Showing posts with label city scape. Show all posts
Showing posts with label city scape. Show all posts

Sunday, January 20, 2013

Cosmopolis (2012)

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Selected stills from David Cronenberg's cinematic adaptation of Don LeLillo's amazing novel, Cosmopolis. I enjoyed the mixture of crisp and grainy cinematography, and Cronenberg's vision of the slick retro-futuristic, custom stretch limo interior, although, unfortunately the film could not fully encapsulate the Gotham like New York as crafted in DeLillo's brilliant book. Robert Pattinson is aptly cast as sadistic billionaire Eric Packer, as is his beautiful wife played by Sarah Gadon. While I was slightly disappointed, I can still recommend downloading the film at blu ray quality, or better yet, reading the book!

Friday, August 31, 2012

Kaleidoscopic, Vertiginous Dubai

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A selection of dizzying stills from Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011) shot in Dubai at Burj Khalifa, the tallest man made structure in the world. These scenes literally took my breath my away. The silvery, reflective palettes are beautiful and slick, altogether crystal clear and hazily atmospheric. Dubai a concrete playground below; the maze-like carpets of garden and spaghetti junctions laid out as crazy crop circles in the desert.

Worth watching this enjoyable popcorn action flick if only for this particular scene, and the one that follows, when Cruise's character pursues the baddie through the eerily deserted, sand-storm blanketed streets of Dubai. Amazing.

Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Shinkansen ver.2

Simple but effective: kaleidoscopic footage shot whilst traveling in the Japanese high-speed train Shinkansen from Shinosaka to Tokyo. By Daihei Shibata

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Shinkansen ver.2 from daihei shibata on Vimeo.

The video sequence was shot on an OLYMPUS EP-1(PEN). Music: VanShe "So High"