Typeface

avalek — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:38:13 +0000

Here’s another film for all you designer type buffs—Typeface. The film takes you to The Hamilton Wood Type Museum in Two Rivers, Wisconsin and shows you the lost art of wood-cut lettering & printing. You’ll get the urge to go cut some lino blocks after watching this, highly recommended film, you can get it on iTunes here.

Linotype: The Film

avalek — Wed, 06 Oct 2010 17:00:12 +0000

Here’s a trailer for the upcoming “Linotype: The Film.” If you’re a type nerd like myself you’ll be wanting to see this as well. No release date yet, watch the site for details…

Linotype: The Film is a documentary about Ottmar Mergenthaler’s amazing Linotype typesetting machine and the people who own and love these machines today.

Director & Editor: Doug Wilson
Director of Photography: Brandon Goodwin
Audio & Sound Design: Jess Heugel
Music on the Trailer: Iron & Wine “Freedom Hangs Like Heaven”

Linotype: The Film Official Movie Site

They Called Him Machete.

avalek — Mon, 10 May 2010 14:05:21 +0000

Steven Segal, Lindsay Lohan & Cheech Marin….need I say more? Those are just a few actors from the star-studded line-up of Machete, produced by Quentin Tarantino & directed by Robert Rodriguez. The film is based on a fake trailer from the 2007 film Grindhouse which was also directed by Rodriguez. A new trailer came out on Cino De Mayo with a “Message to Arizona”, how fitting with what’s going on there right now — watch below. I couldn’t find much in the way of posters or graphics, but the one movie poster that I found looks pretty cool with it’s retro 70′s style it has going for it. Machete is currently in post production and scheduled to hit theaters this Fall.

The Plot:

The film focuses on Machete (Trejo), a renegade former “Mexican Federale”. After a shakedown with a druglord (Seagal), Machete roams the towns and streets of Texas looking to do yard work in exchange for money. Michael Benz (Fahey), a local businessman and spin doctor, explains to Machete that McLaughlin (De Niro), a corrupt senator, is sending hundreds of illegal immigrants out of the country. In order to stop this, Benz offers Machete $150,000 to kill McLaughlin. Machete accepts the murder contract. As Machete attempts to assassinate McLaughlin during a rally, he is double-crossed and one of Benz’s henchmen shoots him. It is revealed that Benz orchestrated the entire attempted assassination as part of a false flag operation to gain public support for McLaughlin’s harsh anti-immigration laws. By setting up Machete as the patsy, the conspirators make it appear that an outlaw illegal Mexican immigrant has tried to assassinate the senator.

A wounded Machete is taken to a hospital to be treated for wounds, and escapes from the guards before he can be arrested. Agent Sartana (Alba), a persistent U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent, is sent by her superior, Lt. Stillman (Johnson), to go find and capture the injured Machete. Machete, with the help of Luz (Rodriguez), a saucy taco slinger, recruits Padre Benecio del Toro (Marin), Machete’s “holy” brother. To take revenge on Benz, Machete kidnaps Benz’s wife and his daughter, April (Lohan), who has a penchant for guns. After encountering Machete, Sartana begins to have a special interest in the blade slinger. Machete rallies a group of illegal immigrants together, and begins to hunt the people who double crossed him.

via Wikipedia

…but they soon realized — they just fucked with the wrong mexican.”

ALAN VALEK » Movies

Typeface

Linotype: The Film

They Called Him Machete.

The Plot:

…but they soon realized — they just fucked with the wrong mexican.”