Hey did you hear there’s a movie coming out based on Maurice Sendak’s book Where the Wild Things Are? Yeah, I had no idea either. Luckily The Cinefamily on Fairfax, along with documentarian Lance Bangs, will be bringing us up to date with a tribute to Maurice Sendak featuring “original animated adaptations (on 16mm!) of Where the Wild Things Are and In the Night Kitchen, along with new short films made by Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze while the new live action adaptation of Wild Things was in production.”
“Jonze had been friends with Maurice Sendak for more than five years before he began working on his feature film, and these new short films capture a sometimes melancholy but always wickedly funny Sendak as he reflects on his Depression-era childhood in the Brooklyn shtetl, a joyous day at the World’s Fair, the kidnapping of the Lindbergh baby, his books “In The Night Kitchen” and “Higgledy Piggledy Pop!”, his two beloved Hermans (Melville, and his German shepherd namesake), and a long-buried secret.”
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Trailers and info for todays’ screenings of Man on Wire and In a Dream:
“Man on Wire” recalls the story of Philippe Petit, who in 1974 stepped out on a wire illegally rigged between the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center, in a feat that became known as “the artistic crime of the century.” Directed by James Marsh and produced by Simon Chinn, “Man on Wire” won the 2008 Academy Award® for Documentary Feature.”
“In a Dream” chronicles the work of artist Isaiah Zagar, who has covered Philadelphia with mosaic murals for the past four decades, and his tumultuous relationship with his wife as a new chapter in their life unfolds. “In a Dream” was directed by Jeremiah Zagar and produced by Jeremy Yaches.”
The soundtrack to Where the Wild Things Are is now streeming on the internets for your aural enjoyment courtesy of imeem. Featuring Karen O and The Kids, the composer and Yeah Yeah Yeahs frontwoman “enlisted friends and fellow musicians she believed had a musical intuition that would bolster her intent to marry sound to vision. These include Tristan Bechet (Services), Tom Biller (co-producer with Karen O and member of Afternoons), Bradford Cox (Deerhunter), Brian Chase (Yeah Yeah Yeahs), Dean Fertita (Queens of the Stone Age, The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs), Aaron Hemphill (Liars), Greg Kurstin (The Bird and the Bee), Jack Lawrence (The Dead Weather, The Raconteurs, The Greenhornes), Oscar Michel (Gris Gris), Imaad Wasif (New Folk Implosion, Alaska), Nick Zinner, (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) and an untrained childrens choir.”
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The on-going battle to know things gets an upgrade with Did You Know 4.0. Does this mean whatever we learned in Did You Know 3.0 is no longer valid? Either way I’m still fascinated by facts, even when they’re bombarding my brain with cheap motion graphics graphics which remind me just how oblivious I really am.
“This is another official update to the original “Shift Happens” video. This completely new Fall 2009 version includes facts and stats focusing on the changing media landscape, including convergence and technology, and was developed in partnership with The Economist. For more information, or to join the conversation, please visit http://mediaconvergence.economist.com and http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com.
Content by XPLANE, The Economist, Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and Laura Bestler. Design and development by XPLANE, http://www.xplane.com.“
BONUS: For those of you who aren’t into the fact finding so much but still enjoy watching words move across your computer screen, knock yourselves out with this response video in which 70% of the facts presented are 100% made up.
If you’re looking to keep your weekend alive and kicking this Monday, look no further than the art and music showcase known as the Hollywood Artwalk #2 tonight at The Dragonfly. Featuring art and installations created by local artists joined by a multitude of musicians led by badass DJ Bryan Davidson.
Hollywood Artwalk #2The Dragonfly
6510 Santa Monica Blvd & Wilcox
21+ Doors Open at 830p until 2am
$5 donation with proceeds going towards the artists
“Hollywood Artwalk is an grassroots music and arts festival featuring 17 artists showing work and doing live art installations, 4 live bands, and 10 DJs… It is a monthly community project that brings together artists and musicians under one roof at The DragonFly.”
LIVE on the Mainstage: Change overs by DJ Bryan Davidson
9:00p: KANDACE FERREL (Live set)
10:00p: NAPOLEON COMPLEX
11:00pm: CRAZEDOTCOM
12:15a: THE DREAMERS
12:45am: DJ KNFPRTY
SPECIAL GUESTS DJS:
ROOM 2 – “GIRL on GIRL “
SYRENA
DIVA DANIELLE
RED SONYA
ALICIA
PATIO PARTY with special guest DJs:
BEN OPRSTU (Danceism)
BRANDO COMMANDO
CARNIVOREXIC
Resident DJs:
THE BEAT VENTRILOQUISTS
AUDREY NAPOLEON
BRYAN DAVIDSON
ED GOLD
HOLLYWOOD ARTWALK ARTISTS:
PROTO
ADAH GLEN
CHRIS PAEZ
SARAH CHO
CRAKA
GAS
VILE
CHUCK CAUTON
KIMBERLY TORRES
MICHAEL PUKAC
MAX NEUTRA
TYLER FLOREN
GRACE NUNEZ
MARLON MARINERO
ROGER MONTENEGRO
BITTA
KYOKO
Free beverage presentation by HONEST TEA…
Come celebrate Les Correa’s birthday with us..!
HOLLYWOOD ARTWALK drink specials ALL NIGHT:
$4 Hornitos Tequila menu
$4 POM-a-ritas
$2 Pabst Blue Ribbon cans
LA TORTA LOCA Mexican food catering..!
Find yourself watching unintentional comedy and painting words while writing images in Hollywood, and then eat, drink, and be merry on the Westside before the cops come to harsh your mellow.
Stop watching the Youtubes because the Found Footage Festival is back and ready to celebrate “laughably bad videos rescued from garbage bins, garage sales, thrift stores, and warehouses across the country.”
The always inspiring Corita Art Center opens it’s doors to the public for Saturday’s Smithsonian sponsored Museum Day and will host workshops based on Sister Corita’s use of “text as image” special guest artist John Carrera’s use of “image as text” as seen in his book Pictorial Webster’s. The day is free to all, however the workshop is limited to 15 participants and costs $20. Advance registration required.
Painting Words/ Writing Pictures
Saturday, Sept 26th, doors open at 11am workshop begins at 12:30
Corita Art Center
5515 Franklin Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90028
(NW corner of Franklin and Western Avenues in Hollywood. Entrance is on Western at the AFI gate)
Admission is free. Workshop cost is $20.
And for the beach lovers and Westsiders, Venice’s Abbot Kinney Festival ends the weekend with fun for everyone with an all day extravaganza of music, art, food, and the obligatory drum circles.
Abbot Kinney Festival
Sunday, September 27th, 10am-6pm
Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA 90291
When the combo platter of graffiti artist Blu and artist/filmmaker David Ellis get together the possibilities are limitless. The appropriately titled COMBO is one of those possibilities. Though not as impressive or groundbreaking as MUTO (Blu’s 2008 must-see masterpiece), COMBO is certainly a visionary collabo that must be seen to be appreciated.
The battle of classic childrens’ books made into film banners begins as the characters from Wes Anderson’s adaptation of Roald Dahl’sFantastic Mr. Fox have been unveiled. Courtesy of Empire.
The theatrical and IMAX banners for Where the Wild Things Are have been unleashed into the wild and October 16th can’t get here soon enough. Courtesy of Cinematical.
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The day following a weekend’s worth of celebrating birthdays and weddings isn’t as easy to deal with as it used to be and has thus left my brain and my body pretty much split into two. Here are the accompanying visuals to help illustrate my Monday and hoping yours isn’t as endless as the gif that keeps on gifing:
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