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That’ll do, Denver. That’ll do.

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:12:27 -0800

That’ll do, Denver. That’ll do.

Manhunter wallpaper for iPhone I made using the brushes app...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:08:06 -0800

Manhunter wallpaper for iPhone I made using the brushes app while I was bored on the plane today. Enjoy.

The teaser trailer for ‘Salt’ (via danhacker) Consider me...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 11:15:10 -0800

The teaser trailer for ‘Salt’ (via danhacker)

Consider me officially excited for this.

On the left, a frame of film from The Rig, showing the character...

Fri, 06 Nov 2009 09:46:57 -0800

On the left, a frame of film from The Rig, showing the character Freddy Brewer after he’s been viciously attacked. On the right, the costume worn by Caisha Hinnen for Halloween, sent to me by Stacey Hinnen, who portrays Freddy in the movie, with the following message:

I thought you might enjoy my wife’s Halloween costume.

I didn’t know what she was going as and when she walked out of the room I couldn’t believe it. It was awesome. One of my proudest moments.

This is probably the coolest thing I’ve ever seen. I hope this isn’t the last time I see a Halloween costume inspired by a film I direct. Thanks for making my year, Stacey and Caisha. Now if only the movie was available for sale…

Local Natives - Airplanes (via...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:51:07 -0800

Local Natives - Airplanes (via victoriaplum/everythinginthesky/alisonagosti)

Guy flies from Denver to Singapore. Guy wears camera around his...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:01:23 -0800

Guy flies from Denver to Singapore. Guy wears camera around his neck. Guy takes picture every few minutes and assembles them into a photo montage. Guy is pretty cool. (via)

Abe Sauer's Epic Cintra Wilson Smackdown

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:57:00 -0800

Abe Sauer's Epic Cintra Wilson Smackdown:

Wilson’s slamming of JC Penney was merely the use of her usual tactics at an extremely loud volume. Contempt for even the most modestly utilitarian values—for icons popularized in “real” American locales where people are not concerned with updating their wardrobes more than once a decade—is itself a terrible cliché. I doubt this bothers her, as she adopts for herself a special kind of clichéd creature exclusive to our nation’s factories of pretension: the unapologetic, mean-spirited, spoiled big-city kid. In mundane, feel-good movies for the masses, such people travel a character arc that results in them seeing their behavior for what it is. In real life that rarely happens; instead they carp themselves into old age, their act finally becoming the actual.

The Awl presents some required reading for your lazy-writing indictment of the day.

Coming Soon…

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:45:03 -0800

Coming Soon…

I haven’t had a game make me feel this out of touch with...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:56:05 -0800

I haven’t had a game make me feel this out of touch with society since “Dune Coon Killer 3D” (via)

In A World....

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:51:00 -0800

In A World.... :

Doug just posted an epic entry at BigFuckingExplosions on a favorite subject of mine: movie trailer voice-overs. Won’t you go check it out?

The Shivers - Beauty It’s nice to have somewhere...

Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:49:00 -0800

The Shivers - Beauty

It’s nice to have somewhere you’d rather be, but it’s better to have someone you’d rather be there with.

I directed a really fun 1 hour special episode of Web Soup today...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:14:28 -0800

I directed a really fun 1 hour special episode of Web Soup today with Weird Al, Chris Hardwick, and Playmate of the Year 2007 Sara Jean Underwood. It won’t air until December, but don’t worry internet, I’ll remind you.

Blog / Off It’s a hard life for a Tumblr star like Molls. People...

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:49:05 -0800

Blog / Off

It’s a hard life for a Tumblr star like Molls. People are always harassing you for internet shout-outs, and occasionally they kidnap your dog in a desperate attempt to get a book deal. Sometimes you have to take the law into your own hands to stop them.

Short film written and directed by me for the Tumblr Film Festival. Starring Molly McAleer and Tess Lynch (and Wags). The other short I made for the festival, Guess Who, can be seen here.

The Devil’s Pocket Watch

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:10:00 -0800

The Devil’s Pocket Watch

Xavier Veilhan, Yuri Gagarin Sculpture, Versailles

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:27:26 -0700

Xavier Veilhan, Yuri Gagarin Sculpture, Versailles

Blu-ray.com - Michael Mann Recuts Heat for Blu-ray

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:35:00 -0700

Blu-ray.com - Michael Mann Recuts Heat for Blu-ray:

Anyone interested in joining the Coalition Against Directors Ruining Their Own Movies (C.A.D.R.T.O.M.)? (via legrand)

Because it’s Halloween and because I don’t know...

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:04:32 -0700

Because it’s Halloween and because I don’t know about you guys, but I sure don’t get sick of watching it, here once again is the trailer for The Rig.

Guess Who When two evil rich industrialists are bored, they play...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:26:43 -0700

Guess Who

When two evil rich industrialists are bored, they play a game. The most dangerous game. This is the video that Jonah Ray and I showed in the Tumblr Film Festival. It stars Jonah, Jay Johnston, and the Sklar Brothers. I directed, shot, and edited, Jonah and I co-wrote it, and Elysia Skye produced it. Cash Hartzell and Jason Ruiz were the crew.

Blog / Off, the other video I made for the festival with Tess and Molls, will be up soon!

by Helmut Newton Taschen is reprinting Helmut Newton’s...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:52:46 -0700

by Helmut Newton

Taschen is reprinting Helmut Newton’s legendary book SUMO (albeit in a more manageable size) and I really, really want one.

University of Utah: Cell Size & Scale

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 12:52:28 -0700

University of Utah: Cell Size & Scale:

I have been playing with this zoomable demonstration of the relative sizes of different microscopic organisms for the last 20 minutes. It’s fascinating.