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2011.09.29

eames the architect and the painter

The Architect and the Painter is the first film about Charles and Ray Eames since their deaths and the only film to peer inside their collaboration, their marriage and the “Renaissance studio” they created in a gritty warehouse in Venice, CA. Narrated by James Franco, the film draws from a trove of archival material, primarily the stunning films and photographs produced in mind-boggling volume by Charles, Ray, and their staff during the hyper-creative forty years of the Eames Office. Family members and design historians help guide the story, but it is in interviews with the junior designers swept into the “24-7” world of “The Eamery,”, that a fascinatingly complex picture of this husband and wife creative team really emerges. Slated to screen on PBS’ American Masters Dec. 19, 2011.

links: http://firstrunfeatures.com/eames/ || http://www.facebook.com/pages/Eames-The-Architect-and-the-Painter/159246434157649
Via: thescoutmag.com

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2011.09.29

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Channel 4 documentary Graffiti Wars : WATCH THE DOCUMENTARY HERE: http://bit.ly/oZnPst

In London over the past 18 months the tension between the camps has played out in a battle of spray cans between freehand graffiti writer King Robbo and his nemesis, the stencil-using street artist Banksy.

The graffiti war between the two men began in the early 90s but was re-ignited by what was widely seen as an unforgiveable transgression of strict graffiti rules by Banksy.

It was an act that pulled 80s legend King Robbo out of retirement to retaliate in the place where it all began, the streets.

The film goes behind enemy lines as the war escalates, until tragic and unforeseen circumstances bring about an unexpected ceasefire.

Via: graphism.fr

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2011.09.29

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«God Went Surfing With the Devil» charts the difficulties and dangers encountered by surfers in the region of Gaza. Along the way it speaks to Israelis, Arab-Israelis, and Palestinians affected by the violence, charting their daily struggle to supersede the conflict through the joys of surfing.

Link: godwentsurfing.com
Via: lespedalesdebiarritz.blogspot.com

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2011.09.29

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This short documentary follows Darren as he ventures out to San Francisco’s Lands End to try his giant homemade camera out. It shoots on 14×36-inch negatives!

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Links: http://darrensgreatbigcamera.com/ // http://darrensamuelson.com/

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2011.09.29

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2011.09.29

eames the architect and the painter

The digital revolution of the last decade has unleashed creativity and talent of people in an unprecedented way, unleashing unlimited creative opportunites.

But does democratized culture mean better art, film, music and literature or is true talent instead flooded and drowned in the vast digital ocean of mass culture? Is it cultural democracy or mediocrity?

This is the question addressed by PressPausePlay, a documentary film containing interviews with some of the world’s most influential creators of the digital era.

Via: monsieurbandit
Link: http://www.presspauseplay.com/

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2011.09.29

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Clip from the new feature documentary BLANK CITY directed by Céline Danhier.
Featuring Jim Jarmusch, John Waters, Steve Buscemi, Debbie Harry, John Lurie, Fab 5 Freddy, Thurston Moore, Richard Kern, Lydia Lunch, Amos Poe, Eric Mitchell and many more…

BLANK CITY tells the long-overdue tale of a disparate crew of renegade filmmakers who emerged from an economically bankrupt and dangerous moment in New York history. In the late 1970′s and mid 80′s, when the city was still a wasteland of cheap rent and cheap drugs, these directors crafted daring works that would go on to profoundly influence the development of independent film as we know it today.

http://www.blankcityfilm.com/

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2011.09.29

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What happens to an impoverished developing nation town when you flood it with 20,000 bicycles? You lift three times that number of people out of poverty. Pedals for Progress and founder David Schweidenback have been shipping used American bicycles to Rivas, Nicaragua for the last two decades and the transformation has been incredible.