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David Byrne, on the suburb

It’s from True Stories, 1986, but still seems relevant today except many of these ‘burbs are abandoned: “Look at this. Who can say it isn't beautiful? Sky, bricks. Who do you think lives there? Four-car garage. Hope, fear, excitement, satisfaction.” Read more →

MAN ON WIRE, my film of the year

Don't worry, this hasn't changed into a film review blog but MAN ON WIRE deserves a special mention. Although Slumdog Millionaire got most of the glory, and I liked Burn After Reading , this Oscar win... Read more →

Killer sheep over the Pacific

This post was written 11,297m above the Pacific, about halfway between Auckland & San Francisco. One advantage of a long haul flight is you get to catch up on those movies you wanted to see, but never got around too. Suddenly with thirteen hours and nothing else to do it's time to hit the entertainment system. This post is not really CAD related but this film deserves an international audience. Besides, Weta Digital supplied the special effects so it's possible CAD, maybe even Autodesk, applications were used... It could only be a Kiwi movie. The green rolling hills, clear blue... Read more →

Syd Mead, the world of Blade Runner

I’ve posted previously about Blade Runner which is the second best Science Fiction movie in the history of cinema. Much of that was thanks to the realistic design, the work of Visual Futurist Syd Mead... Read more →

2001: A Computer Graphics Discovery, and farewell Arthur

Farewell Arthur: I had this in draft form ready to post on 6 April. That would have marked the 40th anniversary of the release of the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey . However after today’s news it see... Read more →

Recommended Television for my Swedish Readers...

If you’re reading this from Sweden, according to the stat’s 1 – 2% are, keep an eye out for the Kiwi movie Whale Rider . It’s a wonderful movie based on Maori legend and filmed at Whangara – a small s... Read more →

Cars Trailer online

Enrico* has posted a link to the trailer (as in film) for Pixar’s latest – Cars. Enrico’s blog » Blog Archive » Cars Trailer online * Enrico is currently a story artist at Pixar Animation Studios. His blog is well worth a visit/subscription for the lovely artwork and photography. At the time I found his blog the header image was a wonderful photo of one of my favourite cars. It’s the “An old cinquecento - taken in Genova Nervi, Italy. July 2005” in the Header Image Gallery Read more →

Syd Mead on Blade Runner & more

When I was studying Product Design our tutor, Lance, was a Syd Mead fan. We spent a lot of time “studying” Blade Runner and the design work of it’s “Visual Futurist” Syd Mead. That film is a favourite of mine to this day. Syd Mead was also the “Visual Futurist” for Peter Hyams film 2010: The Year We Make Contact. I have a “movie magazine”, published to promote it, with several pages of his black & white pen/marker/ink concept sketches for the space ship exteriors & interiors. Simple, stunning, powerful illustrations which look like they could be built and would... Read more →