A stunning, fan-made opening title sequence for Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, created and composited by Doğan Can Gündoğdu. /via Nice Type
Letterboxd, the social film diary and review site I’ve been working on with a few colleagues over the past year, is nearing its public beta launch. We’ve continued to add to and improve the site since launching at Brooklyn Beta last October — film pages have had an overhaul as you can see above, among many other improvements.
If you’d like to be part of the private beta, drop your email address at letterboxd.com over the weekend, and we’ll get an invitation out to you early next week.
Some people flunk out of school, but are still very interesting people. They’re not in the class that goes ahead, but maybe you’d like to go visit them.
— David Lynch reflects on almost an hour’s worth of deleted scenes which have been included on the 25th anniversary Blu-ray of Blue Velvet, out this month.
Christopher Jobson (via Jonathan Moore):
A Star Wars reference is rare on Colossal, but this new print by Anton Marrast is exceptionally genius. Pick up a copy via S6.
Saul Bass’ brilliant opening titles for Grand Prix (1966).
For a good part of this year I’ve been working with the guys here at Cactuslab on a new site called Letterboxd. It’s a site for film lovers; a place where you can keep a log of the films you watch, rate or review them, and keep up with what your friends have been watching.
I demoed this service at Brooklyn Beta last month. The feedback has been terrific, and we are continuing to make improvements while in private beta mode. If you’d like early access, leave your email at the site, we’re inviting new users every few days.
Creative Review (via Peter Nidzgorski):
Sir Paul Smith has designed a series of four silk-screen posters to celebrate new movie Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, released later this month. … Smith collaborated with film’s director, Tomas Alfredson, in the early development stages of the movie, offering his insights on 1970s London. He advised on the mood, colour and photographic approach to take.
The poster/s and trailer for Spielberg/Jackson juggernaut The Adventures of Tintin (co-penned by Edgar Wright!) are out. Best comment: “Filmed on location in the Uncanny Valley.” (via Jason Kottke)
“Haircut” is Ken Garduno’s contribution to Seb Mesnard’s Scissorhands 20th blog, a tribute for the anniversary of Tim Burton’s 1990 fairytale, dedicated to the memories of Vincent Price and Stan Winston.
