To watch 3D TV, you have to stand up. And wear stupid glasses …
And you still can’t see up Noel Edmonds’s trouserleg Another week, another technological assault on your perception of reality. Last week: dream recorders. This week: holographic broadcasting. They’ve worked out a way to transmit proper holograms in real time – just like the 3D begging letter from Princess Leia that R2D2 played for Obi-Wan Kenobi. Holograms differ from traditional 3D images in …
Read more on Guardian Unlimited
DOC NYC | Kevin Brownlow’s Closing Night Appearance at IFC Center
DOC NYC closed its most recent edition last night with another guest of honor. Kevin Brownlow, the renowned silent film historian, preservationist and documentary filmmaker, presented his 2004 documentary, “Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic,” and was on hand for a mid-screening Q&A session with DOC NYC’s Artistic Director, Thom Powers. Brownlow is perhaps the most esoteric name on the list of …
Read more on indieWIRE
Don’t Cry for Me, Mexico: Why are Mexico’s Macho Singers So Weepy?
What’s the deal with all the Mexican song lyrics about lágrimas and llorando ? We all know most Mexican men are más machos dudes and all that, so why all the songs about tears and crying? Even if a gabacho
Read more on Dallas Observer