Est. 2003
The blog of one Michael Heilemann, expatriated Dane coming to you out of New York City. Half machine, half grapefruit, Interface director at Squarespace, design lover, film enthusiast, Star Wars historian, creator of the Kubrick and K2 themes, and holder of opinions, many of which are shared on his Twitter account.
I've finally started publishing bits and pieces of my three-year long project on the influences and inspirations of Star Wars. You'll find it over at its brand new site, where over time I'll publish a stack of videos, posts and essays that until now have lived a sheltered life in the belly of a pretty massive Scrivener file.
The NY Times has a good, succinct video, looking at the phenomenon of Tintin up. Meanwhile, as a part of my research for Kitbashed, I found this a while back, from Cigars of the Pharaoh (1934), page 15:
Utini!
Even if it’s cheating, it’s still a great look at the roots of the particular strain of adventure film Indy came from, down to the individual traps and gags.
Related to that, to those few of you wondering what’s going on with Kitbashed, my Star Wars project, it’s doing well. It’s comprehensive, and it’s coming next year, having taken a backseat to my work on Squarespace 6 for now. Which is good news; because it in turn will allow me to do things with it that would otherwise have been neigh impossible.