October 18, 2009 @ 11:06 pm
“We Were Once A Fairytale” – Kanye West Dir: Spike Jonze from Yooj‽ – Recording Live From No on Vimeo.
Directed by Spike Jonze and starring Kanye West as himself, this short film is straight-up WTF. I need somebody to explain this one to me. I’m all artsy-fartsied out.
March 12, 2009 @ 1:11 am
This is one of those situations you never hope to see but at the same time you can’t pull yourself away.
A government procession in Sri Lanka celebrating Mawlid, the birthday of the Prophet Mohammed was interrupted when a suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of the crowd. The Sri Lankan government has accused the group known as Tamil Tigers for the attack that has left at least 14 dead.
You can see graphic stills from the video in this image slideshow or you can watch the actual video inside.
Viewer discretion highly advised.
March 12, 2009 @ 12:54 am
I just finished watching one of the most captivating yet disturbing documentaries I’ve ever seen. Called simply The Bridge, the film was the work of Eric Steel and distributed by the IFC in 2006. It centers around the famous Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco where the highest number of suicides occur every year within the United States.
The film’s content is highly disturbing because it shows actual video of suicide jumpers jumping off the bridge and into the water below. When I first started watching the film, I hadn’t read up on the making of it and did not know that the filmmaker actually placed cameras at strategic jumping spots on the bridge in order to get footage of people’s suicides. I can’t imagine filming something like that over the course of an entire year and coming away with over 20 suicides and then having to interview family and friends about it afterward.
As I said, the film is oddly mesmerizing mainly because of this footage and the fact that this bridge has become known over the years as the place so many people choose to end their lives.
