outrageous and deadly weather here. it's hot as hell in our apartment - well over 100 degrees -
but its not as hot as it must be in la canada flintridge, a few minutes away, just above pasadena.
the smoke plumes are so high in the sky that all of los angeles can see it. saturday i thought that hollywood was on fire because the smoke clouds seemed so near.
these videos were made by dan finnerty of pasadena. he is making time lapse movies of the pyrocumulus (!) clouds above the station fires. they are beautiful and a little frightening at the same time.

FRIDAY NIGHT FILM FEST: R-I-D-I-C-U-L-O-U-S

1. LA NAVE DE LOS MONSTRUOS, dir. ROGELIO A. GONZALEZ, 1960
2. BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS, dir. RUSS MEYER, 1970

WORLD CINEMA (2007)
a sweet short from the coen brothers.

MODELS, dir. ULRICH SEIDL, 1999

new video by r s e

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JOKES FROM UNIVERSITY OF HERTFORDSHIRE'S STUDY OF THE WORLD'S BEST JOKES
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JOHN WATERS DISCUSSES MANSON FAMILY'S LESLIE VAN HAUTEN ON FRESH AIR

j s e in early evening light

Hollywood is the only town where you can die of encouragement.

DON BROWN SCULPTS HIS WIFE, YOKO, OVER AND OVER AGAIN.

Films today show only a dream world and have lost touch with the way people really are. In this country, people die at 21. They die emotionally at 21, maybe younger. My responsibility as an artist is to help people get past 21.

WILLIAM STEIG AT WORK
currently enjoying my library copy of PERSISTENT FACES (1945).

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