Intercultural Relationships and Film: The 13th Warrior
Halfway through the 1999 film The 13th Warrior, the Northmen’s much-feared serpent of fire is seen in the distance, working its way around the mountain towards them. One of the Northmen bangs a gong to warn the villagers, and as the villagers seek shelter the stranger among them, an Arab named Ahmed Ibn Fahdlan, starts […]
As a parent, one of the things we encourage our children to do is to take in entertainment from various time periods, including books, music, and movies. One of the older films we watched recently was the 1986 film Crocodile Dundee, a comedy featuring an Australian man from the Outback and the female news reporter […]
Since it popped up on Netflix, and I hadn’t seen the film since it was in the theater, I thought we should talk about The Blair Witch Project. When I saw it in the theater, way back in 1999, there were only two of us in the theater. Now, with a movie that’s actually scary, […]
The Mouth of Sauron; Ink, color ink wash on 140 lb. Cold Press, 9″ x 12″; based on the character from the film The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King;
Peter Cushing from the first Star Wars, as Grand Moff Tarkin, who’s in control of the Death Star. Ink and ink wash on 140 lb. Cold Press, about 9″ x 12″.
This is the character Tomas from the film El Orfanato (The Orphanage). It is a digital color version of my original ink, 5″ x 7″ on 140 lb. Cold Press.
This is a digital color version of my ink work of the Pale Man creature in the film El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan’s Labyrinth). The ink is 8 1/2″ x 12″, 140 lb. Cold Press, scanned in and colored in Photoshop.
The Devil’s Backbone, ink and color ink, 5″ x 7″ on 140 lb. Cold Press. Based on the character Santi from the film El espinazo del diablo (The Devil’s Backbone).
I decided that, for the gallery, I was going to take three famous “monster” actors and put an ink card for each in a frame, to sell at the gallery. I already have the Dr. Phibes that I did, and I wasn’t convinced that the Phantom of the Opera was going to work in it. […]
