Monday, April 6, 2009
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smart & beautiful documentary:
I for INDIA:In 1965 Yash Pal Suri left India for the U.K. The first thing he does on his arrival in England is to buy 2 Super 8 cameras, 2 projectors and 2 reel to reel recorders. One set of equipment he sends to his family in India, the other he keeps for himself. For forty years he uses it to share his new life abroad with those back home - images of snow, miniskirted ladies dancing bare-legged, the first trip to an English supermarket - his taped thoughts and observations providing a unique chronicle of the eccentricities of his new English hosts. Back in India, his relatives in turn, respond with their own 'cine-letters' telling tales of weddings, festivals and village life.
smart & beautiful design:
CUBERT CHAIR FROM 608: A Toronto design company founded by Evan Bare. Evan creates multifunctional furniture using sustainable construction methods. Clean and contemporary lines of tables and seating are his focus. Integrated storage and replaceable components are key elements.
smart & beautiful read:
SUGAR: A BITTERSWEET HISTORY offers a perceptive and provocative investigation of a commodity that most of us savour every day yet know little about. Impressively researched and commandingly written, this thoroughly engaging book follows the history of sugar to the present day. It is a revealing look at how sugar changed the nature of meals, fuelled the Industrial Revolution, generated a brutal new form of slavery, and jumpstarted the fast-food revolution. NOMINATED FOR THE CHARLES TAYLOR PRIZE FOR LITERARY NON-FICTION
smart & beautiful art book:
IN 2ND: THE FACE OF DEFEAT Photographer Sandy Nicholson documents the competitors who are forgotten about and under-celebrated – the second-place finishers. GRAPHIC DESIGN BY: THE OFFICE OF GILBERT LI We collaborate closely with authors, artists, curators, editors, publishers, organizations, and creative entrepreneurs in the design of exceptional books, publications, and communications.
smart & beautiful music:
LAURA BARRETT: Her original song, Robot Ponies, is about a little girl's robotic toys under the Christmas tree perfectly demonstrates her geeky, whimsical style. Music to appease the geeky soul.
smart & beautiful film:
THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC. A beautifully shot silent film produced in France in 1928, directed by Carl Theodor Dreyer. Renée Jeanne Falconetti stars in which is widely considered one of the most astonishing performances ever committed to film. Once thought lost, a virtually complete print of Dreyer's original version was found in 1981 in a janitor's closet of an Oslo mental institution. Now available on DVD.
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