joanna frank in "zzzzz" from the outer limits
a queen bee turned human sent to procreate millions w/ a man who has figured out how to talk to bees!? directed by john brahm (!!!) and shot by conrad hall (!!! he shot 15 episodes of the original series). totally absurd and oddly moving.
There are infinite shadings of light and shadows and colors...it's an extraordinarily subtle language. Figuring out how to speak that language is a lifetime job.
Continuing to experiment with gobo lighting in Cinema 4D and Redshift. Here a rain streak effect is projected with light onto a stone bust.
This was inspired, in part, by that famous scene in the 1967 film In Cold Blood, with Robert Blake giving a dark monologue near a rain covered window, with light shining through. The result was one of cinematographer Conrad Hall's most famous shots, where it looked as if Blake's whole face was crying as he told a tough story.
The original 'The Outer Limits' – sixties SF TV on MGM+
Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We have control of your streaming app. We have provided you with access to The Outer Limits (1963-1964), the original incarnation of the TV science fiction anthology series.
It wasn’t the first such program and it was always in the shadow of its more literate (and more popular) cousin The Twilight Zone, but the hour-long The Outer Limits made its mark on the…
Cool Hand Luke-Paramount Summer Classic Film Series
I was once a guest on the Lambcast when we discussed this movie. Some of the other guests seemed befuddled at why the film is so iconic and loved. I recall that one person said that Paul Newman’s character did not have a story arc and he was the same at the end of the film as he was at the beginning. That my friends is the point! Luke Jackson was a non-conformist in the days when conforming was…