![]() His commitment to the trifling particulars and nonessential technicalities is what truly brings this fantastical, NASA-saturated childhood to life. Linklater uses both trivia and triviality to cut to the core of lost time: to recapture the microcosmic details of an elusive, bygone world. The cumulative result of all these indelible memories is remarkable. The film is a sprawling diary, writ large. ![]() We witness his father stealing construction plywood to build a Ping-Pong table and ranting about the difference between white trash and rednecks we witness his friends lifting arcade games at the bowling alley to score a free play we witness his elementary school teachers paddling students in detention or rolling out the TV for rocket launch days we witness one grandmother spouting paranoid conspiracies and another taking the family to see The Sound of Music and on and on. We acquaint ourselves with Stanley’s family, neighborhood, and hometown city (Houston) on a visceral level. The minutia of childhood is all there, fully recreated. ![]() The tokens of depersonalized/public pop culture (Jello-O molds, the Vietnam war, NASA, pinball machines, littering hysteria, The Twilight Zone) truly become inseparable from the personal. Linklater conflates the large-scale and small-scale stakes so seamlessly and wonderfully that the micro and macro feel as if they are cut from the same cloth. Sure, a ton of well-treaded ’60s regalia and memorabilia are rehashed, but everything is filtered through the authentic lens of genuine, first-person nostalgia. I absolutely loved every nuanced, information-rich second of this intimate, unfiltered movie. Apollo 10½ once again taps into this undeniable talent and motif, while adding an extra dose of autobiographic heft. He’s already proved his uncanny knack for reimagining small moments of youth with specificity and clarity (from Slacker to Dazed & Confused to Boyhood to the Before Sunset/Sunrise/Midnight trilogy). With every frame, Linklater’s attention to detail is meticulous and lucid. It feels more akin to a literary masterpiece-rendered cinematic through the masterful work of rotoscope animation. Paul Keelan: Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood is Linklater’s painstaking portrait of an artist as a young man. Film Recommendation - Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood ![]() This week, Paul recommends Apollo 10½: A Space Age Childhood, Hawk was inspired to check out Stath Lets Flats, and Tim is playing Cuphead: The Delicious Last Course. They might not always be new, but they will always be things we think are worth your time. You can also create it in the 4.5 free demo if you wish).Each week we gather to recommend things we’ve been enjoying lately. You don't have to use the grid feature if you don't have 4.5 as long as it's in theme. Next month's contest is going to be a change from the usual themes - we're going to highlight one of our new features from 4.5! Grids! We've been extremely busy throwing all the last minute bits and pieces for 4.5 together, but the contest voting for the Space contest is practically done so we should be out to announce the winners within a day or two. However, ArtRage 4 will still be available to you to download from the member area. If you do not own any desktop edition of ArtRage, then you can purchase it directly from us here.ĪrtRage 4.5 does not support Windows XP. Steam users can update or upgrade through Steam. If you own an earlier desktop edition and would like to buy ArtRage 4, then you can upgrade with the usual 50% discount through the member area by registering your earlier edition serial number there. If you currently own ArtRage 4, then you can download the update through the member area by registering your serial there. Check out the tutorial on the grid feature here.That's right, the big update has finally been released! Complete with 64-bit support, grids, and whole bunch of small improvements, we be working on this for months and a very happy to have it out in the wild at last (we look forward to all your bug reports!). ![]()
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