Things I wish I had made – Page 2

Family History – Gillian Wearing

By admin | March 5, 2017

I love this work and this book. I love GW. More on Family History here.

Sans Soleil

By admin | February 21, 2017

Revisiting Marker’s 1983 Sans Soleil this weekend was like visiting an old friend who has aged beautifully and is more inspirational than ever. Sigh. Watch it here. Screenshots – Sans Soleil…

About an hour of Christian Marclay’s The Clock

By admin | June 19, 2016

Because all montage brings you here. Isn’t interesting how we try to watch this, the most precise of works? Out of time, offbeat, from the side, in dribs and drabs. Thanks to kottke.org. About an hour of Christian Marclay’s The Clock. About The Clock here.

brickjest.com

By admin | February 27, 2016

Infinite Jest has been illustrated with Lego by Sebastian Griffith and his son. Visit brickjest.com

It’s Back

By admin | February 22, 2016

Daily inspiration once more on my commute. Feels like a long time coming.

Ben Wheatley & Amy Jump

By admin | December 14, 2015

Oh when will you finish High-rise Ben? Early reviews were worrying, but I know it’ll be ok in the end. In the meantime, I’ll be re-watching genre-melting Kill List and A Field in England. Amy Jump, you make it all worthwhile.

The rise and fall of the videophone

By admin | December 7, 2015

David Foster Wallace – this is why he is the greatest. A daily inspiration and currently the driver of the film I’m working on.

Kittens, Inspired by Kittens – and Hollis Frampton

By admin | November 25, 2014

Ok. This is not the place to post cute cat videos, I know, I know. But Kittens, Inspired by Kittens is, well, inspired. And I can’t help but think it has been secretly influenced by Hollis Frampton’s (nostalgia). Watch them both and decide! (nostagia) Kittens, Inspired by Kittens

Pieter Bruegel, a low level obsession continues

By admin | October 31, 2014

Detail from In Spain there was Guernica, They Are the We of Me, GoMA, 2005

I’ve long used Bruegel in my work and been fascinated by the uses others make of his imagery. Tarkovsky as a way to search for a memory of humanity (Solaris, 1972), Von Trier as a pessimistic nod to Tarkovsky (Melancholia, 2011) and Roeg more simply to connect Rip Torn to Our David while their characters…

Room 237

By admin | August 20, 2014

Just re-watched this mesmerising 2012 documentary directed by Rodney Ascher. You can see it all on YouTube, but why not buy it instead? Here’s a YouTube clip: Danny’s Impossible Tricycle Ride