Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Monday, January 3, 2011
Tim Burton Show at TIFF lightbox
Burton is a brilliant draughtsman. His works feature lots of eyeballs, brilliantly imaginative monsters and hybrids in a variety of media. The pen and ink drawings are elegantly intense, with claustrophobic perspective and distorted shapes. Theramin music throughout the crowded exhibition heightened the eerie, campy ambience of this dense, gruesomely amusing show.
Some highlights were: Carousel, 2010, commisioned by TIFF Lightbox; Three Creatures 2010: The latter consists of black stunted tree forms with huge shark mouths suggesting apocalyptic ecodisaster, genetic mutations, techno-surveillance and other planets-not freindly
The information panels are helpful but there is no mention of Edward Gorey to whom his work seems indebted. More than one third of the crowd consisted of teenaged boys: the mix of macabre, funny and wildy creative makes it the perfect show to inspire high school students with an interest in Art.
Also of interest to film buffs, illustrators and anyone who loves animation and great drawing.
Some highlights were: Carousel, 2010, commisioned by TIFF Lightbox; Three Creatures 2010: The latter consists of black stunted tree forms with huge shark mouths suggesting apocalyptic ecodisaster, genetic mutations, techno-surveillance and other planets-not freindly
The information panels are helpful but there is no mention of Edward Gorey to whom his work seems indebted. More than one third of the crowd consisted of teenaged boys: the mix of macabre, funny and wildy creative makes it the perfect show to inspire high school students with an interest in Art.
Also of interest to film buffs, illustrators and anyone who loves animation and great drawing.
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Barney's Version
Dustin Hoffman stole the show. His performance was engrossing, and especially at the beginning, his character was utterly real.Hoffman twinkles on screen.
The other actors benefitted from his confident approach and seemed to become less self-conscious as the movie pregressed. At the end Hoffman's becomes more sentimental but I think that's the writing.
The character of Barney was lesss convincing. Also, Barney is a jerk, the only time I liked him was when he fell asleep at dinner becuase he was boered. That seemed more loveable. Giamatto's acting comes across as cold at times which makes his character even more repugnant. It's not a great movie.
The other actors benefitted from his confident approach and seemed to become less self-conscious as the movie pregressed. At the end Hoffman's becomes more sentimental but I think that's the writing.
The character of Barney was lesss convincing. Also, Barney is a jerk, the only time I liked him was when he fell asleep at dinner becuase he was boered. That seemed more loveable. Giamatto's acting comes across as cold at times which makes his character even more repugnant. It's not a great movie.
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