HORNE CRITICAL OF CORDEN DEATH

TRAGIC...COULD IT HAVE BEEN PREVENTED?

James Corden's spiritual brother criticises police for refusing him access to the roly poly laugh machine who he was "powerless to help" during a stand-off which ended in the chubby comic's apparent suicide.

Mat Horne said today he was angry with police for refusing to allow him to talk to his old pal James Corden during a tense six-hour stand-off with police which began on Friday night. Mr Horne, who said he had not seen his pal "since that awful sketch show", saw on the television news that police had cornered him on Friday after a six-day manhunt. Corden was wanted for presenting a really smug and unfunny World Cup show, being everywhere and looking so pleased with himself. Then to add insult to injury, posh old actor Patrick Stewart insulted his weight, something retiring Corden was notoriously shy over, and uncomfortable with talking about.

The brown haired actor said he immediately contacted the police as he believed he could talk his mate out of causing more unfunny bloodshed. "I wanted [police] to get me up to that cordon / Corden," Mr Horne said. "He's my brother, I wanted to talk him down there. I wanted to get him down from there and bring him in without any further bloodshed." He added: "When I saw him on the TV - he was a broken man, he wasn’t a lovable tubby joker, he was a broken man.

I know now he was sobbing about his lack of fans, how people didn’t love him - it breaks my heart to see that because I loved him to bits, he was my brother. I wanted to go up to Corden, I wanted the police to get me up there."

He said Northumbria Police rebuffed his offer as they were apparently concerned it might unlock memories of Lesbian Vampire Killers which would exacerbate the situation. Instead he watched live on television as Corden, 32, shot himself dead.

Rob Brydon also offered to go and reason with him but said police did not get back to him.

I want a Blythe

Super retro dolls, which never became successful because of their over sized heads and large eyes...... pretty much what Bratz dolls are today. A fashion Icon in her own right Blythe has become an underground collectible and I want one!!

paper cuts and miniature disasters

Peter Callesen's art work is sweet yet thought provoking, his use of the everyday object A4 paper to create pieces that contain both humour and skillful sculpture. It's not origami but it points to it, it plays at the idea of two worlds a 3D and a 2D and how one can create the other, the transformation of a 2D object to a 3D. But it feels like one world is the looking glass of the other. Often the shape formed in 3D is referencing the 2D form but with a loaded commentary of destruction or opposite condition.

http://www.petercallesen.com/

Ive not been a big fan of miniature models with figures because they feel grotesque to me, I particulary have never like the Chapman Brothers work. However I find Thomas Doyles miniatures quite endearing and cinematic, to me they feel staged caging in glass a moment signifying a state of mind or observation on daily life. Most have a dark message beneath them and an impending doom. I like the way in his artists staement he talks about how his viewer observes the pieces as an 'all-seeing eye, looking down upon landscapes that dwarf and threaten the figures within.' 

I think his sketch book is pretty good too ^^ conveys his ideas nicely!

The Machinists

Two artists whose work is based around machines, Arthur Ganson's playful machine with a housefly that works to create the eratic movement of a housefly buzzing round a lightbulb. It makes me smile, such a complex machine for a a small movement of a fly. I really like roughed out machinery with cogs and mechanisms showing. It reminds me of hand cranked tim toys I have seen.

"All movement is inherently interesting to me. Here, playing with the gesture of the housefly as it buzzes around a light and proposing a possible mechanical system to create such movement."


Michael Kontopoulos's piece also makes me smile, after watching it for a few moments the movement and what it implies is clever, the repetition gives it a comic timing that the process will go on 'forever', however each time the hammer winds up you still expect it to topple the scultpture.

A Smashing Pumpkins video based on the above film for their 1996 song Tonight, Tonight directed by husband and wife team Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris who also directed the critically acclaimed film 'Little Miss Sunshine'. They also did the video for Red Hot Chilli Peppers 'By the way'

Viaje a la Luna, de Georges Méliès (1902)

A film by Georges Melies who the character Georges in The Invention of Hugo Cabret is based on. He was a film maker from the 1890s through to the 1920s. He made the world’s first science fiction movie, embeded below called "A trip to the Moon". He also owned a collection of Automata which inspired writer Brian Selznick for his Book 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret'

HUGO, Big Brother, Berlin and the biggest love in my life

I have had the most fortunate luck to become the camera trainee on the new Martin Scorsese Film "The Invention of Hugo Cabret" it is quite astounding how it has all come about. And I am getting to spend everyday now working and observing Robert Richardson, most definitely a huge inspiration for wanting to work as a cinematographer myself. His work has ranged from Platoon to the Kill Bills, and Inglorious Bastards. Scorses is a funny short man with black thick rimmed glasses a determined walk and a captivating laugh and american drawl. Although once hes on set everyone must be deadly quite, jump out his way, though his young italian assistant makes sure your outta the way, and respect Marty's space but then I guess he earnt it.

I also just found out Johnny Depp is one of the producers which means he may pay us a visit, I could cry with how wonderful everything seems.

Outside of work things are great too, having a great time staying with my uncle and aunty. Watching the final Big Brother with my uncle is hilarious experience, his running commentary is spot on, though sometimes I spot something he doesnt :) With the house of crazies only up t'road it makes it feel even more poignant, why because everything at the moment is so vivid and close.... I'm living the dream ;)

And my most exciting news albeit long time coming and no great suprise to anyone I talk to about it is my forthcoming move to Berlin to live with my gorgeous wonderful boyfriend, the only subscriber to this blogg anyway ;) I LOVE YOU  after this film finishes I will be moving over to Germany, who knows what it will bring but the time is now or in 5 months and thats why I have a smile on my face because what have reason have I got to not smile.

You make me feel alive, you make me see possibilities I wouldn't see if you weren't there,
you challenge me, you make me laugh, you make me cry both from overwhelming happiness and sadness,
You make me feel alive and glad to be so, if I had nothing else but you I could never complain but hey I have a lot so perhaps I will moan if its too hot in my car and the traffic on the M25 is crap ;)
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