True Blood made in Germany

Wir sind die Nacht (We are the night)

Wonderful by the numbers piece of work; clichéd as hell in other words, but dagnabit Karoline Herfurth (right) looks amazing sexy.

Delectable! *drool*

What's on their wall...

Book of Eli has it's moments, times where it fills us with hope to see and hear that not all our cultural accomplishments will be lost in the ashes of the apocalypse. Ennio Morricone's timeless theme for C'era una volta il west will be under the survivors, and Johnny Cash will at least in oral tradition continue to be Live at Folsom, not to forget this fine piece of art.




And admist all of the distruction in this battered world we spy on the wall of one of Eli's temoprary resting places a discolored and torn-up poster for the movie A boy and his dog.

Goes to show that God has after all some sense of humour.

Picture perfect moment

6Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people.
-Revelations 14:6

Art comparison

Also see the cover to a book called Leverage which is practically a one on one copy of Crank (the cover, not the novel)

Certain images of the undead never change.

Coca-Cola the movie... tee-hee.

In memoriam Oswalt Kolle

On September 24. of this year Oswalt Kolle died, he was the most famous figure of post-war sexual education in Germany. His pioneering efforts, an honest effort to free sexuality from constraining bonds imposed on it by religious dogmatism and prejudiced short sightedness, mark the importance of his work.

Although the films he produced must seem comedic at best seen from a today's viewpoint, they shaped the way sex got portrayed in German movies.

In memoriam Tony Curtis

Hollywood star Tony Curtis has died at his home in Las Vegas after suffering a cardiac arrest, aged 85.

Sad news, we like to say goodbye and thank you from here to Tony Curtis for the wonderful and diverse roles he played in his career. His performances, such as in Some like it hot, The Defiant Ones, The Great Race or Sex and the single girl (both at the side of Natalie Wood) will remain unforgotten.
And naturally his appearance in the TV-Show The Persuaders as the prototypical American playboy.
Thanks for the memories! And our condolence to his family and friends.

La Linea

Simplicity is an art.

The What's love got to do with it poster, for which the artist captured Tina Turner with a few simple brush strokes is among my favoureds. Roger Rabbit is everybody's fave and it's a great poster, too, fitting for this lovely comedy.
Gaby, while not really mine its an interesting concept along the same line (tee-hee). If only I could warm myself to these flower artworks.

Utinni!

Call me childish if you so like, but I can't help it. Everytime I see this poster for a movie called Uncle Boonmee remembers his former lives, I'm tempted to shout out "Utinni!"

Damn you, pop culture, damn you!

Pirate day, arr!

"Ay, ye landlubbers!
It's talk like eh Parrot day ... Polly wants-
What? Speak louder bub, I've got me ear full of salt water! ... Oh, I see, mate. We got a us a talk like a Pirate day, makes more sense frankly, scratch that cookie then and, ah, walk that plank if a you would be so nice. And lest I forget: Arr!"

But seriously, what better excuse could there be to cram out that ol' pearl of piraty goodness starring the inimitable Captain Blood, Errol Flynn!
Although, is it just me or does that artist seem to have had a young Ingrid Bergman on his mind when he drew Olivia de Havilland?
It’s like looking at a “For whom the Skull and Crossbones tolls” poster…

Bowling for Columbine

I’ll be honest to you and tell you right off the bat that I’m not a fan of Michael Moore’s work, or his person for that matter, quite the opposite so. I’m willing to give him that he makes a few valid points in Bowling for Columbine, other than in his follow-up mockumentary Fahrenheit 9/11 where all he deliveres are sarcastic comments about then President George W. Bush but otherwise shows himself void of any real political interests. Moore is the typical blender/mockumentary director that strives on creating controversy and putting on a show of care, populism on the lowest level.

There’s a part in Bowling for Columbine that always rubbed me the wrong way, the interview with Marilyn Manson. But in fact the cynical hypocrisy of that part is typical not only for Moore, but this whole "genre" he stands for, interviewing an artist who’s whole income is build on feeding off the hate culture which churns out kids like the two Columbine attackers, a fact Moore conveniently ignores.

It's true, neither Manson nor any of his comrades can be blamed for the tragic incidents happening on that day, not any more at least than any given part of the weapons industry.
Still it’s a laughing farce to hear that man talk about responsibility when he himself fails to take his own share of it.