It has taken me a while to write an article on The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus for a very simple reason. It is so complex and is so visually overwhelming that it takes a good week or two to really process what you have seen in the theater. Most film school professors will tell you [...]
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The Imaginarium of Dr. Parnassus: A Feast For The Eyes That Demands Repeated Viewings
Feb
14
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The Stolen Airship by Karel Zeman
Jan
21
Airships, Zeppelins, dirigibles and lighter-than-air steam powered travel are common motifs in both steampunk ideology as well as fiction. The days of the airship have not fully vanished, and continue to occupy a fancy in the collective steampunk consciousness. It’s a timeless craft, from giant balloons supporting old ships to the modern, sleek blimps and [...]
The Steampunk in Sherlock Holmes Film
Dec
27
I see it fairly well now… “You know” Says Warner Brothers Executive 1 to Warner Brothers Executive 2 “the kids are really into this ‘Steampunk’ thing these days.” “Steampunk?” Says WBE 2. “Yeah, Steampunk, it’s kind of like re-writing history, as if, say, Abraham Lincoln had a Gatling gun for a left arm, or if [...]
Camouflage-The Great Commandment
Feb
04
Who doesn’t like Weimar Period German Cinema, Communist undertones, androgynous 80′s all-male synthpop acts, and countless references to blade runner and Fritz Lang? I’m not sure, but I am 100 percent sure they are not people worth knowing. So it goes that 80′s synthpop act Camouflage released the video for their 1987 hit “The Great [...]
The Myserious Explorations of Jasper Morello
Jan
28
In case you have neither heard nor seen, The Mysterious Explorations of Jasper Morello is quite possibly the most beautifully animated film I have ever watched. It is dark, it is strange, it is whimsical and yes, it is pretty damn steampunk, all that aside, it is above anything: incredible. It was done in the [...]
