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Sundance 2017 Wrap: Tracking Down the Buzz from the Festival that Was

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Sundance 2017 Wrap: Tracking Down the Buzz from the Festival that Was

The extra snowy 2017 edition of the Sundance Film Festival has long since been buttoned up and our late-landing reviews and coverage have just about all been filed as well (jump to the bottom for the full list). As a way of wrapping things up here at ScreenAnarchy, we're going to take a quick look back at the films that had everyone talking between the snowy protests and the sweaty parties. These are the films we'll sure to be hearing about over the next year plus of theatrical and digital releases. Special thanks to the team on the ground of Jason Gorber, Zach Gayne, and Ben Umstead.

sundance17wrap_dontcall.jpgPerhaps the movie with the best overall buzz was Luca Guadagnino's Call Me By Your Name. In his review of the film, Jason called it a "Cannes-like fable" referring to its European-ness; an obvious break from the American indie world that dominates in Park City. I suppose that's no surprise as Guadagnino is Italian and his past two films A Bigger Splash and I Am Love were oh so Euro. It will be quite interesting to see what he does with his upcoming remake of Suspiria.

Jason's not wrong. There were certainly a lot of "American indie-feeling" American indies (it is Sundance after all). Zoe Lister-Jones's directorial debut (in which she also wrote, produced, starred, and performed music) is a very sweet example of that and features great comedic performances from Adam Pally and Fred Armisen aside her own. Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award recipient Matt Spicer's Ingrid Goes West (he received that award along with co-writer David Branson Smith) had a lot of deserved buzz as well as a big money sale to Neon (that's Tim League and Tom Quinn's new co., if you haven't heard). The film stars Aubrey Plaza as a lovably psychotic Instagram stalker of Elizabeth Olsen (sooo American). O'Shea Jackson and Jr. and Wyatt Russell both give great performances as well.

sundance17wrap_latimes.jpgI'd be remiss not to mention the American indie that I produced at Sundance, L.A. Times, though it's always a bit tricky to talk objectively about that sort of thing. Luckily, I don't have to as Zach so kindly filed a review without any prodding from me where he said that Michelle Morgan's debut "rub(bed) me in the same satisfying way as the Whit Stillman trilogy, while managing to completely stand on its own." Thanks Zach.

Another LA-based movie in the Next section that had people talking was Janicza Bravo's Brett Gelman starring Lemon. Zach chatted with the couple about their oddball comedy, which he called a "scarily bleak, yet wickedly funny journey through mundane hell."

Switching coasts, one particular New York-set indie got a good amount of buzz. Ben chimed in to say of Person to Person: "I imagine director Dustin Guy Defa listened to a lot of old blues records and read plenty of Charles Schultz's Peanuts before filming. Indeed, there's a lovely 'sad-sack' feel to this multi-generational, multi-class, multi-narrative that is set across multiple neighborhoods in New York City. While known comedic talent like Abbi Jacobsen and Michael Cera shine as local newshounds, it's real-life vinyl enthusiast Bene Coopersmith and feminist author Tavi Gevinson that lead the film's existentialist heart with a warm and ready beat."

While it is certainly indie, Maggie Betts's Novitiate eschewed the sweet and silly tone so prevalent throughout the American indie slate for a more sinister and seductive feel in her feature narrative debut. Her gamble paid off, as this story of a nun grappling with un-convent-ional love in the 1960s won Betts the Breakthrough Director award. It is a prize well deserved as the Margaret Qualley and Melissa Leo starrer is truly something special.

If the term "indie" denotes produced without the help of a distributor, then Wilson might not technically qualify. While it has indie spirit in droves, this Woody Harrelson starring Daniel Clowes graphic novel adaptation was produced by Fox Searchlight. In his review, Zach writes, "The Skeleton Twins director, Craig Johnson, proves himself the man for the job of presenting Clowes' screenplay in pitch perfect doses that play out not unlike the pages of the book. As a result, Wilson, the movie, has about 60 delightfully crusty characters, most of whom have no time for Wilson's shit and go as quickly as they came."

sundance17wrap_bigsick.jpgZach also reviewed The Big Sick, a movie that made headlines for its first weekend bidding war and big money sale. Perhaps that's not to be unexpected from a movie produced by Judd Apatow, but Zach praised the Kumail Nanjiani-starring and Michael Showalter-helmed relationship comedy as "every bit as funny as we've known Nanjiani and Showalter to be," while also lauding its heart-warming nature.

Another of the most talked about premieres was Sicario and Hell or High Water writer Tyler Sheridan's directorial debut, Wind River. It's very clear from this tense Jeremy Renner-starring thriller that Sheridan is every bit the talent in the big chair that he has shown to be behind the keyboard. His style is refined and meticulous and belies a depth of knowledge far broader than that of a first-timer. He also had quite the pairing with DP Ben Richardson whose frozen tundra scenery had audiences reaching for their scarves and gloves, even in the well-heated Park City venues.

sundance17wrap_idontfeel.jpgBut the real winner of the narrative slate was the US Dramatic Grand Jury-winning I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore. Actor Macon Blair's debut feature deserves every bit of praise that comes with wining what amounts to Sundance's top prize. In his review, Jason called it, "a tonally rich, impeccably realized indie romp." He then went on with further praise by saying, "Pairing Sundance darling Melanie Lynskey with Elijah Wood, Blair's unique and slightly sordid tale is highly entertaining." This is indeed an excellent film and a whole lot of fun.

Blair's film would be at home in most festivals' midnight programs, even though that wasn't where the Sundance programmers chose to place it. Though it was the secret screening of Jordan Peele's Blumhouse-produced Get Out that had the most people talking, two other films that did get good buzz from the late late program were the all-female-helmed anthology XX and the Murnion/Milott Cooties follow-up Bushwick. Of the latter, Jason wrote, "Between the floating camera and the collision between the chaos and normalcy of borough life the film's unsettling nature is captivating." Of the former, I chimed in in my review that the film is a "very enjoyable and often scary anthology that shows a ton of promise from its directors."

sundance17wrap_icarus.jpgSundance 2017 was packed with great documentaries as well. Things got off to a powerful start with the very strong opening night premiere of An Inconvenient Sequel. This check in with Al Gore and the dire state of our climate crisis 11-years on is exquisitely made both for its overall air or importance without leaving the audience feeling hopeless, and the captivating suspense narrative contained within. Had the film been eligible for awards, it would have likely taken something home, even if the jury had been forced to make up an award the way they created the "Orwell Award" for Bryan Fogel's truly excellent Icarus. This film tells the story of director/subject Fogel's experiments with performance enhancing drugs. It then takes a radical turn when the Russian doctor he's been interacting with suddenly finds himself in the midst of the biggest Olympic sports doping scandal ever. To say that Fogel had a front row seat to the dramatic story would be a terrible understatement. The film begs to be seen to be believed.

Hot button international issues were again a trend at the fest and three films dealt with them in equally intriguing but different ways. Joe Piscatella's Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower took a journalistic look at the youth-led fight for democracy in Hong Kong through interviews and footage shot with one of its young charismatic leaders going back many years. The film won the World Docu Audience Prize. The Workers Cup, directed by Adam Sobel, tackled the issue of migrant workers living under harsh conditions in Qatar in anticipation of the 2022 World Cup. That film took a humanist approach, exploring the issue through a few of the workers taking part in a soccer tournament designed as one of the few distractions for the lonely migrants. Christina Clusiau and Shaul Schwarz's Trophy also held some surprises addressing the issue of big game trophy hunts in Africa from all angles and leaving the audience with a nuanced view of both the pros and the cons of the practice.

sundance17wrap_castingjb.jpgThere were no shortage of strong docus dealing with US issues either. Nobody Speak: Hulk Hogan, Gawker and Trials of a Free Press was a worthy follow-up to Brian Knappenberger's excellent The Internet's Own Boy, meticulously recounting the sordid details of the miscarriage of justice that was the Peter Thiel-funded attack on our First Amendment rights. Anyone who can make Nick Denton a sympathetic figure is quite impressive. Also impressive was the Netflix doc Casting JonBenet. This fascinating and stylized film by Kitty Green is as much an examination of memory and human nature as the case itself.

Here's Ben on another notable US doc: "Directed by activists turned filmmakers Sabaah Folayan and Damon Davis, Whose Streets? is the kind of visceral, immediate, and righteous doc we need more of in ailing America. Though its form can be a bit unwieldy, swinging precariously from a slew of protest footage to underwhelming and rote 'talking heads,' such force does indeed play straight into the anger and unrest of the citizens of Ferguson, Missouri following the death of unarmed Michael Brown by police officer Darren Wilson." This plus the US Docu Directing prize-winning The Force made a fascinating double feature of law enforcement documentaries.

There were many other great docs at the fest. Zach put in a compelling bid for Amir Bar-Lev's Grateful Dead docu Long Strange Trip in his excellent interview with the team. I was also a particularly big fan of one of the smaller docus, Tokyo Idols that looked at the wild phenomenon of young pop star-esque girls in Japan and the creepy but actually rather wholesome middle aged men who make up their fanbases. Director Kiyoko Miyake crafted an excellent and engaging film, mostly through her insistence on telling stories on both side of the handshake line with compassion and humor.

It would be impossible to give credit to all the excellent films that premiered at this year's fest. This is just a taste of the some of the more notable ones. But rest assured, there will be plenty more coverage of these films as they make their way to other fests on the circuit as well as hopefully finding homes that allow them to make their way to theaters and digital platforms in the months to come. Here are all our Sundance 2017 reviews, interviews, and features.

The Big Sick review by Zach Gayne
Black Holes review by Todd Brown
Bushwick review by Jason Gorber
Call Me By Your Name review by Jason Gorber
I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore review by Jason Gorber
L.A. Times review by Zach Gayne
Wilson review by Zach Gayne
XX review by Ryland Aldrich

Lemon interview by Zach Gayne
Long Strange Trip interview by Zach Gayne

AnarchyVision (part 1) by Jason Gorber
AnarchyVision (part 2) by Jason Gorber
ChefDance coverage by Ben Umstead
Preview 1: Narrative Comps by Ryland Aldrich
Preview 2: The Documentaries by Ryland Aldrich
Preview 3: Premieres by Ryland Aldrich
Preview 4: Midnight, Spotlight & More by Ryland Aldrich
New Frontier VR Round Up by Ryland Aldrich

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While Fox and Sony are the most famous beneficiaries of Marvel’s early film licensing deals, those studios aren’t the only ones who sought potentially hot Marvel properties in the pre-Iron Man days. One of those characters is Namor, the Sub-Mariner, which was licensed years ago by Universal Studios but never developed into a film. Unlike some of the more famous licensed properties, the contracts with Universal apparently remained valid even though years passed without a movie release.

This may have changed recently, however. Marvel’s Chief Creative Officer, Joe Quesada, revealed that the Namor film rights are back with Marvel Studios… to the best of his knowledge.

Appearing on Kevin Smith’s Fat Man on Batman podcast, Quesada was asked about Namor by Smith and his co-host Marc Bernardin. At first, Quesada seemed to think that they were asking about the character in the comics, replying:

“We do, he’s in the comics.”

Once it was clarified that the question concerned the film rights, Quesada confirmed that Marvel Studios had the rights to the character:

Smith: No, what studio. How come you guys aren’t diving into the water. Do the same people who have Iron Man have Sub Mariner?”
Quesada: “Yes, as far as I know yes we do. Yeah, it’s not at Fox, it’s not at Sony.”

Namor the Sub Mariner Joe Quesada Says Marvel Studios Has the Rights to Namor

This isn’t the solid confirmation that fans were likely hoping for, however. In addition to sounding like he isn’t quire sure which studio has the rights, the mention of Fox and Sony but not Universal suggests that Quesada may not be as up-to-date on the situation as one might expect.

Of course, fans might remember that this isn’t the first time that Quesada has commented on the Namor rights. He stated that Marvel Studios had the rights in 2012 as well, sparking a lot of speculation about the character appearing in a future film. This led to Kevin Feige clarifying the rights issue in 2013, which was the last official update that fans have received until now.

Given the history of the Namor discussion and the fact that Quesada has been wrong about it in the past, it will probably be best to wait until additional confirmation pops up before expecting to see Namor’s winged feet on the big screen. That confirmation (or an update that Universal still has the rights) may come sooner rather than later, since the question will probably be asked to Feige at some point now that it’s come up again.

As Marvel’s long-standing contract with Universal is often cited as one of the reasons that a new Hulk movie hasn’t been made, it’s possible that the Namor rights are still with Universal as well. Then again, if Marvel has plans that involve the character then the studios could have worked something out since the last time we were updated on it. If they did, though… well, it would be too much to ask for to see Namor show up in a Marvel-produced Fantastic Four movie, wouldn’t it.

Next: Captain America: Civil War Writers Want Namor in the MCU

Captain America: Civil War is in theaters now. Doctor Strange opens November 4, 2016; Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 – May 5, 2017; Spider-Man: Homecoming – July 7, 2017; Thor: Ragnarok – November 3, 2017; Black Panther – February 16, 2018; Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 – May 4, 2018; Ant-Man and the Wasp – July 6, 2018; Captain Marvel– March 8, 2019; Avengers: Infinity War Part 2– May 3, 2019; and as-yet untitled Marvel movies on July 12, 2019, and on May 1, July 10, and November 6 in 2020. There is currently no Namor feature on the Marvel or Universal slates.

Source: Fat Man on Batman, via ComicBook.com

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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

"[Senior status] is not a done deal until you tell the president."

That's Chief Judge Joel Dubina, saying he may not take senior status after all:

But on Monday, Dubina told the Daily Report that the Administrative Office may have acted too soon. He said he had notified Chief Justice John Roberts that he would relinquish the title of chief judge on Aug. 1 and planned to take senior status that day. He said Roberts needed to know because the chief judge chairs the U.S. Judicial Conference, on which circuit court chief judges serve.
But Dubina said taking senior status “is not a done deal until you tell the president,” an action he has not made yet because of the delay in filling the two Georgia-based seats on the Eleventh Circuit.
President Obama has twice nominated Atlanta litigator Jill Pryor to fill the seat vacated by the retirement of Judge Stanley Birch in August 2010, but she has been blocked by Georgia’s senators, Saxby Chambliss and Johnny Isakson. Another seat was vacated last summer by Judge J.L. Edmondson, who took senior status.
Dubina, who was appointed in 1990 and whose seat is based in Alabama, said he didn’t want to leave his colleagues “in the lurch” with only nine active judges.
He recalled early in his appellate career when the court had several vacancies and only nine judges—with about half the caseload of today. “Nine judges is extremely difficult,” he said, noting that the court suspended its rules requiring two Eleventh Circuit judges on each three-judge panel. Instead the court allowed only one Eleventh Circuit judge on a panel, joined by two visiting judges—a solution that risked the consistency of the court’s precedents, he said.

Speaking of filling vacancies, President Obama is doing so with lots of former federal prosecutors:
President Obama's liberal supporters have been dismayed by some of his judicial appointments, and now they can cite statistics: Obama has nominated former prosecutors more often than either Ronald Reagan or George W. Bush.
In Reagan's two terms, 40.8 percent of the judges he appointed had once been prosecutors. Bush, who like Reagan sought to move the judiciary in a more conservative direction, chose ex-prosecutors for 44.7 percent of his judicial appointments. The figures were 37.3 percent for Bush's father, George H.W. Bush, and 40.7 percent for Bill Clinton.
Obama, who began his second term Jan. 21, has appointed or nominated 219 federal judges, of whom 100 - 45.7 percent - were former prosecutors, according to statistics compiled by the Alliance for Justice.
By contrast, 33 nominees, all but three of them at the trial court level, had been public defenders. Even fewer had worked as poverty or civil rights lawyers.

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The odds of BHO filling those seats seems remote given the state of the Senate.


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I was stunned to see a photo in our local paper of the remains of a ship. The caption stated that it was on Long Beach, and the story said that the shipwreck had not been visible since the Perfect Storm in 1991. Our hurricane-force gusts a few weeks back swept away enough sand to uncover it. I so love living on the sea.

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Criminals could get a hold of that list and go and steal those registered guns from the homeowners listed address.
Also, once guns are registered,  it would be easy to confiscate them if Schumer and his antigun legislators could pass a law. And that is what they are looking for....the first step..........gun registration. It happened in England and Australia...................and Canada is trying hard too!!!
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It may be a surprise to you that the crime rate in Texas has gone down since they changed the law and concealed weapons have been allowed............Everybody has the right to bear arms and defend himself.
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Thursday, October 31, 2013

Halloween 2013: Curious George and the Man (and Woman!) with the Yellow Hats

Hope you all had a fun Halloween! Not unlike the last two years, we had a pretty low-key night. We got dressed up and stopped at my sister's house and then at both sets of Grandparents' houses to show off our costumes and indulge in a couple pieces of candy. Levi was definitely more into the festivities than he has ever been, which was fun. We still haven't done any real trick or treating as of yet, but he was more than happy to see some of his favorite people, act like a monkey, yell "trick or treat!" and ingest more sugar than he ever has in his life. As I write, it's 2 hours past his bedtime and he's still in his crib talking the ears off of his stuffed animals. ;)

This year, I thought I'd dress him up as one of his favorite storybook characters, Curious George. We love reading those books together and Levi often reminds me of a curious little monkey. Brian's costume was easy to decide on, of course he would be the Man with the Yellow Hat.  There aren't any main female characters in the books, so I settled on being The Man with the Yellow Hat's long lost love, The Woman with the Yellow Hat. Totally made up, but kind of cute and fun.

-The recipe for the George hat is THIS earflap hat pattern + the ears from THIS pattern.

-For George's tail, I chained 10 and double crocheted around until it was the length I wanted (about a foot?) then decreased and closed it off. I just safety pinned it to the back of his pants.

-Brown clothes, we already owned.

"The Man with the Yellow Hat"

-I cut out a simple tie with yellow felt and glued on some polka dots with black felt.

- With the rest of the black felt, I cut a band to put around a yellow fabric hat that I found at "Party City".

- He wore a yellow shirt, khaki pants and his black rubber boots.

"The Woman with the Yellow Hat"

- I wore clothes I already owned; black skirt and boots, yellow shirt and yellow sunhat.

Tuesday, October 29, 2013

these days

these days, I'm...

- watching a baby bump grow, thankful for the second trimester
- going on oodles of playdates with my very extroverted toddler
- knitting cuddle sacks like a madwoman, welcoming new babies
- taking video of my husband trying to rake leaves, while Levi runs through and ruins all of his piles
- writing 1st quarter art evaluations
- planning Christmas projects
- noticing Levi's love and gift for music and rhythm; listening to him drum -
- supporting my husband during a season of an overload of work and responsibility
- feeling less nauseous
- playing lots of "I Spy"
- packing for an all church retreat
- reading through Galatians and The Jesus Storybook Bible
- studying prayer with the girls
- watching beautiful art being made
- constructing forts and running in hay mazes
- trying to stay warm; layering more clothes and blankets
- looking forward to visiting the grandparents and aunts/uncles on Thursday in our Halloween finest
- enjoying the last days of one of my very favorite months of the year

Monday, October 28, 2013

Monday thanks

Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    his love endures forever...

When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord;
he brought me into a spacious place.
The Lord is with me; I will not be afraid.
Psalm 118:1,5
Thankful, for..

-a good God, spacious places
- for lots of excitement and well-wishes for baby #2
- a fun fundraiser and masquerade ball with church; especially Levi ripping it up on the dance floor.
- football Sunday at the Antonells; not so much the football, but the company :)
- new library books
- a proper date, dinner and ice cream
- Brian and Levi in costume, getting their picture taken by many strangers throughout the streets of Salem
- autumn collages galore by my youngest students
- early morning devotions with Levi; his love for his Bible and his prayers for his friends and family
- warm blankets
- a crochet student
- a skype date to Fiji, on the calendar
- costume days at school
my beloved's hands to hold
- leaves everywhere, glorious colors
- every day, feeling a little better

Sunday, October 20, 2013

So, I guess it's time to level with you. :) If you hadn't guessed based on my spotty blogging for the past couple of months, we're expected our 2nd child in late April/early May. And yes, I'm officially adding two weeks to my due date, just to keep my sanity after Levi's late arrival! We are so very excited and extra thankful after a very hard 1st trimester.  I was (and kind of still am) ever so much sicker than I was with Levi. Every symptom I knew you could have and then some. It's definitely a crazy mixture of emotions when you're so happy, so sick, so tired and so anxious all at the same time and for so long.
Some of you may remember that I lost 2 babies before Levi late in the first trimester due to a hyperactive thyroid. All of my pregnancies are considered "high risk", so it's always a challenge not to worry. This time I had quite a scare around 10 weeks when I went in to my endocrinologist and she informed me that my levels were dangerously high and warned me that I may lose the baby. Many prayers were said and medication was increased and I seem to be stable again. We're praising God that the baby was able to survive however long it was that my levels were so high.
All of this to say, it's been a long and joyful few months and I'm happy to report that I'm starting to get back some energy and feeling hopeful about this little baby staying alive and being healthy. Brian and Levi are very excited, of course. And both of them are convinced it's a girl. :) So there you have it. Hopefully I'll be blogging more often in the coming weeks! (cause man, it's hard to blog when you're just sick and tired and keeping a secret!)

Thursday, October 17, 2013

Operation Autumn List: A Day on the Kancamangus

On Monday we spent the day up in New Hampshire, in hopes of catching some peak season beauty in the White Mountains.  We began with lunch and a craft fair in Lincoln and then we took our sweet time driving along the Kancamangus Highway, a beautiful road that cuts across the pristine White Mountain National Forest. Throughout the afternoon we stopped at many gorgeous overlooks, played on the shores of the rocky Saco river and took a short forest hike to a waterfall. It was definitely one of those days that felt longer than it was (in a good way!) and one you just want to bottle up and remember forever.

Monday, October 14, 2013

Operation Autumn List: A Day at the Topsfield Fair

Yesterday we spent the afternoon at the Topsfield Fair; it's the oldest fair in the country and one of my very favorite fall activities. Brian is never terribly excited about going, but every year I drag him and every year he ends up wondering what on earth he was thinking (ok, maybe that's going too far, but he always enjoys it!) Now that we have a curious and excitable toddler in tow, it's even more fun.  Levi was beyond excited and couldn't stop asking questions and making amazed faces at all of the animals, gigantic pumpkins, carnival rides and games, and of course the crazy people lighting themselves on fire and diving into a 10 foot pool from 30 feet (!!). Oh yes, it happened. We also indulged in our fair share of fair food- a turkey dinner, a loaded baked potato and my personal favorite, maple cotton candy. We met up with some church friends and even ran into my parents, helping out with the Gideon's booth. Levi spent some time handing out pocket Bibles with his Grampy and "helping" Grammy with the coffee.

We've been doing our best to make the most of these beautiful October days and this weekend we're checking tons of things off of our Autumn List. Today we'll spend the day up north enjoying the foliage on the beautiful Kancamangus Highway. Oh, delicious autumn!

Thursday, October 10, 2013

buddy reunion

These boys have been buddies since Levi was just a few weeks old. They hung out together a couple days a week for 2 years while their mamas took turns teaching classes. This year, Evan is in pre-school, so they don't get to hang out nearly as often. A couple times last week, Levi looked longingly out the window and said "Wheeeeere's my Evan?". So, Evan's mom and I decided to make things right and get together for a nice long playdate at a fancy new playground. They were so excited to see each other and followed each other around happily all morning. Buddies are the best.

Tuesday, October 8, 2013

schooner sail

My birthday present from my sister Katie was tickets for a schooner sail for us and our men. On Saturday morning we boarded the Thomas E. Lannon out of Gloucester and went out for a relaxing sail around the harbor. It was beautifully foggy, calm and temperate, a perfect day to be out on the water. It's not every day we get to sail OR all hang out without a little boy (us) or a puppy (them), so it was a real treat all around!

Sunday, October 6, 2013

Art Room Diaries: first projects

I finally had time to post my students first projects on our online art gallery (yes, I'm afraid that blog has been just as neglected as this one!). We're off to a great start; illuminated manuscripts, Miro action figures, pointillist paintings, identity boxes and bas-reliefs inspired by Donatello. Now we're on a roll- so much more to come!

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

of late

Beginning of the school year craziness is calming and I think we're all getting into a nice rhythm. I had a doozy of a cold for over a week, but I'm slowly mending. I'm enjoying the the wonderful things about having a two year old (talking! jokes! energy! playdates! imagination! affection!) and learning day by day how to be patient and give grace to that same rambunctious toddler who is just learning how to cope with his little world (its utter joys and its perceived travesties! Toddlers are a little bit bi-polar!).
It's October, a busy month in our dear Salem-town and many locals hem and haw at all the tourists and the Halloween madness.  The Jameses, however, choose to embrace the season and milk it for all it's worth. I mean, this month we'll have at least 2 fried dough stands within walking distance! How could you complain about THAT? And the city just turns into a constant carnival with all sorts of seasonal fun. In what other city is it totally normal to walk around in costume? Now, if I could just learn how to dodge those zombies and people with fake knifes sticking out of their heads....gross.


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For this child, I have prayed. {18 months}

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This sweet, darling boy is 18 months old today!  The saying goes "The days are long, but the years are short."  I actually find the days to be screaming by at warp speed, and the months even more so.

When we found out we were having a baby we were overjoyed.  We, of course, had the new-parent butterflies and worries, and I'm not ashamed to admit that I had a few of those "What have we done?" moments along the way, worried that life as we knew it was forever over (it is, in a good way) and that we'd become washed up old farts the minute our baby was born.  (We probably have, but, hey, we aren't complaining.)

I spent hours and hours daydreaming about our sweet baby, wondering who this tiny person would be, whose nose he/she would have, what personality traits we would pass on to him/her.  We went back and forth on whether or not we should find out the sex or wait and be surprised the day of the birth.  It was such a tough decision.  Part of me was so curious and REALLY tempted to find out so we could register for all the gender-specific stuff, but the more we thought and talked about it we both wanted that big moment at the birth of "It's a _____!!"

I prayed and prayed for a boy.  I've always wanted to have a boy first, you know, the big brother, protector of the tribe, right?   I thought that if I focused enough on having a boy, it would happen.  I convinced myself through and through
that it was a boy.  I dreamed we had a boy - YAY!  It must be a boy!  And then I dreamed we had a girl - oh, wait...  Then Hubby dreamed it was a girl.  Then the grandparents started dreaming it was a girl....  What the??

Toward the end of my pregnancy I had a sudden moment of panic, realizing I didn't know this child at all.  Who was this kid??  I remember telling R "We are going to bring home a complete stranger!" (Now that I think back on it, that's pretty funny.)  I was truly frightened by the prospect of this total unknown being, and felt horrendous guilt at the same time.  I'm Mom!  I have carried this baby for nearly 40 weeks in my body; how do I not know him/her??  I'm a horrible mom already.

And then he was here.  R exclaimed "It's a BOY!!!"  and I burst into tears.  The nurse brought over this purple, wrinkly and very upset baby boy and placed him on my chest.  I looked down at his puffy little face, all smushed up and angry.  We got this.  I don't know you very well yet, but we got this.

Every day since has been a pure blessing.  I often look at Ayden in complete awe.  We have been blessed with a healthy, happy boy who is growing leaps and bounds, curious about the world around him and fearless in facing it.  He is all boy - fall-in-the-dirt, wrestle-on-the-ground, crash-his-trucks-into-each-other BOY.

He's also a total love muffin.  When he wakes up he greets me with a wide-open-mouthed grin, wraps his chubby little arms around my neck when I pick him up, and gives me a tight squeeze with his head resting on my shoulder.  Throughout the day he loves to stop what he's doing to rush up and bear hug my legs while I'm cooking, or tackle hug from behind while I'm kneeling down picking up his 17 million blocks off the floor, or run full speed at me, arms wide open, when I'm sitting on his playmat.  True love.

Ayden's vocabulary and comprehension have soared in recent weeks.  Seemingly overnight he began understanding everything he hears (eek! Ha!).  He is a little sponge, taking in everything around him.  He imitates sounds with surprising accuracy, bats his eyelashes at me after he throws his food on the ground (stinker!), loves to read books, work on his flash cards, and dance like Axl Rose.  He likes to supervise as I cook.  The other day I gave him a wooden spoon and a saucepan to play with and he walked up to the stove, stood on his tippy toes and reached up with his spoon to "stir".  He will point at whatever I'm cooking and say "Mmmmm!  Please!"  and has recently taken to bringing LaraBars to us to open saying "Please!  Please!  Please!"

I could write a novel about this boy.  Suffice it to say, he's amazing.  We are truly blessed.  Happy 18 months, sweet boy!!  Now, please stop growing up.

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Module::Build::Cookbook - Examples of Module::Build Usage

Module::Build isn't conceptually very complicated, but examples are always helpful. The following recipes should help developers and/or installers put together the pieces from the other parts of the documentation.

Installing modules that use Module::Build

In most cases, you can just issue the following commands:

  perl Build.PL
  ./Build test
  ./Build install

There's nothing complicated here - first you're running a script called Build.PL, then you're running a (newly-generated) script called Build and passing it various arguments.

The exact commands may vary a bit depending on how you invoke perl scripts on your system. For instance, if you have multiple versions of perl installed, you can install to one particular perl's library directories like so:

  /usr/bin/perl5.8.1 Build.PL
  ./Build test
  ./Build install

If you're on Windows where the current directory is always searched first for scripts, you'll probably do something like this:

  perl Build.PL
  Build test
  Build install

On the old Mac OS (version 9 or lower) using MacPerl, you can double-click on the Build.PL script to create the Build script, then double-click on the Build script to run its build, test, and install actions.

The Build script knows what perl was used to run Build.PL, so you don't need to re-invoke the Build script with the complete perl path each time. If you invoke it with the wrong perl path, you'll get a warning or a fatal error.

Modifying values

Module::Build relies heavily on various values from perl's to do its work. For example, default installation paths are given by installsitelib and installvendorman3dir and friends, C linker & compiler settings are given by ld, lddlflags, cc, ccflags, and so on. If you're pretty sure you know what you're doing, you can tell Module::Build to pretend there are different values in than what's really there, by passing arguments for the --config parameter on the command line:

  perl Build.PL --config cc=gcc --config ld=gcc

Inside the Build.PL script the same thing can be accomplished by passing values for the config parameter to new():

 my $build = Module::Build->new
    config => { cc => 'gcc', ld => 'gcc' },

In custom build code, the same thing can be accomplished by calling the "config" in Module::Build method:

 $build->config( cc => 'gcc' );     # Set
 $build->config( ld => 'gcc' );     # Set
 my $linker = $build->config('ld'); # Get

Installing modules using the programmatic interface

If you need to build, test, and/or install modules from within some other perl code (as opposed to having the user type installation commands at the shell), you can use the programmatic interface. Create a Module::Build object (or an object of a custom Module::Build subclass) and then invoke its dispatch() method to run various actions.

  my $build = Module::Build->new
     module_name => 'Foo::Bar',
     license     => 'perl',
     requires    => { 'Some::Module'   => '1.23' },
  $build->dispatch('test', verbose => 1);

The first argument to dispatch() is the name of the action, and any following arguments are named parameters.

This is the interface we use to test Module::Build itself in the regression tests.

Installing to a temporary directory

To create packages for package managers like RedHat's rpm or Debian's deb, you may need to install to a temporary directory first and then create the package from that temporary installation. To do this, specify the destdir parameter to the install action:

  ./Build install --destdir /tmp/my-package-1.003

This essentially just prepends all the installation paths with the /tmp/my-package-1.003 directory.

Installing to a non-standard directory

To install to a non-standard directory (for example, if you don't have permission to install in the system-wide directories), you can use the install_base or prefix parameters:

  ./Build install --install_base /foo/bar

See "INSTALL PATHS" in Module::Build for a much more complete discussion of how installation paths are determined.

Installing in the same location as ExtUtils::MakeMaker

With the introduction of --prefix in Module::Build 0.28 and INSTALL_BASE in ExtUtils::MakeMaker 6.31 its easy to get them both to install to the same locations.

First, ensure you have at least version 0.28 of Module::Build installed and 6.31 of ExtUtils::MakeMaker. Prior versions have differing (and in some cases quite strange) installation behaviors.

The following installation flags are equivalent between ExtUtils::MakeMaker and Module::Build.

    MakeMaker             Module::Build
    PREFIX=...            --prefix ...
    INSTALL_BASE=...      --install_base ...
    DESTDIR=...           --destdir ...
    LIB=...               --install_path lib=...
    INSTALLDIRS=...       --installdirs ...
    INSTALLDIRS=perl      --installdirs core
    UNINST=...            --uninst ...
    INC=...               --extra_compiler_flags ...
    POLLUTE=1             --extra_compiler_flags -DPERL_POLLUTE

For example, if you are currently installing MakeMaker modules with this command:

    perl Makefile.PL PREFIX=~
    make test
    make install UNINST=1

You can install into the same location with Module::Build using this:

    perl Build.PL --prefix ~
    ./Build test
    ./Build install --uninst 1

prefix vs install_base

The behavior of prefix is complicated and depends on how your Perl is configured. The resulting installation locations will vary from machine to machine and even different installations of Perl on the same machine. Because of this, it's difficult to document where prefix will place your modules.

In contrast, install_base has predictable, easy to explain installation locations. Now that Module::Build and MakeMaker both have install_base there is little reason to use prefix other than to preserve your existing installation locations. If you are starting a fresh Perl installation we encourage you to use install_base. If you have an existing installation installed via prefix, consider moving it to an installation structure matching install_base and using that instead.

Running a single test file

Module::Build supports running a single test, which enables you to track down errors more quickly. Use the following format:

  ./Build test --test_files t/mytest.t

In addition, you may want to run the test in verbose mode to get more informative output:

  ./Build test --test_files t/mytest.t --verbose 1

I run this so frequently that I define the following shell alias:

  alias t './Build test --verbose 1 --test_files'

So then I can just execute t t/mytest.t to run a single test.

Making a distribution

New versions of understand how to use a Build.PL script, but old versions don't. If authors want to help users who have old versions, some form of Makefile.PL should be supplied. The easiest way to accomplish this is to use the create_makefile_pl parameter to Module::Build->new() in the Build.PL script, which can create various flavors of Makefile.PL during the dist action.

As a best practice, we recommend using the "traditional" style of Makefile.PL unless your distribution has needs that can't be accomplished that way.

The Module::Build::Compat module, which is part of Module::Build's distribution, is responsible for creating these Makefile.PLs. Please see Module::Build::Compat for the details.

Changing the order of the build process

The build_elements property specifies the steps Module::Build will take when building a distribution. To change the build order, change the order of the entries in that property:

  # Process pod files first
  my @e = @{$build->build_elements};
  my ($i) = grep {$e[$_] eq 'pod'} 0..$#e;
  unshift @e, splice @e, $i, 1;

Currently, build_elements has the following default value:

  [qw( PL support pm xs pod script )]

Do take care when altering this property, since there may be non-obvious (and non-documented!) ordering dependencies in the Module::Build code.

Adding new file types to the build process

Sometimes you might have extra types of files that you want to install alongside the standard types like .pm and .pod files. For instance, you might have a Bar.dat file containing some data related to the Foo::Bar module and you'd like for it to end up as Foo/Bar.dat somewhere in perl's @INC path so Foo::Bar can access it easily at runtime. The following code from a sample Build.PL file demonstrates how to accomplish this:

  use Module::Build;
  my $build = Module::Build->new
     module_name => 'Foo::Bar',
     ...other stuff here...

This will find all .dat files in the lib/ directory, copy them to the blib/lib/ directory during the build action, and install them during the install action.

If your extra files aren't located in the lib/ directory in your distribution, you can explicitly say where they are, just as you'd do with .pm or .pod files:

  use Module::Build;
  my $build = new Module::Build
     module_name => 'Foo::Bar',
     dat_files => {'some/dir/Bar.dat' => 'lib/Foo/Bar.dat'},
     ...other stuff here...

If your extra files actually need to be created on the user's machine, or if they need some other kind of special processing, you'll probably want to subclass Module::Build and create a special method to process them, named process_${kind}_files():

  use Module::Build;
  my $class = Module::Build->subclass(code => <<'EOF');
    sub process_dat_files {
      my $self = shift;
      ... locate and process *.dat files,
      ... and create something in blib/lib/
  my $build = $class->new
     module_name => 'Foo::Bar',
     ...other stuff here...

If your extra files don't go in lib/ but in some other place, see "Adding new elements to the install process" for how to actually get them installed.

Please note that these examples use some capabilities of Module::Build that first appeared in version 0.26. Before that it could still be done, but the simple cases took a bit more work.

Adding new elements to the install process

By default, Module::Build creates seven subdirectories of the blib directory during the build process: lib, arch, bin, script, bindoc, libdoc, and html (some of these may be missing or empty if there's nothing to go in them). Anything copied to these directories during the build will eventually be installed during the install action (see "INSTALL PATHS" in Module::Build.

If you need to create a new custom type of installable element, e.g. conf, then you need to tell Module::Build where things in blib/conf/ should be installed. To do this, use the install_path parameter to the new() method:

  my $build = Module::Build->new
     ...other stuff here...
     install_path => { conf => $installation_path }

Or you can call the install_path() method later:

  $build->install_path(conf => $installation_path);

The user may also specify the path on the command line:

  perl Build.PL --install_path conf=/foo/path/etc

The important part, though, is that somehow the install path needs to be set, or else nothing in the blib/conf/ directory will get installed, and a runtime error during the install action will result.

See also "Adding new file types to the build process" for how to create the stuff in blib/conf/ in the first place.

Several distributions on CPAN are making good use of various features of Module::Build. They can serve as real-world examples for others.

John Peacock, author of the SVN-Notify-Mirror distribution, says:

1. Using auto_features, I check to see whether two optional modules are available - SVN::Notify::Config and Net::SSH;
2. If the S::N::Config module is loaded, I automatically generate test files for it during Build (using the PL_files property).
3. If the ssh_feature is available, I ask if the user wishes to perform the ssh tests (since it requires a little preliminary setup);
4. Only if the user has ssh_feature and answers yes to the testing, do I generate a test file.

I'm sure I could not have handled this complexity with EU::MM, but it was very easy to do with M::B.

Modifying an action

Sometimes you might need an to have an action, say ./Build install, do something unusual. For instance, you might need to change the ownership of a file or do something else peculiar to your application.

You can subclass Module::Build on the fly using the subclass() method and override the methods that perform the actions. You may need to read through Module::Build::Authoring and Module::Build::API to find the methods you want to override. All "action" methods are implemented by a method called "ACTION_" followed by the action's name, so here's an example of how it would work for the install action:

  # Build.PL
  use Module::Build;
  my $class = Module::Build->subclass(
      class => "Module::Build::Custom",
      code => <<'SUBCLASS' );

  sub ACTION_install {
      my $self = shift;

      module_name => 'Your::Module',
      # rest of the usual Module::Build parameters

Adding an action

You can add a new ./Build action simply by writing the method for it in your subclass. Use depends_on to declare that another action must have been run before your action.

For example, let's say you wanted to be able to write ./Build commit to test your code and commit it to Subversion.

  # Build.PL
  use Module::Build;
  my $class = Module::Build->subclass(
      class => "Module::Build::Custom",
      code => <<'SUBCLASS' );

  sub ACTION_commit {
      my $self = shift;

      $self->do_system(qw(svn commit));

Bundling Module::Build

Note: This section probably needs an update as the technology improves (see contrib/ in the distribution).

Suppose you want to use some new-ish features of Module::Build, e.g. newer than the version of Module::Build your users are likely to already have installed on their systems. The first thing you should do is set configure_requires to your minimum version of Module::Build. See Module::Build::Authoring.

But not every build system honors configure_requires yet. Here's how you can ship a copy of Module::Build, but still use a newer installed version to take advantage of any bug fixes and upgrades.

First, install Module::Build into Your-Project/inc/Module-Build. CPAN will not index anything in the inc directory so this copy will not show up in CPAN searches.

    cd Module-Build
    perl Build.PL --install_base /path/to/Your-Project/inc/Module-Build
    ./Build test
    ./Build install

You should now have all the Module::Build .pm files in Your-Project/inc/Module-Build/lib/perl5.

Next, add this to the top of your Build.PL.

    my $Bundled_MB = 0.30;  # or whatever version it was.

    # Find out what version of Module::Build is installed or fail quietly.
    # This should be cross-platform.
    my $Installed_MB =
        `$^X -e "eval q{require Module::Build; print Module::Build->VERSION} or exit 1";

    # some operating systems put a newline at the end of every print.
    chomp $Installed_MB;

    $Installed_MB = 0 if $?;

    # Use our bundled copy of Module::Build if it's newer than the installed.
    unshift @INC, "inc/Module-Build/lib/perl5" if $Bundled_MB > $Installed_MB;

    require Module::Build;

And write the rest of your Build.PL normally. Module::Build will remember your change to @INC and use it when you run ./Build.

In the future, we hope to provide a more automated solution for this scenario; see inc/ in the Module::Build distribution for one indication of the direction we're moving.

Ken Williams <>

Copyright (c) 2001-2008 Ken Williams. All rights reserved.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl(1), Module::Build(3), Module::Build::Authoring(3), Module::Build::API(3)

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"Trouble in Toyland" report shows health hazards in kids’ toys persist

The 27th Annual “Trouble in Toyland” report has revealed that there are still toys on our shelves that may be hazardous to our children.

The report is put out each year by U.S. Public Interest Research Group (U.S. PIRG). The consumer watchdog tests toys for lead, cadmium and phthalates, materials which have been known to interfere with the development of young children. They also tested toys to see if they pose a choking hazard, may damage a child’s hearing or may have magnetic parts that may pose serious injury risks.

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This year in particular, the group found that despite a ban on small parts in toys for children under three, many its tested still had parts that posed choking hazards. A choking hazard was determined by seeing if the toy or a removable piece of the toy could fit down a tube that was the approximate size of a fully-expanded throat of a child under 3. Special attention was paid to toys that looked like food, because children may be more likely to try and eat them.

Toys for very young children are also supposed to be under 80 decibels when placed at a reasonable distance from the child’s ear. Toys that are supposed to be held to about 1 inch from the ear should only be 65 decibels or lower.

Small magnets have also been in the spotlight because they can rip through children’s intestines if they are swallowed. Recently, Buckyballs — the magnetic desk toy for adults — was under scrutiny from the U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission (CPSC), which filed a complaint in July to half their sales, citing injury reports in young children. While Buckyballs are no longer going to be manufactured, there are other magnetic toys that are directly marketed to children that may pose a risk.

“Although parents can shop and children can play with confidence this holiday season, we still need to continue to work together with consumers and industry to promote product safety,” said CPSC Commissioner Robert Adler in a press release.

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Matchbox Holiday Paleo Dinner

I had a great time working with Chef Michael Estrada on his Holiday Paleo Dinner at Matchbox in Palm Springs.  I'd love to hear about any other restaurants doing something like this!

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Church of England OKs Gay Bishops (If Celibate!)

by Jason St. Amand
National News Editor
Wednesday Jan 9, 2013

Officials of the Church of England announced on Jan. 4 that they will allow gay clergy in civil partnerships (similar to civil unions in the U.S.) to become bishops but only if they remain celibate, the British newspaper the Guardian reports.

The House of Bishops "confirmed that the requirements in the 2005 statement concerning the eligibility for ordination of those in civil partnerships whose relationships are consistent with the teaching of the Church of England apply equally in relation to the episcopate," a statement summery read. The House of Bishops, which made the decision, added that they would not offer more guidance on civil partnership before the final report.

Religion News Service quoted Graham James, the bishop of Norwich, as saying that the bishops agreed it would be "unjust" if gay men were not allowed to become bishops if they were "seeking to live fully in conformity with the Church's teaching on sexual ethics or other areas of personal life and discipline.

"All candidates for the episcopate undergo a searching examination of personal and family circumstances, given the level of public scrutiny associated with being a bishop in the Church of England," he added. "But these, along with the candidate's suitability for any particular role for which he is being considered, are for those responsible for the selection process to consider in each case."

Church leaders approved of the change on Dec. 20. But it wasn't made public until last week, when a BBC correspondent noticed it in a report published in the Church Times.

Many disagreed with the change, including several Evangelical Anglicans, who made up a significant and growing part of the church. As RNS reported, the move is "a major shift for the mother church of the worldwide Anglican Communion, which had already weathered a major schism when Anglicanism's American branch, the Episcopal Church, consecrated openly gay Bishop V. Gene Robinson in New Hampshire in 2003."

Robinson, 65, became the first out-bishop of the Episcopal Church, which is the Anglican Church in the United States. His ordination and subsequent moves by the U.S. church toward informally sanctioning same-sex union led conservative Episcopalian congregations to break way from the main church in the U.S. Robinson himself retired on Jan. 5, the Associated Press reported.

Some Evangelical Christians said they would block the move that allows gay clergy to become bishops. Rod Thomas, the chairman of the conservative group Reform, said the move has not been debated or agreed to by the entire church body. "It is something that has got to be considered by the General Synod," he said.

Jeffrey John, the openly gay dean of St. Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire, England, welcomed the change. He is in a same-sex civil partnership and would be able to become bishop under the new rules as long as he abstains from sex.

In 2003, when he was appointed as bishop of Reading, the Church of England split over the decision whether to allow gay clergy to become bishops. John stepped down as bishop. But the issue was even more of a controversial topic when the U.S. Episcopal Church ordained Robinson as bishop.

"If it is genuinely true that all levels of ordained ministry are now more open to gay people than they were before, then this is a very good thing," John said.

Rev. Colin Coward, director of Changing Attitude, a LGBT group that champions for the rights of gay clergy, criticized the new rules.

"I don't trust what they have said," Coward said. "I don't believe they are serious about opening the door to someone in a civil partnership becoming a bishop. I would only believe they are serious when it happens." He added that he doesn't expect many gay clergy to be appointed as bishops, however.

"In effect this imposes something more strict on those who become bishops than those who become clergy," he said. "In practice, at least half of the House of Bishops ignore the guidelines and do not ask clergy questions about celibacy, and many of them consciously put in place people in civil partnerships with the partner present and acknowledged as a partner. I can't see that happening to someone who's becoming a bishop."

  • gdhamf, 2013-01-09 05:39:46

    if the str8 bishops have the same celibacy rules, then what is the problem? if not it is just another slap in the face to both GOD and man

  • Caleb Burgess, 2013-01-09 21:58:04

    Gdhamf check the last 2 paragraphs it said that straight members are not usually asked bout there nonsex having even if there partners are within the same church

  • gdhamf, 2013-01-10 06:15:46

    that’s. kinda my point I can practically smell the hypocrisy wafting up from the page.

  • GT, 2013-01-12 19:03:18

    Well; that’s a pile of crap! Thanks for nothing. Gay people are ok if we don’t have fully loving relationship with

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text:
sebastian melo

Superliminal experiments with the possibility of representing time through stillness. We dive into an underground journey accumulating traces, gestures and identities, the memory of which still palpitates in awareness

Official Selection

AIEFF 2013, Australian International Experimental Film Festival [May 2013]

ASFF, Aesthetica Short Film Festival, York, UK [Nov 2012]

Videoformes Intl. Film Festival, France [March 2012]

Exposures Film Festival, Manchester [FEB 2012]

Bienal Video y Nuevos Medios, Santiago, Chile [January 2012]

14th Antimatter Film Festival 2011, Canada.

British Short Film Festival, Berlin [January 2012]

13th Paris Festival of Different and Experimental Cinemas, Paris [DEC 2011]

“Superliminal” (2011) is a video completely built upon photographs. We dive into a visual and aural journey through the London Underground questioning the possibility of representing time through stillness. As Chris Marker commented ‘A moment stopped would burn like a frame of film blocked before the furnace of the projector.’ In such a way, every frame in "Superliminal" originates as a long exposure photograph, thus accumulating traces, gestures and identities that ultimately form an embodiment of several simultaneous temporal durations that otherwise remain invisible, challenging in the process the idea of an observational documentary.

“Superliminal” is not interested in the precise reconstruction of movement, but in creating the kind of image that is better perceived when it is not directly observed. Rather than mechanical arbitrariness, “Superliminal” is interested in the area of movement which produces sensation, the memory of which still palpitates in our awareness. “Superliminal” offers its own paradox: what is movement turns again into static, and only that which posses subtle motion is heightened to a cinematic condition.

Sound Design: La-Tina Sonido Creativo

Sound Designer: Andres Silva

Running Time: 10 min.

Format: HD (.mov file, color, stereo)