Minimalist Muppets (Reblogged)

Looking to kill some time? Well, try and guess each of these muppets.

One of my friends who is a graphic design major created this. So head on over to The Blog of Eric Slager for some more minimalism.

So which R you filled with?

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He will be missed

hospital
n.
1. A big building full of patients.

Overlooked: Safe

For his short film before he broke into feature lengths, Todd Haynes decided to do a biography of Karen Carpenter-- using dolls. Playing around with different media and structure to create a striking 40 minute short. Never being one to follow the rules, all of his films have bucked the trend of traditional structure in one way or another. Which bring us to the topic at hand.

Safe is a film that resists tidy encapsulation. Throughout it, Carol, played by Julianne Moore in a tour-de-force performance, slowly descends into what she thinks is illness. Or is it? Safe has a bizarre tone to it. The sterile look of the film is Kubrick like in approach. It has the undercurrent of a horror movie but eludes all the conventions of one. Essentially, Safe is a horror movie about the normalcy of life. So if you're looking for ambiguity and subtlety, look no further. Haynes' best effort and a genuinely creepy film.

10 things I learned from Boardwalk Empire

1. Scorsese is still a badass. (that record player montage in the pilot made me jump out of my chair.)
2. Steve Buscemi has finally landed a lead in a TV show....yes!
3. Michael Shannon continues to be one of the best actors working today.
4. Michael Stuhlberg is no longer receiving bad news via telephone-- he's making it.
5. Stephen Graham loves portraying a gangster.
6. Paz De La Huerta loves being nude. (Limits of Control, anyone?)
7. Michael K. Williams still be packin' .45s from time to time.
8. They must have put in a ton of cash for those sets.
9. Is that Brian Jonestown Massacre I hear doing the theme? Hell yes.
10. This show & Breaking Bad are doing a better job at presenting the "form" of film than most films released this year are.

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