COADA

Pareidolia.

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Midriffs video, now streaming from Frankie blog

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Still from Tokyo Story (1953), directed by Yasujirō Ozu. Here, beautiful Noriko (Setsuko Hara) encapsulates the mood of the film.

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My plasterheads contemplating the future. 

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Papier-mâché mask under construction. 

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WIDOWER

These are stills from a film I worked on in NYC with the hugely talented guys from RodantiBrosFilms. I was the art department and set designer, and made a full-size papier-mâché human mummy. Good times. It's creepy, it's surreal, it's a little nonsensical. And based very loosely on a true story. Go on, check it out: 

http://vimeo.com/15127588

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Mindless.

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“Judex” - (1963) Georges Franju

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Stream-of-consciousness aphorisms aplenty here in Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963).

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A common occurrence. From Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire (1987). 

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Hysterically dramatic puppetry in Being John Malkovich (1999).

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Happy Valentine's from Jim Jarmusch's Mystery Train (1989).

Speaking of Screaming Jay Hawkins, I just listened to every possessive love creep's ultimate torch song. It's where I'm at right now: 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=orNpH6iyokI

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Garfield helps lift the mood in Chungking Express (1994), directed by Wong Kar-Wai with brilliant cinematography by Christopher Doyle and Lau Wai-Keung. 

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Another self-explanatory image from Jan Švankmajer’s Faust (1994). 

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Self-explanatory image from Jan Švankmajer's Faust (1994). 

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"We're smothered by images, words and sounds that have no right to exist, coming from, and bound for, nothingness." Film Director Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) gets down on tumblr in Fellini's 8 1/2 (1963).