June 2012
40 posts
Nora Ephron: What I Won't and Will Miss →
youmightfindyourself:
The great Nora Ephron passed away yesterday, aged 71, following a battle with leukemia that began in 2006. She had many strings to her bow, but most notably wrote the screenplays to some of the best loved films ever to grace the big screen, many of which she also directed and produced. She wrote the following lists — of things she won’t and will miss — in 2010 and used them...
Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote Rules →
nevver:
The Road Runner cannot harm the Coyote except by going “meep, meep.”
No outside force can harm the Coyote — only his own ineptitude or the failure of Acme products. Trains and trucks were the exception from time to time.
The Coyote could stop anytime — if he were not a fanatic.
No dialogue ever, except “meep, meep” and yowling in pain.
The Road Runner must stay on the road — for no...
theatlantic:
theatlanticvideo:
At 4x HD, This Is Probably the Most Epic Time-Lapse Nature Video Ever
There are a lot of time-lapse videos floating around the Internet but Tom Lowe’s TimeScapes is the one to see before you die. The film, an hour-long tribute to the beauty of the American Southwest, is the culmination of two years of shooting and the first video to be sold directly to viewers...