RobotLab experiments with placing “industrial robots in public spaces”. Imagine a more cuddly SRL. For the Wolfgang von Kempelen Exhibition in Budapest, they have programmed a Kuka to write out the Martin Luther Bible in calligraphy.
See the full photoset here.
What lessons can we derive from the western today? First of all: Everyone is potentially an outlaw, and everyone who takes action is effectively an outlaw. Second: Success will probably lead to ruin. Third: It’s a jungle or perhaps a desert out there, and barring a horse your only friend is your shadow. Fourth: You can parley with a major villain, but beware of spear carriers. Fifth: Violence is continuous, and the absence of gunfire can only mean that an even greater explosion is due in a few minutes. Do these insights reflect the world in which we live? Sadly, they probably do. We have all by now earned our moral ambiguity. The essential American soul may not be hard, isolate, stoic or a killer, but more than ever, it wishes it were.
One would have said of him that he was of the world, worldly, albeit there was that in his attire which attested to a certain fellowship with the organisms of his environment. His coat would hardly of passed muster in San Francisco; his foot-gear was not of urban origin, and the hat that lay by him on the floor (he was the only one uncovered) was such that if one had considered it as an article of mere personal adornment he would have missed its meaning.
Couldn’t they have gotten a frazzled Nick Cage for a H.I. appearance?
I like these guys’ styles, dudes.
Finally saw this in the magazine- great. It would have been interesting to see some of their recurring actors posed as each of their characters in the same scene. Jesus bowling with Barton?
Seeing this post above the one previous reminded me of something I was wondering last night while Lebowski was on meine cable. Is Karl Hungus/Uli Kunkel supposed to be a Klaus Kinski ref or is he just german?
mostly I think it was so the coens could cast their friend peter stormare in a funny role. (he was also originally supposed to play eddie the swede in miller’s crossing. they changed it to “the dane” when he couldn’t do it.)
“careless practicioners often suffer the socially sclerotic effects of Renaissance Faire attendance or absorptive Tolkienism.” btw looks like the Frere-Jones boys are making a bid to be the new John Crowley.