For one of my classes at school we took a field trip to the jacob burns film center in pleasantville. It was really cool because we got to see a film by Apichatpong Weerasethakul (who I had never heard of, but he's a new director from Thailand who won the palm d'or at cannes). Anyway the movie we saw was called Tropical Malady and it was all really beautiful, shot in the jungles of thailand, very mood heavy and the storyline was very vague/poetic, but still intense. And then he did a Q&A after so it was cool because it was like I met him.
If you want to see some of his stuff he's on netflix, and his movie Uncle Boonmee is streaming.
And if you just wanna see something quick and cool he did, he recently made this short film on this new toy/camera the, lumokino. Its kind of like a bolex, but it shoots on 35mm photography film so you can get it developed at cvs or what have you. The camera is designed with light leaks so you get a lot of cool looking, super hip footage. You can actually buy one for like $70 on mubi's website. You can watch that film titled 'ashes' here too on mubi:
Here's yet another comic I made. This ones from 6th grade. As you can see I got a little too excited about the potential hilarity of this comic and forgot the a and x in the title.
I think maybe I got this joke from a comedy radio show I downloaded off kazaa or something. I did weird things when I was 11, okay? My best friend and I at the time went through a phase where we would mutilate barbies and I'm pretty sure we made an actual real life replica of this by poking a threaded needle through the barbies head and tying the ends to her wrists. Once again, I did weird things when I was 11, okay?
Although I have very little knowledge of the art of comics, I have created one. I like to call it "Adventures In Ball Land" check it out: (click on them for the big version)
My summer is going pretty well. I'm trying to sell a lot of musical equipment that I will have nowhere to put when I graduate next year and move into a cramped apartment in some low quality part of new york city. Right now I'm making an ebay account. Here's a little preview of what I'll be selling:
~*VINTAGE black label boss guitar pedals, made in Japan*~
... That's it so far, but those go for like $100+ a pop and I have 2. But other than that I've got a few projects going on. 1) I'm recording an album of 40 covers, originals, and digital manipulations, and 2) I'm making a series of 10 atmospheric 30 second videos. How's my senior project going? I'll let you get a sneak preview of the word document I'm writing my ideas into, here's what's in it so far:
senior film
3d
christmas
fetishes?
projecting on someones body
projector in general
segments or acts
sex death fantasy love
gay
paths in the woods that lead no where
couple in love, one is going to die
So as you can see it's going pretty well. Other important updates; I was checking out the statistics on bumbus' youtube last night, turns out most of the viewers are between the ages of 45-54 and have been typing "vore fetish" into the search bar. I forgot I had tagged bumbus as a vore fetish video. What's a vore fetish? It's when you get off to the idea of being eaten/digested by someone. Needless to say I'm pleased by this hilarious bit of statistic.
Here's some vintage exotica to help you get in the summer mood:
So, the school year has drawn to a close. Bumbus has been put on criterion and I got a summer camp job teaching filmmaking to children, so I'm pretty happy. So what's next? A bumbus HBO series? No. Just kidding. THE SENIOR FILM. What is a senior film? WELL let me tell you, it's the pinnacle of your college career as a filmmaker, it is THE FILM that is supposed to represent you. If this film is good enough, you could be the next david lynch if you show it at the right gallery and the right rich weirdo sees it and believes in you. So here's my ideas so far:
-Falsely advertise it as being in 3D
-Make it christmas themed
christmas and 3d are both big enough deals to be incorporated into a senior film is how I see it. You can expect to be hearing about this some more.
Next year I am going to have a single at college and I want that shit to be like a james bond set. I'm talking LUXURIOUS. Check out these inspirations:
flowing curtains and peaceful fancy feast cats
Even though I have a cell phone and don't smoke I still want these for my room
