He is the law, and he's not happy about it.

What's wrong, buddy? Does Dredd need a hug? x(

Click the photo to turn that frown upside down.

FILM + photography = FILMography

I saw an interesting tumblr called FILMography today. It has been getting a lot of press the past few days, so you might have already even seen it, but I wanted to post it here anyway.

It was created by Christopher Moloney, who I guess prints out black and white screenshots from movies, goes to the real location of the shot, holds up the screenshot, and takes a picture of it framed by the real location. The one above is from The French Connection.

There are shots from some terrible movies featured, but there are plenty of great movies as well. Unfortunately sometimes the achieved effect isn't as strong as it could have been due to the screenshot not being held in the exact position it should, or because not enough details are shown in either the movie screenshot or the real location. Some of these are really quite striking though, and it's especially interesting with some of the older movies. Seeing black and white photos of characters from several decades ago framed in the present version of the setting they're in, and surrounded by modern people is really interesting to look at. For example this one of North By Northwest and this one from Arthur.

I'm looking forward to seeing more.