Movie Monday
And Some Ektachrome 100D Motion Picture Film Shots
Hello, people!
I hope you all had a good weekend. Not that you asked, but mine was okay.
Before I get to today’s post, a little rambling, a pre-ramble, if you will.
On Friday, I woke up to the news that CBS is cancelling the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, just two days after Mr. Colbert called Paramount’s $16 million settlement with Felon Orange “a big fat bribe.” I don’t know much about America, or American politics, but having grown up in China, I think I can tell where this is going, and it’s not good. I am a big fan of Mr. Colbert. Between him and Seth Meyers, is pretty much half of my daily dose of America news. In this day and age, when the most important news outlets are failing their role as the watchdog-just look at NYT and WaPo-I find comedians such as Mr. Colbert and Mr. Meyers more helpful in making sense of the crazies while providing some antidote to the bad news. Their research teams put those of the big news organisations’ to shame.
I’ve been to a taping of the Late Show. It was the summer of 2016, July 29th, second day of the DNC. The guest of the taping, was the future Oscar slapper. What the disgrace that is! At the time, we were all naively believe Felon Orange was on his way out, and the world would never have to deal with him again in just over 3 months. Boy oh boy, weren’t we wrong!
Pre-ramble over!
Also on Friday, I went to watch Barry Lyndon in theatre. It was the 50th anniversary 4K restored version. I tend to resort to hyperbole when I’m impressed by a movie, but Barry Lyndon on the big screen is something different. The whole movie was made with oil on canvas, every frame of the 185 minutes. I totally gasped at the scene of Lady Lyndon with her two children. All the candlelit scenes were exquisitely lit, composed and shot with the (in)famous Zeiss 50mm f0.7. I love it when these companies flex their technical muscles and create something out of this world. And those scenes are etched in my brain.
The movie told the story of Irish country boy by the name of Redmond Barry’s rise to the ranks of the British aristocracy, conning every person and institution along the way. It does sound awfully familiar, doesn’t it?
Ireland looked very good in the movie, which I should use as an inspiration for future photo stuff. Evidently, the movie is long, so long in fact, someone sitting in my row in the theatre fell asleep halfway through, and snored till the end. There’s a treat I did not expect, or deserve.
The theatre also prepared a little keepsake for this anniversary release at the ticket counter, a little folded card with two notes to the projectionists, the 1975 original by Stanley Kubrick, and a new updated version for the 4K re-release. It’s a small thing, but it is a nice gesture and lends the theatre experience a bit more depths.
There’s the movie.
After this movie, I don’t see point of me taking photos any more. My photos will never look that good, not even close. But as I said before, this is more therapy than photography, so here I am.
Today’s photos are from a self spooled roll of Kodak’s Ektachrome 100D motion picture film I shot during a trip to Southeast Asia. I’ve always liked the look of slide films. If you point your camera at the right subject, the photos will look gorgeous. Unfortunately, my photos aren’t. But they are here
.We were in Bali for a few days, and the rain never stopped. So the best we could get out of Bali was just short strolls along the beach just outside the hotel. And we happened upon a few parasurfers, which was pretty cool to watch.
There it is. Farewell, till we meet again!
Ah early 2016 - the calm before some massive storms.
The fact that Colbert's departure/the show being cancelled is STILL in the news a week or so on tells me that there is still a bit of fight left in the some of the agencies who don't support Trump or his attempts to control the narrative.
I love this film! I was told to watch it at university for a psychology course, and I’ve had it stuck in my mind ever since. I didn’t remember the main character was Irish — I’ll have to watch it again to refresh my memory! Who would’ve thought back in 2014 that I’d end up living in Ireland? Life really does take some funny turns!