with tatiana cotliar (next). nice clip by ex creative director harrison boyce & director nathaniel brown. you may recall our posts on a similar style of work about a year or so ago, now you can add this to one the mix. with film becoming such an approachable medium and available to so many different disciplines, we are excited about the experimentation and possibilities it holds. something less literal and more poetic awaits us all. by dd
albert einstein in one of his lectures
now that’s really stupid!
albert einstein at the first of solvay confrences in 1911
albert einstein with hopi indians
albert einstein and charlie chaplin at the premier of limelight
ever playful albert einstein and his bicycle
architect le corbusier and albert einstein: a conversation on cool
the sarcasm i’m afraid is very much lost. sooo funny, i’m not laughing. these “stupid” ads were made by a bunch of frat-boys at new york agency, anomoly, who by the way should be fined for public larceny
i was at the airport the other day and was skimming through a pile of uninspiring shit mags at hudson news to kill some time when i saw a “special issue of time magazine on albert einstein“. flipping through its B&W pics and seeing little einstein’s life growing up in italy and switzerland, prague, and eventually the u.s. (pasadena of all places) i thought… now here’s a really cool dude. if only i could have been his piss boy when he was around. then i thought, i can’t really remember at what point did becoming stupid sound like a good idea? and to whom exactly? was it when we cut down funds on education or when we started being fed ben stiller, adam sandler, renee zellweger, and jessica parker as role models? or was it when we dissed kerry because he was “too much of an intellectual”? or was it the arugula’s fault? i mean who wants a smart guy when you can get a silly b-actor to push around? i can’t really blame a bunch of frat boys at diesel jeans for all this either, as stupid was well around before them, and besides stupid probably sells… to a lot of stupid people. we can’t be proud of that now can we?
on the other hand a small company out in california thought being intelligent was cool too, and they did make a few buck on that sector of the market. now that, we can be proud of. its by far one of the best campaigns and on every level. no other brand can say “think different” and back it like apple. so i guess there’s a place for all of us after all.. o.k. so back to fashion : ) by dd
lee jung-jae (also known as sam kang) as hoon, the rich husband
jeon do-yeon as eun-yi (the housemaid) washing the madam’s hair
byeong-sik, as “miss cho”the main maid and eun-yi (the new housemaid)
the original poster from the 1960’s film hanyeo by korean director kim ki-young
it’s not often these days that i spend two hours of my time on a film and feel happy that i did… housemaid is a great new korean film by director im sang-soo based on a remake of the original 1960’s film, praised as “marvelous… extraordinary image…” comparing the korean director to luis bunuel. the remake by sang-soo is equally amazing and up to date, not only for its sparse dialogue and unconventional story, but also for its visual style. the film competed for the palme d’or at the cannes and is worthy of your precious time. the story is about a wealthy korean family who bring on a young maid into their fold. in time, this reveals the bourgeois family’s true colors. beautifully styled and filmed on location, it’s at times surreal but never unreal. i couldn’t help but think of “the discreet charm of the bourgeoisie” while watching it, except i must confess i enjoyed this more than its french counterpart. a great recent film to indulge in if you haven’t already seen it. deserves a place in the “must be considered films” section on TS indeed. by dd
“The smart way to keep people passive and obedient is to strictly limit the spectrum of acceptable opinion, but allow very lively debate within that spectrum.” – noam chomsky
christina kruse by richard kern, for muse magazine. by m+m
fox news “fair and balanced” take on the demonstrators, as usual “its just a bunch of dumb uneducated punks on the streets” riiight! this represents the 99% of americans who don’t make a million a year. nice job “fair and balanced”. but that said i’m impressed with o’reily’s ability to insult as many people as possible and sound as ignorant as he does in just under 5 minutes with out it ever phasing him for a moment.
sorry we had agreed not to talk shop on TS. but keeping silent in this time is a crime. over 700 people arrested just on saturday while we sat and talked about… oh i don’t know the weather. personally i don’t see why there needs to be a protest at all. what is this republican argument against the idea to pass a law that insures that the rich (those making over a million a year) will pay at least the same percentage of tax as the rest of us? not more. not less. what is the rationale behind this? in most developed countries the rich pay higher taxes, in the US the rich pay no taxes. seemed like it all worked until the country went broke, and then the rest of the world. does the u.s. government really need our help to pass this clearly logical law? are these people so blatantly corrupt that they can stand up and say no to such a tax law? well, with fox news bending over for the rich its clear to see why there isn’t more people on the streets. I wonder what o’reily gets to be this much of an ass? or is he really just a naive servant that he appears to be? by dd
see you in wall street, kisses from natalia bessmertova. by xy+jr
heated swimming pool in your penthouse? sure. “wish in one hand, piss in the other, and see what hand fills up first”
– my dad. by bh
some pix from today of my beloved sweden… can’t wait to get the f*ck back to new york ; ) by wn
that’s just so nice. another amazing video by stephanie di guisto. by pp
you’ve probably seen this but just in case you haven’t… mind numbing!! (for all you doubters source of the info is from the treasury department!) “reagan proved deficit doesn’t matter?” oh really? why were we celebrating him as the best president during Bush? i thought the republicans were so careful of spending our hard earned money, they are usually so kind they stand-up, on our behalf, against those bad democrats who try to raise taxes on us poor folks. looks like, maybe some of these commercials you see are laced with false information, and just maybe, fox news isn’t so “fair and balanced” after all. oh lord, i always looked up to our preachers and politicians for my moral values, such as how to treat my neighbors or advice on marital issues until those bad presidents and priests all got busted getting blow jobs, some from little boys, others by fat unattractive girls. now it seems we can’t even trust the news anymore. what is next lord? a president that will put the well being of corporations above that of its citizens? source by xy
this is becoming a series it seems, J.D. Salinger.
disclaimer: books are good things. guns are terrible things. we are not suporters of NRA nor easy access to guns but we do support responsible hunting of birds and animals that one eats after and wears their fur… or decorates their hair with feathers… by dd
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 the housemaid-2010: a remake of the 1960’s film by kim ki-young — see more of this on tomorrow started blog){kind=link}
