Here is a clever little faux trailer by Gamevision. I have always been a big fan of Wes Anderson films, from the very beginning with Rushmore, Royal Tenenbaums right up to last year’s Fantastic Mr. Fox. The music they used really matched Anderson’s indie creds (“HOME” by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros).
All of Geekdom will be gathering at the annual San Diego Comic Con this week. A number of interesting announcements been popping up lately:
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The warmer weather is finally upon us and it’s Festival time in Toronto. CONTACT photography festival is kicking off today and runs till May 31. There are talks, workshops and tons of fun stuff. There are tons are exhibitions and installations scattered around the city. The theme this year is “Pervasive Influence”. So get out there and soak in some culture. More info here.
image: Primary Exhibit: The Brothel Without Walls. Douglas Coupland, Prows, from the series Colour Correction, 2010, Courtesy of the artist and Clark & Faria, Toronto
Ibraheem Youssef, a Toronto based graphic designer created a number of Quentin Tarantino Tribute Posters. They are quite large at 24″ x 36″ at $95 CA (with an edition of 200). They are quite nice with a graphic and minimal feel about them. Every single print is hand signed with a unique seal affixed to it. Printed on High Quality Fine Canson printing paper, 100lb stock. Pick one up at his online shop.
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Here is a gourgous print by illustrator Tomer Hanuka call ‘Fierce Allure’, it’s a giclee print 13″x9″, a limited to edition of 40 prints and $85 (US) each. You can pick one up sometime tomorrow at his website.
Tomer worked on Waltz With Bashir, an animated documentary and it was nominated for an Oscar in 2009, and won the Golden Globe that same year.
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Pentax will be releasing the Pentax-i10, a compact point and shoot with a retro 70′s old school flare. The new digital camera have a release date of mid February 2010 and price around $300+ (CA). Here are some of the specs:
-12.1-Megapixel sensor
- Up to 6400 ISO
- 5x optical zoom
- 2.7″ 16:9 LCD screen
- 27 MB built-in Memory (expandable with SD/SDHC memory Cards), t
- Shoots HD Video at (1280×720) resolution
Comes in a very cool white and classic looking black. Personally, I won’t be trading in my Lumix LX3 anytime soon.
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If you enjoy reading, check out Out of Print tee website. They reprint the covers of celebrated litretures through fashion. The shirts features iconic and often out of print book covers. I particularly like the cover for Moby Dick and On the Road.
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