2.17.2011

Film Study No.1: The Hunger (1983)

Here are a series of screen captures from the opening sequence of The Hunger.

Director: Tony Scott
Cinematographer: Stephen Goldblatt
Editor: Pamela Power
Featuring: Catherine Deneuve, David Bowie, Ann Magnuson, John Stephen Hill and Peter Murphy from Bauhaus.

















































































































































































































































































































2.14.2011

Dan Dennett, 2006 for TED

Thanks to Kevin Wiedeman for (accidentally) showing me this.
It's just sensible talk, is all, about religion and like that.






2.09.2011

Stories for Boys No.1



Here are several screen captures I pulled from the great Hanna-Barbera cartoon,
Jonny Quest. What you see here are the title cards that precede each episode, all drawn around 1964 - 1965. The design of the show is attributed to comic book artist, Doug Wildey, so I assume that these are his, though I'm not absolutely certain about that.




































2.08.2011

Stories for Boys No.2



Okay, here are several more screen caps from Jonny Quest and, finally also, the sum of the episodes (26 in all, I think). Again, what you see here are the title cards that precede each episode, all drawn around 1964 - 1965. The design of the show is attributed to comic book artist, Doug Wildey, so I assume that these are his, though I'm not absolutely certain about that.

(On a personal note - I grew up watching these shows on Saturday morning. As a five- or six- or seven-year-old boy, I just ate these up as did, I assume, millions of other boys my age. They're still sorta fun to watch (with a hefty dose of irony) but back then, they were everything. I don't think I'm being ironic, though, when I say I still really love the pulp-adventure style of these designs which hark back to simpler, more innocent times, etc., etc.)