Take a ThirdView on the past.
I came across this delightful collection of time traveling images and felt it simply must be shared with all our viewers.
The lovely people at ThirdView have taken photographs of the American "Wild West" and with meticulous research, attention to detail, and record keeping have been able to photograph the same vistas, from the same locations, same seasonal periods and conditions, in order to give us a timeline of the landscape.
See the changes to the environment, the coming and going of the tides of humanity and the effects that each have on the other. The photos are from the 1870's, the 1970's and around 2000.
Perhaps there is something in this for us all, retrograde photography projects, with some fancy PhotoShoppe jiggery-pokery you could blend sepia-tones with HD colour imagrey, of yourself standing beside "yourself" in regalia.
Just don't murder your own youthful-proto-grandparents ...
Oldest Australian film found and restored
Thought you might enjoy this, I did - I love that our oldest film is of a rude rollerskating man..
Oldest Australian film found and restored
Updated
The earliest known surviving film to be shot in Australia, featuring a rollerskater performing on a street in Melbourne, has been found and restored.
In true Australian style, it is irreverent and unapologetic.In fact, it was seen as too risque for Australian audiences although it proved popular in European cinemas.
It was produced in 1896 by French filmmaker Marius Sestier, who was dispatched to Australia by a French film company in a bid to introduce cinema to the colony.
A pharmacist by trade, Sestier took well to his adventurous new career, setting up Australia's first public cinema in Sydney's Pitt Street.
Special message
The comic sequence, Patineur Grotesque (Humorous Rollerskater), follows a rollerskater performing in a Melbourne street.The newly-restored film contains the 19th century equivalent of a well-known gesture of contempt, as the rollerskater lifts up his coat to show the camera the imprint of a white palm on his posterior.
It's a cinematic 'up yours', turn-of-the-century style.
Sally Jackson from the National Film and Sound Archive (NFSA) in Canberra says the rude message was probably aimed at the filmmaker's business rival.
"The rollerskater when he skates around he turns around flips up his coat tails on several occasions," she said.
"On the back you can see a big white hand and there's one particular finger that's a little bit higher than all the rest.
"Really what he was doing was he was giving his competitor the finger."
Film heritage
The film was shown for the first time on Australian soil at a special ceremony at the NFSA in Canberra, where it's been painstakingly restored using special equipment.Sestier's great granddaughter Marie-Dominique Petitbois flew from France to attend the screening.
"It has been a big surprise for us," she said.
"We didn't realise he did so much in Australia."
She was able to provide the NFSA with notebooks and press clippings Marius Sestier kept from his trip to the Antipodes.
Sestier's short movies are forerunners to the 1906 film, The Story of the Kelly Gang, which is regarded as the world's first feature film.
Australia embraced the filmmaking revolution early on.
All this at a time when Hollywood was nothing more than a paddock.
The National Film and Sound Archive wants to hear from anyone who may have information about the man in the film, or the location.
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"The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele le Blanc-Sec"
Ooh! there's a french film coming out that looks like a "must see" for steampunk fans...
Check out the trailer!
Pith helmets and rayguns and pterodactyls, OH MY!!
It's called "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Le Blanc-Sec" and it is directed by none other than Luc Besson.. a good sign!
A brief summary of what's in store:
"The year is 1912. An intrepid young reporter will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, even sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes.
Meanwhile, in Paris, It's panic stations! A 136-million-year-old pterodactyl egg on a shelf in the natural history museum has mysteriously hatched, and the bird subjects the city to a reign of terror from the skies.
But nothing fazes Adele le Blanc-Sec, whose adventures reveal many more extraordinary surprises..."
The movie is based on the graphic novel series by Jaques Tardi, which are well worth checking out if you haven't already.. some information about the author is here: http://lambiek.net/artists/t/tardi.htm
More information can be found on the film's website here (which thankfully has an english language version: http://www.adeleblancsec-lefilm.com
It's putting me in mind of a NeoVictorian Indiana Jones... really looking forward to seeing this.
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Check out the trailer!
Pith helmets and rayguns and pterodactyls, OH MY!!
It's called "The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Le Blanc-Sec" and it is directed by none other than Luc Besson.. a good sign!
A brief summary of what's in store:
"The year is 1912. An intrepid young reporter will go to any lengths to achieve her aims, even sailing to Egypt to tackle mummies of all shapes and sizes.
Meanwhile, in Paris, It's panic stations! A 136-million-year-old pterodactyl egg on a shelf in the natural history museum has mysteriously hatched, and the bird subjects the city to a reign of terror from the skies.
But nothing fazes Adele le Blanc-Sec, whose adventures reveal many more extraordinary surprises..."
The movie is based on the graphic novel series by Jaques Tardi, which are well worth checking out if you haven't already.. some information about the author is here: http://lambiek.net/artists/t/tardi.htm
More information can be found on the film's website here (which thankfully has an english language version: http://www.adeleblancsec-lefilm.com
It's putting me in mind of a NeoVictorian Indiana Jones... really looking forward to seeing this.
Riece the Series
Bravo to the creators of the webseries, Riece. They're releasing the episodes over the next few months, it's definately worth checking out. Me, I was sold as soon as I saw the "girl + lupine takes on the world" thing but there's a lot more substance and quality to explore.
The story synopsis:
Riese is a world of moral ambiguity and political intrigue.
A decimated land populated by characters from dreams and nightmares. Loyalties are ever in question, suspicion in the minds of all. The realm, however, was not always so cruel. Everything began with a peaceful nation called Eleysia.
The Kingdom of the Wolf, Eleysia was once prosperous due largely to the influence of Empress Kara and Emperor Ulric. This all changed when a coup d’etat, orchestrated from the shadows by a religious cult,
brought about a total regime change.
Taking the throne was Amara, the Empress’s cousin.
A power-hungry tyrant, Amara immediately utilized Eleysia’s wealth and power to begin colonizing the world, crushing nation after nation in order to unite the people under one banner. Even as she assaulted the world, an ominous, enigmatic group clearly wielded power over her. Called The Sect, they purported themselves to be the official religion of Eleysia, and began to spread alongside Eleysia’s borders.
Riese is a world of moral ambiguity and political intrigue.
A decimated land populated by characters from dreams and nightmares. Loyalties are ever in question, suspicion in the minds of all. The realm, however, was not always so cruel. Everything began with a peaceful nation called Eleysia.
The Kingdom of the Wolf, Eleysia was once prosperous due largely to the influence of Empress Kara and Emperor Ulric. This all changed when a coup d’etat, orchestrated from the shadows by a religious cult,
brought about a total regime change.
Taking the throne was Amara, the Empress’s cousin.
A power-hungry tyrant, Amara immediately utilized Eleysia’s wealth and power to begin colonizing the world, crushing nation after nation in order to unite the people under one banner. Even as she assaulted the world, an ominous, enigmatic group clearly wielded power over her. Called The Sect, they purported themselves to be the official religion of Eleysia, and began to spread alongside Eleysia’s borders.
Since the coup, the land has begun to die, resources are dwindling and compassion is fading. Humanity itself is seen as impure. People have grown restless, almost feral. Rituals and mythology have resurged, and the darker side of mankind has begun to reveal itself.
The true horror of the world is not in how it ends, but what will become of mankind as it fractures.And yet, despite the impending doom, a single beacon of light shines in Riese. A mysterious wanderer, she travels with her wolf Fenrir across this barren land. Branded as heretics by The Sect, Riese and Fenrir will pause to aid those in need as they travel, but they must evade capture at all costs. As she flees, she’ll piece together her past and her destiny, in a conflict that will hold the fate of this world in the balance - and the once peaceful kingdom of Eleysia will be the battlefield.
The true horror of the world is not in how it ends, but what will become of mankind as it fractures.And yet, despite the impending doom, a single beacon of light shines in Riese. A mysterious wanderer, she travels with her wolf Fenrir across this barren land. Branded as heretics by The Sect, Riese and Fenrir will pause to aid those in need as they travel, but they must evade capture at all costs. As she flees, she’ll piece together her past and her destiny, in a conflict that will hold the fate of this world in the balance - and the once peaceful kingdom of Eleysia will be the battlefield.
This is the world of Riese.
Go and watch it here. (choose the flash site for awesome cogs and ambient sound.. choose html for quick loading functionality)
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