"In this video essay, I focus on how the synth score by Kyle Dixon and Michael Stein affects our perception of the relationship between Eleven and Mike in Season 1 of STRANGER THINGS."
Today's Short Is An Homage To The Faceoffs Of Sergio Leone, And Also Has A Surprising Twist
"Behold, He Spreads His Lightning About Him"
Today's Streaming Video Suggestion (SVS) Is An Amazing Iranian Film About Goldfish. And Sneakers.
It's much more light-hearted and far easier to stomach than the other fantastic film I've seen from Majidi, the wrenching (yet wonderful, in its own way) The Color of Paradise, yet it displays the same immersive "fly-on-the-wall" approach, the same extraordinary social and cultural nuances, and an absolutely astonishing set of child actors.
Definitely One For The "Worth More Than A Thousand Words" File
"During an engineering flight test of the Cloud-Aerosol Multi-Angle Lidar (CAMAL) instrument, a view from NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center’s ER-2 aircraft shows smoke plumes, from roughly 65,000 feet, produced by the Thomas Fire in Ventura County, California, around 1 p.m. PST on Dec. 5th, 2017."
Today's Short Is Wonderfully Simple (And Quietly Humorous)
No Commentary Necessary — "All Of Haydn's Baryton Trios"
Today's Suggestion? A Reminder That Features Aren't Always Better Than The Shorts That Inspire Them.
Before you take this too negatively, today's recommendation is most of all a reminder that Shane Acker needs to make another feature, because he's a visual genius. The fact that his only feature film to date isn't as good as the astonishing short that inspired it says more about the original than it does about the full-blown version.
