BRAND UPON THE BRAIN! - (Guy Maddin, 2006).

A great avant-garde silent film directed by Guy Maddin from a script co-written with George Toles. The movie, characterized by not professional actors (actually the inhabitants of Seattle where the main action takes place) tells, by 12 flashbacks, various events in the life of Maddin himself and can be considered a sort of avangardist biopic successful experiment. 

R.M.

r.m.

I simply do not have the vocabulary to explain what it is about Guy Maddin's movies that I love. The best way I can describe it is that there is a crank in my brain, and when you turn that crank Brand Upon The Brain!* is projected against the inside of my skull.

*the film reel attached to this crank is changed from time to time.

Sherlock Jr. (1924)

I’m in my Buster Era

So, years ago, my best friend, James, passed away by suicide.

We always dreamed of making movies together in the future. It was the plan.

The plan started with the footage here. This little video I'm sharing comes from the DV tapes we shot on in 2007.

We never finished anything, but we had fun, damnit. I don't think we ever even thought about editing.

But after 13 some years I decided to think about it. And then I did it.

A lot of what we shot got recorded over for with random crap. A fault of mine that I'll always regret.

But I had enough to make a semblance of a storyline. I think there's footage from three separate movies we were making in this thing.

This isn't finished. It's close, maybe. But I want to make it better. Mostly I'm posting this for some kind of strange accountability.

I don't really know if this is of interest to people. It certainly isn't 'good'. It's littered with my own nostalgia.

It was a few dorky 16 year olds having the time of their lives. And I'm proud of it.

may 24 2007. 

and years continue to go by. Looks like I deleted my old upload.  Anyways, this isn’t like...good. But it doesn’t matter. This is the dumb shit we could have made. god damnit.  

I’ll share the scripts I wrote, too. Even though I know I’ screaming into the tumblrvoid. 

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/61a3edbbb00160588e7267ab/t/6463b1f9025a847948c37a6d/1684255225436/Go+East%2C+Young+Man.pdf

So, years ago, my best friend, James, passed away by suicide.

We always dreamed of making movies together in the future. It was the plan.

The plan started with the footage here. This little video I'm sharing comes from the DV tapes we shot on in 2007.

We never finished anything, but we had fun, damnit. I don't think we ever even thought about editing.

But after 13 some years I decided to think about it. And then I did it.

A lot of what we shot got recorded over for with random crap. A fault of mine that I'll always regret.

But I had enough to make a semblance of a storyline. I think there's footage from three separate movies we were making in this thing.

This isn't finished. It's close, maybe. But I want to make it better. Mostly I'm posting this for some kind of strange accountability.

I don't really know if this is of interest to people. It certainly isn't 'good'. It's littered with my own nostalgia.

It was a few dorky 16 year olds having the time of their lives. And I'm proud of it.

may 24 2007. 

and years continue to go by. Looks like I deleted my old upload.  Anyways, this isn’t like...good. But it doesn’t matter. This is the dumb shit we could have made. god damnit.  

Unknown artist.

A Pair of Pigs 1850

Oil on canvas

British Folk art

Compton Verney

very good pigs

wait ok now i'm curious how old were you when you joined tumblr and how old are you now

Joined: 22

Today: one thousand.

“It’s important to always be by the sea. The sea is the element of love. […] Aphrodite emerged from the water.” - Agnès Varda

Hausu Cat.

This sculpture, created in collaboration with Arte Feudo is a heartfelt tribute to the Japanese psychedelic horror film Hausu (Nobuhiko Obayashi, 1977). With it we honor creative freedom in film and the art of framing.

Just like in the movie, this cat couldn’t be more cursed: its eyes, lips and fangs shine under ultraviolet light and on the back of its neck it has lips that hide an eye. It’s made with polyurethane resin, marble powder, acrylic paint with fluorescent details, wax patina with Judean Bitumen and UV resin. It’s 8.5 cm tall, so the eye on the back of its neck is exactly the same size as the human eye.

Available in Arte Feudo’s Etsy Shop.

“Any old cat can open a door. Only a witch cat can close one.”