Web design blog wellmedicated has uncovered some great Polish film posters.
These conceptual masterpieces put the original American posters to shame every time; they are truly beautiful works of art. Trimming this list down to a mere 50 posters that I absolutely love was surprisingly difficult.
I find it difficult to choose stand-out candidates from this list: they’re all spectacular.
Jason then pointed me towards this great collection of Russian movie posters. Equally as fascinating they remind me of fairy tale illustrations. I’m enjoying trying to guess what film each poster represents (highlights include The Matrix, War of the Worlds, and Lord of the Rings).
I think I could easily spend an entire day watching well directed TV commercials. This compilation of the top 10 commercials by movie directors, however, saves me some wasted time and gets straight to the point.
Back in 2001, a genius pen-chewing BMW marketing exec stumbled on a belter of an idea – fling bundles of money at high-class filmmakers in exchange for short films based on their automobiles. Directors of the series ‘The Hire’ ranged from the classy (Ang Lee, Wong Kar-Wai) to the not-so classy (Guy Ritchie) but by far the most entertaining episode was Tony Scott’s ten-minute tease, which saw Clive Owen’s ‘Driver’ race Gary Oldman’s devil for the prize of James Brown’s eternal soul. Hell, just watch it, it’s awesome.
via Kottke
In December 1969 John Lennon and Yoko Ono held one of their famous “bed-in for peace” protests at the King Edward Hotel in Toronto. This was when a 14-year-old Jerry Levitan sneaked into their hotel room and secured an interview with Lennon on the topic of World Peace.
38 years later Levitan produced an animated film of the interview, using the original interview recording as the soundtrack. You may recognise it; the film was nominated for Best Animated Short Film at the 80th Annual Academy Awards (2008).
I Met The Walrus
I recently watched all six hours of Commanding Heights; a great documentary that attempts to trace the rise of free markets during the last century, as well as the process of globalization. It acts almost like a primer on 20th century economics.
I have just re-discovered the PBS supplementary website for Commanding Heights and am suitably impressed with this information rich resource. It’s not without accolades:
- BAFTA for Best Achievement in Online Education
- One of Time Magazine’s Top 50 Websites of 2003
- Two nominations for the 2003 Webby Awards from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (Best Practices and Best Broadband Site)
- I.D. Magazine’s 2003 Interactive Media Design Review; Bronze Winner
- 2002 Emmy Nomination (the only Web site nominated; interactive television)