Two Weeks Fan Video

There are fan videos and then there are fan videos. And then there are videos which are so damn good, they surpass fan video status and enter the realms of “Holy crap! If this guy doesn’t do their next video, the band are plain crazy!”. Gabe Askew posted his love of Grizzly Bear with a beautiful piece of work that has been floating around the Interwebs over the past few weeks. Even Ed Droste from the band Twittered it so they know all about Gabe and his excellent work. However their official video for ‘Two Weeks’ is also stunning but here’s hoping a future collaboration is a possibility. And the more blogging people do about Gabe’s work, the more possibilities there are :)

P.S – The band should also be touring around the end of the year for the Falls Festival but no sideshows have been announced yet so look out for show announcements soon!

Wednesday, August 26 2009

Filmmaking, Music General

Gabe Askew Grizzly Bear Two Weeks

Kevin Smith Interviews

A bunch of fantastic interviews (9 segments on total) with Kevin Smith including some very real discussions on being a filmmaker, the curse of Chasing Amy, the dark (and bright) side of the Internet. The man comes across as a humble filmmaker, a guy who knows he’s not a born filmmaker but loves movies and loves to express himself cinematically.

It’s clear we’re seeing a guy who has changed as a human too, with getting married and having kids and how his taste for cinema has changed along with that growth process. This is something that inevitably happens with us film lovers is we watch a movie when we’re in our teens, love it to pieces. Then we hit our mid to late twenties and when life starts to take over, sometimes our perspectives change and so does our taste. Sure that might sound like a generalisation and it won’t apply for everyone but it appears that way for Smith.

Personally, I’ve said on the site before that I’ve always admired Smith for making films the way he wants to and he’s gotten the chance to do that. Such a small percentage of film students go onto making any kind of feature length film the way THEY want to do it and he’s done eight so he’s certainly gained my respect. Oh and his favourite Hollywood movie is Jaws. A few more video’s below and more on YouTube in the right-side bar.

Tuesday, May 26 2009

Film General, Filmmaking

Kevin Smith

Terminator Salvation Score Letdown

No Brad Fiedel theme’s in the official soundtrack although I hear they’re in the film. Sorry but can you imagine a Jaws or Star Wars film without the key themes throughout? Samples via Cinemusic.