Das Weiße Band (The White Ribbon) by Michael Haneke

Top of the month October 2009: Das Weiße Band (The White Ribbon)

Grow up evil, children!

Why should you go see The White Ribbon by Michael Haneke, right now?

- Because of the sumptuous black & white and aesthetic photography.
- Because of the frightening children as if they were coming from an episode of The Twilight zone or Village of the Damned… without an once of fantastic.
- Because it’s one of the best screenplay pointing out the link between education and growth of terrorism of any kind, and the consequences that (may) follow.

Runners up :Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs by Phil Lord & Chris Miller and Funny People by Judd Apatow.
(not to mention Le Syndrome du Titanic by Nicolas Hulot & Jean-Albert Lièvre and Mademoiselle Chambon by Stéphane Brizé)

Book review: Dragon’s Dream Roger Dean

Dragon’s Dream is the third book to be published after Views (1975) and Magnetic Storm (1984).

Roger Dean is an english artist and designer, well known for painting album covers for rock bands (remember the Yes ‘bubble’ logo?).

In the middle of the 80’s, Dean has been commissioned by a software company, Imagine, then called Psygnosis and designed some of the greatest packaging artwork for video games (the first chapter of the book).

In recent years, he has been designing eco-friendly architecture and prototyping home concepts, a lifelong passion.

The height chapters cover the last twenty five years and contain a wide range of his work from videos games, album covers, paintings, logos, concept arts to architecture designs.

There are also a couple of pages about his daughter Freyja who appears to be an artist too, specialized in scientific illustration and costume design.

This book is a GREAT value, very affordable for a hardcover art book and highly recommended for every fantasy art aficionados! :]

Title / Author : Dragon’s Dream / Roger Dean
Publisher : Ilex
Published : October 2008
Format : Hardback 224 pages
ISBN : 9781905814411