"if any one faculty of our nature may be called more wonderful than the rest, i do think it is memory. there seems something more speakingly incomprehensible in the powers, the failures, the inequalities of memory, than in any other of our intelligences. the memory is sometimes so retentive, so serviceable, so obedient - at others, so bewildered and so weak - and at others again, so tyrannic, so beyond control! - we are to be sure a miracle every way - but our powers of recollecting and of forgetting, do seem peculiarly past finding out."
i promise one day i'll have some original thoughts again. but today is not that day.
i've gotten obsessed with minimalist movie and television prints. the more minimal the aesthetic the better. my favorite is this set by an artist on flickr named bee combs. they're stephen king films. i don't know if i love the carrie, pet semetary or it one the best. they're all so cool.
as is this set of four alfred hitchcock posters. these are a little more embellished but i LOVE the interpretation of the birds.
then there's these which is just another representation of the aesthetic from various artists. the jurassic park one is so sweet. and i love the retro feel of the dark knight one.
one day i will master photoshop and become a minimalist buffy poster making machine.
also, my oscar picks: best picture - the hurt locker best director - katheryn biglow, "the hurt locker" best actor - jeff bridges, "crazy heart" best actress - carey mulligan, "an education" best supporting actor - christoph waltz, "inglourious basterds" best supporting actress - mo'nique, "precious: based on the novel push by sapphire" animated feature film - UP art direction - avatar cinematography - avatar costume design - NINE documentary (feature) - food, inc. documentary (short subject) - china's unnatural disaster: the tears of sichaun province film editing - avatar foreign language film - the white ribbon makeup - star trek music (original score) - michael glacchino, "UP" music (original song) - ryan bingham and t bone burnett - "the weary kind","crazy heart" short film (animated) - a matter of loaf and death short film (live action) - the new tenants sound editing - avatar sound mixing - avatar visual effects - avatar writing (adapted screenplay) - nick hornby, "an education" writing (original screenplay) - quentin tarantino, "inglourious basterds"
a few of those are random guesses. and i pretty much envision "avatar" sweeping any category that pertains to technological proficiency.
