>> ^Raaagh:
Ok, let me predicate this my mentioning a few weeks ago I poured over a picture book on Picasso with the stories behind each painting.

I dont really like Picassos paintings, but his attitude tickles/scares me (painting pictures of his sister getting auto-sodomised etc)

I was expecting something far more, angsty, anti-social, lewd, and arty but that was just beautiful and so passionate. It really drew me and and had its way with me.
Thanks poster.


In all the years of art history classes and going through the cubist era, I don't remember hearing or seeing anything like you mention from Picasso.... What book are you talking about?

>> ^Raaagh:
Ok, let me predicate this my mentioning a few weeks ago I poured over a picture book on Picasso with the stories behind each painting.

I dont really like Picassos paintings, but his attitude tickles/scares me (painting pictures of his sister getting auto-sodomised etc)

I was expecting something far more, angsty, anti-social, lewd, and arty but that was just beautiful and so passionate. It really drew me and and had its way with me.
Thanks poster.


Picasso?

Ok, let me predicate this my mentioning a few weeks ago I poured over a picture book on Picasso with the stories behind each painting.


I dont really like Picassos paintings, but his attitude tickles/scares me (painting pictures of his sister getting auto-sodomised etc)


I was expecting something far more, angsty, anti-social, lewd, and arty but that was just beautiful and so passionate. It really drew me and and had its way with me.

Thanks poster.

It was Pablo Picasso who famously quipped that "Good artists borrow, great artists steal".

Picasso was one of the greatest artists who ever lived, and he stole a lot! Regarding your thesis of Michael Jackson vs. James Brown, I guess my question is... so what?

Aside from the attempted "exposure of MJ" angle, this is a great friggin' video! James Brown could really rock.

Pablo Picasso

Words and music: jonathan richman

Well some people try to pick up girls
And get called assholes
This never happened to pablo picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare and
So pablo picasso was never called an asshole

Well the girls would turn the color
Of the avacado when he would drive
Down their street in his el dorado
He could walk down you street
And girls could not resist his stare
Pablo picasso never got called an asshole
Not like you
Alright

Well he was only 5’3"
But girls could not resist his stare
Pablo picasso never got called an asshole
Not in new york

Oh well be not schmuck, be not abnoxious,
Be not bellbottom bummer or asshole
Remember the story of pablo picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare
Pablo picasso was never called an asshole
Alright this is it

Some people try to pick up girls
And they get called an asshole
This never happened to pablo picasso
He could walk down your street
And girls could not resist his stare and so
Pablo picasso was never called...

I walked right past that Picasso last Thursday without noticing it...

sifted
http://www.videosift.com/video/Sports-of-the-World-Chinlone

A fun and, eventually, mesmerizing and spiritual game; I've actually met the filmmaker, who plays chinlone at the Grange Park here in Toronto. Here's there all the time; if you're in the city & want to give it a try, or get a ball of your own, he's happy to share with everyone the gift & bliss of this beautiful activity.


unsifted
http://www.videosift.com/video/Why-Can-t-Hollywood-be-more-like-Picasso-Trigger

In the spirit of, and directed by the same guy that brought to us all "Hey Colleen, you've got a great ass", I was surprised that this didn't fare better.

I posted a couple of these - gotta love that cheeeese!

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Fun from Wikipedia about the writer/director:

Sidaris pioneered what he called the "honey shot", close-ups of cheerleaders and pretty girls in the stands at sporting events. He won an Emmy Award in 1969 for directing the Summer Olympics. [...and seven other sports related Emmy awards]

Written and directed by Andy Sidaris unless otherwise noted.

The Triple B Series

1. Malibu Express (1985) - also producer
2. Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
3. Picasso Trigger (1988)
4. Savage Beach (1989) - also producer
5. Guns (1990)
6. Do or Die (1991)
7. Hard Hunted (1992) - also producer
8. Fit to Kill (1993)
9. Enemy Gold (1993) - producer only
10. The Dallas Connection - executive producer only
11. Day of the Warrior (1996)
12. L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach (1998)

Let's get sifting these babies!

Fun from Wikipedia about the writer/director:

Sidaris pioneered what he called the "honey shot", close-ups of cheerleaders and pretty girls in the stands at sporting events. He won an Emmy Award in 1969 for directing the Summer Olympics. [...and seven other sports related Emmy awards]

Written and directed by Andy Sidaris unless otherwise noted.

The Triple B Series

1. Malibu Express (1985) - also producer
2. Hard Ticket to Hawaii (1987)
3. Picasso Trigger (1988)
4. Savage Beach (1989) - also producer
5. Guns (1990)
6. Do or Die (1991)
7. Hard Hunted (1992) - also producer
8. Fit to Kill (1993)
9. Enemy Gold (1993) - producer only
10. The Dallas Connection - executive producer only
11. Day of the Warrior (1996)
12. L.E.T.H.A.L. Ladies: Return to Savage Beach (1998)

Let's get sifting these babies!

A fantastic period of art history. Klimt, Kandinsky, Picasso, Munch, Malevitsj, Mondrian etc. Simply amazing.

*promote!!

>> ^notarobot:
I still love the style of flash animation he uses!


Doesn't really look like flash to me ... looks more like some sort of tracing paper with him drawing the scenes with perhaps a soft graphite pencil from behind the paper. You can sort of see the vague blurry outlines of his fingers and drawing hand moving around behind the paper. Some cursory searching confirms my suspicion:

[fyi] via http://animationcritic.blogspot.com/:

I actually completely lifted the technique really from an obscure old arthouse movie called The Mystery of Picasso where the filmmaker [Clouzot] spent a few days with Picasso in his studio. Picasso painted on transluscent canvases and [Clouzot] shot him from the other side, shot the canvases from the other side. I sort of took that and just added narration to it.

Just because you're tired of this style of humanoid, jmd (and that's fine), doesn't mean that the artist sucks at making humanoids. It might have been his choice from the get go. It would be like saying Picasso chose his style because he sucked at painting things realistically.

As far as the story goes, here is how I view it: The mysterious disease is actually just the aging process, and one of the common side effects of aging is senile dementia, which can manifest itself in many ways, including living in a fantasy world. Even in his dementia he realizes that something is wrong with himself, and decides to end it all.

That's how I took it. I thought it was a good, dark short story.

Tags for this video have been changed from 'art, animation, picasso, dali, gogh' to 'art, animation, picasso, dali, gogh, vfs, vancouver film school' - edited by kronosposeidon

Have you seen Picasso's "2 Girls, 1 Cup"? Magnificent.

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
Because you must enjoy art, just like me.

In reply to this comment by thinker247:
What a horrible time for me to visit blank's profile. Why did I watch that?

In reply to this comment by kronosposeidon:
I don't know if the Sifter who sent this to me want his identity revealed, but I had to share this with you anyway:

http://www.cakefarter.com/

There is absolutely nothing misleading about the website's name. NSFW all the way. This is your wet dream come true.

me too. And I never begged that much...

In reply to this comment by thinker247:
I'm surprised this hasn't gotten more votes.