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Archive for January, 2008

Moros Eros: On My Side – Jesse Ewles

Moros Eros: On My Side (2007) An urban hunter works their way through the city’s back alleys pouching balloon versions of endangered species.

DN EP 072: 8 – Benjamin Ducroz

Artist and director Benjamin Ducroz has in the past associated his work with media bondage and saturation, he joins us this week to discuss his improvised approach to tactile stop frame animation along with the balance between passion projects and paying commissions. 8 Materials Stills Showlinks ducroz.com Videodrome Via No Fat Clips

8 – Benjamin Ducroz

8 (2007) The shape that moves in space, through time changes its form and returns to its original state and place. The shape that represents measurement statistics and swiss cheese. Nothing practical, nothing didactical, just another formal experiment. No political, environmental, commercial or social motive, just another pointless animation by Benjamin Ducroz.

DN EP 071: Good Copy Bad Copy – Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen & Henrik Moltke

Ralf Christensen joins us this week to discuss his film Good Copy Bad Copy – co-directed with Andreas Johnsen and Henrik Moltke – a documentary debate investigating the opposing views to copyright and how it affects us all as the media we consume becomes ever more accessible. Good Copy Bad Copy Materials Stills Showlinks Good [...]

Good Copy Bad Copy – Andreas Johnsen, Ralf Christensen & Henrik Moltke

Good Copy Bad Copy (2007) A documentary about the current state of copyright and culture.

Happy Birthday Miss D

Miss D turns the fine age of 25+? today and while we haven’t see much of her here in ’07 as she’s been tending to the DN heir CaBelle while I interview, post and the like, I’m sure you’ll all be wishing her Happy Birthday along with me!

Site Redesign

OK, so I posted this thought out loud several hours back, then due to the utter dreadfulness that was Celebrity Dance on Ice or something like that – Miss D’s mum’s visiting so our TV is currently committing crimes against humanity – I was spurred on to actually do something about it and after a [...]

DN EP 070: Routes – Alex Reuben

As part of my CINECITY ’07 Film Festival coverage I caught up with DJ and director Alex Reuben at South East Dance’s Dance For Camera launch to discuss his dance road movie Routes and the roll of dance as a major tool in documentary filmmaking. Showlinks Alex Reuben Alex Reuben MySpace CINECITY South East Dance [...]

Routes – Alex Reuben

Routes (2007) A dance road-movie inspired by Harry Smith’s compilation, Anthology of American Folk Music. Alex Reuben sets out on the road to document lesser-known forms of American culture and the extraordinary dancing Americans of the Deep South.

MarBelle 2007 Top Ten

Why do I feel the unhealthy, compulsion to spend days obsessing over what 10 out of the 123 films I watched this year (told you I was obsessive!) were my favourites, and why do I have to wait until every day of previous year has passed to ensure I’ve truly seen all the films I’m [...]

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