“Montreal is wonderful. It is so sexy. There are sex clubs and bath houses and French-Canadians have kilometers of foreskin.” In other news, rather intrigued by something that features Scott Thompson AND Mads Mikkelsen.
No really, @40:00. I insist.
Dragoljub Aleksić breaking a chain with his teeth in Innocence Unprotected, an unexpectedly sly documentary that is like a magician showing you the card he has palmed.
The book Nikkatsu akushon hen or 日活アクション篇〈1〉, a collection of Nikkatsu action film poster graphics. The images have been scanned here in a rather amazing archive which should be acknowledged for the time it must have taken to bother.
Nikkatsu poster archive here.
I am so happy to find this and yet so forlorn about the quality. Beggars cannot be choosers. Kenji Sawada and The Tigers performing Yellow Cats.
And the poster for aforementioned Hideaki Anno/Studio Ghibli short, c/o Undead Backbrain - their post details the exhibit “Hideaki Anno’s Special Effects Museum”, held last year at Tokyo’s Museum of Contemporary Art.
“Giant Warrior God Appears In Tokyo”, a live action short directed by Evangelion’s Hideaki Anno and produced by Studio Ghibli…what if the Warrior Gods from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind appeared in Tokyo?
PS - This was making the rounds and the YouTube clip was quickly nixed by Studio Ghibli, so watch it while you can, because it probably won’t be up for long. Initial heads-up c/o Wildgrounds.
Festigraff: graffiti festival in Senegal’s capital, Dakar.
Higher resolution clip here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-22226035
Wes Anderson Week
Rushmore, 1998
Cinematography: Robert D. Yeoman
Wonderful.
