Why Watch? The narrator of Rian Johnson‘s Ben Boyer and the Phenomenology of Automobile Branding (whose name is Ben Boyer) gets a lesson from a mysterious voice emanating from a bathroom grate who explains the deeply rooted psychology of car logos. Although it probably only teaches him to use a different toilet. The a/v quality is pretty bad — Johnson mentions that it’s a copy of a copy of a copy from the “$99 Special” program at Slamdance 2001 — but the idea is still firmly in place, and it’s a very cool relic to see in light of the director’s rise in the ranks from Brick to Looper. Plus, the idea is a wild one. Thick with narration and a kind of fury not often seen in movies that consist mostly of static imagery, the short is a bizarre intellectual pursuit given satirical fangs by its location. Simply put, the...
- 7/19/2013
- by Scott Beggs
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Featuring a stellar cast of British acting talent including Sean Bean, Emilia Clarke and Mark Addy, television hit Game of Thrones is a HBO original series based on the international best-selling books by George R. R. Martin.
Combining a mythical world with a generation of family feuds, bloody war, treachery, murder, lies and lust, Game of Thrones has created an accessible fantasy epic for the small screen and this year became the most watched show on Sky Atlantic.
To dissect the secrets of its success, HBO Sessions - a quarterly talk show with fans debating HBO's top programmes - teamed up with Sky's official Game of Thrones fan show Thronecast. The resulting HBO Sessions vs Thronecast is embedded below.
Thronecast presenter Geoff Lloyd is joined by Ben Boyer (Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic's Senior Content and Commissioning Producer for New Media), Eliot M. Garcia and Linda Antonsson (lords and masters of Westeros.
Combining a mythical world with a generation of family feuds, bloody war, treachery, murder, lies and lust, Game of Thrones has created an accessible fantasy epic for the small screen and this year became the most watched show on Sky Atlantic.
To dissect the secrets of its success, HBO Sessions - a quarterly talk show with fans debating HBO's top programmes - teamed up with Sky's official Game of Thrones fan show Thronecast. The resulting HBO Sessions vs Thronecast is embedded below.
Thronecast presenter Geoff Lloyd is joined by Ben Boyer (Sky 1 and Sky Atlantic's Senior Content and Commissioning Producer for New Media), Eliot M. Garcia and Linda Antonsson (lords and masters of Westeros.
- 3/10/2012
- by David Bentley
- The Geek Files
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Clothes on Film were recently invited to talk about the costume for HBO’s immense fantasy series Game of Thrones. The following video is a kind of Sky Atlantic ‘Thronecast’ vs HBO Sessions mash up. Our segment is four minutes in, but if you are a fan of the show (and who isn’t?) the whole thing is worth watching. Look out too for Sessions’ regulars Georgie Hobbs and Ben Boyer discussing everything from poltics to wolf puppies and rumpy.
Obviously we could have waxed lyrical about Michele Clapton’s frantically detailed costume design for far longer but the clock was ticking. What is most exciting about Clapton’s work is how creates a distinctive costume look for each family and kingdom; richer colours for the...
Clothes on Film were recently invited to talk about the costume for HBO’s immense fantasy series Game of Thrones. The following video is a kind of Sky Atlantic ‘Thronecast’ vs HBO Sessions mash up. Our segment is four minutes in, but if you are a fan of the show (and who isn’t?) the whole thing is worth watching. Look out too for Sessions’ regulars Georgie Hobbs and Ben Boyer discussing everything from poltics to wolf puppies and rumpy.
Obviously we could have waxed lyrical about Michele Clapton’s frantically detailed costume design for far longer but the clock was ticking. What is most exciting about Clapton’s work is how creates a distinctive costume look for each family and kingdom; richer colours for the...
- 3/5/2012
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
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Recently Clothes on Film editor, Chris Laverty was invited to discuss the costumes, themes and food in HBO mini-series, Mildred Pierce. Joined by journalist, Georgie Hobbs; senior content producer for Sky Atlantic, Ben Boyer and Julia Murphy Buske from the Primrose Bakery, we chatted in detail about what made this superb adaptation come alive.
HBO ‘Sessions’ video (including expert pie making tutorial) below:
For further discussion of Ann Roth’s meticulous and beautifully symbolic costumes in Mildred Pierce, try our article on the functionality and sex appeal of the housedress, plus keep your eyes peeled at Clothes on Film over the coming week for more on the subject…
HBO’s Mildred Pierce (directed by Todd Haynes) is released on DVD and Blu-ray on 28th November.
© 2011, Chris Laverty.
Recently Clothes on Film editor, Chris Laverty was invited to discuss the costumes, themes and food in HBO mini-series, Mildred Pierce. Joined by journalist, Georgie Hobbs; senior content producer for Sky Atlantic, Ben Boyer and Julia Murphy Buske from the Primrose Bakery, we chatted in detail about what made this superb adaptation come alive.
HBO ‘Sessions’ video (including expert pie making tutorial) below:
For further discussion of Ann Roth’s meticulous and beautifully symbolic costumes in Mildred Pierce, try our article on the functionality and sex appeal of the housedress, plus keep your eyes peeled at Clothes on Film over the coming week for more on the subject…
HBO’s Mildred Pierce (directed by Todd Haynes) is released on DVD and Blu-ray on 28th November.
© 2011, Chris Laverty.
- 11/21/2011
- by Chris Laverty
- Clothes on Film
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