince them that you are worthy, then I could be gone very very soon (relatively speaking), because I don't know what you need to do or have done to get one of them :(.
Say I done all that, I get the CSN + Scholarship (and I hope to got that it's enough to pay for the school and place to live or else this dream was not-to-be before it even started) where do I go? Los Angeles or New York?
New York is New York innit, I don't need to get a car and shit, but then again, I love the west coast, it's so chill and I got a few amigo's there already! And I hear NY is more of a independent scene while you can get more Hollywood connections if you study in LA. But then again it doesn't matter because if you are fucking good, then you are fucking good and people will (hopefully) notice.
Yes I am getting way ahead of myself, as I always do, but you gotto think and dream big kid. First things first, I need to wrap up my high school grades before I can do shit, so that is first thing on the list (besides getting a job, which is always a passive mission)
Oh and I have to say this. As far as getting things done in a hurry or whatever, really not my thing. I am so at peace with the universe, per se (fuck, gonna sound like a hippie now) that I know good shit is gonna happen so I am not stressed about getting an education, get into NYFA, make a film and be a trillionaire before i am 25. NO!. If it happens tomorrow, then perfect, if thoes things come around when I am 40? Perfect.
Take a chill pill brah, I am suave.
I was with a few friends, watching a nice film (The Oxford Murders) and on my way back in the middle of the night, sitting in a buss, I saw an ad and on it it said "Study abroad! Visit Blueberry.nu" and I thought to myself "Why not?". And the next day I visited the site online too see what's what and lo and behold I came across NYFA.
Now, actually studying in NYFA would be an absolute dream come true, I read their site and all their .pdf files up and down and this place is so perfect I hardly know how to justify it by telling you all, so just visit the site NOW.
The biggest problem is financial of course, the price tag is pretty heavy. With the help of CSN and if I get lucky enough to get a scholarship, I AM FUCKING GONE. WOOOHOOO.
I don't want to get a head of myself though. Where I am sitting right now, I have A LOT of work ahead of me before I can even consider applying for a sholarship. I need to finish my high school (I think that's the english "gymnasium" equivilent anyway) degree because I decided what I was doing there at the time wasn't for me, and I was exacly right. I am so glad I dropped out of the shit. And been through a ton of shit since then (I was 18 when I dropped) I NOW finally know exacly what to do in life. So YAY for me.
I am not sure what I need to do or say to get a scholarship. But I think I need to get atleast one year's worth of acting basic education in Kulturama before I can apply for a scholarship with ANY of my dignity intact. But here is the thang you see... what if there is a possibility to apply for one without having had that education, if you show them enough heart and convince them that you are worthy, then I could be gone very very soon (relatively speaking), because I don't know what you need to do or have done to get one of them :(.
Say I done all that, I get the CSN + Scholarship (and I hope to got that it's enough to pay for the school and place to live or else this dream was not-to-be before it even started) where do I go? Los Angeles or New York?
New York is New York innit, I don't need to get a car and shit, but then again, I love the west coast, it's so chill and I got a few amigo's there already! And I hear NY is more of a independent scene while you can get more Hollywood connections if you study in LA. But then again it doesn't matter because if you are fucking good, then you are fucking good and people will (hopefully) notice.
Yes I am getting way ahead of myself, as I always do, but you gotto think and dream big kid. First things first, I need to wrap up my high school grades before I can do shit, so that is first thing on the list (besides getting a job, which is always a passive mission)
Oh and I have to say this. As far as getting things done in a hurry or whatever, really not my thing. I am so at peace with the universe, per se (fuck, gonna sound like a hippie now) that I know good shit is gonna happen so I am not stressed about getting an education, get into NYFA, make a film and be a trillionaire before i am 25. NO!. If it happens tomorrow, then perfect, if thoes things come around when I am 40? Perfect.
Take a chill pill brah, I am suave.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Inglorious Basterds
Now, not wanting to sound like I am sitting on a high horse but, THIS is the sort of film I want to make. And I think I can to be honest, if only you knew what I have in my tiny brain. Shooting it, acting in it, edit it, picking out the score for it, all that. Brilliant
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
How to not fail at life, a guide.
So I was cruising through digg.com a little, and found an amazing "Guide", per se, for life. Obviously I thought it was going to be some funny thingy that you look at for five seconds, laugh, and move on.
But whoever made this strip, probably from 4chan, hit EVERYTHING spot on. It's so good and true that it struck a cord in me. Everyone can take something out of this strip.
READ IT THROUGH MOFUGGAS.
A Guide, How Not To Fail At Life
But whoever made this strip, probably from 4chan, hit EVERYTHING spot on. It's so good and true that it struck a cord in me. Everyone can take something out of this strip.
READ IT THROUGH MOFUGGAS.
A Guide, How Not To Fail At Life
Monday, February 9, 2009
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Shifting into first gear
So I thought it was as good as time as any to try to learn how the hell you write a movie/tv show/etc. It always pays off to study in your spare time and since I got more spare time then I can shake a stick at right now I thought it's time to get cracking.
I googled, obviously, for something like "how to write a screenplay" and found this wonderful guide on Screenwriting.info and they have a 22 page guide which is lovely. It was very easy to read through and it made a lot of sense.
I had a small brilliant idea for a TV show that I pitched to my amigo Alex and he seemed to like it. Obviously just a random first idea but the more I think about it the more I like it. Obviously I can't go into too much detail but I will as soon as I can. I am gonna sit on the thought of this show and try to let it "mature" in my head, go over details with good ol' Alexei to see if it is something that we really could write down and maybe perhaps show to some big shot and see what's what. Ya never know. "Every race... starts with a step or sommat" like Karl Pilkington so poeticly put it.
I googled, obviously, for something like "how to write a screenplay" and found this wonderful guide on Screenwriting.info and they have a 22 page guide which is lovely. It was very easy to read through and it made a lot of sense.
I had a small brilliant idea for a TV show that I pitched to my amigo Alex and he seemed to like it. Obviously just a random first idea but the more I think about it the more I like it. Obviously I can't go into too much detail but I will as soon as I can. I am gonna sit on the thought of this show and try to let it "mature" in my head, go over details with good ol' Alexei to see if it is something that we really could write down and maybe perhaps show to some big shot and see what's what. Ya never know. "Every race... starts with a step or sommat" like Karl Pilkington so poeticly put it.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
This absolutely blew my brains.
One of the most amazingly interesting articles I have ever read, so I am straight up copying and pasting the whole article from Guardian.co.uk.
I can't get over #5 still. I lost my mind!
You can find the article on guardians homepage, here.
"Even today, there are scientific phenomena that defy explanation. If history is anything to go by, resolving these anomalies could lead to a great leap forward, so what are the greatest mysteries, and what scientific revolutions might they bring?
1 The missing universe
Everything in the universe is either mass or energy, but there's not enough of either. Scientists think 96% of the cosmos is missing. They have come up with names for the missing stuff - "dark energy" and "dark matter" - but that doesn't really tell us anything about them. And it's not as if they're not important: dark energy is continually creating new swaths of space and time, while dark matter appears to be holding all the galaxies together. No wonder cosmologists are searching for clues to their whereabouts.
2 Life
I know you think you're more than a sack of molecules, but why? Next time you see a tree, ask yourself why that is alive when your wooden dining table is not. The phenomenon we call life is something that biologists have almost given up trying to define - instead they're investigating ways to make different combinations of molecules come alive. Bizarrely, the best hope is similar in chemical terms to laundry detergent.
3 Death
Here's the flip side: in biology, things eventually die, but there's no good explanation for it. There are hints that switching genes on and off controls ageing, but if our theory is right, those switches shouldn't have survived natural selection. Then there's the argument that an accumulation of faults does us in. However, there are plenty of whales and turtles who seem to age ridiculously slowly - if at all. Of course, if we can work out why, that could be great news for future humans (if not for the planet).
4 Sex
Charles Darwin might have fathered 10 children, but he couldn't understand why almost everything in biology uses sexual reproduction rather than asexual cloning - sex is a highly inefficient way to reproduce. We still don't know the answer. The suggestion that sex's gene shuffling makes us more able to deal with changing environments seems plausible, but the evidence is scarce. At the moment, sex only seems to exist to give males some role in life.
5 Free will
If you want to keep your sanity, look away now. Neuroscientists are almost convinced that free will is an illusion. Their experiments show that our brains allow us to think we are controlling our bodies, but our movements begin before we make a conscious decision to move. Some researchers have already been approached to testify in court that the defendant is not to blame for anything they did. A scary legal future awaits."
This is what keeps me up to 2am at nights.
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