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Coraline

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Coraline, from Henry Selick, director of The Nightmare Before Christmas, and based on the award winning childrens book by Neil Gaiman, "the fairytale nightmare handmade in 3D". For the technicians, it's "the first stop-motion animation to be shot stereoscopically with a dual digital camera rig for digital 3D exhibition."

Dark, trippy and out in theatres February 6th. Can't wait!

Burn After Reading

I want to take more stabs at movies here on Sci & Pro, as I am a film nut, and I'm gonna start in this direction with the next film by the Coen Brothers, Burn After Reading. I've always been a big fan of their work and ever since last years No Country For Old Men, anything they now touch is a guaranteed WIN imo. The assembled cast is pretty stacked too with heavyweights like Malkovich, Pitt and Clooney, aswell as female Oscar winners, McDormand and Swinton. Burn After Reading hits theatres September 12th aannnnnnd I'll be catching it that weekend.

Amon Tobin - Taxidermia Digital EP

In 2006, Amon Tobin wrote the original score to the Hungarian film, Taxidermia. Now I've never seen the film, but judging from the trailer above, it's something of the dark, obscene, bizarre nature that one might expect from a movie with such a title. One might also say, it's the perfect canvas for a composer of such stature to explore freely and turn out something equally engaging as the film itself. Right?!!

Here's the press write for the EP:

"The score takes an old school approach to music for cinema with recurring themes set in various contexts guided by the narrative. A musical depiction of some truly bizarre imagery, this EP includes previously unreleased full length versions of music from the film alongside short pieces made for specific scenes. As a bonus we included the epic 'Here Comes The Moon Man' heard here in it's original context. The music for 'Taxidermia' was written during the making of 'Foley Room' and shares elements from the albums lovingly crafted source material."

YES!
The EP is available NOW and ONLY from the Amon Tobin Online Store.


Also, some sample clips from the movie featuring Amon's score. (shouts to Sadr!)

I Met The Walrus

I have this real keen interest to see this movie short, I Met The Walrus, directed by Josh Raskin from Toronto.

In 1969, a 14-year-old Beatle fanatic named Jerry Levitan, armed with a reel-to-reel tape deck, snuck into John Lennon's hotel room in Toronto and convinced John to do an interview. This was in the midst of Lennon's "bed-in" phase, during which John and Yoko were staying in hotel beds in an effort to promote peace. 38 years later, Jerry has produced a film about it. Using the original interview recording as the soundtrack, director Josh Raskin has woven a visual narrative which tenderly romances Lennon’s every word in a cascading flood of multipronged animation. Raskin marries traditional pen sketches by James Braithwaite with digital illustration by Alex Kurina, resulting in a spell-binding vessel for Lennon’s boundless wit, and timeless message.

Sounds good right?! Well, there's a bit of buzz about it as it's in the running for an Oscar this year in the 'Best Animated Short Film' category. Watch for it to win on Sunday and tune in to Bravo after the Oscars to see it for yourself!

Let's All Hate Toronto

"If there's one thing that truly unites Canadians it's our national pastime of bashing Toronto. This tongue-in-cheek road doc follows "Mister Toronto" as he embarks on a coast-to-coast "Toronto Appreciation Tour", encountering "recovering Torontonians" and those who would be quite happy never to step foot in our fair city. Are we really Torauma, Onterrible? Yes, according to a "professional Toronto hater." And in Newfoundland they finally discover the answer to a question that has boggled them for ages: Why do all the trees point west? ("Because Toronto sucks that much.") Can the city that the United Nations cited as the world's most culturally diverse, really be that bad? Or is the rest of Canada just a little envious of our obvious superiority among Canada's metropolitan centres? Let's All Hate Toronto gets to the bottom of Toronto resentment and envy." [source]



'Let's All Hate Toronto' premieres next week at the internationally acclaimed Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Film Festival

Bobby

Watched Bobby last night. Directed by former 80's "brat pack" member Emilio Estevez, 'Bobby' is a movie about the man, Robert F. Kennedy, and how his dreams and visions inspired a nation and gave wonderous hope to all Americans. Featuring a cast full of huge stars, the story follows multiple characters and their involvement on that fateful day and place, June 6th, 1968 at L.A.'s Ambassador Hotel. Laurence Fishburne is exceptionally good in his role, as is Joshua Jackson. Ashton Kuchar provides some comic relief, as does the young tandem of Shia LaBeouf and Brian Geraghty. [A full day of LSD adventures! LOL!] Not quite sure why it didn't recieve more praise or accolades, but this is one of the best films I've seen over the last year.

Two thumbs up!

Sketches of Frank Gehry

Frank Gehry is that rare kind of architect who has garnered both critical acclaim and popular recognition. His designs dramatically blur the line between art and architecture; his sketches and models are the basis for dynamic structures and unpredictable interiors. Gehry's friend, Sidney Pollack, directs this film; akin in nature to Gehry's own impromptu, free-hand style, the two men appear on film together, capturing this shy, elusive artist and illuminating his innovative process--including expansive depictions of Gehry's most important architectural wonders across the globe. - hollywood.com

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Went to see his exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario last month.
all massive models of his creations..from the Walt Disney Concert Hall in LA, The Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park Chicago, the DG Bank Building in Berlin and The Ray and Maria Stata Center at M.I.T. also some intresting videos/interviews with Gehry giving insight into his world of creation.

Looking forward to checking this film. (Now own it on DVD)