Charlie Hebdo, Before the Massacre from The New York Times - Video on Vimeo.
The New York Times posts a short documentary on Charlie Hebdo filmed in 2006 (after violent eruptions over Danish cartoons).
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Cartoonists at work
The New York Times posts a short documentary on Charlie Hebdo filmed in 2006 (after violent eruptions over Danish cartoons).
Monday, January 12, 2015
Two Movies Directed by Henry Hathaway: Call Northside 777 (1948) and Kiss of Death (1947)
I don't know much about this director, but wound up by coincidence watching two of his movies fairly close together. It turns out he's directed some famous westerns, but the following two movies aren't. They're worth watching most for certain characterizations, striking visuals, and - for the first one mentioned here - historical interest too.
Friday, January 9, 2015
Week in Seven Words #240
clatter
A sculpture park pockmarked with construction - few differences between the art displayed and the machinery making room for new installations.
distances
Her long-legged stride represents how she's made her way through life.
huddling
Clouds roll in over the river. On the rocks, a sea gull, a soda can, and a bundle of clothes that may have someone in them.
oscillate
The conversation fans out to West Africa, Korean soap opera stars, karaoke, and the way people lock their thoughts into binaries during arguments - two solutions to every problem, two possible opinions in complete opposition.
smudges
Pigeons hold court in the shadows of the bridge.
stock
He barrels out of the convenience store with a shopping cart full of cupcakes and beer. No partying in half-measures.
twinging
Walking a long distance outdoors, especially on uneven ground, gets at muscles that remain dormant during a gym routine.
A sculpture park pockmarked with construction - few differences between the art displayed and the machinery making room for new installations.
distances
Her long-legged stride represents how she's made her way through life.
huddling
Clouds roll in over the river. On the rocks, a sea gull, a soda can, and a bundle of clothes that may have someone in them.
oscillate
The conversation fans out to West Africa, Korean soap opera stars, karaoke, and the way people lock their thoughts into binaries during arguments - two solutions to every problem, two possible opinions in complete opposition.
smudges
Pigeons hold court in the shadows of the bridge.
stock
He barrels out of the convenience store with a shopping cart full of cupcakes and beer. No partying in half-measures.
twinging
Walking a long distance outdoors, especially on uneven ground, gets at muscles that remain dormant during a gym routine.
Tuesday, January 6, 2015
Monday, January 5, 2015
Week in Seven Words #239
cartoonish
The aquarium looks like an animated TV show; the water is ink, the fish cartoons lazily cutting their way past wavering plants and glittering castles.
flight
His finer side emerges in art. A sketch of leaves coaxed away by an autumn wind.
grim
Banshee music on the TV and moans from the people scribbling round the table.
nonchalant
Now that she's old and alone, she'll give people the finger with a smile, because she doesn't care anymore, and no one expects better of her.
precious
Her ankles are ribboned in Lord of the Rings tattoos.
pulsing
I identify the building by the ambulance lights flashing outside.
straitjacket
They think there's nothing new to learn beyond what they already know. Stepping outside the bounds of that knowledge is craziness and self-indulgence.
The aquarium looks like an animated TV show; the water is ink, the fish cartoons lazily cutting their way past wavering plants and glittering castles.
flight
His finer side emerges in art. A sketch of leaves coaxed away by an autumn wind.
grim
Banshee music on the TV and moans from the people scribbling round the table.
nonchalant
Now that she's old and alone, she'll give people the finger with a smile, because she doesn't care anymore, and no one expects better of her.
precious
Her ankles are ribboned in Lord of the Rings tattoos.
pulsing
I identify the building by the ambulance lights flashing outside.
straitjacket
They think there's nothing new to learn beyond what they already know. Stepping outside the bounds of that knowledge is craziness and self-indulgence.
Tuesday, December 30, 2014
Attempted Seal-Watching at Beautiful Orchard Beach in the Bronx
This past Sunday, I went to Orchard Beach in the Bronx's Pelham Bay Park to hopefully see some seals (they come down from Maine during the winter). The park rangers had set up a viewing time for low tide. Unfortunately, they didn't come out of the water. The chances would have increased with a sunny day, and even after the rain stopped the skies remained cloudy.
Still, it's a lovely beach, even in winter.
Still, it's a lovely beach, even in winter.
Week in Seven Words #238
bordered
The conversation is largely a repetition of other ones we've had. Because his point isn't to tell me something new; it's to map out the current limits of his life, at least how he sees it. He can do this, but not that. Go there, but no farther, not for now. His words make the boundaries firmer.
bowl
Sand pounded flat by feet but not by waves. It's a sheltered harbor. The water is flat and calm and waits for people to disturb it.
featureless
The sun's glare turns everyone into silhouettes.
mistrustful
A preschooler balances on a fence with his father's help. He tests his father by tipping forward suddenly; will the large hands around his waist tighten and hold him steady? They do. He tells his father, "You'll drop me!" He insists on it, against all conflicting evidence; his father will drop him - it's just a matter of time.
numbing
The idea of time healing wounds - not sure about it. At least, it's not as simple as that. Because time can bring with it numbing, which isn't necessarily the same as healing.
thrust
Roots that have punched through rock and cement.
tinny
I wonder if I'm little more than a nerdy sideshow in his life. And in her life, a project that went haywire, much to her chagrin and bitter delight.
The conversation is largely a repetition of other ones we've had. Because his point isn't to tell me something new; it's to map out the current limits of his life, at least how he sees it. He can do this, but not that. Go there, but no farther, not for now. His words make the boundaries firmer.
bowl
Sand pounded flat by feet but not by waves. It's a sheltered harbor. The water is flat and calm and waits for people to disturb it.
featureless
The sun's glare turns everyone into silhouettes.
mistrustful
A preschooler balances on a fence with his father's help. He tests his father by tipping forward suddenly; will the large hands around his waist tighten and hold him steady? They do. He tells his father, "You'll drop me!" He insists on it, against all conflicting evidence; his father will drop him - it's just a matter of time.
numbing
The idea of time healing wounds - not sure about it. At least, it's not as simple as that. Because time can bring with it numbing, which isn't necessarily the same as healing.
thrust
Roots that have punched through rock and cement.
tinny
I wonder if I'm little more than a nerdy sideshow in his life. And in her life, a project that went haywire, much to her chagrin and bitter delight.
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