Noah Lennox (that drummer guy from animal collective // Panda Bear) performed perfect headphone drone out tunes to a festival audience. Yeah it was panned. But now we can have it in our headphones, where it always belonged. Get pumped for the new album!
This is the first of many posts that will make up the meat of this blog.
All of these photos can be found in our Flickr Group “SortOfNatural” and in the corresponding gallery.
Make sure to click on each photo to be taken to its original page.
Here We Are is a collection of photographs from the brightest minds in all of Flickrdom. Photographers with the ability to frame a subject in a sincere and realistic way. Also their composition techniques are pretty freaking sweet.
I never been so excited for a film. I mean, I was quite literally willing to drive through Camden(yep, the homicide capital) to get to a Philly screening. Thankfully Banksy ,in his kindness, arranged for a screening at a local cinema here in South Jersey. (see if its screening in your area http://www.banksyfilm.com/)
I went into the theater expecting to get a glimpse, into the secret world of this real life “batman”. Maybe I would be inspired to take up street art. Maybe I would witness the unveiling of the most influential anonymous person ever.
Upon being introduced to Theirry Guetta we realize that something isn’t right. I mean, the man felt like a short fat Borat. We follow him as he chases street artists around LA and soon the world. In his travels he runs into the fabled Banksy. He lies to him, telling him that he is a “filmmaker” which in fact he is not. Theirry’s camera work is like a overtly obsessive home video, which he claims to be an addiction.
This character is built up to be adored and pulled for. It never worked for me. I was to suspicious of the Banksy way of doing things. He couldn’t have let a mentally unstable person chase him around with a camera, no way.Maybe he is just an actor hired by Banksy to reveal a small sliver of this world. Maybe Banksy was this guy the whole time, just acting like a empty headed crazy person. Either way the joke is on us, that is of course if there is even a joke to be had.
The quality is very high throughout the entire film. One of the best docu(mocku?)mentaries you will ever see. Funny as heck, action (yeah action) packed, well ploted and edited, twists and turns galore, and a stellar ending; Go see it now!
Our generation doesn’t have a Johnny Cash, a Bob Dylan (hes a zombie now.. really!), or a Elvis. Banksy is the singular figure in this wild fight for free speech and creativity. Its time we add him to our textbooks.
Final Authoritative Movie Rating
9.5 / 10
This is, of course, just my opinion.
It has been certified by Tally The Poodle, though, so it is practically law.
