Mommy
On a brighter note, I finally saw Mommy by Xavier Dolan!! And it was EXACTLY AS AMAZING as everyone had said it would be!!!!!! I actually watched it with my brother and my dad (17m, 60m) and they both loved it as well, so I'm certain it appeals to a broad demographic of humanity. It made me feel so many different and powerful emotions, most salient among them the appreciation for life. The joie de vivre. (Ugh, I know, I need to stop.)If you are like me and have been scouring the Internet for an English-subbed version but have not yet found one, feel free to PM me on any one of my various social media sites and I can forward you a link.
I didn't get a chance to do any screenshots, but here's the lovely, beautiful, cinematographically-impeccable trailer:
Ingmar Bergman
I purchased a Hulu Plus account several months ago and only really watched a few things before I let it fall to the wayside (you know, how school gets in the way of life, man). But on weekends, when I hang out with my boyfriend who also loves pretentious films, we watch a lot of Ingmar Bergman.
For my most dedicated followers (I'm sure there are many of you), you may remember my having seen Fanny and Alexander over Christmas Break. Since, I've seen Wild Strawberries and Through A Glass Darkly. It's typically harder for me to pay attention to film and TV that's filmed in black-and-white, because I'm such a spoiled Gen Xer, but all his shots seem so carefully considered and all his characters are so interesting and realistic that I never get bored. I still think Fanny and Alexander is my favorite, but both Wild Strawberries and Through A Glass Darkly moved me.
Orange is the New Black
I'm always late to the party with TV shows. I finished the first season in a few days and I've been playing it while animating stuff. It's fun and wacky and reminds me of a funnier Lost, what with its diverse cast of characters and pre-prison flashbacks. Apparently my dad and my brother have also watched it and enjoyed it, long before I ever decided to delve into it. Sigh.
Miscellany
I did get a chance to see a few films at the Minneapolis Film Festival. One was Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter and the other was Black Coal, Thin Ice. Both were breathtaking in terms of cinematography, and both certainly matched my April mood of intense dread/anxiety/stress/dreamness/unease. I certainly recommend them. I also had the chance to interview a filmmaker from my school who makes amazing experimental documentaries and who also showed a film at MSPIFF.The Voyage of the Soul- Not Life Alone. from Marie Ketring on Vimeo.
I've only got this Public Domain Review article that examines the development and philosophical/psychological implications of the color black in paintings throughout history. I used it as inspiration for a series of drawings I did about the universe that I have not yet photographed, but rest assured I will get around to that in about two weeks when I have to clean and move out of my apartment.
I've also started cultivating a repository of images that will inspire future color palettes in my work. I'm very much concerned/nearly obsessed with color. I gather these images mostly via Tumblr and Cargo Collective, and I DON'T have any sources, though if any readers are interested I am sure you are more than able to perform a reverse Google image search. So, I guess, with that, here's some eye candy in this eclectic and aimless blog post:
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