Blur studios and another stunning Fincher film opening sequence.

There are already many pieces written about the stunning opening title sequence from the first Millennium series film Girl with a Dragon Tattoo.
Here are a few:
www.wired.com/underwire/2012/01/dragon-tattoo-opening-titles
www.ventilate.ca/2012/01/10/blur-studio-the-girl-with-the-dragon-tattoo-titles
http://io9.com/5873372/
Blur Studio link http://vz3.blur.com/work/detail/girl-with-dragon-tattoo#movies/1
Interested in watching other memorable title sequences? Visit www.theartofthetitle.com

Andy Denzler Interview

Text and interview: Margherita Dessanay Elephant Magazine

I am not really after a narrative. As much as I am concerned with movement, I prefer to be suggestive at most, implying only a mood or feeling. Any type of moralizing or story telling is intended to be frozen, inert, non-revealing to the viewer. I am generally after [...]

Massimo Carnevale

Massimo Carnevale Painting

I spotted the work of Massimo Carnevale on Flavorwire who spotted it on The Swedish Bed. His own site is here.

James Franco – Peres Projects

PERES PROJECTS – BERLIN

JAMES FRANCO
THE DANGEROUS BOOK FOUR BOYS
BERLIN MITTE

FEBRUARY 12 – APRIL 23, 2011
OPENING RECEPTION:
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2011, 7 PM – 10 PM
TUESDAY – SATURDAY 11 AM – 6 PM AND BY APPOINTMENT

In two locations:
Peres Projects MITTE Grosse Hamburger Strasse 17 10115 Berlin
Peres Projects KREUZBERG Schlesische Strasse 26 10997 Berlin

February 12th – April 23rd, [...]

Regen Projects - Black Swan exhibition

AN EXHIBITION INSPIRED BY THE FILM
CURATED BY DOMINIC SIDHU
Matthew Barney, Walead Beshty, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Katharina Fritsch, Douglas Gordon, Dan Graham, Wade Guyton, Pierre Huyghe, Sergej Jensen, Anish Kapoor, Karen Kilimnik, Rachel Kneebone, Glenn Ligon, Nick Mauss, Richard Phillips, Richard Prince, Ugo Rondinone, Wolfgang Tillmans, Banks Violette, and Christopher Wool
February 25 – April 16, 2011
Opening [...]

Photographer - Lise Sarfati

The photographs of Lise Sarfati’s series ‘The New Life’ are not based on film, but on Dante’s ‘La Vita Nova’. To me, the narrative feel of this work suggests a cinematic timeline, and in her interview Ms. Sarfati remarks (English translation from French) “The series is made as a moment that sits between two concepts. [...]

Jeff Wall – Paris exhibition

Jeff Wall Pawnshop 2008

Jeff Wall – Selected Works
Marian Goodman Gallery
March 13 – April 24, 2010
79 RUE DU TEMPLE
75003 PARIS
TELEPHONE 33-1-48-04 7052
FAX 33-1-40-27-8137

HOURS
TUESDAY – SATURDAY, 11 AM – 7 PM

Last Year at Marienbad - A cinematic icon

Artist and filmmaker Peter Greenaway said the following of ‘L’année dernière à Marienbad’

There are very, very few films that I can think of that have actually created true cinema. Last Year In Marienbad, perhaps, is about the closest I can feel. It approaches a notion of real, true cinematic intelligence. It is not a slave [...]