Tag Archives: dissave pictures

Melissa K. Smith: Honey Hunter

Posted on October 2, 2012 by rorydean

Melissa K. Smith’s imagery and expressions reveal an exacting attention to the nether-spaces in color and form where layered, complex spatial formalities meet the intangible, often illusory places between destinations. These structured juxtapositions of space and imagined space tell us that the subjects of her worlds must first begin with their own command of comfortableness before being allowed to exist entirely on their own. “Honey Hunter is me returning to the paint and canvas shapes I love,” Melissa explains about the painting that was accepted for Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program exhibit “Honeycomb 2012”. Continue reading →

Posted in Essays on art, Speak-Freely | Tagged above the line, arts and consciousness, bay area artist, CAP Program, community arts program, dissave pictures, east bay, el cerrito, honey hunter, honeycomb exhibit, hospitality house, jfk university, melissa dean, melissa k. smith, multi-media, northern california, painter, photo-mâché, rory dean, sense of collective and collaboration, works of the moment | 16 Comments

Rory Dean featured in “Splice” magazine

Posted on September 30, 2012 by bleuravyn

“..Rory Dean’s tribute to Godard does an excellent job in emulating Raoul Coutard’s signature camera angles from behind the characters, indoor panoramas and plain-air portraits, like the ones framing a beautiful girl on the beach through the lens of Eddie’s camera. What makes this film truly Godardian, however, is the postproduction intervention in its black and white colour regime (amounting to what the director calls a “whimsical palate”) and in its sound design.” Continue reading →

Posted in Essays on art, Essays on Film, Guest Editors, Movie Makers & Shakers, On DVD, Online, philosophy and film | Tagged 2010 movies, 80th birthday celebration, Bay Area, black & white cinematography, dissave pictures, experimental, filmpool collective, independent films, jean-luc godard, melissa k. smith, rory dean, San Francisco, saskatchewan film festival, short subject, splice magazine | 3 Comments

I write for the sake of getting by when I’d rather be outside or near instead of rooted here, someplace else entirely, living like I use to when falling down was funny before it got so serious. Continue reading →

Posted on September 1, 2012 by rorydean | 4 Comments

Keyhole (2011)

Posted on June 25, 2012 by rorydean

Maddin’s films feel like jig-saw puzzles where he’s intentionally forced the wrong pieces together just to see if we’re willing to play along and see what happens. Keyhole’s not looking for answers as much as Maddin’s making doodles, the kind of scribbles that invite you to figure them out or give up trying. Continue reading →

Posted in Essays on Film, Movie I've Seen, Movies You Should or Should Not See, On DVD, Rants & Raves | Tagged 2011 movies, above the line, art films, benjamin kasulke, dissave pictures, film noir, George Toles, ghost films, Guy Maddin, isabella rossellini, jason patric, john gurdebeke, keyhole movie, practical movie reviews, rory dean, udo kier | 1 Comment

Drive (2011)

Posted on February 6, 2012 by rorydean

Calculated and precise, flawed, a vision with cojones and Albert Brooks kills someone. You maybe don’t even realize how connected you are until the first scene ends, the first glimpse into this world holds your every second, turns you into the perfect hamster waiting at the cage door of your life for the next meal of gerbil bullets. Refn holds the bag and you start to salivate and then it dawns on you that you’re OK with waiting as long as Refn makes every movie for the rest of your life. Continue reading →