mountain masala

snow in wellington

thanks to duncan for this stunning link...

"the smooth move" on vimeo

"The Smooth Move", a 35 minute short film made for the Ucan2 country-city transition project by Kirk Robson is now online on my vimeo site.

The Smooth Move

It's there so that teachers, students, parents and others can access it anywhere, anytime for free in high quality. I'll be promoting it to university and other contacts with the hope that it will continue to be of use. There was some other video material that I may add as well.

If you haven't seen it, please go watch.

 

The Smooth Move - Episode 1 from Craig Mitchell on Vimeo.

Trove

Trove is the new web portal for the Australian National Library. If you're looking for a book, you can find out which library in your city holds it. You can also search on other types of print media, films, photos, maps, etc.

For example, a search on 

A history of installation and the development of new art forms : technology and the hermeneutics of time and space in modern and postmodern art from cubism to installation / Faye Ran

tells me that there's a copy at the Barr-Smith Library at the University of Adelaide - even gives me the call no. nice.

broken hill

broken hill - a new aussie movie, currently on trial screening in the US.

thanks to ruthmary, our three girls are extras in the film, which was made in south australia. they're in the crowd scenes...

apparently released here early in 2010.

Broken Hill - Trailer from Broken Hill on Vimeo.

how to make a baby

very clever.....

turtles can fly

We saw the utterly astonshing movie Turtles Can Fly on the weekend. This film is so amazing at many levels. It is set in Kurdistan at the start of the US' attack on Saddam Hussein. Told through the eyes of children, it is a harrowing tale of growing up in a war zone. At the same time, there are many moments that are remarkable in their portayal of humanity.

Set in Ghobadi's native Kurdistan, close to the Turkey-Iran border. Soran is a 13-year-old boy who orders other children around as he installs an antenna for villagers keen to hear of Saddam's fall. Eventually, he falls for Agrin but is disturbed by her brother Henkov, who was left armless after he stepped on a landmine and who can now seemingly predict the future.

this film had ther critics raving. i think it's a life-changing movie, revealing just how little we know or understand of what life is like for other people's in our world.

see it however you can!

serenity

bought and watched "serenity" today. sublime escapism. buffy + star wars + alias + clint eastwood. a lot of fun and now I'm dead keen to see "firefly".