Six Million Years Beyond Believeability

Thanks to Cory for sending me the link to this crazy, hot shit, unbelieveable, INFRAMAN trailer. I used to collect a lot of Japanese live action-adventure superhero stuff. Mostly Ultraman and Kamen Rider, but I learned about others, like Kikada and INFRAMAN, but I had never seen a clip of him in action, and it looks pretty groovy and far-out.

dig it here. INFRAMAAAAAAAN

I have just recently discovered the Films of Satyajit Ray, who is difficult to describe, he's sort of like this 50's nouveau realist film-maker, but not really. Satyajit Ray, was a Bengali director, who worked in advertising, and ended up working in England for a short while and completely absorbed what was going on in the world of cinema. Yet somehow he turned this influence, into something profoundly different, and profoundly Indian, Bengali Indian to be precise. In case you only think of Bollywood when you think of Indian cinema, think again.

http://www.satyajitray.org/

After hearing the title referred to over and over, I finally saw "Arsenic and Old Lace," which is one of the most fucked up-black comedies I have ever seen. I am beginning to appreciate Cary Grant as a classic leading man, there really isn't anyone like him around nowadays, the totally normal guy who ends up in a bizarre situation, yet handles it with grace and just a touch of anxiety. But "Arsenic and Old Lace" is a weird, weird, black comedy (a little bit like Hitchcock's, The Trouble With Harry,) in which the corpses won't go away and keep piling up, directed by Frank Capra who brought you "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

Hey we're almost-nearly-completely finished moving into our new studio and shop, more on this as it evolves. We're waiting for our new counter, and we're nearly done!