KGB 5/17/06




John Langan

Originally uploaded by slushgod.

Here are some pics I took at KGB this month.

John Langan and Holly Black read before an impressive crowd. The pic seen here is at the restaurant we gather at post-KGB. Plenty more in my photoset over on Flickr.

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Film Review: Missing Pages

Science Fiction Weekly just published my review of the short film Missing Pages, which is now playing at regional film festivals.  

[Excerpt:] Missing Pages is quite likely quite unlike any film you’ve ever seen. It was shot entirely with a digital still camera, and the photos were then manipulated with a technique called “fotomation,” which results in the illusion of motion on film, similar to the way a flipbook simulates animation. 

Go read the review!

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Music Anthology?

Is there some kind of SF/Fantasy music anthology being put together? I’ve seen a whole lot of music-themed stories in the slush pile lately, and I’m thinking there must be a reason for this.

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Camera Obscura: High expectations Burned again

Intergalactic Medicine Show just published the latest installment of Camera Obscura. This time around, I review the DVD of Cigarette Burns (directed by John Carpenter), which is one of the first episodes of the Showtime Masters of Horror series to come out on DVD.

[Excerpt:] I initially loved the premise, but quickly realized that it’s quite derivative The Ring. It also reminded me a lot of Laird Barron’s excellent recent novella “The Imago Sequence” (which was far superior to any work mentioned in this review), though I don’t think the filmmakers could have read it pre-production, so the similarities are almost certainly a coincidence. Though these two factors diminished by admiration for the film somewhat, I still found it to be an enjoyable and laudable viewing experience…even if I did want to do a rewrite on the script so that I could see the film I wished this was.

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