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Category Archives: Film
Spring Break ’23
Spring Break Iceland ’23 is a tongue-in-cheek campaign that invites Spring Breakers to embrace Iceland as the ideal place to do things they may regret later–but in a beautiful setting. The campaign includes an irreverent 60-second spot, print, targeted social, and a … Continue reading
Amélie the spy
In my humble opinion no film in the last 50 years has done more for Paris tourism than Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s charming Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain. Best know in the U.S. as simply Amélie, the 2001 movie stars Audrey Tautou … Continue reading
The Writing Life
The Writing Life is a wonderful short video essay about the demands and rewards that come with the pursuit of writing as a vocation. The video is told through the films of Wes Anderson featuring clips from Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, … Continue reading
Posted in Film, movies, USA, Writing
Tagged Moonrise Kingdom, Rushmore, The Grand Hotel Budapest, Wes Anderson
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Monday, Monday, can’t trust that day
Film studio “Animācijas Brigāde” is a stop motion puppet animation film studio, producing puppet films and commercials. Working in classic stop motion technique, the Riga-based studio was founded in 1966 by a puppet film and theater director Arnolds Burovs and since … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Europe, Film, Maps, USA, Writing
Tagged Latvia, Neil Gaiman, Philip Roth, stop motion animation, Mappa Mundi
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“Mourir auprès de toi”
Directed by the inimitable Spike Jonze the short film “Mourir auprès de toi” (“To Die by Your Side”), which takes its title from one of the emotionally wrenching Smiths’ song, is a love story for booklovers, set in Paris’ beloved … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Art, Books, Bookstore Tourism, Europe, Film
Tagged Paris, Shakespeare and Company, Spike Jonze, stop motion animation
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Hold my calls, I’m blogging
I have no idea who created this little comic gem of a video, but since hundreds of Travel Between the Pages followers are bloggers I had to share it. The video is via the German blog site Kraftfuttermischwerk . NB: … Continue reading
‘Don’t be a tourist – be an Explorist’
The folks from Denmark’s tourism marketing group Visit Denmark have cleverly brought major artworks such as the Mona Lisa, Girl With the Pearl Earring, Van Gogh’s self-portrait, and the Statue of Liberty to life using AI to encourage travelers to … Continue reading
Piracy Rules
I was today years old when I discovered that the Dread Pirate Roberts of Princess Bride book and movie fame was an actual person. Not only was Welsh pirate Bartholomew Roberts (1682-1722) a famous swashbuckler, he was the most successful … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Europe, Film, History, movies
Tagged pirates, Princess Bride, William Goldman
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A Brief History of Vampires
What could be more romantic on Valentine’s Day than the debonair modern vampire who was born with the publication of the gothic horror novel Dracula (1897) by the Irish author Bram Stoker. In the video below from the Victoria and … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Europe, Film, History, Libraries, movies, Museums, Writing
Tagged Bram Stoker, Christopher Lee, Dracula, London, Vampires, Victoria & Albert Museum
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