Via Prefix:
Sigur Ros is screening its full-length DVD documentary “Heima” on YouTube’s homepage, starting Friday. This is the first time a band screened an entire DVD on the website. The documentary consists of shows the band played in Iceland throughout 2007. Sigur Ros being Sigur Ros, the band picked some unusual venues, including fish factories, community halls and caves. Check it out.
Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova for Best Original Song.
“Falling Slowly” from the movie Once. Pitchfork has a really nice post-Oscar interview with them here. This song gives me goosebumps.
Diablo Cody for Best Original Screenplay for “Juno�.
This is a story of a brilliantly funny show with low ratings, the loyalest fanbase ever, cut short in its prime. I still mourn the loss of that clever show.
The last episode of the series ended with Maeby pitching her family’s story to Ron Howard, who said:”I just don’t see it as a TV series. Maybe a movie?”
Jason Bateman has confirmed that there’s been talk of the possibility of a movie amongst the creators and the cast…
“I can confirm that a round of sniffing has started,” Bateman told Dos Santos. “Any talk is targeting a post-strike situation, of course. I think, as always, that it’s a question of whether the people with the money are willing to give our leader, Mitch Hurwitz, what he deserves for his participation. And I can speak for the cast when I say our fingers are crossed.”
(Via E! Online)
E! Online also reports that…”while creator Mitch Hurwitz does not yet have a script, he has a good, solid understanding of what he’d like to do for the movie, and Universal is very much interested.”
While nothing has been confirmed, this would be fantastic. COME ON!!!!!
What would you like to see in the movie?
Last weekend Jason and I saw the movie Cloverfield. I thought it was TERRIFYING and very very good. I wouldn’t recommend it to anyone that doesn’t like the shaking of handheld cameras (think Blair Witch Project).
The beginning scene is Rob’s farewell party, which had some great indie music playing in the background. You can listen to the entire party mix here.
ROB’S PARTY MIX:
Coconut Records - “West Coast�
Kings of Leon - “Taper Jean Girl�
Sean Kingston - “Beautiful Girls�
The Blood Arm - “Do I Have Your Attention�
Scissors For Lefty - “Got Your Moments�
Parliament - “Give Up the Funk�
Gorillaz - “19-2000″
Spoon - “The Underdog�
Kings of Leon - “Pistol of Fire�
Architecture in Helsinki - “Do The Whirlwind�
The Black Keys - “Grown So Ugly�
Bright Eyes - “Four Winds�
Joan As Policewoman - “The Ride�
Ratatat - “Seventeen Years�
Of Montreal - “Wraith Pinned To The Mist and Other Games�
MUCC - “Fuzz (ファス)�
(Via Hypeful)
I saw Juno this week. I really liked this movie. It really flowed from beginning to end, in a way you wouldn’t expect from a movie that’s about teenage pregnancy. The characters seem like real people and they’re very likable. Juno finds out she’s pregnant, she tries to get an abortion, but can’t go through with it. She knows that she’s ill-equipped so she decides to find the best parents possible for the baby. This movie starts out like its going to be a silly comedy and ends beautifully, perfectly.
I was enchanted by the simple songs of Kimya Dawson throughout the whole movie.
Sony said that it will begin installing 54 4K digital cinema projectors, each providing four times the resolution of 1080p, in U.S. movie theaters next month.
The first SXRD 4K systems will be going to AMC theaters in Dallas (12 screens), Indianapolis (14 screens), Riverside, Calif. (16 screens) and San Diego (12 screens). Sony will be installing both its SRX-R210 10,000 lumen and the SRX-R220 18,000 lumen unit, which provide a maximum resolution of 4096×2160 pixels and be used on screen sizes ranging from 42 to 60 ft.
According to Sony, the high resolution will virtually eliminate artifacts in frames even for people watching a movie from the front row. Pixels are set an 8.5 micrometer pitch with an intra-pixel gap of 0.35 micrometers. Each of the roughly 8.8 million pixels is just about the size of the letter “e� in the Liberty Quarter, Sony said.
The SXRD technology was originally introduced by Sony through its “Qualia� brand of high-end home entertainment devices. In 2004, the company announced its first 4K projectors and the capability to display four HD movies next to each other from the same projector.
The 1200-pound SRX-R210 and SRX-R220 both are rated at a contrast ratio of 2000:1 and integrate xenon lamps as source of the projector beam. The 18,000 lumen projectors use a 4.2 kW lamp, the 13,000 lumen model a 3.0 kW lamp and the 8000 lumen unit a 2.0 kW model. Sony said that the projectors will consume on average 1.2 kW of power.
The 4K projectors are scheduled to go in operation in December.
Yes people…. There could be a chance we will get to see RAMBO IV in hi res digital on the big screen!!!!
I saw the rock documentary (rockumentary?) Dig! a few years ago. It followed the careers of the Brian Jones Town Massacre and the Dandy Warhols, and their friendship/rivalry over the years. I don’t have any of the BJTM’s albums, but I like their sound. I think they make incredibly beautiful creative music. They have 3 albums coming out this year alone.
I finally got to see the BJTM play with Dimmer (from New Zealand) last night at the Belly Up. It seemed like a lot of people there had seen Dig! and wanted to see Antone freak out. People were shouting insults trying to get a reaction out of him. One second Antone would be yelling back and incoherently rambling (about Lincoln, Schwarzenegger, Iraq, Jamaica, Jesus), and then the next second they’re playing a totally beautiful song. The music was great. They started late and played a really long set.
But i hated being there and see people pick on Antone, who clearly has problems. I’m going to pick up his albums (all 30 of them) and pass the next time they come to town. They have an album coming out called “My Bloody Underground“, which they’ve already leaked on their website.
I hope someday these guys get it together.
On Sunday I went to the Felt Club craft fair up in Hollywood. I found some unique shirts and bags at Boy Girl Party and Poketo and I also found a few new vendors that I don’t think were there last year (Social Studies Design and Posy Press).
Felt Club has definitely outgrown the Ukranian Cultural Center. It was way too hot and crowded in there. Felt Club plans to hold their next event in November at a larger venue with air conditioning.
After we had our fill of Felt Club, we headed over to the Getty Center. I love that place! The architecture and the views are insane. Right now the Getty Center is hosting Summer Sessions, three Saturday nights of concerts.
We ended our day at the Kwik-E-Mart. Twelve 7/11’s in the U.S. have been converted to Kwik-E-Marts to promote the opening of the Simpsons movie, which comes out on July 27th. I waited in the half hour line with all of the other Simspon fanatics and got my squishee.
(Thank you, come again)
I saw Eagle vs Shark Sunday night. This quirky New Zealand comedy stars Jemaine Clement of Flight of the Conchords. It follows the romance of two oddball misfits. Lily is shy and works at a fast food restaurant. She has a crush on Jarrod who works at the video game store in the mall. On the day that Lily gets fired from Meaty Boy, she crashes Jarrod’s “come as your favorite animal” party. Which sparks a romance between these two quirky people. They end up going back to Jarrod’s hometown. Where Jarrod plans to exact revenge on his highschool nemesis. Lily ends up getting stranded with his eccentric family.
This movie reminded me of Science of Sleep and Me and You and Everyone We Know. If you liked either of those movies you would probably like this one. My friend Liz said that its New Zealand’s answer to Napoleon Dynamite. I think its like Napoleon Dynamite for adults.
Paris Je’Taime is 18 short stories, all about love, all taking place in Paris. Normally, I think that the whole “Paris is for lovers” is kinda played out, but I think this is a fresh approach.
Each story is directed by someone different ranging from Wes Craven to the Coen Brothers, to Gus Van Sant. The movie stars French, American, and British actors (Nick Nolte,Bob Hoskins, Natalie Portman, Gérard Depardieu, Juliette Binoche, Willem Dafoe, Steve Buscemi, Maggie Gyllenhaal). Right now its only playing at limited locations. Check your local listings.
Here is the short story directed by the Coen Brothers starring Steve Buscemi as an American tourist…
I guess if you don’t like the story you’re watching, you just wait five minutes.