Scratches in Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey
☛ Detail of a snapshot from Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey (UK/USA, 1968) showing a bright scratch across the “COM” computer display. Warner 2007 Blu-ray edition @01:31:13 • • • Takeaway Summary Where are the scratches in 2001: A Space Odyssey? Which edition of 2001: A Space Odyssey feature the scratches? About computer readouts […]
Editing film: directors looking at strips of celluloid
☛ artnet: Jean-Luc Godard photographed by Philippe R. Doumic, circa 1960. Gelatin silver print, 18 x 13 cm. (7.1 x 5.1 in.). Large format retrieved from falter.at. © Unifrance Films. The photo was likely taken during or just after the production of À bout de souffle, which was released in France on March 17, 1960. […]
“Fools lament the decay of criticism” by Walter Benjamin, 1928
Fools lament the decay of criticism [Verfall der Kritik]. For its day is long past. Criticism is a matter of correct distancing. It was at home in a world where perspectives and prospects counted and where it was possible to take a standpoint. Now things press too closely on human society. The “unclouded,” “innocent” eye […]
Joseph O. Holmes: A tribute to the projection booth
☛ Joseph O. Holmes Photography: Roxy Theater, Northampton, PA, from The Booth series, 2012. © Joseph O. Holmes. Used with permission. Joseph O. Holmes is an award-winning photographer based in Brooklyn, New York (not to be confused with Joseph Holmes from Kensington, California). In 2012, he made a series about the disappearing art of film […]
