the smell of human flesh in the morning

I found an amazing piece on zombie movies, which relates Hobbes's political philosophy to the evolution of the zombie movie. I don't mean to imply that I'm at all familiar with Hobbes, because I'm not. But I am familiar with zombies, as most of us are. As you've probably noticed, zombie movies are enjoying a resurgence in popularity, after about a decade or so of relative dormancy.

This article is worth the time it takes to get through:

The Running of the Dead by Christian Thorne.

Best of all, Thorne reiterates what I love about the horror genre. Besides satisfying the bloodiest urges of scopophilia, horror (science fiction, too) is probably the closest filmic reflection of societal preoccupations and fears. That, and I sometimes enjoy limpid, unequivocal metaphor; don't you?

Only marginally related to anything

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Click on these to go to the animated gif. I like the second one better.

Good finds

This photo project by Miranda July is kinda neat.

This is the guy who found it for me. He has a great blog, too.

And here is an article about David Lynch's paintings, which he evidently cranks out between films.