Killer of Sheep
I'm still technically on hiatus, unable to post comics here (everything I'm working on now must be saved for later, alas), and not willing to clean up the site design just yet; I know that if I get back to it, I'll be distracted by it for several days! However, Flight Volume 4 has now been officially released, and it looks great in print. The reception has been positive, and the book seems to be coming across as intended. In my opinion, the sexiest review so far, to borrow a phrase, is this one from the Onion A.V. Club (you need to scroll down a bit to find it).
Anyhow, I wanted to get back in the habit of blogging about movies and books and other things that interest me. I like to take notes on this sort of thing, so I figure I may as well share them for filler around here. Right now, for instance, I'm consumed with anticipation for this movie:
Although I have to admit that part of me buys into the romantic notion of movies as lost treasures (like the last original print of The Passion of Joan of Arc found in near-pristine quality in a mental hospital, or the original version of John Cassavettes' Shadows, lost in a Subway car and found in an attic decades later, or the long lost extended cut of Greed), it's really the sincerity of these clips that moves me. I'll get a couple chances to see it in San Francisco next month, and I'm counting the days. On the other hand, I'm kind of dreading an approaching deadline around that time as well. Hopefully, trekking up to the city to watch this movie will be a nice reward after a hard month.
On a darker note, one of my favorite filmmakers, Edward Yang, has passed away much too soon. I've got my eye set on a sharp new Criterion Collection DVD of his Yi Yi, and I'm happy to see that there's at least a collector-created edition of A Brighter Summer Day available as well. So much to see, so little time!
Links:
Killer of Sheep official website, with screening locations and dates
NPR reviews Killer of Sheep
Anyhow, I wanted to get back in the habit of blogging about movies and books and other things that interest me. I like to take notes on this sort of thing, so I figure I may as well share them for filler around here. Right now, for instance, I'm consumed with anticipation for this movie:
Although I have to admit that part of me buys into the romantic notion of movies as lost treasures (like the last original print of The Passion of Joan of Arc found in near-pristine quality in a mental hospital, or the original version of John Cassavettes' Shadows, lost in a Subway car and found in an attic decades later, or the long lost extended cut of Greed), it's really the sincerity of these clips that moves me. I'll get a couple chances to see it in San Francisco next month, and I'm counting the days. On the other hand, I'm kind of dreading an approaching deadline around that time as well. Hopefully, trekking up to the city to watch this movie will be a nice reward after a hard month.
On a darker note, one of my favorite filmmakers, Edward Yang, has passed away much too soon. I've got my eye set on a sharp new Criterion Collection DVD of his Yi Yi, and I'm happy to see that there's at least a collector-created edition of A Brighter Summer Day available as well. So much to see, so little time!
Links:
Killer of Sheep official website, with screening locations and dates
NPR reviews Killer of Sheep
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[7/28/2007]