Movie: Grizzly Man

Tonight I went to a screening of Grizzly Man, a film by Werner Herzog, about a man who went into the wilderness of Alaska for 13 summers in a row to live with the grizzly bears. It was a fantastic look at one man’s issues with society and himself played out as he lived alone with a number of wild bears. The story itself was fascinating and the storytelling was superb. The highlight was the Q&A afterwards with the filmmaker.

Biography and Event Info @ Stanford

YouTube trailer

IMDB: Grizzly Man

Wikipedia: Grizzly Man

Movie: 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days

I saw the most amazing movie tonight about a very sensitive issue, abortion. Not just abortion, but two girls’ struggle to get an illegal abortion in Communist-era Romania circa 1987. It has to be one of the most compelling movies I’ve seen in a long time. First of all, the film quality was amazing. The director mentions a special chemical process they used to de-saturate the film giving it an amazing texture that completely lacked bright colors, and yet the blues, greens, and reds were especially detailed. It really emphasized the drab nature of the whole endeavor.

Another interesting aspect was the scene duration. There were entire sections of the film shot entirely from one angle in one take. It made sitting in the theatre feel as if you were a silent observer quietly watching the story unfold. The lack of music also added an air of discomfort. The long pauses with no dialog and no music certainly raised the tension in the room.

Fresh Air Interview (~47 minutes)

Fresh Air Review

All Things Considered Review

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IMDB: 4 Months

Hawaii Photos, Mapped

Click on the map above to go to a Google map with interactive photos.

Updated map

50 State Sign Collage

Here’s a collage I made of the all the state signs I passed.

Another great time lapse, New Years Eve 2005 (silent)

24 Hours Of Daytona

I recently went back to Florida to catch another running of the Rolex 24 Hours of Daytona. Here’s the whole weekend in a 3 minute time lapse.

Feast and Flame:

The Whole Weekend: