Saturday, 11 December 2010

Sunshine (2007)

Directed by Danny Boyle, music by Underworld

The sun is dying. Mankind has sent their last hope, "Icarus 2" to the sun, with an immense nuclear payload to restart it.

A psychological thriller, having to choose between crewmembers when not enough oxygen is left, guild, and deep desires.

One of the most chilling moments was the whispered "What do you see? What do you see?!" of the shrink to the captain, prior before his death after fixing some of the panels.

The "sudden" appearance of the crazy guy seemed a bit of a deus ex machina (well, the other way around I guess), but I did not care too much.

The "snaps" of near-insane crewmembers when a flashlight flashes over the camera, prior to entering "Icarus I" was wonderful.

Impressive eye-candy.

Theatrum Chemicum - "Preghiera Al Grande Archiletto Dell Universe" (Verso La Luce)

farewell ...

Roddy Doyle - "Blood"

from "Stories", an anthology by Al Sarrantonio and Neil Gaiman

Lovely small story about a man craving to bite necks. The 4-word adagium of the book, "...and then what happened?", applies pretty well.

Sunday, 5 December 2010

My Brightest Diamond - "Inside a Boy"

strange clip, fascinating.
Music pretty good.
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aB-FLxglSOA&feature=related )
(don't watch "be my husband".. that's sad. like, not--funny sad)