A Paper Theater Brought to Life With Light Projection. The Ice Book By Davy McGuire.

Davy McGuire is a director of film, theater and video art. He creates productions for stage, screen and exhibition spaces that blend elements of film, animation, theatre, puppetry, installation art and good old-fashioned illusions.



His latest piece, created with choreographer and dancer wife Kristin, uses light projection on a series of small paper cut out pop-ups combined with film projection and animation for a hauntingly beautiful effect.






The Ice Book is the story of a princess who lures a boy into the forest in order to warm her heart of ice.



His showreel:

Davy McGuire

via W&LeCie via NOTCOT

Christmas 2.0 (or the Digital Story Of The Nativity)

The Religion of Bruce Bacca. Based On Die Hard, Bruce Willis & A Chewbacca Mask.

First off, I realize I've recently posted many things related to Star Wars. It's just a coincidence and no, this is not a Star Wars blog (although I am a huge fan). That said, thanks to Upper Playground, I have learned about this very unique experience taking place in San Francisco, opening tonight and continuing through December 26th.

Friday December 10th at 7pm marks the opening of the Bruce Bacca Pop-Up Church, a unique artistic ideology by Alexander Tarrant, at 248 Fillmore St., San Francisco.

Like the earth itself, it took 7 days to construct this church and it’s vague system of beliefs based on the 1988 film Die Hard, it’s mythical leading man Bruce Willis, and an exquisitely carved wooden Chewbacca Mask (shown below, courtesy of the Citrusreport.com).



Churchgoers will want to bring their cameras to capture the moment they walk the carpeted broken glass gauntlet, wear the wooden mask, and become an indoctrinated member of this temporary system of worship.


above: Bruce Willis in the 1988 action flick, Die Hard.

Following the dry baptism, available for $10 is the short(er) film “Incident at Nakatomi” – a pious remastering of the classic film Die Hard (1988) in which the image and voice of Bruce Willis has been completely removed. The resulting film is introspective and thought provoking, yet still contains enough explosive excitement to keep even the most discerning action fan satisfied.

The church will be open from December 10th – 26th, and will be performing the civic duty of holding a soup kitchen on Christmas Day.

A Photographer's Homage To The Cult Classic Comedy Movie Caddyshack.

For most comic movie buffs, all one has to say is "golf" and "gopher" and there's no doubt you're talking about Caddyshack. The cult flick, first released 30 years ago now, is still remembered fondly by many.



So much so that advertising, commercial and editorial photographer Ted Sabarese has recreated many of the classic scenes as an homage to the movie.


above: original movie scenes on top, recreated images by Sabarese on bottom

From the snickers bar in the pool incident to the relentless pursuit of the gopher by the groundskeeper, the scenes have been immortalized as the following still images and trading cards:















Care to see how they compare?
Below are the movie posters and a bunch of stills from the original movie:











about Caddyshack:
At an exclusive country club for WASPish snobs, an ambitious young caddy (Michael O'Keefe) from an overpopulated home eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favor of the elitist Judge Smails (Ted Knight), then the caddy golf tournament which the good judge sponsors. The story also involves an obnoxious nouveau riche land developer (Rodney Dangerfield) who wants to turn the site into a condominium community; an oddball, Zen-quoting, millionaire slacker/golf ace (Chevy Chase); and a psychotic groundskeeper (Bill Murray) with a gopher-fixation.

about the Photographer:
Ted Sabarese is an advertising and editorial photographer whose clients have included Verizon, Bertolli, Microsoft, Kleenex and Blue Shield of California.

Popular Movie Posters "Zombified" By Matt Busch.

above: detail from "Grosse", Matt's zombie take on Grease, starring Olivia Newton-John and John Travolta
Zombies keep popping up in popular culture; books, movies, tv series.. and now, in movie posters from classic and cult films by Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, Rob Reiner and more. If you're not familiar with Matt Busch and his re-imagined movie poster collection, Hollywood Is Dead, you're about to see such lovable characters as Holly GoLightly and E.T. rendered as cataract-wearing, flesh-eating, blood thirsty monsters.

above: details from Breakfast At Tiffany's and E.T. with the Busch treatment.

Busch has faithfully recreated the painting style of each original movie poster, as opposed to altering them digitally in Photoshop.

above: artist Matt Busch

He painstakingly hand-painted every detail using traditional mixed media to match the originals, before slaughtering them with a zombified treatment. Below are 30 of his zombie movie posters.

Collection Title Poster: Hollywood is Dead
 

 Breakfast At Tiffany's:
 

 Avatar:
 

 Fight Club:
 

 The Little Mermaid:
 

 The Princess Bride:
 

 Grease:
 

 Back to the Future:
 

 Indiana Jones:

 

 E.T.:
 
Star Wars:




 Harry Potter:
 

 Goonies:
 

 James Bond, From Russia With Love:


 Star Trek:
 

 Romancing The Stone:
 

 The Color Purple:
 

 Hook:
 

 Jaws:
 

 King Kong:
 

 Toy Story:


 Apocalypse Now:
 
Ghostbusters:
 

The above posters (and t-shirts too) are available for purchase here.