> From: pdml-boun...@pdml.net [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of > Darren Addy > Sent: 03 January 2012 16:40 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT Sources of creative inspiration > > Thanks for the link. > > On the subject of inspiration... I rented the movie "The Tree of Life" > this past weekend. > While it is not your traditional Hollywood movie, and I found the > first third to be highly annoying, I would recommend it to > photographers if only for the cinematography. You could hit the pause > button on just about any scene and get inspiration for a great still > shot.
the photography is spectacular, but it reminded me of a movie and book called Baraka <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baraka_(film)>, which consists of very nice travel photos onto which the photographer / filmmaker is putting a 'spiritual' spin. Once you get over the gee-whiz aspect of the images I thought that they were shallow and cliched - same applies to Tree of Life, in my opinion. B -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
