Tuesday Flickr Set: Erotissimo from Will Kane.
Adam unearthed this treasure from the superb Weblog, The World of Kane. Among his many interests, the Londoner Will Kane has confirmed a discerning eye for the mid-century cinematics. Yesterday's entry describes Erotissimo, the 1968 Gérard Pirès satire of the ad world as possibly "the most Sixties movie ever." As illuminated within Kane's Flickr set (this is Tuesday, after all), the many things one might love about the era—sex, food, music, stereotypes and furniture—are presented full front and center as only the French can pour. And while we have yet to sip it in, Erotissimo has just risen to the top of this correspondent's "to-do" list. Starring Jean Yanne, Annie Giradot and Francis Blanche.
Extra Bonus: Take a run through Kane's full photostream, with sweet sets, among others, for Russian stop-animation master, Roman Kachanov and Robert Brownjohn's delicious Goldfinger title sequence.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Film | 29 July 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post
Hustwit returns to design on film. This time, industrial.
While Bierut's minions scooped us (standard), we (also) just received Helvetica director Gary Hustwit's e-mail announcing his new film, Objectified. This time, Gary turns his lens on industrial design to focus on the "manufactured objects that surround us and the people who make them." We hosted Gary and Helvetica last year through AIGA Portland and it seems that another invitation is about due. Objectified premiers in early 2009.
Loosely related, Israeli typographer Oded Ezer has also released an interesting short film and poster project entitled The Finger, in which the designer "presents the imaginary landscape of Hebrew letters."
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Film | 28 July 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post
What's wrong with this picture? Absolutely nothing.
We're quite pleased to learn that Mad Men, the AMC Originals series from Matthew Weiner, has been tapped for a second season. Rooted in the not-so-squeaky sixties Madison Avenue myth machine, the weekly is served cold in the mold of pioneer ad pillars Doyle Dane Bernbach and Grey. Alex Witchel of The New York Times Magazine delivers a fine profile of Weiner and provides the color for Weiner's produce. Set direction is a mid-century cocktail; a cool tumbler of Hitchcock's Manhattan in North by Northwest and Claude Chabrol's Les Cousins or The Champagne Murders/Le Scandale. In one fell swoop, Gawker sums up what to expect; "Lots of sex, booze, smoking, shellacked hair, and modular furniture, but also some of the smartest scriptwriting on television..."
If you only watch one show on television, this might be it. But if you set your clock to the smooth stylings of say, The Baby Borrowers or America's Got Talent, perhaps you should just stick to what warms you.
Posted by Eric Hillerns in Film | 22 June 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post
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