The first feature-length anime (slang for Japanese animation) that I saw, as opposed to TV shows such as Dragon Ball Z or Cowboy Bebop, was a Hayao Miyazaki film. He has directed some wonderful anime films which have been primarily aimed at children, such as Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989) and My Neighbor Totoro (1988). I expected… Read more »
Guest post by Tim Miller, writer and co-producer of The Indiana Murals of Thomas Hart Benton: Visions of the Past, Lessons for the Present, and Treasures for the Future (2001). My career has spanned thirty years. I’ve been blessed when it has dovetailed in wonderful moments of serendipity. Such was the opportunity to produce this… Read more »
Guest post by Julia Kilgore. When I first heard that Dorothy Vogel was coming to the Bloomington campus, I remembered that all I knew about her was that she and her husband, Herbert Vogel, were well-known art collectors who had donated thousands of pieces to various museums across the United States. As I sat down… Read more »
Welcome to Score Keeping. A feature where I l dive into overlooked and highly praised songs, scores and soundtracks that accompany great films. Please press play. The film score as a tool can serve many purposes. Among these many utilities the most common would be to elevate and support the action on screen. Meaning the… Read more »
Guest post by Seth Mutchler. Our world is messy. Our world is overwhelming. Our world endlessly expands in every direction. Humans have many things that differentiate us, but the world’s incomprehensible totality is universal. Another thing that we have in common is art. Art has many functions but one that many, myself included, find the… Read more »