Business Time

I finally made my own business cards! I've never had one before and wanted it to be bold-different from the boring templates they have online, so designed it to look like the title card of an early 1940s film. Any noir fans should recognize the style.

In case anyone cares about the design, the vignette/gradient light for the background is essential to that 1940s feel-which was designed in photoshop. A drop shadow on the text, along with a combination of large, overbearing font next to tiny font (for the more unimportant words) is a good start. Combine that with some type of legible script font for the details and you're good to go! I'm definitely a fan of the tall deco-esque fonts, so I chose that for the main credits. And no matter what, I can't help but wonder what type of fit Patrick Bateman would be going through right now if he saw this-would he hack me to pieces with an axe for being unorthodox?

Right, er, 73 is good enough.

So the last month got increasing crazy in terms of busy schedule, so I fell drastically behind. But considering that I really did watch 73 flicks I haven't seen, I'm fairly pleased! I'll list everything I wrote down, but I'm sure there are a few I left out anyway.

49. Notorious Betty Page                                                       62. Butterfield 8

50. Before Sunrise                                                                 63. Tales from Earthsea

51. The Hours                                                                        64. Biutiful

52. Cedar Rapids                                                                   65. Priceless

53. Importance of Being Earnest                                           66. Wet Hot American Summer

54. Sabrina (1995)                                                                  67. Call Northside 77

55. Harry Potter & the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2                         68. High Sierra

56. Cowboys & Aliens                                                            69. Joe's Apartment

57. Oscar & Lucinda                                                              70. Our Idiot Brother

58. Volver                                                                              71. King of the Underworld

59. The Hit (1984)                                                                   72. Muriel's Wedding

60. Captain America                                                              73. The Big Combo

61. Malena                                                                               

Of this list, a few stood out. I finished off with a few film noirs, which were all really good. The Big Combo's photography by the legendary John Alton was amazing and a movie I haven't been able to get my hands on until now. I recommend it for any noir fan! Joe's Apartment isn't the greatest of films, but it's use of good CGI for quirky cockroaches, with a 90s MTV flair on the Pee-Wee Herman show, it's an interesting flick. The Hit starring Terrence Stamp, John Hurt and Tim Roth is a road neo-noir with stunning use of color and framing. It still holds up today as edgy and fresh. If I'm in the mood I might make entire post about it. It was everything I love in a film, with a bizarre ending to top it all off. And of course Biutiful was a unique film that combined gritty, street-underworld of Barcelona with the occasional surreal mind-trip of a man whose health is deteriorating. Watch them!