I haven't posted lately because I'm dissatisfied with the quality of the images as they appear on the blog.
I take a great deal of care to create good quality images (as good as the digital source allows) yet by the time they appear here, there is an amount of fuzzy that makes me unhappy. I suspect it is the link between my on-line storage and the blog. I'm working on finding a solution but I would like your help.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a good photo storage site that still allows me to retain a privacy setting?
11/18/13
10/29/13
flash without flare
Together Again (1944)
directed by Charles Vidor
The Bride Came C.O.D. (1941)
directed by William Keighley
10/28/13
noir refractions
G-Men (1935)
directed by William Keighley
cinematography by Sol Polito
art direction John Hughes
10/22/13
Home Movie Day 2013
Most cities hosted events last weekend, but this Saturday is Oakland's turn. The Center for Asian American Media is participating as well as anyone else who wants to bring along their own (or anyone else's they happen to have.)
Stop on by to view unique films you'll never have the chance to see again. Trust me, people have captured the most incredible/outrageous/hilarious/stunning images with their home movie cameras.
The Crazy Ray At 3:25 While Paris Sleeps
Paris qui dort (1925)
aka At 3:25
aka The Crazy Ray
directed by Rene Clair
photography by Jean Wiener
photography by Jean Wiener
10/13/13
away from/ towards a single point
Union Station (1950)
directed by Rudolf Mate
director of photography Daniel L. Fapp
Within film noir, what actually exists at the final junction of vertices in single point perspective?
Is it fate? The past? The future?
An escape from or into the vortex?
10/10/13
eroding dancer
from a Biograph Serpentine Dance film
c.1895-1897
It looks like a splice combined with thick linear emulsion scratches but the emulsion also seems to be peeling away. Really we're lucky to have such an early treasure in any condition.
9/12/13
I am delighted
Soy Cuba
aka I am Cuba (1964)
directed by Mikhail Kalatozov
cinematography by Sergei Urusevsky
I could sustain an entire blog on posts from this one film alone.
In the film blog heyday I would've called a challenge for other bloggers to try their hand at posting their images from I Am Cuba. I still offer up the inspiration - if you do post your work let me know and I'll link to you.
9/11/13
accidental abstraction
Although these films have faded quite badly, there is still a lot to appreciate. Isolating these frames reveals a view of swirling celestial settings unnoticed when we focus on the trees and roofline as the film zips through the projector.
9/6/13
Monty Banks is my new hero
I can't believe he survived these stunts.
Silent slapstick films are truly astounding.
Chasing Choo Choos (1927)
aka edited scenes from Play Safe (1927)
cinematography by Blake Wagner
9/5/13
single shot - Algiers
Algiers (1938)
directed by John Cromwell
cinematography by James Wong Howe
art direction by Alexander Toluboff
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