The Rogues are a new design of papercraft that camouflage their true personality. Click on the bottom left of the images on the site and watch them transform. I can’t wait to build them. Free! (tip BoingBoing)
Day: June 29, 2008
Lee Seong-kang’s MY BEAUTIFUL GIRL MARI (2002) was one of our great film discoveries this year. The animation is beautiful and inventive. It’s the story of a young boy who seems to have everyone around him always leaving him. He seems to find a solution by entering a dream world, where he meets Mari. Seeing it’s set during his summer vacation there’s no better time to watch it than right now. We’d say appropriate for age 7+.
Wanted: New Database
I have a child. I am always looking for new films to explore with him. It’s hard to find truly age appropriate films. I have a pretty good handle on the classics, but we like to explore too (Check out our blog Bowl Of Noses).
Michel Gondry has changed culture many times over. His Lego video may be the greatest video ever. And his Rubik’s Cube series are among the YouTube Hall of Fame. I look forward to the day when “Sweded” films take over from the corporate. Homemade always tastes better. This Star Wars trumps any thing Lucas did after the first three (and that is the TRUE first three, not the alternately titled first three). And the soundtrack ranks with John Williams’ best work.
The Other TED
Still ranking right below BLU as my favorite clip of the year, is the TED Talk by Jill Bolte Taylor “A Stroke Of Insight”. Now TED has posted enough of their lectures to warrant a Top Ten (via BoingBoing).