Ross McElwee is mostly famous for his documentary Sherman's March but it's actually two of his other films; Time Indefinite and 6 O'Clock News that I think are really on another level. They're both films that I'd like to make copies of and then send as gifts to all my friends. To me he's the best around when it comes to personal documentary filmmaking. Unfortunately YouTube doesn't have any clips available from those films, so the one below, just for a taste, is from Sherman's March. But you can also click here and here for un-embed-able clips from some of his other films. All are available on Netflix so I'll ask that you move them to the top of your queue and save me some money in postage.
No idea how recent this is (I think its old), but I find it tremendously entertaining. A Bonnie Prince Billy "tour diary." Here's a bit of it:
q: Do you smoke weed? a: yes we do sometimes. q: What do you think of Lars Von Triers oeuvre? a: we are not partial to the school of thought that puts a group of movies or records under the classification of an individual. so...we liked BREAKING THE WAVES and THE IDIOTS, but not for any of the same reasons. We will probably not see DOGVILLE.q: Do you like Godspeed You Black Emperor, or do you think that they are a bunch of pretentious Gorecki rip-offs?a: no and no.
As you've noticed no doubt, this blog is being updated very irregularly as of late, what with our move to LA and all. Also, since we'll be traveling March 16 - April 28 the sporadic posts will continue to be sporadic.
Don't let any of this b.s. stop you however from enjoying this New Scientist article about the Obama administration pumping huge amounts of money into science projects.
