DIVERSIONS - An Ode To Pimples
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I'll post a write-up on Putney Swope some time later...
I'll post a write-up on Putney Swope some time later...
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Showing posts with label diversions. Show all posts
DIVERSIONS - Obama's Beast-Like Ride
The inauguration of Barack Obama will unveil the newest, biggest and baddest in a long line of Presidential limos.
According to Presidential vehicle experts, the new limo is a "beast-like General Motors truck-based Cadillac that is so tough it's like a 'rolling tank with windows.'"
Among the vehicle's main features are windows that are 5 inches thick, 19.5-inch Goodyear RHS tires (same as super tough trucks), and possibly even a lock safety mechanism that seals off the car like a bank vault in case of an emergency.
In an interview with CNN, security expert Ken Lucci says rubber gaskets likely protect the car against chemical weapons and that the body will be made out of a tougher material than before.
Despite the immense secrecy, reports have leaked that the limo also comes with a 10-CD changer, which will inevitably end up playing Obama favorites like Steve Wonder and Bob Dylan.
via WIRED
According to Presidential vehicle experts, the new limo is a "beast-like General Motors truck-based Cadillac that is so tough it's like a 'rolling tank with windows.'"
Among the vehicle's main features are windows that are 5 inches thick, 19.5-inch Goodyear RHS tires (same as super tough trucks), and possibly even a lock safety mechanism that seals off the car like a bank vault in case of an emergency.
In an interview with CNN, security expert Ken Lucci says rubber gaskets likely protect the car against chemical weapons and that the body will be made out of a tougher material than before.
Despite the immense secrecy, reports have leaked that the limo also comes with a 10-CD changer, which will inevitably end up playing Obama favorites like Steve Wonder and Bob Dylan.
via WIRED
DIVERSIONS - Sita Sings The Blues
Roger Ebert heaps plenty of praise on this 2008 "best film not playing at a theatre near you," titled Sita Sings The Blues - described as "an animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920's jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw," by cartoonist and filmmaker Nina Paley.
Ebert states,
It hardly ever happens this way. I get a DVD in the mail. I'm told it's an animated film directed by "a girl from Urbana." That's my home town. It is titled "Sita Sings the Blues." I know nothing about it, and the plot description on IMDb is not exactly a barn-burner... I carefully file it with other movies I will watch when they introduce the 8-day week.The stuff filmmaker dreams are made of...
[...]
I put on the DVD and start watching. I am enchanted. I am swept away. I am smiling from one end of the film to the other. It is astonishingly original. It brings together four entirely separate elements and combines them into a great whimsical chord.
[...]
I obtain Nina Paley's e-mail address and invite the film to my film festival in April 2009...
You can read his entire enthusiastic entry HERE.
As of today, despite all the attention Nina and her film have received thanks in large part to Ebert's mention last week (although it did play at several prominent film festivals over the last 12 months), Sita Sings The Blues is still without a distributor.
HOWEVER, that certainly hasn't stopped Paley from attempting an effort of her own. You filmmakers reading this will certainly appreciate her thorough explanation of her plans to get the film in front of audiences, by any means necessary! You can read it all here: Nina Paley announces her new distribution plan.
Here's the film's fun little trailer (not quite Waltz With Bashir, but it still intrigues):
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