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Monday, October 19, 2015

Night of the Living Dead (1990)


Film Appreciation

Released on October 19, 1990, Night of the Living Dead was a horror film directed by Tom Savini and starring Tony Todd and Patricia Tallman. The movie was a remake of the 1968 horror film by George A. Romero.


Friday, October 16, 2015

Paul Strand


Photography Appreciation

Paul Strand was an American photographer and filmmaker known for his early abstractions and establishing photography as an art form in the 20th century. Early in his career, his work was promoted in Stieglitz and Steichen's 291 art gallery and photography publication Camera Work. He's also a founder of the Photo League, a group of New York photographers known for promoting social and political causes through their art.

You can see more of his photos HERE.


Wall Street, New York (1915) via bostonglobe

Rebecca (1922) via washingtonspeaks


Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Strand
https://www.artsy.net/artist/paul-strand
http://www.masters-of-photography.com/S/strand/strand.html
http://www.philamuseum.org/
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/24/arts/paul-strands-lifetime-of-photography-at-philadelphia-museum.html?ref=design&_r=1
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/theater-art/2014/11/22/paul-strand-making-photography-modern/GQlHLKr84n9iffRcpGPeoM/story.html
http://bolsh-july.livejournal.com/52153.html
http://washingtonspeaks.blogspot.com/2012/11/sex-and-serials-at-national-gallery-of.html

Monday, October 12, 2015

Puppet Master (1989)


Film Appreciation

Two words: Scary Weird. Yet, I remember being very scared when I watched this movie as a kid. Perhaps it was because we had a few puppets around the house, but none that looked like Blade, Pinhead or Leech Woman.

The direct-to-video movie, Puppet Master, was written by Charles Band and Kenneth J. Hall and directed by David Schmoeller. The movie starred William Hickey and Paul Le Mat.



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