Smitten With... #9

1. STYLE: soviet punks.


I challenge you to find a better combination.

(via English Russia)

2. GENIUS: Erik Madigan Heck.

This 25 year old visionary is the man behind Nomenus Quartlery - an incredible fashion and art publication, that focuses on the kind of artists who should be focused on. 

As well as publisher and editor of the most expensive magazine in the world ($6,500 for a hardcopy), this young prodigy takes absolutely breathtaking images. His photography is painterly and cinematic yet totally fresh...

3.PENMANSHIP: michael c. hsuing.

My secret weapon for battling a pesky bout of the blues. Something about Mr.Hsuing's style reminds me of my-one-and-only. Sea creatures, mermen, moustaches, animals and monacles...the work of this stupendous L.A artist will put a smile on even the tightest of faces and posisbly make you think a little about the totalitarian nature of mankind. 

4. FILM: la haine.


Mathieu Kassovitz's 1995 masterpiece is a slice of recent french history done to perfection. Along with costumes, casting, script and locations, the soundtrack is perfect. Many thanks to my-one-and-only for another stellar recommendation. You now share my heart with Vincent Cassel...






5. FOOD: borscht.

Push past any personal beetroot prejudices and you will be rewarded for your efforts. Serve hot with a dollop of cold sour cream, sprinkle of dill and thick piece of dark rye.

6. ACTIVITY: spring cleaning.

The time has come.

7. SOUND: the yardbirds.

When It Rains It Pours...

EAST SI-IDE

It seems, Young Love has also been accepted into Brooklyn Film Festival. Oh to be visiting one of the finest city in the world... if you are there June 13^th + 14^th go to and block party and then check out our film.  x

FUN IN THE SUN

Our most recent film YOUNG LOVE is being screened at Palm Springs International Short Film Festival! Sadly we can't make it, so if you happen to be in the area between June 23rd and 29th...kindly represent. x

Smitten WITH...#8

these things are making life grand...

1. STYLE: Sonya Rykiel

2. IMAGES: Adriana Petit

This phenomenal artist's 400 ASA photography is mesmerizing and fiery. Something about her work inspires me to feel passionate about things more important than front pleated woolen trousers and defend them with every part of my being...

3. THE CLASSICS: old jews telling jokes

I have a secret passion for bad jokes. Thanks to this gorgeous site, I have been able to get my fix twice a week... 

 

4. GENIUS: Dr NakaMats.

Holding the world record for the most inventions of all time (over 3,000), 80 year old Dr Nakamats has blessed the world with the floppy disk, the cd, the dvd, the taxi meter, spring shoes, the karaoke machine, the annual World Genius Convention and much much more. He sleeps for no longer than 4 hours a night, eats one meal a day and gets all of his ideas 0.5sec before death, while submerged underwater. His current goal is to live to 144.

A documentary following a day in the life of this brilliant man, directed by Kaspar Astrup, is to be released later this year.

5. INSPIRATION: We Love You So.

There are no words for how excited both myself and the rest of the world are for Spike Jonze's impending masterpiece Where the Wild Things Are. To make the wait a little easier and giving me a reason to get out of bed before the film's release, Jonze and his collaboraters have put together a FANTASTIC blog highlighting some of the inspiration behind the film... inhale and savour. 

6. FILM: Manhattan

My one and only guaranteed me that I was put on this earth with the sole purpose of watching Woody Allen's 1979 slice of perfection. 

It is hysterically funny, set in the city of my dreams, Gordon Willis' black + white cinematography is breathtaking, and Diane Keaton is my muse of the week. I have stopped wearing a bra and booked in for a perm...

7. SOUND: White Flight - Now

 

Smitten WITH...#7

these things are making life grand...

1. STYLE: Renee Perle

A Romanian Jewish girl who moved to Paris, Perle became a muse to famous photographer Jacques Henri Lartigue after meeting him in 1929. 

Arms full of bangles, casual t-shirts, smokey eyes...she was decades ahead of her time. A true style icon.

2. IMAGES: David Maisel

Maisel’s spectacular large-scale aerial photographs show the physical impact on the land from mining, logging, water reclamation, and military testing. The world looks different from up here...

3. FILM: The Five Obstructions (2003)

Based entirely around the reconstruction of Jorgen Leth's incredible 1967 short masterpiece, The Perfect Human, this is one of the funniest documentaries i have ever seen. It is pretentious, obnoxious and full of cheek. 

leth is a truly elegant man and von trier, a master...

(Many thanks to my one and only x)

4. ACTIVITY: Origami 

When inundated with work, there is no better form of procrastination.

5. OBJECT: Clutch by Sofia Coppola for Louis Vuitton

I am not a big-name-brand lover, but something about this clutch speaks to me. In fact it yells, very very loudly. 

6. GOOD COMPANY: Steven Spielberg, Andy Warhol + Bianca Jagger. 

i have no words for how fantastic this scene is.

does Spielberg appear to be buzzing off more than just a dose of good conversation?

7. SOUND: boy bands.

these boys have been making life truly swell:

- department of eagles

- the walkmen

- royskopp

- black starr

- abe vigoda

- white rabbits

- cave singers

- the roots

- black keys

- french kicks

- phoenix