Today: Werner Herzog's Rogue Film School

Werner Herzog is opening a film school. Lucky students will get to meet with him in a hotel room and...learn about life.

From their About the School page.

8. Related, but more practical subjects, will be the art of lockpicking. Traveling on foot. The exhilaration of being shot at unsuccessfully. The athletic side of filmmaking. The creation of your own shooting permits. The neutralization of bureaucracy. Guerrilla tactics. Self reliance.


9. Censorship will be enforced. There will be no talk of shamans, of yoga classes, nutritional values, herbal teas, discovering your Boundaries, and Inner Growth.

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11. Follow your vision. Form secretive Rogue Cells everywhere. At the same time, be not afraid of solitude.

Movie: Flood Tide

I've been loosely following the Swimming Cities of the Switchback Sea and Serenissima but this is the first time I've heard of this movie. I want to see this.

FLOOD TIDE

FLOOD TIDE is a narrative film about a journey down a river in the midst of ongoing economic and ecological collapse. The film tells the story of a group of friends who, driven by dreams, desperation, and a sense of adventure, decide to build a boat out of scrap material. As they begin to build more people gather at the river, assembling vessels out of the trash that surrounds them. Inspired, but uncertain, they set out down the river to make a new life for themselves.

FLOOD TIDE blends narrative, cinema verite, and improvised experimental film. The film was shot amidst the artist Swoon’s 2008 Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea project, in which seven homespun boats were built and crewed by an eclectic group of artists and performers. The boats floated down the Hudson River staging performances in towns along the way.

Movie: Paper Heart

I want to see this.

Because it's about love and it stars (and is written by) the page from 30 Rock. And I have a feeling it's one of those movies that I'll end up grinning like an idiot through.

I saw a review and found out that the romance between Cera and Yi is fictional which is disappointing because it's supposed to be a movie about a cynic of love. And part of the reason she's a cynic is because of Hollywood and media portrayal of love. Sooooo, it's a movie about the fable that is love and they throw in a fake love story amongst the real stories?...the logic is a bit jagged...unless it's some reverse psychology that I can't wrap my head around.

But I still want to watch it because of the aforementioned reasons and because I'm a sucker for fake love stories. Especially one with a how-to-woo-a-hipster-girl soundtrack. And there are paper dolls and I'm a sucker for cutesy-craft-nerd aesthetic.

Movie: The Year My Parents Went on Vacation

I was in a bad mood. Then I watched this movie. Coming of age story in an age of turmoil + nice visuals, always = nice combination.

How did I miss this line the first three times I saw "In Bruges"?

Brendan: We shall strike a balance between culture and fun.
Colin : Somehow I believe, Ken, that the balance shall tip in the favor of culture, like a big fat fucking retarded fucking black girl on a see-saw opposite... a dwarf.

Movie: In Bruges

Choice lines:

Ray: They're filming midgets!

Ken: Coming up?
Ray: What's up there?
Ken: The view.
Ray: The view of what? The view of down here? I can see that down here.
Ken: Ray, you are about the worst tourist in the whole world.
Ray: Ken, I grew up in Dublin. I love Dublin. If I grew up on a farm, and was retarded, Bruges might impress me but I didn't, so it doesn't.

Ray: Why didn't you wave hello to me today when I waved hello to you today?
Jimmy: I was on a very strong horse tranquilizer today; Wasn't waving hello to anybody. Except... maybe to a horse.

Harry: Leave my kids fucking out of it! What have they done? You fucking retract that bit about my cunt fucking kids!
Ken: I retract that bit about your cunt fucking kids.
Harry: Insult my fucking kids? That's going overboard, mate!
Ken: I retracted it, didn't I?

Harry (to wife): I'm sorry for calling you an inanimate fuckin object. I was upset.

Harry: An Uzi? I'm not from South Central Los Angeles. I didn't come here to shoot twenty black ten year olds in a drive-by. I want a normal gun for a normal person.

Eirik: I can't see! I can't see!
Ray: Of course you can't see! I just a shot a blank in your fucking eye!

Movie: Beautiful Losers

Corporate sponsored but who cares? I like Wooster's description of it: for the DIYers and makes you want to go out and create art. It's been a long time since I've felt that inspiration. I dreamt last night that I was painting in a studio and that all my works came to life. I'll take that as an auspicious sign. Because it's nice to believe in something.

Here's a clip. It opens tonight at the IFC film center.

The Price of Success from beautifullosersfilm on Vimeo.

I do love AMAZE/Barry McGee. I just have such fond memories of riding in the car as a child and seeing his mark through the streets of San Francisco. I'd stare out the window looking for the next sign. His "Hello" to me, quiet and lost in my own world.