Anything. Everything. Nothing.Tumblr (3.0; @garfunkelisagenius)http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d4197a8f7f9fc86ff92c15273f981e62/tumblr_mnc7zlbYTf1qir16po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/CQGrN" target="_blank">How Robert Evans Really Got His Paramount Job</a><br/> Robert Evans, <a href="http://flip.it/CQGrN" target="_blank">hollywoodreporter.com</a></p> <p>Far from the tale he tells in his memoir, the legendary producer and executive owed his ascent to super lawyer Greg Bautzer, “who knew everyone.”</p><p><i>This story first appeared in the May 31 issue of The Ho</i> …</p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51280596092http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51280596092Fri, 24 May 2013 21:47:44 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdfp03Vhnw1rwzbdyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51222783779http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51222783779Fri, 24 May 2013 06:23:07 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/98069eb11049229b7ba55ee13874b6a0/tumblr_mn8i3hiMU71roxqxqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51221920278http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51221920278Fri, 24 May 2013 06:02:08 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mav286kkJY1r5kh95o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51191469007http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51191469007Thu, 23 May 2013 18:26:53 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/12b746d776c21ab4a32cbfac73391ad6/tumblr_mna34zkGgH1rewb6ao1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51190837579http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51190837579Thu, 23 May 2013 18:18:30 -0700<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/ysPiqmbKb_w?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cinephilearchive.tumblr.com/post/51160364144" target="_blank">cinephilearchive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0127979/" target="_blank"><em>Writing with Light: Vittorio Storaro</em></a> (1992). Documentary about Vittorio Storaro, cinematographer of <em>Apocalypse Now</em>, <em>The Last Emperor</em>, <em>Reds</em>, <em>Il Confimista</em>, <em>1900</em>. Vittorio Storaro talks about his work, along with collaborators like Warren Beatty and Bernardo Bertolucci and peers like Nestor Almendros. On-set footage from Dick Tracy and <em>The Sheltering Sky</em>. Storaro explains his zany theories about light and colour, and gives a potted history of lighting in the cinema. Sublime.<br/><br/>One of the greatest filmmaking documentaries of all time!</p> <p><img alt="image" height="610" src="http://i.imgur.com/4I5iVK0.jpg" width="640"/></p> <p>The director of photography for <em>Apocalypse Now</em>, <em>One from the Heart</em>, <em>Reds</em>, and <em>Last Tango in Paris</em> reveals his theory of the effect of colors on our emotions. <em>Writing with Light: An interview with Vittorio Storaro</em>, Film Quarterly, No. 3, Spring 1982 [<a href="http://ubuntuone.com/6iu4qmoK4ruphNCmRAIQVz" target="_blank">pdf</a>].</p> <p><img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/JWBsHbn.jpg"/></p> <blockquote> <div> <p>Photography, for me, really means writing with light in the sense that I’m trying to express something that is inside of me. With my sensibility, my structure, my cultural background, I’m trying to express what I really am. I am trying to describe the story of the film through the light. I try to have a parallel story to the actual story so that through light and color you can feel and understand, consciously and unconsciously, much more clearly what the story is about.</p> </div> </blockquote> <div> <p><img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/pqyapf5.jpg"/></p> </div> <blockquote> <div> <p>For several years I thought that the light and only the light was the main thing. I was really concerned with the fact that I was using elements that came between myself, my use of the light, and the audience. I’m talking about different lenses, different cameras, different film stock, different developing, different printing, and different screenings. These things were a kind of obstacle to really expressing myself clearly. These things got in the way of what I was trying to say in a story to an audience.</p> </div> </blockquote> <div> <p><img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/8YUnfMm.jpg"/></p> </div> <blockquote> <div> <p>My first picture in 1968 was an incredible moment in my life. It was like my first love. It was the first time I had the chance to express myself in a complete “opera.” I had previously done some short films, but a feature allows you to be more solid, complete and specific. I was trying to be present every single moment of every single day. I told myself, “Vittorio, be careful, because this moment will never come back again. You will do hundreds of pictures that will be bigger, smaller, better or worse but this particular time in your life will never come back again.” After your first film, you can add and develop certain things but it will never be like the first time.</p> </div> </blockquote> <div> <p><img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/vVC3xin.jpg"/></p> </div> <blockquote> <div> <p>I remember that two days before the end of my first film, I was crying like a baby. A friend of mine didn’t understand and wanted to know what was going on. And I told him what I was thinking: that it was a beautiful moment in my life. I was going to lose something very, very important; that is, the innocence to do something for the first time. Everything I have done since then, like Spider’s Stratagem, The Conformist, Last Tango in Paris, 1900, and Apocalypse Now, is sort of a branch of things that were born on my first picture. I just went on to develop this main idea. I think my first film is like an imprint. —<em><a href="http://ubuntuone.com/6iu4qmoK4ruphNCmRAIQVz" target="_blank">Vittorio Storaro</a></em></p> </div> </blockquote> <p><img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/o2o6j5e.jpg"/></p> <p><a class="twitter-share-button" href="https://twitter.com/share" target="_blank">Tweet</a></p> <p> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); // ]]></script></p> <p><a class="twitter-follow-button" href="https://twitter.com/LaFamiliaFilm" target="_blank">Follow @LaFamiliaFilm</a></p> <p> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); // ]]></script></p> <p><iframe class="btn" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.tumblr.com/v1/follow_button.html?button_type=2&tumblelog=cinephilearchive&color_scheme=dark" width="113"></iframe></p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51163667847http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51163667847Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:51 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2621d10553f8c30ae5a12116d0bdbe4a/tumblr_mn8al5JTRL1r22wfgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://twoseparatecoursesmeet.tumblr.com/post/51116275135/margaret-on-the-porch-lynnwood-california-1933" target="_blank">twoseparatecoursesmeet</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>Margaret on the Porch, Lynnwood, California, 1933</p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51163626491http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51163626491Thu, 23 May 2013 12:02:14 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/bebeefe4536038e73de278825ed08733/tumblr_mn9e9oV00M1r5cyr0o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://fromdirectorstevenspielberg.tumblr.com/post/51153974747/raiders-of-the-lost-ark-and-empire-strikes-back" target="_blank">fromdirectorstevenspielberg</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Raiders of the Lost Ark</em> (and <em>Empire Strikes Back</em>) writer Lawrence Kasdan talks to the <a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=huVQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WQkNAAAAIBAJ&pg=1010,389691&dq" target="_blank">Charleston Post and Courier</a> (Nov 1st, 1981) about his work.</p> <p>Kasdan: <em>“One of the reasons I wrote [Body Heat] is that I miss movies you can listen to and enjoy. I’m very proud of my work on Raiders of the Lost Ark, but you could go to that picture, turn off the sound, and have a perfectly good time. You turn off the sound in Body Heat and you don’t have a movie. It’s gone.”</em></p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159726350http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159726350Thu, 23 May 2013 10:55:57 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c0d36a4d39eea55e498be06a42d9e2b1/tumblr_mn9hf0p70V1rs3i49o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159561482http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159561482Thu, 23 May 2013 10:52:56 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8cec107ba8d25fe3c64342b7bbd12ac/tumblr_mmup4v2ORg1qat224o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/3bc891be737cd503c6a8f77a13142d4e/tumblr_mmup4v2ORg1qat224o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://memoriastoica.tumblr.com/post/51157707164" target="_blank">memoriastoica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Hotel Green, Pasadena.<br/></span></p> <p><span>Circa 1900s.<br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159550472http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159550472Thu, 23 May 2013 10:52:44 -0700<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/ed7af98dd2ddc09ba53076764ac0d4a9/tumblr_mmup39AMXd1qat224o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://memoriastoica.tumblr.com/post/51157710780" target="_blank">memoriastoica</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Railway station, Pasadena.</span></p> <p><span>Circa 1900s.<br/></span></p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159540301http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159540301Thu, 23 May 2013 10:52:33 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/80e125ad480f794d9fa3ccb52ba17e90/tumblr_mn9ir86inN1ronatdo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://www.losangelespast.com/post/51159260462/any-seat-20-any-time-the-leimert-theater-at" target="_blank">losangelespast</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>“Any Seat 20¢ Any Time”: The Leimert Theater at 3341 W. 43rd Pl. in Los Angeles, 1933. The theater still stands in Leimert Park.</p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159465436http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51159465436Thu, 23 May 2013 10:51:12 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f0aea9f88490b7415e2e3be302d86032/tumblr_mjt4auLCM21qe4sq3o1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51147753462http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51147753462Thu, 23 May 2013 06:59:56 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f478926cc12b257f7875eff0193a862f/tumblr_mkztg1O8Pt1rkld75o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://theincompletenesstheorem.tumblr.com/post/51103970085/eadweard-muybridge-sequenced-image-of-a-rotating" target="_blank">theincompletenesstheorem</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>Eadweard Muybridge</em><strong><br/></strong>Sequenced image of a rotating sulky wheel and self portrait, <em>ca. 1887, Gelatin silver print</em></p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51147711873http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51147711873Thu, 23 May 2013 06:58:57 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/f3a164b01cfb9ef18473cc4f8d09237b/tumblr_mhtthjrY2z1ro439do1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51147588948http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51147588948Thu, 23 May 2013 06:56:01 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c8917567176cc266e92d827ad5dcc6c1/tumblr_mn83nihiAU1qll1ero1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://rootsnbluesfestival.tumblr.com/post/51104771519/johnny-cash-and-june-carter-cash" target="_blank">rootsnbluesfestival</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><em>johnny cash and june carter cash</em></p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51147502044http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51147502044Thu, 23 May 2013 06:53:57 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/51de3a0e2ae0b90875ec2440bbe9ff38/tumblr_mn84yyEnps1rovfcgo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cinephilearchive.tumblr.com/post/51107627916" target="_blank">cinephilearchive</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philip_H._Lathrop" target="_blank">Philip Lathrop</a>, DP Russell Metty’s camera operator on one of the most famous boom shots in the history of cinema: the spectacular opening of Orson Welles’ <em>Touch of Evil</em>, goes over the next setup with star-director Orson Welles. Charlton Heston has something to drink.</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/51477968" width="640"></iframe></p> <blockquote> <p>Jeff Boortz, creative director at 3 ring circus at the time, explained how “everything in the frame has meaning” making a systematic analysis of Orson Welles’ <em>Touch of Evil</em> initial sequence. Boortz explained the parallelism between a film director and a motion graphic artist: The director must tell the actors and camera what to do, the motion graphic artist must do the same, it just that there are no actors, just graphic elements, but the narrative challenges are the same. Each element, frame and camera movement “everything in the frame” must work in harmony to reinforce the cinematographic narrative, and be able to successfully tell the story. This is our take on that analysis. The best way to understand this, is to <a href="https://vimeo.com/51477968" target="_blank">watch</a> first the original movie sequence and then watch the analysis. Otherwise can be overwhelming and confusing. One of the best motion graphic classes that we have ever received. Thank you Mr. Boortz. —<a href="https://vimeo.com/51466248" target="_blank"><em>Deconstructing Motion Graphics (Touch Of Evil, 1958)</em></a></p> </blockquote> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="360" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/51466248" width="640"></iframe></p> <p>The <a href="http://wellesnet.com/touch_memo1.htm" target="_blank">following notes</a> were received from Orson Welles after he viewed the re-cut version of the entire picture which included the new close-up shots directed by Harry Keller:</p> <p>DATE: December 5, 1957<br/>TO: Edward I. Muhl, Vice-President in charge of production Universal-International Pictures<br/>FROM: <a href="http://wellesnet.com/touch_memo1.htm" target="_blank">Orson Welles, writer and director of TOUCH OF EVIL</a></p> <p><img alt="" src="http://i.imgur.com/dHMDk2G.png"/></p> <p><em>Touch of Evil</em>, revised final screenplay by Orson Welles [<a href="http://ubuntuone.com/0tYYVBKUFoBrre2ium0FFF" target="_blank">pdf</a>]. (NOTE: <strong>For educational purposes only</strong>)</p> <p><a class="twitter-share-button" href="https://twitter.com/share" target="_blank">Tweet</a></p> <p> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); // ]]></script></p> <p><a class="twitter-follow-button" href="https://twitter.com/LaFamiliaFilm" target="_blank">Follow @LaFamiliaFilm</a></p> <p> <script type="text/javascript">// <![CDATA[ !function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs'); // ]]></script></p> <p><iframe class="btn" frameborder="0" height="25" scrolling="no" src="http://platform.tumblr.com/v1/follow_button.html?button_type=2&tumblelog=cinephilearchive&color_scheme=dark" width="113"></iframe></p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51131206258http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51131206258Wed, 22 May 2013 22:38:15 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/aae480d9f22eb68e55e3895d31245878/tumblr_mhpqyrkHmo1qa1iiqo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51130958582http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51130958582Wed, 22 May 2013 22:32:51 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/0bd71510f7b1f99c55f9dc5ea70a0682/tumblr_mn8jrclBgo1qir16po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/WU4Na" target="_blank">After Being Sealed for 100 Years, Time Capsule in Oklahoma City Reveals Pristine Artifacts</a><br/> EDW Lynch, <a href="http://flip.it/WU4Na" target="_blank">laughingsquid.com</a></p> <p>photo by Paul B. Southerland/The OklahomanOn April 22, 2013, the Century Chest, a time capsule that had been sealed for 100 years, was opened during a ceremony at the First Lutheran Church of Oklahoma City. Onlookers and historians were astonished…</p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51129936308http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51129936308Wed, 22 May 2013 22:11:36 -0700<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/6c1e7ef2d6fd7d0f47e18d409322bbbc/tumblr_mn863louuN1qir16po1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote><p><a href="http://flip.it/7CmJC" target="_blank">Henry Ford And His World</a><br/><a href="http://flip.it/7CmJC" target="_blank">wbur.org</a></p> <p>The con­tro­ver­sial and bril­liant Henry Ford and the world he invent­ed.</p><p>We all know the bare-bones story of Henry Ford. And it’s incred­i­ble enough. The stern, dri­ven man who brought us the assem­ …</p> </blockquote>http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51108703900http://garfunkelisagenius.tumblr.com/post/51108703900Wed, 22 May 2013 17:16:33 -0700