Forrest J. Ackerman

It's no secret Vince and I like classic monster movies so we were very saddened to hear about the ailing health of Famous Monsters of Filmland publisher Forrest J. Ackerman.

Aint it Cool News has the story, as well as contact info if you would like to write to Forry. Our thoughts are with him and his family...

Dan

Winslet as Deneuve...

Surrealist films don't get a lot of attention from the general public, so we've lowered our expectations as to what qualifies as press for surrealists films. Case in point, Kate Winslet's Belle de Jour-inspired photoshoot for Vanity Fair.

See the rest of the article at Vanity Fair's website (or see a picture of Kate Winslet's butt here.)

While this is very cool, it's nothing new. Diora Baird channeled Catherine Deneuve in Playboy a while back... It's NSFW, but we'll link to it here.

Dan

Three Salvador Dali Biopics?!?!

We jsut heard that Antonio Banderas is in final negotiations to play Salvador Dali in a biopic to be directed by the guy who directed CON AIR. No, we're not making that up.

But it gets weirder. This is the THIRD Dali biopic that will supposedly see the light of day in the next two years...another starring Al Pacino (DALI + I: THE SURREALIST STORY) and one staring the kid who got killed at the end of the fourth Harry Potter movie by Lord Voldemort (LITTLE ASHES).

We don't know how to feel about this. On the one hand, yay, Surrealist-themed movies! But on the other hand, Dali was the most commercial and accessible of the Surrealists, so much so that he was even ostracized for embracing classicist painting techniques.

But despite his presence on every wall in every college dorm in the country, we still like Dali. And I know that's what counts. I suppose we'll simply have to remain conflicted about the biopics.

Vince out.

ART WE LIKE: Suspects and Fugitives

I'm a little worried that we're being too negative. We are, after all, artists. And we are artists because we, for the most part, like art. So we thought that it would be cool if we started to share some art that we actually like. (This may be a weekly thing, but forgive us if it isn't...)

First up is Suspects and Fugitives- a series of portraits made from found (usually food-based) products. The piece above is called Edgar Allen Poe-tato Flakes. This appeals to us as artists, and also as lovers of puns...

This one is called Eggshell Getty...

This one. Burt Reynold's Wrap.

Anyway, I won't post every single picture here (though I could), but you can check them all out on their flickr page, or at their blog.

Dan

Inanities, Part 2

Things I've written on my typewriter:

1. Logical conclusions are a thing of the past!

2. Failure is a near certainty!

3. Words! They're silly!

Vote Today!

Vote Today- and vote twice.

First, you've got our much-anticipated Presidential Endorsement, so do that...

Then, do what you (apparently) didn't do last time we asked you to and vote in GQ's 25 Sexiest Women Poll. Ms. Catherine Surrealism Deneuve (it's her middle name- blah!) is sitting at 1% which is a travesty. Equally travese (traveste?) to our film geek hearts is that Ms. Anna Godard Karina (Godard is her middle name- wait- no...) is sitting at 0%. ZERO PERCENT! Have none of you bastards ever seen Alphaville?



You guys better do something about this or we are no longer on speaking terms...

Dan

A Little Late...

We just found this in our inbox today...

Too bad, we didn't get this a week ago. It might have influenced us if you know what I mean... but we didn't get it a week ago. We got it today. After we endorsed Brian Moore for Preident.

Nice try guys, and we were really pushing for you too. This really would have helped. Oh well... Thanks anyway...

Dan