Sunday Things - entirely on time edition
posted in Links by Cargo Cult on Sunday April 23 2017
Last week's Sunday Things was a special edition exclusively for the IRS (the contents weren't exactly riveting stuff) - and in keeping with these modern times, I have decreed not to share it with the rest of you.
A Unique Perspective on the Making of 'Stalker' - speaking of Russian connections, here's 'the testimony of a mechanic toiling away under Tarkovsky's guidance'. Lots of behind-the-scenes imagery and information from this influential work of science fiction. Unexpectedly, some of the interior scenes deep inside the Zone were done in a studio in Moscow, not all some god-forsaken abandoned industrial sites in Estonia as I assumed. Splendid set design!
Сталкер - speaking of which, here's Stalker in glorious HD thanks to Mosfilm. English subtitles available - it brings back memories of another zone I explored... If you've got numerous more hours to spare, they've also got Tarkovsky's Solaris, in two parts. Wahey!
Cologne Cathedral - Nave Fly Through - fellow VR photogrammetry enthusiasts David Finsterwalder and friends have recently updated Realities with some magnificent scans of Cologne's cathedral and from Death Valley. Go visit!
City of the Dead - urban explorer extraordinaire Lana Sator casts aside the usual corroded Soviet industrial sites and goes exploring these ancient crypts in North Ossetia.
Bonus High Voltage On A Budget corner:
- Getting Sparks from Water with Lord Kelvin's Thunderstorm - tin cans, plastic tubs, wires, water and a spark gap. I'm going to have to rummage through my recycling for the materials...
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