Tuesday, 9 February 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
Zombie Dinner
After months of working for other people, I finally got around to a bit of my own work this week and realised how much I have missed sitting with my battered old lap table (made by my Grandad, complete with wonky legs) and my giant orange fluffy pencil case of delights! I've recently signed up to Swap-Bot (see link on the bottom right) to find inspiration and focus. It's a great idea; you sign up to a swap - no pressure, you only commit if you want to - make a little art work, pop it in the post and wait to receive one back.
Much of our work has been made via art mail projects - they have formed a large part of how we work and create, how we respond to and discuss other people's work and I love seeing how an idea can grow in ways we'd never have thought of if we didn't share or collaborate.
The freedom of Swap-Bot is perfect for me as I can fit it in around other commitments and there's a good enough range of swaps that I was bound to find one I like. I think it totally appropriate that my first swap was to draw a Zombie! Exactly how I've felt over the dark, winter months (although the eating people bit goes against my veggie diet).
Turned out how I planned too - I love it when a plan comes together!
Only bad thing is, makes me feel hungry...
Tracey
Much of our work has been made via art mail projects - they have formed a large part of how we work and create, how we respond to and discuss other people's work and I love seeing how an idea can grow in ways we'd never have thought of if we didn't share or collaborate.
The freedom of Swap-Bot is perfect for me as I can fit it in around other commitments and there's a good enough range of swaps that I was bound to find one I like. I think it totally appropriate that my first swap was to draw a Zombie! Exactly how I've felt over the dark, winter months (although the eating people bit goes against my veggie diet).
Turned out how I planned too - I love it when a plan comes together!
Only bad thing is, makes me feel hungry...
Tracey
Monday, 1 February 2010
Now it's my turn...
The gauntlet has been set by Tracey. There are some interesting titles on her lists, but I'm going to keep mine to a top ten. No sub lists, no black and white - just my top ten films of all time.
And the list goes a little something like this:
10) Chopper
9) Stop Making Sense
8) Dancer in the Dark
7) Tears of a Black Tiger
6) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5) Tokyo Story
4) Blue Velvet
3) Hausu
2) Last Year in Marienbad
1) West Side Story
I can confirm no Kevin Costner is present. He will not be making any appearance in anything I do, watch, smell or ingest.
Two of my selections are brand new as I've seen them this year, Hausu and Tokyo Story, during my recent jaunt to the BFI in London.
That's it from me, be back soon.
Ian
And the list goes a little something like this:
10) Chopper
9) Stop Making Sense
8) Dancer in the Dark
7) Tears of a Black Tiger
6) One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
5) Tokyo Story
4) Blue Velvet
3) Hausu
2) Last Year in Marienbad
1) West Side Story
I can confirm no Kevin Costner is present. He will not be making any appearance in anything I do, watch, smell or ingest.
Two of my selections are brand new as I've seen them this year, Hausu and Tokyo Story, during my recent jaunt to the BFI in London.
That's it from me, be back soon.
Ian
Monday, 25 January 2010
Hi All!
So here they are. It's taken me a long time just to get to this stage... and the lists will probably change again.
Had so many that nearly made it but I've gone for ones that I could watch again and again without getting fed up or beginning to dislike them.
Here are my top ten colour films
1) Terminator 2
2) Cool Hand Luke
3) Reservoir Dogs
4) The Sound of Music
5) The Untouchables
6) West Side Story
7) Amelie
8) Spirited Away
9) No Way Out
10) The Breakfast Club
#have only just realised that two of these have Kevin Costner in - Oh my GOD! I think maybe number 9 might become The Blue Max (not really as thrilling but a young George Peppard is way better than Kevin Costner any day of the week). This realisation might have just ruined the whole list. In fact it definately has. And I was so close..
Ones that oh so nearly made it - Rear Window (1954 version), Singin' in the Rain, Ferris Buellers Day Off, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Ghostbusters, Battle Royale, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Delicatessan, 3:10 to Yuma (1957 version), A Matter of Life and Death, Nightmare Before Christmas, Breakfast at Tiffanys, the Life of Brian, Speed, Vertigo, the Neverending Story, The Paleface, Muriels Wedding, Black Narcissus, The Burbs, The Little Shop of Horrors (1986 version), Weird Science!.......... and that's just the tip of the iceberg! The list goes on and on - it's no use, I'm going to have to redo the colour films list. How can I get it to just ten? Maybe I need a top ten musicals list which would free up a couple of spaces.
However, I am sure my black and white film list is absolutely correct!
Here are my top ten b&w films
1) Bringing Up Baby
2) Mr Smith Goes to Washington
3) Went the Day Well
4) Last Year in Marienbad
5) Spirit of Saint Louis
6) Wuthering Heights (1939 version)
7) Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923 version)
8) To Kill A Mockingbird
9) The Music Box
10) The Wicked Lady (1945 version)
Would be great to hear what your top tens are! (and no mum, you can't just have ten films with Keanu Reeves in). This always seems to come up in conversation and films are an important part of our work so I thought I'd finally try and come up with an answer. Don't even get me started on what my top ten books might be......
Back to the DVD shelf for me!
Tracey
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