Thursday, September 30, 2010
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Sunday, September 26, 2010
This must be the place.
BYUN from thismustbetheplace on Vimeo.
Produced and directed by Ben Wu and David Usui,
of Lost & Found Films (www.lostfoundfilms.com).
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE
There's no place like home. It's where we live, work and dream. It's our sanctuary and our refuge. We can love them or hate them. It can be just for the night or for the rest of our lives. But whoever we may be, we all have a place we call home.
THIS MUST BE THE PLACE is a series of short films that explore the idea of home; what makes them, how they represent us, why we need them.
We're always on the lookout for dwellings of all sorts. If you've come across any curious or eccentric homes, feel free to send them along.
www.thismustbetheplace.tv
mail@thismustbetheplace.tv
Saturday, September 25, 2010
undead
Late at night, when it is cool outside and the streets are quiet, I go running. Sometimes I get a late start and I am out running very late indeed.
My path takes me by a cemetery. And very often, around 11 or midnight, I see a single taxi parked in front of the gate. The lights and engine are on, and the driver is sitting inside. It is hard to tell, but I think he is asleep, or resting.
It is very quiet late at night, and my thoughts tend to drift as I run, and as often as not they drift to whose taxi it is, and what brings him out the cemetery each night at midnight. If he goes alone, why does he go? And if he is waiting for someone, for whom is he waiting?
Maybe he is on the night shift, and waits for a call somewhere he expects not to be disturbed. But why wait in front of the cemetery?
Maybe he is homeless, and parks his taxi in an unvisited, out-of-the-way place so he can get some sleep. But then why would he leave his lights on?
Maybe he is the getaway car for a thriving industry of grave robbers. But if there's a thriving industry of grave robbers, how come the medical school makes everyone crowd around the same old corpse because of a constant cadaver shortage?
Maybe he's one of those ghost hunters, and the back of his taxi is filled with magnetic field detectors and stuff and he's just sitting there, watching the readings and ready to jump out with a video camera on a moment's notice. But why would he always stay in the car?
Maybe his passenger is a broken-hearted widow or widower, who comes each night to the grave of their beloved. Maybe he has read Poe's Annabel Lee too many times, and so all the night tide he lays down by her side, his darling his darling his life and his bride in her tomb by the side of the sea. But we're a bit far away from the ocean.
Maybe he's waiting for the zombie uprising, when the dead rise from their graves and shamble towards the bright warm neighborhoods of the living, and figures he can make a few extra bucks carrying the ones who are too cool to shamble. But why would he expect zombies to have money on them?
The mystery deepens.
My path takes me by a cemetery. And very often, around 11 or midnight, I see a single taxi parked in front of the gate. The lights and engine are on, and the driver is sitting inside. It is hard to tell, but I think he is asleep, or resting.
It is very quiet late at night, and my thoughts tend to drift as I run, and as often as not they drift to whose taxi it is, and what brings him out the cemetery each night at midnight. If he goes alone, why does he go? And if he is waiting for someone, for whom is he waiting?
Maybe he is on the night shift, and waits for a call somewhere he expects not to be disturbed. But why wait in front of the cemetery?
Maybe he is homeless, and parks his taxi in an unvisited, out-of-the-way place so he can get some sleep. But then why would he leave his lights on?
Maybe he is the getaway car for a thriving industry of grave robbers. But if there's a thriving industry of grave robbers, how come the medical school makes everyone crowd around the same old corpse because of a constant cadaver shortage?
Maybe he's one of those ghost hunters, and the back of his taxi is filled with magnetic field detectors and stuff and he's just sitting there, watching the readings and ready to jump out with a video camera on a moment's notice. But why would he always stay in the car?
Maybe his passenger is a broken-hearted widow or widower, who comes each night to the grave of their beloved. Maybe he has read Poe's Annabel Lee too many times, and so all the night tide he lays down by her side, his darling his darling his life and his bride in her tomb by the side of the sea. But we're a bit far away from the ocean.
Maybe he's waiting for the zombie uprising, when the dead rise from their graves and shamble towards the bright warm neighborhoods of the living, and figures he can make a few extra bucks carrying the ones who are too cool to shamble. But why would he expect zombies to have money on them?
The mystery deepens.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Hunter-Gatherer : Père Lachaise
Hunter-Gatherer : Père Lachaise from Eoghan Kidney on Vimeo.
Actor: Kieran Crowley
Shoot assistant: Magdelena Turnier
Thursday, September 23, 2010
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Monday, September 20, 2010
Saturday, September 18, 2010
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Tuvalu
Tuvalu is the name of an island which Anton dreams of escaping to -- a dream which seems unlikely to come true given that he works as the maintenance man at the dilapidated and largely deserted pool owned by his father. Located in the middle of nowhere the pool has been going out of business for years but Anton goes to elaborate measures to convince his blind father that the pool is still popular and frequented. When Antons entrepreneur brother Gregor hatches a scheme to have the pool razed and sold off as real estate Anton must enlist the help of the few regulars who support the pool. Banding together the group attempts to save the pool from a health inspection that will put it out of business while Anton tries to win the love of his longtime friend Eva.
Imdb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162023/
Forbidden Zone
Oingo Boingo fans and midnight movie mavens will love this bizarre black-and-white feature packed with music, madness, and members of the Elfman clan. The story revolves around the Hercules family, who live in a house that just happens to hide a secret entrance to the Sixth Dimension in the basement. When daughter Frenchy (Marie-Pascale Elfman) skips school one afternoon, she finds herself irresistibly drawn to the forbidden door, and winds up a prisoner in this alternate world. King Fausto (Herve Villechaize), the diminutive leader of the Sixth Dimension, is enamored with the beautiful young Frenchy and keeps her in the same cell as his favorite concubines, despite the disapproval of Queen Doris (Susan Tyrrell). Frenchy's brother, Flash (Phil Gordon), follows her into the Forbidden Zone with Gramps (Hyman Diamond) in tow, intending to save her, but they too are captured and must call school chum Squeezit (Toshiro Baloney, aka Matthew Bright) for help. Squeezit tries to assist, but ends up captured and decapitated by Satan (Danny Elfman), though this development doesn't keep his disembodied noggin from flying about and informing King Fausto that the Queen is planning to dispose of his beloved Frenchy. The appearance of the King's first wife and the kidnapping of his topless daughter further confuse matters, but everything is wrapped up neatly with an elaborate song and dance number at the conclusion.
Imdb
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080752/
Wednesday, September 01, 2010
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