Bob Godfrey - Isambard Kingdom Brunel
May 22nd, 2010 | by Lew Landers | published in Animation, Archival, Film
Archival
Jean Painleve - Science is Fiction
March 19th, 2010 | by Lew Landers | published in Archival, Documentary, Educational, Film
Jean Painleve created amazing science films and dubbed the term “scientific-poetic cinema.”
Saul Bass - Why Man Creates
March 6th, 2010 | by Lew Landers | published in Animation, Archival, Documentary, Educational, Film, Graphic Design
The Edifice segment from Saul Bass’s 1968 short film Why Man Creates. It won the Academy Award for documentary short subject.
Cosmos by Carl Sagan
June 21st, 2009 | by Lew Landers | published in Animation, Archival, Educational, Historical
Just re-watching the Cosmos series from 1980 by the late Carl Sagan, so I thought I would post this animated evolution segment from episode 2.
Jonas Mekas - Warhol and Maciunas
April 11th, 2009 | by Lew Landers | published in Archival, Film, Metaphysical
I’ve only recently discovered the works of Jonas Mekas because of an article on him in Believer magazine. Using found footage and his home recordings he creates beautiful diary films about his friends, the memories of his life, things he encounters, and usually about nothing at all, just little moments. He is [...]
Vormittagsspuk - Ghosts Before Breakfast
April 11th, 2009 | by Lew Landers | published in Archival, Film
A great experimental short from 1927 by Hans Richter. This was way ahead of it’s time, funny to see how similar current pixelation stop motion videos are to this.
Armi & Danny
April 11th, 2009 | by Lew Landers | published in Archival, Music Video
Some inspiration on a rainy Saturday morning from Finnish group Armi & Danny.
The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer
April 6th, 2009 | by Lew Landers | published in Animation, Archival, Film
The 1984 classic from The Brothers Quay.
Making “Closer”
April 1st, 2009 | by Lew Landers | published in Archival, Educational, Music Video
NIN: The Making of the “Closer” Video from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.
Still one of the best music videos to come out of the big budget 1990s. Mark Romanek narrates this great behind the scenes look at Closer by Nine Inch Nails.
Tarkovsky’s Favorite Directors
March 21st, 2009 | by Lew Landers | published in Archival, Educational, Film
One of the greats talking about his favorite directors.
The Hedgehog in the Fog
September 5th, 2008 | by Lew Landers | published in Animation, Archival, Film
Just one of my favorite animations of all-time by the great Yuri Norstein.
World War One in Color
August 6th, 2008 | by Lew Landers | published in Archival, Photography
Amazing photos from the first world war.
Nago
July 30th, 2008 | by Lew Landers | published in Archival, Print
A great collection of Dutch posters from the ages.
Charley Junior’s School Days
July 28th, 2008 | by Lew Landers | published in Animation, Archival, Educational
A bit odd in many ways, but c’mon it’s the first post.