All photos were taken using the Polaroid OneStep 600 (given to me by photominimal.) and expired films (2005/2007).

*I’ve just noticed the dog hair on every scan. Sorry. The future may hold a re-do but, eh…probably not.

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From his blog:

Collaboration is everything. These gorgeous photographs are the result of a very sincere collaboration between myself and the model, Miss Long. But they are also the result of a collaboration between location and medium, light and shadow, gesture and composition. They are also, I think, a wonderful balance between what is seen, and what is not. And it is this aspect that I wish to cultivate more thoughtfully in my work. This will be m … Read More

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Photos by Josh Austin

Tennessee, May 2011

My absolute favorite of the month. I love Jeff Bridges anyway and watching this film, I was really stricken by the resemblance (both family and character) between this Jeff and brother Beau in Hal Ashby’s The Landlord (1970). Both are great explorations of class integration and problems of the times. Stay Hungry uses a lot of humor (particularly, a tense moment broken by a gaggle of muscle men running around and flexing in downtown Birmingham traffic) and it’s the first time I’ve ever thought Arnold Schwartzenegger was cute. He’s actually a really great actor! Oh, and Sally Field…sigh. Very well cast.

Born to Kill <<Cockfighter>> (Dir. Monte Hellman, USA, 1974) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre: Visions of the South

Poetry <<Shi>> (Dir. Chang-Dong Lee, Korea, 2010) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre

Really good. Wanted to see this at Telluride last year but didn’t get the chance.

Better Than Something: Jay Reatard (Dirs Alex Hammond and Ian Marciewicz, USA, 2010) – digital projection – Nashville Film Festival at Regal Green Hills

Música Campesina <<Country Music>> (Dir. Alberto Fuguet, USA/Chile, 2011) – digital projection – Nashville Film Festival at Regal Green Hills

I’m in this movie! This was the American Premiere and my first viewing and I was pleasantly surprised both with the film in general and by my performance. I had been sweating that scene for a whole year and as it turns out, I did fine (if I do say so myself). You can read more in earlier posts: Goodness. and Musica Campesina

The Sleeping Beauty <<La belle endormie>> (Dir. Catherine Breillot, France, 2010) – digital projection – Nashville Film Festival at Regal Green Hills

Jess + Moss (Dir. Clay Jeter, USA, 2011) – Nashville Film Festival at Regal Green Hills

My favorite of the fest. Shot entirely on expired film stock. Really beautiful.

Septien (Dir. Michael Tully, USA, 2011) – digital projection – Nashville Film Festival at Regal Green Hills

Terri (Dir. Azazel Jacobs, USA, 2011) – Nashville Film Festival at Regal Green Hills

*Desperate Living (Dir. John Waters, USA, 1977) – digital projection – BoomBoomMcBroom back deck cinema —partial viewing on account of the rain—

Bill Cunningham, New York (Dir. Richard Press, USA, 2010) – digital projection – Belcourt Theatre

Performance (Dirs Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg, UK, 1970) – 16mm – Toby’s basement cinema, Tom Wills’ collection

Rubber (Dir. Quentin Depieux, France/Angola, 2010) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre: Midnight Movies

Just nuts.

Green – part of Nashville Film Festival

* – oldie but goodie

photo courtesy of Southern Women's Show Nashville

Day 2: Same dress, Jewels from Jewelry TV ($1000 necklace!)

photo courtesy of Southern Women's Show Nashville

photo by Nhu Duong

Didn’t think you’d see me in a wedding dress, huh?

White Rabbit by Shea Steele/photo by Bradley Spitzer

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I like Local Honey and Bradley Spitzer.

White Rabbit by Shea Steele/photo by Bradley Spitzer

The North American Premiere is happening this weekend at Nashville Film Festival:

Musica Campesina (Alberto Fuguet, Chile / USA)
Alejandro Tazo, a 30-something Chilean musician arrives in Nashville on a Greyhound bus. He has little to his name, seemingly no mission, seemingly no goals. What will he make of his new life in Music City? Director Alberto Fuguet shot “Musica Campesina” while serving as a visiting professor at Vanderbilt. NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE

Sun, Apr 17, 5:00pm

I’m nervous! I don’t know how it’s gonna be but I have an IMDb page now…

16mm films viewed in my attic on my Birthday:

The Birthday Movie
Hansel & Gretel Appalachian Version
Experimental Film by Brad Sellers 1979-80
Techniques of Defensive Driving: The Car Ahead

The Quiet Man (Dir. John Ford, USA, 1952) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre: Classic Romances

The Swarm (Dir. Irwin Allen, USA, 1978) – Netfilix Watch Instantly

The Manitou (Dir. William Girdler, USA, 1978) – Netflix Watch Instantly

From Here to Eternity (Dir. Fred Zinnemann, USA, 1953) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre: Classic Romances

Kaboom (Dir. Gregg Araki, USA/France, 2010) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre

I can’t BELIEVE how few films I watched in February! I should note, however, that I did put a great dent in the old episodes of Kids in the Hall via Netflix Watch Instantly.

MARCH

Creepshow (Dir. George Romero, USA, 1982) – Netflix Watch Instantly

Biutiful (Dir. Alejandro González Iñárritu, Spain/Mexico, 2010) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre

On the Bowery (Dir. Lionel Rogosin, USA, 1957) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre

A Serious Man (Dirs Joel and Ethan Coen, USA, 2009) – DVD – Netflix

Wild River (Dir. Elia Kazan, USA, 1960) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre: Visions of the South

The Man Who Loved Women <<L’homme qui aimait les femmes>> (Dir. François Truffaut, France, 1977) – DVD – house-sitting collection

Umshini Wam “Bring Me My Machine Gun” (16min short, Dir. Harmony Korine, USA, 2010) – Digital Stream – vbs.tv

God’s Little Acre (Dir. Anthony Mann, USA, 1958) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre: Visions of the South

Baby Doll (Dir. Elia Kazan, USA, 1956) – 35mm – Belcourt Theatre: Visions of the South

The Doom Generation (Dir. Gregg Araki, USA, 1994) – Netflix Watch Instantly

Putty Hill (Dir. Matt Porterfield, USA, 2011) – HD projection – Belcourt Theatre

Diner (Dir. Barry Levinson, USA, 1982) – Netflix Watch Instantly

A Single Man (Dir. Tom Ford, USA, 2009) – DVD – Sadie’s Netflix