Look, See

Nine

 

 

 

Nine, 2005, HTML, 346 x 670 pixels

 

 

 

 

Ten

 

 

 

Ten, 2005, HTML, 522 x 522 pixels

 

 

 

 

Head of Buddha, from Pakistan

 

 

 

Looking Into the Divine Eyes of Spiritual Sculptures
Holland Carter
NY Times, 20050722

 

 

 

 

Eleven

 

 

 

Eleven, 2005, HTML, 385 x 506 pixels

 

 

 

 

Twelve

 

 

 

Twelve, 2005, HTML, 482 x 454 pixels

 

 

 

 

Thirteen

 

 

 

Thirteen, 2005, HTML, 529 x 412 pixels

 

 

 

 

The Great Escape

 

 

 

I was flipping around on TV the other night and The Great Escape was on. I first saw this movie on TV when I was ten or twelve. It's about POWs in Germany during WWII, mostly British and American, and the huge escape through tunnels that they attempt.

At that time I was really impressed with Steve McQueen's cooler and motorcyle scenes. In the cooler he has has a ball and glove, and sits on the floor throwing and bouncing the ball off the opposite wall, playing catch with himself to keep himself occupied during period of isolation as punishement for escape attempts. After the final escape of a couple hundred POWs the film follows several characters attempts to get out of Germany, and McQueen's final attempt is on motorcycle through fields and jumping fences once he is detected by German soldiers; it's sort of a typical rugged individualist scene, but kind of thrilling, and McQueen stays vulernable through it, ending in his recapture.

The thing that struck me when watching the film again recently were that there four American actors: McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Coburn, and James Ganer. I don't know if in 1963 each of these actors were the big name that they are now, but it's interesting to see them in a single film even if they are rarely, if ever, in the same scenes. Another film that is interesting to see as an ensemble piece of big names (and it's a good film besides that quality) is Cool Hand Luke (1967), with Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Strother Martin, Dennis Hopper, Harry Dean Stanton, Wayne Rogers, Ralph White, and several other faces one by now easily recognizes.

This set of four drawings is about the four characters played by McQueen, Bronson, Coburn, and Garner. I decided not to extend the series to other actors; for example, other strong characters played by Richard Attenborough and Donald Pleasance. This set is just about how these four characters stand out.

 

 

 

 

Beisbol

 

 

Texas at. Oakland, 20050717, bottom of the first

Texas at Oakland, 20050717, top of the seventh

 

 

 

 

Garner

 

 

 

Garner, 2005, HTML, 280 x 960 pixels