Following the discovery of O Sister (see February 20, 2013 post), a 2004 comic film from Japan was brought to my attention by a reader. While it was purported to be a documentary … I think not. Nevertheless, if you appreciate brass bands doing swing, you just might appreciate the music, humor and energy in this thing. You can see the full-length film below.
Month: February 2013
Father and Son
O Sister …
In case you missed them …
Constructing YOU-DLE-EE-OO-DE-OO (documentary music clip) from O Sister! on Vimeo.
(Play fullscreen button, of course!)
Ansel
Today is the birthday of Ansel Adams. Luckily, I got to know him a bit before his 1984 death, studying with him in the 1970s in Yosemite and working in his darkroom and studio — and learned much of what this HuffPo tribute has to say about him. Ansel even played the piano for us.
Chasing Ice
Hard to appreciate the scale here until you hit the Fullscreen button and spot the tiny human figures … and then they do it for us …
Some Time-Lapse
Finding Vivian Maier
I’ve been following this story for about a couple of years, and got the first book of her prints for Christmas 2011. Now the documentary film is on its way:
http://www.findingvivianmaier.com/Finding_Vivian_Maier/Trailer.html
http://www.vivianmaier.com/
World Press Photos of the Year 2012
Not Me, Not Without a Skyhook
Taking a Little Tour
Published on Nov 19, 2012
In her final days as Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory and downlinked the video on Nov. 18, just hours before she, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency departed in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft for a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan. The tour includes scenes of each of the station’s modules and research facilities with a running narrative by Williams of the work that has taken place and which is ongoing aboard the orbital outpost.