“The Marvel Symphonic Universe”
“People do not remember safe music.” Tony Zhou has more on soundtracks in general and Marvel’s film music in particular at Every Frame A Painting.
Mad Max: Fury Road without Digital Effects
Consequences of Sound has footage from Mad Max: Fury Road sans digital effects.
Vanguard 2016 Line Up
Here’s the line-up for the 2016 Vanguard program at the Toronto International Film Festival: Message from the King; Nelly; Colossal; Interchange; I Am The Pretty Thing That Lives In The House; Godspeed; My Entire High School Sinking Into The Sea; Buster’s Mal Heart; Without Name; Prevenge; The Bad […]
Soviet Experimentation in “Ornamental Sound”
“In 1929, the Russians produced their first talkie, the snappily titled The Five Year Plan for Great Works. The possibility of synchronized sound inspired a trio of pioneers, composer Arseny Avraamov, animator Mikhail Tsihanovsky and engineer Evgeny Sholpo who were fascinated by the curved loops, arcs and waveforms […]
“Silent Running (1972): Vintage Making of Documentary”
Cinetropolis has a vintage feature on the making of Silent Running (1972). “Here writer and first time director Douglas Trumbull, famous now for his pioneering special effects work and advances in cinematography, guides us through every aspect of the making of his sci-fi parable, with great insights from […]
“How to Keep a Zibaldone”
“One day in Venice, sometime near the end of the 14th century, a busy merchant found himself with a few spare moments. Maybe it was a slow day at the docks, or he arrived home too early for dinner. Whatever the reason, he did what people of his era […]
The Cultural Gutter 