Dork Art: Gallery 1988's 85th Academy Awards Posters

Not letting the BAFTAs have all the fun with their pamphlet art, Gallery 1988 just announced an exhibit showcasing this year's 85th Academy Awards nominations.  The artists so far are as follows:

"AMOUR by artist Matt Owen, ARGO by Anthony Petrie, BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD by Rich Kelly, DJANGO UNCHAINED by Mark Englert, LES MISÉRABLES by Phantom City Creative, LINCOLN by Jeff Boyes, LIFE OF PIby Tom Whalen, SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK by Joshua Budich and ZERO DARK THIRTY by Godmachine."

But there is promise of more to come.  Very cool, I say.  Every year I enjoy the Oscars more and more despite my dwindling respect for the nomination process.  It's a joke, we all know it.  But it's a special time of year when the rest of the world seems just as enamored with cinema as I am on a daily basis.

--Brad

Dork Art: The 2013 BAFTA Brochures

These latest batch of brochures for the 2013 BAFTAs are even better than last year's work.  The artist is Jonathan Burton and you can purchase them as prints if you're willing to part with your hard earned American dollars.  I even like the images done for my two least favorite of the nominated films, Life of Pi & Les Miserables.  I know these Award Shows are complete nonsense, but I still can't help getting swept up in the movie making enthusiasm.  Really looking forward to the absurdity of The Oscars on February 24th.

--Brad

Trailer: Life of Pi

I can't figure it out.  Life of Pi.  Do I love the trailer below or do I loathe it?  It's CG crazy, and some of the shots I think are stunning(the kid underwater, watching the boat plunge the ocean depths), some of the shots are awkwardly banal (sky's reflection in ocean), and then there's that green whale explosion at the end that gives me the heebie jeebies for some reason.  But I guess my real question is the story itself.  I've read the back of the book like everybody else, judged it not to be my cup of tea (not enough punching & shooting).  Boy floating in water with a tiger.  What's the big deal?  Inform me internet.

But what I do love?  That Scott Morse painting at the top of this post.  I can easily imagine a Pixar version of this film, and that's a fantasy I find rather exciting.



--Brad