Theo’s Mom has got the DOCTOR WHO bug and she’s got it good. She found this for The Bowl and although we’ve done reptile parties (where the giant lizard let loose in the most nasty way all over my office!), parties with magicians, and even a bionicle birthday, I now know we haven’t even really lived yet. I have seen the vision of the ultimate chocolate nightmare and here it is. If only I had the courage to bake it… Where’s my sonic screwdriver when I need it?
The City is a playground. Art is all around. Good ideas abound. Huckleberry is a hound.
The greatest animation company ever, Studio Ghibli, produced this fantastic movie in 1992. You can tell the makers of OVER THE HEDGE watched it but, boy, does their movie stink in comparison! They missed all of the fun, ideas, and greatness of POM POKO. Being a Racoon was never so much fun — nor was pranking the humans. It’s a great tale of resistance and rebellion. There’s a couple of spooky sequences and you can see the creatures’ private parts, but still we think it’s appropriate for age 6+.
Maybe this is what all those people looking up at the sky are doing. It’s one big scavenger hunt where we all have to find each letter. Now I realize one of those things that I have been missing: I don’t think I have ever spotted a single letter by looking at how buildings rest against the sky. I better get cracking.
Chris Marker’s LA JETEE haunts many filmmakers’ work. When I went to NYU, it was required viewing and I think you can see it’s influence in many grads’ work. Its marriage of form and content has rarely been equaled. His film SANS SOLEIL has also forever provoked me to deliver a true Essay Film — and I will one day. Both are Required Viewing.
There’s a lot of great writing on this film out there. Here’s Senses Of Cinema’s…
