Topic
film
- Orson Welles on Citizen Kane
Orson Welles discusses making Citizen Kane at age 25. I love his comments in deference to his cinematographer on Kane, Gregg Toland. He credits him with giving him the confidence to create from his imagination, withou…
- Tyrell's Owl
Tyrell's owl. Blade Runner, 1982.
- New Space
Jason Carman's S3 project has been relaunched (no pun intended) as The Story Company, continuing his incredible work on documenting the hard tech scene. At the start of the year they published their first feature docu…
- Princess Mononoke
Miyazaki concept art for Princess Mononoke.
- Andor
Andor has some of the best cinematics of anything Star Wars.
- Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
Concept art from Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Ralph McQuarrie. (via @FedeItaliano76)
- Film Poster Alts
Every standard mass-market film poster design is subpar. We can do so much better.
- Los Angeles Island
Los Angeles Island. Escape from LA , 1996.
- Annihilation
The film adaptation of Jeff VanderMeer’s Annihilation) took some liberties in the narrative. But Alex Garland’s vision on the world, the twisted melange of organisms, the shroom-trip in the Southern Reach — all spot on.
- Kirk
Captain Kirk making the case for “muddling through.”
- Media Consumption, April 2023
Reading Learning to Build, Bob Moesta ▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 0-100% The WEIRDest People in the World, Joseph Henrich ░░░░░░░░░░░░░▓▓▓▓▓▓▓ 64-100% The Network State, Balaji Srinivasan ░░░▓▓▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 16-31% Dominion…
- We Are As Gods
Looks like one for the watchlist. We Are As Gods is the first feature film about Brand’s remarkable life. Marrying never-before-seen footage with contemporary interviews, the film chronicles his journey, from his earl…
- Weekend Reading: Commercial Imagery, Proof Mechanisms, and Cinematic Universes
🌏 The Commercial Satellite Imagery Business Model is Broken My friend Joe Morrison's latest is an extended rant on the commercial satellite imagery market, and a plea to that industry to rethink how they might improv…
- Weekend Reading: Children of Men, Google Earth at 15, and Slate Star Codex is Gone
📽 How Children of Men Became a Dystopian Masterpiece I didn’t realize until reading this piece that this movie was a commercial flop. $70m gross on a $76m budget. I remember seeing this several times in theaters, and…
- Weekend Reading: Beastie Boys, Links, and Screencasting
🎥 Beastie Boys Story We watched this a couple nights ago. It's hard to tell how objectively good it was, but I loved the heck out of it as a decades-long fan. 🔗 Linkrot I'll have to try out this tool that Tom built…
- Ken Burns Presents: The Gene
Ken Burns is producing a documentary series adapted from Siddhartha Mukherjee's book The Gene: An Intimate History. It's a history of genetics and the human genome. It was one of my favorite books from 2017. Looking f…
- 1917
Last night we watched Sam Mendes's 1917, his latest, a war film set during that year during the First World War. The entire thing is shot to look like a single take following two soldiers attempting to deliver a messa…
- Mount Rainier Timelapse
Mesmerizing shots of Mount Rainier. The timelapses with the night-time starfield are gorgeous.
- The All Things Tech History List
Through a Twitter thread I ran across this running catalog of resources on the history of the tech industry — books, articles, movies, and more. A definitive list of content. There are some great recommendations here…
- Weekend Reading: Brain MRI, Flash Cards, and Movie Maps
🧠7 Tesla MRI of a Human Brain This is one of the highest resolution scans ever performed on a human brain, at 100 micrometer resolution. Scroll down to see some awesome images. 👨🏻‍🏫 Anki Anki is an open source fr…
- Best Songs, Pt. 4: Blade Runner Blues
Blade Runner is one of the best movies, but I actually enjoy the soundtrack even more. This one is my favorite, probably the centerpiece of the score that embodies the vibe of the 2019 dystopian Los Angeles from the f…
- Technique Critique
This series with dialect coach Erik Singer is great, I could watch dozens of these. He critiques renditions of different accents, some of them specific regional dialects: Maybe it's related to my interest in geography…