The blog page of Bas Jan Ader's website is maybe the saddest place on the internet, in a beautifully haunting way. He set sail from the east coast of the United States in a 12 1/2 foot sailboat which was found partially submerged off the coast of Ireland six months later. The videos he left behind are pitch perfect most of the time. He falls down a lot in them.
Another recent experience involving small boats on rough waters, Where the Wild Things Are, scored about a 94% with me. Almost nailed the high expectations I had thanks to the trailer. You can't put together the Arcade Fire and beautifully shot, Henson-made monsters and get anything unawesome. Spike Jonze is about to steal away my movie watching heart from Wes Anderson.
The evening after I saw the movie I attended a performance at Redcat by Cloud Eye Control called "Under Polaris" in which Anna Oxygen huffs up to the north pole singing sparkling avant orchestral poprock songs and trying to plant the seed of the human race, all while overlaid and interweaving with intricate projections on shifting surfaces. She even takes a boat over the ocean.
Under Polaris-fixed from citrusink on Vimeo.
where the wild things are & fantastic mr. fox/this is a good movie autumn for me
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