http://www.empireonline.com/crypticcanvas/
So far, I had found:
-Walk The line
-The Thin Red Line
-The Gladiator
-Enter The Dragon
-Traffic
-Monster Inc
-The Green Mile
-Snake on the plane
-Eagle Eye
-The Matrix
-Interview with the Vampire
-Pi
-The Two Towers
-the diving bell and the butterfly
-The Zodiac
-Pirates of the caribbean
-The pianist
-Million dollar baby
-Happy Feet
-Saw
-Bolt
-Trainspotting
-No Country for Old Men
-Iron Man
-Anchorman (or Anchor Man)
-Signs
-Milk
-Chocolat
-Crash
-Scream
-The Fisher King (Which I haven't seen)
Whatlese?
2009年6月7日 星期日
2009年1月5日 星期一
[Review] Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death
Wallace and Gromit had always been my favourite british show, it is very british (Chess on Biscuit, a cup of tea...), cute, humorous and easy to understand. A claymation for the children and adult.
Wallace is an inventor which invented many goldberg machines for simple daily tasks like waking up, toasting, etc. And Gromit is the highly intelligent beagle dog living with him who always solves the problem and saves the day.
So far, the producer, Nick Parker had done three episodes which last 30 minutes, a film and a short series since 1983. I haven't seen the short series, but saw the rest (A Grand Day Out, Close Shave, Wrong Trouser, Wererabbit), even the spin off Shaun the Sheep.
The story is very easy to understand, it also had shown indirect reference to many films, with a good sense of humour, every scene and action had been carefully put together by the director, and there is always something for everyone no matters the age group. Overall, it is a lovely series...so far.
Having just seen the Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death on iPlayer, my impression had changed a bit.
This episode started the partner as bakers, and with the recent news of a series baker killer on the loose. It quickly introduce an old pin up girl that seems to have a crash with wallace...
To sum up my feeling, the latest episode is for a more mature group rather than for all ages, it had clearly aim to be challenging by introducing serial killer, murders and death of the character and mild sexual reference. This episode also introduced a love interest for Gromit, which is rather nice to see, but doubt she will appear in the next episode?
I didn't enjoyed this episode as much as the previous ones, felt it had lost the feeling of innocence, as wallace commented after he saw the news of the baker killer. "At least that means more business for us"
More information:
http://www.wallaceandgromit.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wallace_and_Gromit
iPlayer Link: Expired on 8th/Jan/09
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00g8hbw/Wallace_and_Gromit_A_Matter_of_Loaf_and_Death/
2008年12月18日 星期四
[Criticism] Katy Grannan's Westerner
Went to see the Katy Grannan's Westerner at The Photographer's Gallery today, and I was not disappointed. This is my first criticism, so please bear the bad english and lack of communication skill.
Katy Grannan's Westerner, at Photographer's Gallery till Feb/2009
http://www.photonet.org.uk/index.php?pxid=948
The leaflet quote: A lifetime spent in the northeast makes me suspicious of so much sun, but out west, there is no hiding from it. -Katy Grannan
It continues to say: the exhibition features colour portraits of individuals living on the west coast of America who endeavour to define themselves under the scrutiny of a rentless pacific sun.
The exhibitions features around 20 colour portraits, which can be divided into two groups, one group feature two very close transexual friends, Gale and Dale, and the other group feature a young girl, Nicole.
As her quote suggested, it is about how people exposed themselves, under the sun or under camera.
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Firstly, I am gonna talk about Dale and Gail, most of the photos she took feature them as female, the dress, the make up, the poses, all represent them as female. This can be quite striking, at the same time of seeing them posing as female, you can not help yourself to think of them as male, but the strong ferminity they represent shatter your thought. In the leaflet, it also said: For many, the american west hold a mystical status as a destination for rugged individualists, those willing to risk everything in a quest for opportunity and reinvention. I can not help myself but to imagine the background story of Gale and Dale, maybe they are local or maybe they come to this place after they abandoned their malehood, to reinvent themself.
Watching them dress and pose, maybe you think, this is wrong and sick, but maybe this is the little happiness they can have, and would you take their right to be happy away? For them, posing as a female is posing within posing, even with their physical male part removed, their psychological male part (memories, experiences as male) can not be removed completely...
I am gonna talk about the two portraits which strike me most with Dale and Gale, the first one is the gale holding a baby. The contrast between the two subject matter is so strong, old and young, limited and limitless of possibilities, could not and could have babies in the future, if the baby is a girl, then the contrast is even stronger as the baby represent something gale can never become, a girl.
The other striking portrait is the big one in the middle of the galery wall, feature both of them sit aside, head bend down, I think the message o the portrait can be described as: No matter how bad things are, at least we still have each other...
---------------------------------
About Nicole:
She is a complete different creature from dale and gale, I remember hearing the interview with Katy Grannan that Nicole is very hard to control, which is a intresting challenge to her as the photographer, the introduction on the wall also said Nicole is psychologically very complex, and this can be observed from every portraits she did, you see a different Nicole, except for one with the baby which I will talk about later.
She was doing a nude on the beach, but by thinking of a nude on beach, my mind had shown me great blue sea and sky, a youthful body, clean and simple, but what you get is a body twisted in an strange pose, with her hair almost cover her eyes, and patches of sand all over her leg, which break your expectation completly, its like, after she hear and understand the instruction from the photographer, she act to oppose her idea, to break the rules, so in the end you get very strange portraits, she doesn't want to follow the rules, the reason of that maybe unconciously self-protection, she protect her innerself by acting out this crazy character.
However, I had also noticed something, one of the portraits features she with a swallowed abedomen, which I guess is the sign of pregency, in that portraits, she is shown to be worn out, tired, trashed, a bit depressive, acompannied by a candle with christian art(?), and this is shot in 2006. Her last portraits, shot in 2007, feature her holding a baby named "Star",
it does not stated whether it is her baby, but her expression had changed from the role of rebelious girl to a mother, I think this portrait is the most unpretended of her.
Another interesting thing I noticed is both dale/gale and Nicole series features a female figure holding a baby, gale holding a baby represent two people doing different thing in the same frame (Gail is touching the baby, but the baby looks straight into the camera.) But Nicole holding the baby show a very classic family portrait.
I think the photographer, Katy Grannan photograph the series with no intention to explain her subject to the audiences, but rather let the audience interpret themselves.
It is something new, show me new ways of photography can be done and shown, let me think alot, so I enjoyed it.
Thanks for reading (if you actually read till here...)
Other Reviews:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/artexhibition-20652117-details/Katy+Grannan:+The+Westerns/artexhibitionReview.do?reviewId=23598235
http://www.photoeye.com/magazine/Reviews/2008/09_11_The_Westerns.cfm
http://thefourohfive.com/2008/12/15/katy-grannan-at-the-photographers-gallery/
Katy Grannan's Westerner, at Photographer's Gallery till Feb/2009
http://www.photonet.org.uk/index.php?pxid=948
The leaflet quote: A lifetime spent in the northeast makes me suspicious of so much sun, but out west, there is no hiding from it. -Katy Grannan
It continues to say: the exhibition features colour portraits of individuals living on the west coast of America who endeavour to define themselves under the scrutiny of a rentless pacific sun.
The exhibitions features around 20 colour portraits, which can be divided into two groups, one group feature two very close transexual friends, Gale and Dale, and the other group feature a young girl, Nicole.
As her quote suggested, it is about how people exposed themselves, under the sun or under camera.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Firstly, I am gonna talk about Dale and Gail, most of the photos she took feature them as female, the dress, the make up, the poses, all represent them as female. This can be quite striking, at the same time of seeing them posing as female, you can not help yourself to think of them as male, but the strong ferminity they represent shatter your thought. In the leaflet, it also said: For many, the american west hold a mystical status as a destination for rugged individualists, those willing to risk everything in a quest for opportunity and reinvention. I can not help myself but to imagine the background story of Gale and Dale, maybe they are local or maybe they come to this place after they abandoned their malehood, to reinvent themself.
Watching them dress and pose, maybe you think, this is wrong and sick, but maybe this is the little happiness they can have, and would you take their right to be happy away? For them, posing as a female is posing within posing, even with their physical male part removed, their psychological male part (memories, experiences as male) can not be removed completely...
I am gonna talk about the two portraits which strike me most with Dale and Gale, the first one is the gale holding a baby. The contrast between the two subject matter is so strong, old and young, limited and limitless of possibilities, could not and could have babies in the future, if the baby is a girl, then the contrast is even stronger as the baby represent something gale can never become, a girl.
The other striking portrait is the big one in the middle of the galery wall, feature both of them sit aside, head bend down, I think the message o the portrait can be described as: No matter how bad things are, at least we still have each other...
---------------------------------
About Nicole:
She is a complete different creature from dale and gale, I remember hearing the interview with Katy Grannan that Nicole is very hard to control, which is a intresting challenge to her as the photographer, the introduction on the wall also said Nicole is psychologically very complex, and this can be observed from every portraits she did, you see a different Nicole, except for one with the baby which I will talk about later.
She was doing a nude on the beach, but by thinking of a nude on beach, my mind had shown me great blue sea and sky, a youthful body, clean and simple, but what you get is a body twisted in an strange pose, with her hair almost cover her eyes, and patches of sand all over her leg, which break your expectation completly, its like, after she hear and understand the instruction from the photographer, she act to oppose her idea, to break the rules, so in the end you get very strange portraits, she doesn't want to follow the rules, the reason of that maybe unconciously self-protection, she protect her innerself by acting out this crazy character.
However, I had also noticed something, one of the portraits features she with a swallowed abedomen, which I guess is the sign of pregency, in that portraits, she is shown to be worn out, tired, trashed, a bit depressive, acompannied by a candle with christian art(?), and this is shot in 2006. Her last portraits, shot in 2007, feature her holding a baby named "Star",
it does not stated whether it is her baby, but her expression had changed from the role of rebelious girl to a mother, I think this portrait is the most unpretended of her.
Another interesting thing I noticed is both dale/gale and Nicole series features a female figure holding a baby, gale holding a baby represent two people doing different thing in the same frame (Gail is touching the baby, but the baby looks straight into the camera.) But Nicole holding the baby show a very classic family portrait.
I think the photographer, Katy Grannan photograph the series with no intention to explain her subject to the audiences, but rather let the audience interpret themselves.
It is something new, show me new ways of photography can be done and shown, let me think alot, so I enjoyed it.
Thanks for reading (if you actually read till here...)
Other Reviews:
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/arts/artexhibition-20652117-details/Katy+Grannan:+The+Westerns/artexhibitionReview.do?reviewId=23598235
http://www.photoeye.com/magazine/Reviews/2008/09_11_The_Westerns.cfm
http://thefourohfive.com/2008/12/15/katy-grannan-at-the-photographers-gallery/
[影] Lomo VS Leica
After watching a documentary on Lomography,
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd-fufbjeo0
A few interesting fact can be said about lomo and leica, just for fun, no offence, as I am a Leica user, also plan to try lomo in the future.
Lomo vs Leica
Russia/German
Flawed/Flawless
Fun/Serious
Plastic/Metal (By comparison)
Cheap/Expensive (By comparison)
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd-fufbjeo0
A few interesting fact can be said about lomo and leica, just for fun, no offence, as I am a Leica user, also plan to try lomo in the future.
Lomo vs Leica
Russia/German
Flawed/Flawless
Fun/Serious
Plastic/Metal (By comparison)
Cheap/Expensive (By comparison)
2008年11月27日 星期四
[Beta.6] 重整和改組
中文已經退步許多,很多事情都在重新開始, 我現在就如同腐敗的政府, 需要重新改組,如同散亂的房間, 需要整理, 很久沒寫的部落格將暫時關閉, 重新準備, 到時候會以嶄新的面目與大家見面, 請拭目以待 :)
在各位等待的同時...可以到我的Flickr網站上看看,非常歡迎所有的指教
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30270174@N05/
在各位等待的同時...可以到我的Flickr網站上看看,非常歡迎所有的指教
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30270174@N05/
2008年8月22日 星期五
2008年8月1日 星期五
Chess, the Performance from Taiwan in Edinburgh Fringe 2008! 來自高雄的Dansmuscian 將在國際藝穗節演出 對弈 Chess！
親愛的同學們：
今年的愛丁堡藝穗節特別不一樣，來自故鄉台灣的Dansmusicians劇團 (左派舞蹈
協會和薪傳打擊樂團共同創立)將於藝穗節中演出音樂舞蹈劇---對弈（Chess），
從8月1號演出至25號 (13號休演)。
以下節目介紹，部份摘自高雄市政府文化局網站：
《對弈》（Chess）是Dansmusicians劇團特別針對2008年愛丁堡藝穗節所企劃製
作的音樂舞蹈劇。原本在舞蹈和音樂各自獨領風騷的左派舞蹈協會和薪傳打擊樂
團，第一次攜手合作，跨界創作此劇目，全劇長約為五十分鐘，劇中結合音樂及舞
蹈的概念，融入不同型態的表演方式，成功地結合音樂、舞蹈、戲劇等多元的要
素，完美的呈現出跨領域的藝術表演。
《對弈》（Chess）舞作概念源自棋盤中的對弈，由中國古典故事中的霸王別姬
為發展主軸，再以棋盤的楚河漢界作為發想，引伸出英雄好漢疆土相爭的恩怨情仇
與謀略。戲劇表現方式是以說書者點出人物角色，人聲合唱混搭電子音樂、鑼鼓
等，演出一場英雄「對弈」，故事節奏高潮迭起，精彩可期，大家可盡情享受這場
結合音樂與舞蹈的饗宴。
對弈的影片:
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=6pBMSZvwWcg
劇照:
http://picasaweb.google.com/coffineopal/Chess
表演名稱: Chess 對弈
時間： 8月1號-25號 13:15-14:15 (13號除外)
地點： Assembly Universal Arts, 96 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DH
購票電話: 0131 623 3030
彩圖在Fringe的節目本的第121頁, 英文介紹請參考131頁
八月1號2號票半價, 3號4號還有買一送一喔, 詳情請上網至Fringe的購票網址:
http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?a...hows&id=404
請大家告訴大家, 一起來為故鄉的文化加油
高智鵬
----------------------------------------------------------
Dear All:
To whom is interested,
Dansmusician Group from Kaohsiung, Taiwan will be performing their
exclusive piece of theatre, CHESS in Edinburgh Fringe from
1st/Aug-25th/Aug from 13:15-14:15 in Assembly Universal Arts, 96 George
Street.
Set in troubled times of the Chin Dynasty this ancient Chinese tale
evokes battles on the field, and in love, of warrior rivals Xiang Lu and
Liu Bang. Combining Taiwanese contemporary and traditional music, dance
and storytelling in English.
Exclusive Trailer on Youtube:
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=6pBMSZvwWcg
Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/coffineopal/Chess
Name: Chess
Time： 1st/Aug-25th/Aug 13:15-14:15 (Exclude 13th/Aug)
Venue： Assembly Universal Arts, 96 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DH
Box Office: 0131 623 3030
Details can be found on page 131 on the Edinburgh Fringe Programme
There is an exclusive offer of 2 for 1 tickets on 3rd and 4th of Aug,
for for information, please go on Edfringe
http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?a...hows&id=404
Lucas Kao
今年的愛丁堡藝穗節特別不一樣，來自故鄉台灣的Dansmusicians劇團 (左派舞蹈
協會和薪傳打擊樂團共同創立)將於藝穗節中演出音樂舞蹈劇---對弈（Chess），
從8月1號演出至25號 (13號休演)。
以下節目介紹，部份摘自高雄市政府文化局網站：
《對弈》（Chess）是Dansmusicians劇團特別針對2008年愛丁堡藝穗節所企劃製
作的音樂舞蹈劇。原本在舞蹈和音樂各自獨領風騷的左派舞蹈協會和薪傳打擊樂
團，第一次攜手合作，跨界創作此劇目，全劇長約為五十分鐘，劇中結合音樂及舞
蹈的概念，融入不同型態的表演方式，成功地結合音樂、舞蹈、戲劇等多元的要
素，完美的呈現出跨領域的藝術表演。
《對弈》（Chess）舞作概念源自棋盤中的對弈，由中國古典故事中的霸王別姬
為發展主軸，再以棋盤的楚河漢界作為發想，引伸出英雄好漢疆土相爭的恩怨情仇
與謀略。戲劇表現方式是以說書者點出人物角色，人聲合唱混搭電子音樂、鑼鼓
等，演出一場英雄「對弈」，故事節奏高潮迭起，精彩可期，大家可盡情享受這場
結合音樂與舞蹈的饗宴。
對弈的影片:
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=6pBMSZvwWcg
劇照:
http://picasaweb.google.com/coffineopal/Chess
表演名稱: Chess 對弈
時間： 8月1號-25號 13:15-14:15 (13號除外)
地點： Assembly Universal Arts, 96 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DH
購票電話: 0131 623 3030
彩圖在Fringe的節目本的第121頁, 英文介紹請參考131頁
八月1號2號票半價, 3號4號還有買一送一喔, 詳情請上網至Fringe的購票網址:
http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?a...hows&id=404
請大家告訴大家, 一起來為故鄉的文化加油
高智鵬
----------------------------------------------------------
Dear All:
To whom is interested,
Dansmusician Group from Kaohsiung, Taiwan will be performing their
exclusive piece of theatre, CHESS in Edinburgh Fringe from
1st/Aug-25th/Aug from 13:15-14:15 in Assembly Universal Arts, 96 George
Street.
Set in troubled times of the Chin Dynasty this ancient Chinese tale
evokes battles on the field, and in love, of warrior rivals Xiang Lu and
Liu Bang. Combining Taiwanese contemporary and traditional music, dance
and storytelling in English.
Exclusive Trailer on Youtube:
http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=6pBMSZvwWcg
Photos:
http://picasaweb.google.com/coffineopal/Chess
Name: Chess
Time： 1st/Aug-25th/Aug 13:15-14:15 (Exclude 13th/Aug)
Venue： Assembly Universal Arts, 96 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 3DH
Box Office: 0131 623 3030
Details can be found on page 131 on the Edinburgh Fringe Programme
There is an exclusive offer of 2 for 1 tickets on 3rd and 4th of Aug,
for for information, please go on Edfringe
http://www.edfringe.com/shows/detail.php?a...hows&id=404
Lucas Kao
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