Recent Posts Tagged With 'andy warhol'

• One Year Anniversary

  Posted on Monday April 20th, 2009 at 03:05 in text, andy warhol, buster keaton, cultural memory, movie theatres

  I've been at this one full year, and I thought I'd direct you to 5 of my favorite previous posts. When you write a blog, generally only the most current postings are visited, the others falling into disuse and neglect through the tyranny of the "arch...

• The Border Between Calm and Catastrophe

  Posted on Monday January 12th, 2009 at 22:18 in digital, revolution, andy warhol, archiving

  There is a deeply ambivalent feeling about the rise of digital among the hardwired film fans I know. (And I am one of them.)The prevailing wisdom is that digital is taking over in all avenues of media, that film as a production medium is dead, that ...

• Worked Matter

  Posted on Wednesday January 7th, 2009 at 23:27 in digital, mgm, andy warhol, buster keaton

  This still is from the Buster Keaton film "Doughboys" from 1930, a couple years into his sad and drunken decline at MGM. It's a cheaply produced programmer, and what joys it has revolves around Keaton gamely (but ultimately unsuccessfully) mouthing ...

• The Perfect Time To Think Silver

  Posted on Thursday June 12th, 2008 at 02:22 in silver, andy warhol, projection, nitrate film, silver clouds

  Back in the '60s, Andy Warhol had his Factory in Greenwich Village decorated with aluminum vents, tin foil on the walls, and pieces of broken mirrors. It was all self-reflective and silver, and made one very aware of the surroundings. It was the amp...