Last night again watched David Lynch' wonderful movie Blue Velvet.
I couldn't remember that the image of a crazy Dennis Hopper with an oxygen mask comes from this movie.
Colors and lighting remind me of Eggleston, Gregory Crewdson, and Alex Prager.
Pascal Vossen
Dutch | 1983 - present | Photography
Creates long-form documentary projects exploring the relationships between people and their environments, focusing on vulnerable individuals navigating socio-economic challenges, subcultures, and identity. Best known for "Ragga," an ongoing series following a young Swedish father in a working-class counter-culture.
Elliott Erwitt in Visions and Images: American Photographers (video)
Cigar-smoking Elliott Erwitt interviewed by for the television program Visions and Images: American Photographers on Photography, 1981.
Glen Baxter – Absurdist Drawing
Enjoying the absurdist drawings of UK artist Glen Baxter.
British | 1944 - present | Drawing / Illustration
Creates absurdist drawings that combine detailed pen-and-ink illustrations with nonsensical captions, featuring cowboys, boy scouts, and explorers in surreal situations.
His work pairs traditional draughtsmanship with deadpan humor, creating visual-verbal gags that satirize artworld pretense, literary conventions, and the mundane absurdities of everyday life.
Work held in Tate Gallery and V&A Museum. Published in The New Yorker, Vogue, and Vanity Fair. Represented by Flowers Gallery.
Jackie Brown, Elmore Leonard
Last night I watched Jackie Brown (on Netflix), a Tarantino movie.
Nice movie.
Robert De Niro plays a strange supporting role, a daft accomplice of arms dealer Samuel L. Jackson. I thought: the big De Niro playing such a non-descript character, that's fantastic.
More thoughts.
I saw the movie was based on a book of Elmore Leonard, I writer I had never heard of, but I recently watch an interesting video about him. The role Samuel L. Jackson plays reminds me of his role in Kingsman: The Secret Service. A ruthless criminal shot in the climax of the movie. And then on comparing these stories: Jackie Brown is a way more interesting story than the flat action-movie story of Kingsman.