On Sunday Sharon and I went to see Spellbound, and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Its funny that this is the second documentary we’ve seen at the flicks in as many outings. see below. Here it may not be life and death, but it sure feels like it. We follow eight kids as they battle through the National Spelling Bee in Washington D.C. As I saw the kids they kind of reminded me of Martin in The Simpsons ( I wondered how long it would be before the show got a mention).
Both of the documentaries are part of The Director’s Chair which shows films that aren’t mainstream. Its a good idea, except the films aren’t really publicised, except in the local paper. There were quite a few people at Spellbound, and even more at Touching the Void. I know if feels like these films get marginalised, but at least they’re shown.
It’s nice to think Lance has one of these in the garage. Its a thing of beauty, a folding trek bike with Bontrager wheels, 9 speed, cromo forks…mmm. Unfortunately it cost £450. Maybe I’ll get one to ride when I finally get rid of the car, wouldn’t that be great. Having said that, my little 106 passed the MOT first time today, and its been really easy. It would be a nice ambition to cut down on car travel, it all depends on work, trains etc.
Imakethings would love this site with lots of pictures of ROBOTS
Talking of Freaks, Alex Winter of Bill and Ted’s fame made a great film called “Freaks” which sort of reworked the orginal. This a huge fansite, with loads of information – I couldn’t believe how many adverts he’s made, including the Pringles ad with the dog
Jojo in the stars is an animation by Marc Craste. It recently won a Bafta for best animated short. Everything I’ve seen so far, including this interview at AnimWatch is great. There’s a kind of Eraserhead mood about it, and in the plot, there are echoes of Freaks which as is a great film made in 1932 about the characters in a circus troupe. Jojo is beautifully lit and the images are tender but a little scary. As soon as there’s a screening, we’ll get tickets.
I don’t know any html, and if it hadn’t been for this cheatsheet at Webmonkey,then I wouldn’t even know how to link to it. So this might be helpful to Chris, but it doesn’t look like he needs my help. i should also mention the greatness that is BBedit, if you can use this program well, then you can call yourself a full on web designery thingy ( I bet I’m getting into deep water with this post – oh well comments on – go for it)
Typical that as soon as I get my Gameboy Advance SP with the joy and pain that is Zelda, that Nintendo decide to bring out something new…except it won’t look like this.
…nothing can compare to the experience that Joe Simpson had on that mountain. The film is a fine companion to the book. Its sad to think that after everything, when all is lost, its not your loved ones or the best experiences of your life you think about…its Boney M.
