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gruesomebeast: Blade Runner by Hal-2012

Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:26:39 -0500

Blade Runner by Hal-2012

politics-war: Rioters clash with police officers outside the...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:25:13 -0500

Rioters clash with police officers outside the congress building before the inauguration ceremony of incoming president Enrique Peña Nieto in Mexico City, Mexico.

Photograph: Pedro Pardo

"When our children and grandchildren look back to assess our performance during this era, they will..."

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 23:02:13 -0500

“When our children and grandchildren look back to assess our performance during this era, they...

oldfilmsflicker: chicagosburning: CB 124: Stanley Kubrick’s...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:59:12 -0500

oldfilmsflicker:

chicagosburning:

CB 124: Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory,” 1957.

General Broulard: These executions will be a perfect tonic for the entire division. There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.

Colonel Dax: I never thought of that, sir.

I avoided Paths of Glory for years because I assumed Kubrick’s earlier work wouldn’t—or couldn’t—yet possess his trademark visual style. I assumed it’d be a more generic-looking, prestige war film. I thoroughly enjoyed being proven wrong.

“The fluidity of Kubrick’s camera movements during the trench sequence just prior to the disastrous mission is positively orgasmic. His exquisite framing and use of depth in the later courtroom and prison scenes is about as masterful as it gets.” - from my review of this goddamn masterpiece

oldfilmsflicker: chicagosburning: CB 124: Stanley Kubrick’s...

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 22:59:12 -0500

oldfilmsflicker:

chicagosburning:

CB 124: Stanley Kubrick’s “Paths of Glory,” 1957.

General Broulard: These executions will be a perfect tonic for the entire division. There are few things more fundamentally encouraging and stimulating than seeing someone else die.

Colonel Dax: I never thought of that, sir.

I avoided Paths of Glory for years because I assumed Kubrick’s earlier work wouldn’t—or couldn’t—yet possess his trademark visual style. I assumed it’d be a more generic-looking, prestige war film. I thoroughly enjoyed being proven wrong.

“The fluidity of Kubrick’s camera movements during the trench sequence just prior to the disastrous mission is positively orgasmic. His exquisite framing and use of depth in the later courtroom and prison scenes is about as masterful as it gets.” - from my review of this goddamn masterpiece

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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:33:48 -0500

traptinaturkeydinner: The thing I love about NASA is that if...

Mon, 26 Nov 2012 22:27:16 -0500

traptinaturkeydinner:

The thing I love about NASA is that if something doesn’t work or doesn’t exist, THEY BUILD A NEW THING, on a relatively small budget

and then they don’t bogart the technology with copyright stuff

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Mon, 26 Nov 2012 21:28:16 -0500

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Tue, 23 Oct 2012 23:51:09 -0400

Practice makes perfect. #filmschool (Taken with Instagram)

Thu, 11 Oct 2012 23:42:56 -0400

Practice makes perfect. #filmschool (Taken with Instagram)

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Mon, 03 Sep 2012 00:40:53 -0400

theultimatebromance: Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin arrive at...

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:11:59 -0400

theultimatebromance:

Frank Sinatra & Dean Martin arrive at Heathrow Airport, London, 1961

All cool ‘n’ shit…

gruesomebeast: THE MONSTER SQUAD

Sun, 19 Aug 2012 00:02:29 -0400

gruesomebeast:

THE MONSTER SQUAD

azspot: Pat Bagley

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:28:01 -0400

azspot:

Pat Bagley

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Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:25:17 -0400

thedailyfeed: The incredible winning photographs of this year’s...

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:19:07 -0400

thedailyfeed:

The incredible winning photographs of this year’s photo contest sponsored by National Geographic Traveler magazine open your eyes to a world you’ve never seen before.

About 6,000 shutterbugs in 152 countries submitted roughly 12,000 pictures.

The winner, titled “Butterfly,” is from one of those places that no average tourist will ever see: the inside of a family yurt, or portable tent, in the Kyrgyz lands of Afghanistan’s remote Wakhan Corridor.

Shot by professional photographer Cedric Houin, the photo shows that the woman and the other members of her tribe still know the creature comforts of the 21st century — a TV and a sound console — despite their harsh homeland.

We can’t stop staring!

simply-war: Striking miners protested outside a South African...

Sat, 18 Aug 2012 18:00:18 -0400

simply-war:

Striking miners protested outside a South African mine in Rustenberg, about 62 miles from Johannesburg. Violence that followed the start of a strike Friday at a nearby mine in Marikana left at least 10 people dead, including two police officers. The mines are owned by Lonmin, a produce of platinum. Photography by; Siphiwe Sibeko

hiredgoons:aatombomb:santosha65: This incredible photo marks...

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:46:26 -0400

hiredgoons:aatombomb:santosha65:

This incredible photo marks the end of Matador Torero Alvaro Munera’s career. He collapsed in remorse mid-fight when he realized he was having to prompt this otherwise gentle beast to fight. He went on to become an avid opponent of bullfights. Even grievously wounded by picadors, he did not attack this man.

Torrero Munera is quoted as saying of this moment: “And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst shit on earth.”

Wow.

I… kind of needed this today.

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Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:29:26 -0400

macfoto: ghost-of-algren: anarcho-queer: Paramilitary police...

Sun, 29 Jul 2012 21:04:24 -0400

macfoto:

ghost-of-algren:

anarcho-queer:

Paramilitary police officers are protecting Disney Land. Witnesses say bystanders and protesters were brutalized and arrested.

“Paramilitary police officers are protecting Disney Land”

Well there’s a sentence I never really expected to hear outside an obnoxiously pop-culture savvy dystopian novel.

well it IS the happiest place on earth. BTW this needs to be tagged “disneyland”