a picture is worth 2001 words
While researching another topic I came across this image from the set of 2001. I've seen the movie dozens of times over the years and read the great book by Piers Bizony, 2001: Filming the Future but I'd never seen this image before. I find it stunning and think it sums up so much about why cineastes just love Kubrick. They look like characters from Mad Men. I wish I could get a super highres poster of this image. I'd frame it and put it over my desk in my office for inspiration.
If I ran a Major Hollywood Studio...
A few years ago my wife recommended that I read Nathaniel Philbrick's non-fiction book, "In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex". Its an amazing read and tells the harrowing true story that inspired Hermen Melville's, "Moby Dick". If I ran a major Hollywood Studio I'd greenlight this movie in a heartbeat and would try to get Ridley Scott, Philip Kaufmann or Peter Weir to take on the project.
The PBS program "American Experience" aired some incredible television this week with their telling of the history of American whaling.
Click on the image to watch the episode online.
VFX Show episode #144 "John Carter"
Mike Seymour, Jeff Heusser and Matt Wallin take a journey to Mars to review the visual effects of John Carter. Click on the image below to listen to the show and subscribe for free in iTunes!
