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[VIDEO] Being Kanye West: Spike Jonze lets Mr. West outta the bag
Jonze's ("Being John Malkovich", "Adaptation", "Where the Wild Things Are") much awaited short film "We were once a fairy tale ft. Kanye West" just released.
Weird timing, given the recent MTV Awards incident, but in line with Kanye's image of artist dealing with his "Dr. Jekkyl / Mr. Hyde" dualities.
That said, surreal ending. Brilliant Video.
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This is probably the best place to work from, as I wrap up some more emails / tweets / blog post before dinner.
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Yes, that's the view from the balcony (and guess what) it's not the best view out here. I'm done taping two web video segments earlier today on future of social media that'll run on MSN Live shortly. Headed back to the city first thing in the morning tomorrow for a presentation I'm giving at CFA SF on "LinkedIn and the Investment Professional". Plus, TONS happenin' at LinkedIn this week. Work, Sweet Work!
Bummed that I didn't get a chance to check this place out though - Terranea Resort, Rancho Palos Verdes. Heard a lot about the Glass Chapel -http://www.wayfarerschapel.org/your-visit/architecture/ that's nearby. The views are spectacular.
But, I digress...
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MAD MEN: I told you so...Betty Draper was Brigette Bardot!
I was just explaining to a colleague the other day, about how Betty / Don's Italian Dalliance seemed to be placed against a pitch-perfect "La Dolce Vita backdrop". The Footnotes of Mad Men, backs me up and breaks it down :)
Ah, Rome. A perfect place for Betty and Don to rekindle the romance — who needs Paris, anyway? Betty, in complete control of herself and Don for once, effortlessly breezes through the place and captures the hearts of several men, including her husband’s. For that purpose, she gets dressed up at the Hilton’s beauty parlor, in an outfit aesthetically similar to one of the greatest Italian films of all time, Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita.
In the film, Anita Ekberg plays a Swedish (but basically an American representation) movie star, Sylvia, who sweeps into Rome and carries away several men. Her most famous scene? The one of her jumping into the Trevi Fountain. Framing Betty against a fountain calls the image to mind immediately. Both outfits both play with black and white and involve similar makeup; the difference is that while Sylvia is unadorned and effortlessly beautiful, Betty’s creation is one of direct manipulation, with many baroque effects (the hair bow, the necklace). While Sylvia is unaware of the effect she has on her own strong-jawed man (Marcello Mastroianni), Betty couldn’t be more conscious of Don’s reaction to her flirtations.
The character of Sylvia is intended by Fellini to represent a modern American intrusion into the ancient city of Rome, which is trying desperately to play catch up. Whereas she has more of an effect on Rome than it does on her, we see by the end of “Souvenir” that the opposite is true for Betty.
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1930s Futuristic Fashion Predictions. Did they get it right?
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Via @kottke. Must-see.
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