Saturday, December 18, 2010

ATTACK OF THE RANDOM!!!!!!

How to introduce a blog:
  • Get right in there. Show 'em what you're all about.
  • Don't waste time and space making formal introductions. Your page should speak for itself.
  • Be Awesome.
And now, a great scene from the F.W. Murnau silent, Sunrise: a Song of Two Humans:



F.W. Murnau is amazing. With classics like Nosferatu and Faust, his expressionist-like form helped push film from a novelty into an artform. If you haven't watched much of him, a nice Murnau movie night is a grand idea.

To go with German Expressionist stuff, another great silent to take a look at if you can is The Cabinet of Doctor Calagari. The set looks like a Tim Burton film, it's all about long lines, shadows, and eerie angles. I would show you a clip from YouTube but everybody thinks it's awesome to ruin silent films by adding modern music as the soundtrack. I disagree.

Watching silent films really gets the creative juices flowing. On a related note, "creative juices" is not an appetizing combination of words.  In fact, I would go so far as to say that adding anything besides fruit before the word "juices" is just plain gross.

Examples:
  • Man Juices
  • Shoe Juices
  • Hair Juices
  • Literally any noun before the word "juices"
  • Underwear Juices
That's all for today folks! I leave you with this: