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Category Archives: Film
Born into churros
Recently a friend asked me to suggest a good place to get churros in Madrid. I offered a few suggestions, but insisted that she first try the best churros con chocolate Madrid has to offer at Chocolat in the Huertas … Continue reading
There are no kangaroos in Austria
Award-winning photographer Kirill Neiezhmakov has created a brilliant hyperlapse tour of Vienna, Austria that plays on the popular longstanding joke that there are no kangaroos in Austria. The very entertaining timelapse video of Vienna explores many of the historic city’s … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Art, Europe, Film, Museums, Photography, Tourism
Tagged Austria, Timelapse, Vienna, Wien
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How it’s built in a timelapse
I am not much of a cruise ship kind of guy, but I was fascinated by this timelapse video. MK Timelapse GmbH recorded the entire construction process of the AIDAnova, an 1105-foot-long cruise ship that carries 6600 passengers. The footage from Germany’s Meyer … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Europe, Film, Tourism
Tagged cruiseships, ship building, Timelapse
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Epic Iceland
One of my longest running travel obsessions has been the extraordinary island nation of Iceland. I’ve been lucky enough to have been visiting there for more than 40 years. In some ways Iceland has experienced amazing changes during the last … Continue reading
Hidden history of the world
Last week, I ran across three different references to an eye-opening documentary titled A History of the World According to Getty Images. This impressive video created by British filmmaker Richard Misek explores the way that historic films are hidden from public … Continue reading
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, Mappa Mundi, Neil Gaiman, Philip Roth, stop motion animation
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