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Archive for August, 2007

Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker

Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker

Before the Law from The Trial (1962).
I’d wanted to write something about this pair of animators last year but at the time there was none of their work available for online viewing. This situation has now been remedied thanks to the ubiquitous YouTube.
This is Kafka-related once again since most people have seen Alexeieff/Parker’s work—if […]

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Gallery of Book Trade Labels

Gallery of Book Trade Labels

Gallery of Book Trade Labels
Marvellous.

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The lost boys: Brian Epstein, Joe Orton and Joe Meek

The lost boys: Brian Epstein, Joe Orton and Joe Meek

The lost boys: Brian Epstein, Joe Orton and Joe Meek
John Savage on three men for whom gay liberation came too late.

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Lussuria, Invidia, Superbia

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Or Lust (1919), Envy (1919) and Pride (1918). Very Beardsley-esque posters by Carlo Nicco for a series of Italian films from the silent era starring Francesca Bertini. Doubtless the prolific Ms. Bertini’s demonstrations of the Seven Deadly Sins inspired similar promotional artwork for the other films in the series but these are the only […]

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East of Paracelsus

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East of Paracelsus, a view from Apollo 15 (1971).
One of a number of photographs from the Apollo missions being taken out of cold storage in Arizona and scanned at very high resolution, should you need a 1.3 GB image of the lunar surface. I was totally obsessed with the Apollo missions when I was […]

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The art of George Sheringham, 1884–1937

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Baptism of Dylan, Son of the Wave from The Cauldron of Anwn (c. 1902).
About the artist:
George Sheringham was born in London. He studied art first at the Slade School (1899–1901) before leaving for Paris, where he studied from 1904–1906. Chiefly known as a designer of stage sets and decorative artist he was also illustrator […]

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Cormac wins another prize

Cormac wins another prize

Cormac wins another prize
The Road is awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize.

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Herb Ritts

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A picture I hadn’t seen before: swimmer Greg Louganis photographed by Herb Ritts in 1987.

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Hugo Steiner-Prag’s Golem

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Der Golem, first edition (1915) and Dover reprint (1986).
Illustrations by Hugo Steiner-Prag.
Before leaving Prague (for the time being), it’s worth mentioning the lithograph illustrations by Hugo Steiner-Prag (1880–1945) for Gustav Meyrink’s The Golem. These atmospheric drawings always remind me of the production sketches Albin Grau created for Murnau’s Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des […]

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Steven Soderbergh’s Kafka

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Do you detect a theme this week? The recent Pragueness had me watching this favourite film again. I unfairly dismissed Soderbergh after his debut, Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989), which I found to be two hours of yuppie tedium despite its winning the Palme D’Or at Cannes. That prize did enable him to make Kafka […]

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