Slithering Around the Web
From AnimWatch, a link to and story on Cristobal Vila’s short film Snakes. Inspired by the art and science of M. C. Escher, the 3D film appears to be a visual cornucopia of writhing geometry. Vila’s site had so many hits last month that he had to take his film link down. He’s got some interesting 3D tutorials for beginners and more skilled animators.
It’s Almost Oscar Time: You can check out the Academy Award Trailers and go to the Academy Awards site for more information. The Disney-Dali collaboration Destino was nominated in the category of animated short film. At Sundance, the short screened ahead of November and was well received.
For the Film Literati: Explore Australia’s Latrobe University’s Screening The Past, an international, refereed, electronic journal of visual media and history. The context, subtext and coversion of the film media is examined. Everything from Michael Mann’s use of wet streets to the implications of Shaka Zulu interpreted from a hegemonic point of view are fair game. I discovered a terrific book by Rainer Rother called Leni Riefenstahl: The Seduction of Genius. I’ve long been interested in Riefenstahl as a politically blind, pathologically obtuse, visually brilliant and innovative filmmaker. It didn’t hurt that Jodie Foster was developing a film about her. Even Cinemarati, a fabulous film board, had quite the discussion of the project.
