Romain Gavras really seems to be making some damn good stuff.

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Museum of Endangered Sounds

Tongue-in-cheek site features a dashboard of sounds from old technologies:

The Museum Of Endangered Sounds is owned and operated by me, Brendan Chilcutt  … I launched the site in January of 2012 as a way to preserve the sounds made famous by my favorite old technologies and electronics equipment. For instance, the textured rattle and hum of a VHS tape being sucked into the womb of a 1983 JVC HR-7100 VCR. As you probably know, it’s a wonderfully complex sound, subtle yet unfiltered. But, as streaming playback becomes more common in the US, and as people in developing nations like Canada and the UK get brought up to DVD players, it’s likely that the world will have seen and heard the last of older machines like the HR-7100. And as new products comes to market, we stand to lose much more than VCRs.

Imagine a world where we never again hear the symphonic startup of a Windows 95 machine. Imagine generations of children unacquainted with the chattering of angels lodged deep within the recesses of an old cathode ray tube TV. And when the entire world has adopted devices with sleek, silent touch interfaces, where will we turn for the sound of fingers striking QWERTY keypads? Tell me that. And tell me: Who will play my GameBoy when I’m gone?

These questions and more led me to the undertaking that is The Museum Of Endangered Sounds.

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LOVE IT!

We’re getting the free square because Wes Anderson is on Fresh Air today.

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Miles Davis improvising his incredible score to Louis Malle’s ELEVATOR TO THE GALLOWS:

Hearing great things.

Yet another mondo print I’ll never own.

Paul Thomas Anderson’s ‘The Master’.

I was never in love with Tom Hooper’s “The King’s Speech”. It still feels like easy Oscar bait, but I did always like the look and texture of picture. I’m liking what’s here, good and surprising casting and an interesting choice to focus heavily on Anne Hathaway’s singing pretty much placing the offbeat casting choice right at you; but it works well.

Perhaps what I like most about it though is the lack of a CG-created France. Everything looks like locations and sets. Real practical craft work always just looks better.

Not sure how long the wait to see this is, but I’m keeping my eye on it.

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Latest stills from Tarantino’s Django Unchained

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With the summer season a few weeks in and Cannes in full swing, there’s just a lot happening. It’s actually pretty awesome considering several titles we’ve been hearing about for years and years and now we’re getting first looks at footage and legitimate images of their existence. I came across this article that spotlights a few very, very interesting films that could be big come the end of the year.

For those who have been watching Cannes like a hawk, it seems that Wes Anderson’s “Moonrise Kingdom” and the Sundance film “Beasts of the Southern Wild” are getting quite strong marks. John Hilcoat’s “The Lawless” sounds to be getting “Drive” like praise. For those unfamiliar with his work, watch ‘The Proposition’ and ‘The Road’. Truly the kind of intelligent and gritty filmmaker we so seldom see. Today we got first looks at PTA’s “The Master” and soon may be seeing footage of Tarantino’s “Django Unchained”. But there are more. So much more.