In The House

R o b y n : Dancing on my own. La musica of tonight.

It`s Criminal

I wish I was a cooler kid at the age of 5 in the year of 1988, when this little tune came out on the open market. I guess those dance moves would have been easier to adapt at young age. Not that I haven`t tried as an older member of society, but where Mr. Jackson looks funkyfresh in a freaky way, my skills on the dancefloor only leads to freaky. Take a pick: SmoothCriminal , BlackOrWhite , P.Y.T. , BillieJean , BeatIt , Thriller , Bad .

...saw "This Is It" the other day, that might explain it.

The Seed

Shanghai Expo 2010, UK Pavilion by HeatherwickStudio. Movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpBa_QpkzNE on youtube.

La Musica

Todays soundtrack: David Bowie: "Heroes" and blue grass christmas carols, here represented by Bob Couchenour:
"GodRestYeMerryGentlemen". Splendid combination.

Color Joy

Short film (to be played before feature), "Hotel Chevalier" by Wes Anderson. Is just pure joy to the eye, the surreal conversation is an example to follow in the pursuit of unlogic everyday life and the music makes you want to go to Paris.

PartOne and PartTwo

1: Cuba Man

Ms. E just came tiptoing over to my desk with her little white Mac, showing me a clip on YouTube called "The Perfect Human, Cuba" taken from Lars von Trier and Jørgen Leth`s 5 Obstructions. A challenging task was given to Mr. Leth by von Trier. He wanted Leth to "remake" the film (von Triers favourite film) "The Perfect Human" from 1967, 5 times. Each time with a different obstruction dictated by von Trier. Wikipedia:

The 5 Obstructions:
1. Leth must remake the film in Cuba (but with no set) with no shot longer than 12 frames, and he must answer the questions posed in the original film; Leth successfully completes this task.

2. Leth must remake the film in the worst place in the world but not show that place onscreen; additionally, Leth must play the role of "the man". The meal must be included but the woman is not to be included. Leth remakes the film in the red light district of Bombay, only partially hiding it behind a translucent screen.

3. Because Leth failed to complete task 2 perfectly, Von Trier punishes him, telling him to either remake the film in any way he chooses, or redo obstruction 2 in Bombay again. Leth chooses the first option and remakes it in Brussels using split-screen effects.

4. Leth must remake the film as an animation. He does so with the aid of Bob Sabiston, a specialist in rotoscoping, who creates animated versions of shots from the previous films.

5. The fifth obstruction is that Von Trier has already made the fifth version, but it must be credited as Leth's, and Leth must read a voice-over narration ostensibly from his own perspective but in fact written by Von Trier.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQxYKishmH0 1:43 min. - 2.13ish.

The Fountainhead

Every second Tuesday, some guys+girls at school arrange movie nights in the auditorium. They call themselves DAFF: De Arkitektstuderendes Film Forening? Great initiative. The last movie was "The Fountainhead" with Gary Cooper and an actress with grand body language, Patricia Neal (actually married to the Roald Dahl). Cooper plays Howard Roark, a struggling fresh architect with great visions. But of course, life ain`t easy for young Mr. Roark, nobody understands his point of view nor architecture. He faces many years of hard work, he even gets a job in a quarry to make ends meet. There, the beginning of a very strange and complicated love with our heroine, Dominique takes place, and last out through the movie in rather "unexpected" ways. (While watching acting by Ms. Neal, I think to self: Drama, so underrated! Why do no one gaze out in eternity during conversations or fall with great gestures or gallop in anger (to slap a man in the face with a whip (not recommended))? I`m already practicing different neck positions and head+eyebrow moves). Well, movie. You should see it. It`ll teach you a lesson about future and expectations, but most of all...about belief, hope and weird love.

City Paradise

1: Open your preferred browser, 2: Go to YouTube, 3: Search for "City Paradise", 4. Watch animated movie by some french guys, 5: Enjoy. I`ve saved it as a favourite, and have my 6 minutes of joy at least once a week. I just can`t get enough.

Tiny Dancer

Walk On

If you haven`t seen "Silly Walks" by Monty Python, do it. Do it now. This is production from last semester in school.