May 2011
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WatchHomemade 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...
February 2011
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Anonymous warns Westboro Baptist Church to stop... →
October 2010
1 post
WatchDavid Fincher Interview
August 2010
22 posts
Think Pink « The New Adventures of Stephen Fry →
Part two of this post is particularly good…
WatchThose ultra-right Catholics are always game for a laugh…
Hitchens on the Cartoons « how to play alone →
The fanatic, fraudulent Mother Teresa. - By... →
Hitchens on Michael Moore « how to play alone →
WatchHitchens Talks to Goldblog About Cancer and God - Culture - The Atlantic
More than 60 children saved from abuse – Bad... →
I never get bored of people busting shitbox journalism…
http://www.photographyserved.com/Gallery/Your-beaut... →
Amazing photographs…
Dear Prudence chats live with readers at... →
Probably not true, but a brilliantly accelerating narrative nonetheless…
What I learned about Hugo Chávez's mental health... →
Fascinating…
Cross-check: Inception is a clunker, but lucid... →
Wrong about Inception, but a cool article nonetheless…
“I do want to point out, when you get in your car, when you go forward, what do...”
– President Obama, at a DNC fundraiser. (via officialssay)
“Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes...”
– Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (The Valley Of Fear). Misquoted earlier. Many thanks to mled for putting me on the right track.
Probably being thick but...
…I haven’t been on Tumblr for a while and I’m floundering a little. Someone very kindly commented on my last post. How do I reply to that person? Is it even possible?
“Talent recognises genius but mediocrity recognises nothing higher than itself.”
– No idea who said this, but I’d love to know.
Tumblr, a New Spin in the Flurry of Social Media -... →
Seems Tumblr is catching a wave at the moment…
In Praise Of Real Money – the welcome demise of... →
The last credit at the end of my film “The Criminal” (2000) reads “The Criminal was shot entirely on location in the UK. It was made with real money and no public funds whatsoever”. If that sounds…
July 2010
12 posts
Hmmm... Tumblr...
I’ve decided to devote a little bit of time to Tumblr, as it really looks like it’s becoming something worthwhile. I’m not really given to proper blogging anymore, so there’s a good chance I’ll even ditch the original juliansbrain.com and move everything here. Tumblr feels like it might suit me better.
If anyone has any recommendations of pages I should follow on...
The Social Network →
David Fincher directs a (brilliant) Aaron Sorkin script. If you like movies, start getting excited…
Inception/Toy Story 3 mash-up →
This is just fun. You remember fun…
Marvel Assembles Avengers at Comic-Con, Including... →
I’m afraid that this is the kind of thing that cheers me up on a Monday morning…
“The Visionaries” →
This must be the ultimate ComicCon panel…
Can you disappear in surveillance Britain? →
David Bond wanted to see if it’s possible to vanish so one day he packed his bag, got into his car and kissed his wife goodbye
(via Instapaper)
DVDs you should have seen -- but didn't - Film... →
Alan Moore: ‘I Don’t Want Watchmen Back’ |... →
It’s tempting to imagine Alan Moore has loads of integrity but isn’t it possible he’s just a bloke who’s mismanaged all his dealings with Marvel and DC and is now sulking about it?
How do they get away with this??? →
Words fail me (I know I should be used to this by now, but I’m just not). This, from last night’s Rachel Maddow show…
Mad Men's Spurious Comic-Strip Origins Revealed! |... →
Shutting Themselves In - New York Times →
April 2010
3 posts
Slow-Motion Car Crash Speeds Filmmaker’s Career |... →
Profiles: The Misfit : The New Yorker →
The Sound Of Her Wings… ... →
For some reason, my blog is not linking automatically to Tumblr anymore and doesn’t seem to want to. I’m therefore having to post manual links to new items. Balls.
March 2010
6 posts
Philip Pullman on censorship and free speech --... →
Grand Illusions - Homepage →
This site rocks…
The HBO Auteur - David Simon - NYTimes.com →
The Chief | The New Republic →
Great article.
Opera browser →
On a whim, I’m trying out the Opera browser for Mac. I used to love Opera, back in the bad old PC days. It feels kind of weird now. I’ll let you know.
I'm back...
I’m back for a few weeks after a long absence while I was directing a couple of episodes of New Tricks for the BBC. There’s a new blog post up at http://juliansbrain.com
January 2010
2 posts
BumpTop is here at last… →
Frank Serpico, Police Officer Played by Al Pacino,... →
A great article on the real Serpico
December 2009
6 posts
Some HDR pictures… →
I’m starting to get the hang of making HDR (High Dynamic Range) pictures. It involves taking the same shot at different exposures and then putting the resulting images together. Here are the results…
Read this… →
A fantastic and frightening behind-the-scenes glimpse at the Copenhagen fiasco:
How do I know China wrecked the Copenhagen deal? I was in the room | Mark Lynas | Environment | The Guardian:…