It’s on now! 5wk crash course underway (Taken with instagram at American Film Institute)
![From BUCKAROO BANZAI (Richter, 1984) [click for full size]
In honor of the short film I am shooting this weekend, here is a still of the closing credits of BUCKAROO BANZAI. I go to AFI, where the producer of this film is one of my mentors. His inside stories of this film have been one of the greatest parts of going to AFI. The story of the closing credits of BB is that these were actually shot before the film was made. They made this sequence as a teaser to show at sci-fi conventions. It had a nice play at Comic-con and helped stir up buzz. This film might be the nerdiest film of all time. The layers of nerd are so deep and rich, and so entrenched in my childhood as one of those very few movies we had on VHS.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l0nbs3wl0l1qbts5po1_500.jpg)
From BUCKAROO BANZAI (Richter, 1984) [click for full size]
In honor of the short film I am shooting this weekend, here is a still of the closing credits of BUCKAROO BANZAI. I go to AFI, where the producer of this film is one of my mentors. His inside stories of this film have been one of the greatest parts of going to AFI. The story of the closing credits of BB is that these were actually shot before the film was made. They made this sequence as a teaser to show at sci-fi conventions. It had a nice play at Comic-con and helped stir up buzz. This film might be the nerdiest film of all time. The layers of nerd are so deep and rich, and so entrenched in my childhood as one of those very few movies we had on VHS.
![From BOTTLE ROCKET (Anderson, 1996) [click for full size]
“Let me see if Bob’s keeping the pool clean.” Oh Futureman. So awesome. So futured. What is this? It’s a leaf. I have great memories of catching BOTTLE ROCKET just before seeing RUSHMORE for the first time and loving every moment. Later, on the Criterion edition, listening to the commentary track, it’s interesting to note how much James L. Brooks influenced those “in the moment” jokes in this film. An incredible first feature from non-film school dudes who just went out and did it.
A nice write-up from JLB here:
http://www.criterion.com/current/posts/886-bottle-rocket](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l02vjhscrC1qbts5po1_500.jpg)
From BOTTLE ROCKET (Anderson, 1996) [click for full size]
“Let me see if Bob’s keeping the pool clean.” Oh Futureman. So awesome. So futured. What is this? It’s a leaf. I have great memories of catching BOTTLE ROCKET just before seeing RUSHMORE for the first time and loving every moment. Later, on the Criterion edition, listening to the commentary track, it’s interesting to note how much James L. Brooks influenced those “in the moment” jokes in this film. An incredible first feature from non-film school dudes who just went out and did it.
A nice write-up from JLB here:
![From LA SIRÈNE DU MISSISSIPPI (Truffaut, 1969). [click for full size]
While I’m at it, here’s the following scene from the breakfast shot below. Slightly off-center JPB comforts CD. Obviousness of the stair railing putting her behind bars? Maybe, but does manage to convey, once again, this woman is hidden, obscured, not showing her true colors, and being behind bars can denote the criminal nature of what’s really going on here…](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzytijO4hq1qbts5po1_500.jpg)
From LA SIRÈNE DU MISSISSIPPI (Truffaut, 1969). [click for full size]
While I’m at it, here’s the following scene from the breakfast shot below. Slightly off-center JPB comforts CD. Obviousness of the stair railing putting her behind bars? Maybe, but does manage to convey, once again, this woman is hidden, obscured, not showing her true colors, and being behind bars can denote the criminal nature of what’s really going on here…
Nothing is so beautiful as the first few minutes alone with someone who might love one and someone whom one might love. There is nothing so quiet as those minutes, nothing so saturated with sweet expectancy. It is for the sake of those few minutes that one loves, not the many that follow. Never again, they knew, would anything so beautiful happen to them. They would be more joyous perhaps; more ardent too, and immeasurably content with their own bodies, and each other’s. But never again would it be so beautiful.
“
| — | From A BURNT CHILD by Stig Dagerman (1948) |
Hey just got started here. I have a ton of stills in my inspirational folders and will start adding to this more. Add me to your newsreader and you’ll be good to go in the future!
![From LA SIRÈNE DU MISSISSIPPI (Truffaut, 1969). [click for full size]
Beautiful breakfast shot, low angle to show CD stopped on stairs, looking on to JPB as he ponders his new wife and her dead bird - something’s amiss. CD is opposite diagonal from her empty chair and with dead bird makes a nice triangle with JPB caught in the middle. Love how the staircase shape echoes the curvature lines the right edge of table, coffee pitcher, JPB’s shoulder and head make. JPB is outside, surrounded by whites, while CD is inside with darker colors. Hmm…](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kzir6s7Z9V1qbts5po1_500.jpg)
From LA SIRÈNE DU MISSISSIPPI (Truffaut, 1969). [click for full size]
Beautiful breakfast shot, low angle to show CD stopped on stairs, looking on to JPB as he ponders his new wife and her dead bird - something’s amiss. CD is opposite diagonal from her empty chair and with dead bird makes a nice triangle with JPB caught in the middle. Love how the staircase shape echoes the curvature lines the right edge of table, coffee pitcher, JPB’s shoulder and head make. JPB is outside, surrounded by whites, while CD is inside with darker colors. Hmm…
