Summa This, Summa That
Anyone out there who might be interested in a "vintage radio drama starring John Gielgud, Orson Welles and Ralph Richardson?" And featuring the endlessly-portrayed yet still endlessly-fascinating Sherlock Holmes? You be your life I'm interested! (Is there someone out there who's not interested? And if so, can you please seek medical attention immediately?)
Whatever else one might be tempted to say about the Frankenheimer filmography, there is one fact that is incontrovertible: The man was an absolute master when it came to directing action. A veritable virtuoso of cinematic vim and vigor.Whatever else one might be tempted to say about the filmography of Mr. John Frankenheimer, there is one fact that is incontrovertible: The man was an absolute master of directing action. A veritable virtuoso of cinematic vim and vigor.
I love this. A surprising amount of punch for such a simple idea. When I first started watching, in fact, it seemed like an overly-simple idea; an idea that might look nice, but which wouldn't be able to generate any serious emotions impact or have any actual emotional heft. But I was wrong about that.
"Whether in the city or a rural area, surrounded by nature or man-made things, there is but one constant - the sky. Regardless of our lifestyle or surroundings, the sky is always there above us to put on a show. "Skylight” is a collection of dramatic sky shows, captured from a wide variety of locations."
If you're as fascinated by the Man Behind the Curtain/Crew Behind the Cameras/Movers-and-Shakers Behind The Scenes as I am, this is the article for you. And if you're not as fascinated by the Man Behind the Curtain/Crew Behind the Cameras/Movers-and-Shakers Behind The Scenes as I am, that's probably a good thing. But you might want to be careful, because this article could easily turn you into someone who is as fascinated by the Man Behind the Curtain/Crew Behind the Cameras/Movers-and-Shakers Behind The Scenes as I am.
The final few scenes, in particular, are excellent; I will defend its finale against just about anyone. It's great. (Actually achieves what Bay tried for -- and grotesquely flubbed -- only a few years later in Pearl Harbor: that perfect mixture of pathos and heroism that exists on a small, human scale in the midst of huge, spectacular tragedy and triumph.)
Sharing because I'm surely not the first person to appreciate NASA's stunning "Image of the Day" gallery. Nor (I am happily confident) shall I be the last. If, however, you (like me) are the kind of person who can vanish down a rabbit hole of visual and otherworldly awesomeness, be careful. Their images just might be as dangerous as they are wonderful.
Shared by my friend, Will Duquette, who runs Patheos Catholic's "Cry Woof!" blog. It's particularly relevant to him because he's a Lay Dominican. And it's particularly relevant to the rest of us because that dog really DID set the world ablaze. (Also, I love the felt-y feel. And the final "assembly" shot is wonderful.)
Photographer Waldo Nell takes super-close-up pictures of peacock feathers. And they look like metal cables or alien eye stocks or the headpieces of Egyptian gods or something. (This particular type of photography is what's known as "photomacrography," and it's amazing. Especially when used on insects, but that particular exercise is not for the faint of heart.)
