Comments | dutchmouse: Inking, inking, drawing, drawing, Apocalypse Now and more inking, drawing...

dutchmouse

Inking, inking, drawing, drawing, Apocalypse Now and more inking, drawing...

Jun 20, 2009 05:38

And that'll be my existence for awhile. I must have had Apocalypse Now playing on my machine's DVD player at least 4 to 6 times this week. There is something about that Coppola masterpiece I cannot get enough of. My favorite scene is the opening sequence, which was a very happy accident. Coppola fished some footage of a forest of palm trees getting ( Read more... )

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wolfbrotherjoe June 20 2009, 17:06:42 UTC

I know how that is, I have a few movies like that, myself.

The opening sequence for The Rocketeer, for instance, I consider to be cinematic brilliance.

dutchmouse June 20 2009, 19:21:10 UTC

Contact also had a really awesome opening sequence. By the time it was almost over, you could literally hear a pin drop in the entire theater. Now you talk about captivating an audience...Sadly, that's the sort of movie experience that can only be fully appreciated in a theater.

I'll have to watch the Rocketeer sometime.

dacantero June 20 2009, 18:13:29 UTC

How old is that ink? Maybe it's drying out and just needs a drop of water or two.

dutchmouse June 20 2009, 19:24:58 UTC

Maybe a month at best? I usually keep the cap on airtight. But I'll try a couple drops and see if that helps. Thanks, David. The ink I'm using is Windsor/Newton's brand of ink. It goes with the brand of brush. :)
Do you still have that #2 round we got you from Miller Blueprint?

-D!