But insight into the man is not what this movie is, or should be, about. Instead,Daaaaali!is thoroughly Surrealist in spirit, evoking Dalí’s aesthetics (and, equally, those of Dalí’s great frenemy,Luis Buñuel). These men’s sensibilities are a perfect fit for Dupieux, who barely ...
Servais’ technique is what lifts the movie into the rare air of our consideration. Using a method of his own invention, he shot live-action footage and projected animated settings onto the film using clear sheets. The result is something like a daguerreotype given life. There’s a troubling ...
True Storiesis Alex Kittle’sstaff pickfor a Certified Weird movie. INDELIBLE IMAGE:Over an idiosyncratic family dinner, Spalding Gray provides an enthusiastic monologue about the problems of modern life, using various colorful entrees and sides as visual aides for his explanations. As the plates in...
While they sound like a device straight out of a dystopian sci-fi movie, flamethrowers, including Thermonator, are legal in 48 U.S. states. They aren’t classified as firearms by federal agencies, though they fall under general product liability and criminal laws. Specific restrictions exist i...
He was the inspiration for the character Raymond Babbitt in the 1988 movie Rain Man. Kola Superdeep Borehole The Kola Superdeep Borehole is the result of a scientific drilling project of the Soviet Union in the Pechengsky District, near the Russian border with Norway, on the Kola Peninsula...
For good examples of science fiction stories based around accurate astronomy, check out the free online anthology Diamonds in the Sky. Lunar Ice In the space environment, water is one of the most valuable things in the universe. You can split it into oxygen and hydrogen and use it for breat...
(the actual David Fincher directed movie) is a total train wreck, but the new cut at least pulls it together into something that makes some sort of sense. But for all that Fincher’s 3 does wrong, at least it focuses on Ripley, who is the key protagonist for the series. This makes ...
Science and Spirit are the two sides of the whole “coin” of reality. “Beings From Beyond: They Are Here” by Diane Tessman In her new book, Beings From Beyond: They Are Here, Diane shares what she has discovered regarding the UFO/UAP phenomenon and what beings are really behind it....
This might be why I raise my eyebrows whenever I hear an SF writer say: “I love science fiction”. It smells too much of an abusive relationship loaded with codependency. I love to read, and I love books, and most of the books I love happen to be genre books, but I don’t love...
Even if the movie wasn’t great, you at least could enjoy the food and alcohol they served on pock-marked wooden tables that stretched along the rows. An employee would skulk up from the darkness to leave your pizza or basket of knick-knack sticks, and I’d whisper “Thanks!” as they...