Julian Simpson is a writer and director of film, TV and radio.

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Homemade split-screen test for “The Rebel Flesh”:

When I first read the script for “The Rebel Flesh”, it was obvious that the doubles were going to be the biggest challenge. Aware that there would be myriad expensive ways to achieve the effect, I thought I’d try out a cheap and cheerful (homemade) way to do it. This is a video I made in about twenty minutes, before I’d even got the job. The method used is the one we used for the lion’s share of the double effects in these two episodes.

Anonymous warns Westboro Baptist Church to stop with the hate - Internet Culture - Salon.com

David Fincher Interview

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Think Pink « The New Adventures of Stephen Fry

Part two of this post is particularly good…

Those ultra-right Catholics are always game for a laugh…

Hitchens on the Cartoons « how to play alone

The fanatic, fraudulent Mother Teresa. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine

Hitchens on Michael Moore « how to play alone

Hitchens Talks to Goldblog About Cancer and God - Culture - The Atlantic

More than 60 children saved from abuse – Bad Science

I never get bored of people busting shitbox journalism…

Genius.

Genius.

Bombas Nucleares Detonadas 1945-1998 (Isao Hashimoto)

This starts slow and then really builds. Mesmerising…

http://www.photographyserved.com/Gallery/Your-beautiful-eyes/428809

Amazing photographs…

Dear Prudence chats live with readers at Washingtonpost.com. - - Slate Magazine

Probably not true, but a brilliantly accelerating narrative nonetheless… 

What I learned about Hugo Chávez's mental health when I visited Venezuela with Sean Penn. - By Christopher Hitchens - Slate Magazine

Fascinating…

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