Liftingfaces

The art of Cayce Zavaglia.

“The second best thing is to fight and win. The first best thing is to fight the fight worth fighting.” –Gene Wolfe

(LIGHTNING ON DEMAND)

Man, it sure would be cool to have one of these giant tesla coils. It would be, like, the best anti-theft mechanism money could buy. Someone tries to break in? I just flip the switch and the coins in that guy’s pocket go molten.

The art of Estuko Fukaya.

The art of Joanna Braithwaite.

(BORIS ARTZYBASHEFF’S “MACHINALIA” SERIES)

“I would rather watch a thousand ton dredge dig a canal than see it done by a thousand spent slaves lashed into submission. I like machines.” - Boris Artzybasheff

Here are several beautiful images from his Machinalia series, and here are some of his assorted works.

 

(WHO CAN RUIN A FILM JUST BY BEING IN IT)

5. Rosie O’Donnell - She rounds out the top 5 because since A League of their Own, I’ve had no desire to watch any movies with her in them. I think I find her smug delivery a little unbecoming, though admittedly she hasn’t been in many films.

4. Angela Bassett - I know she was in Contact, but man, I can’t even muster up the will power to watch Akeelah and the Bee. I think she kind of epitomizes what I dislike about cultural films (films like Soul Food). She’s sort of like the Diane Keaton of ethnic dramas.

3. Paris Hilton - I’m proud to say I have yet to see a film with Paris Hilton in it, though if I ever DO see one, it will most likely be on accident, or if Kubrick came back from the grave and cast her in his film.

2. Rob Schneider - He’s like a crappy David Spade stand in, and David Spade ALMOST made this top 5 (but I did find Tommy Boy to be funny). That alone should say enough about why Deuce Bigalow is number two on this list.

1. Laura Linney - This one is highly personal and may be controversial (for I hear a lot of people like this overacting woman). I swear, I fast-forwarded through several of her scenes in John Adams, and I would have liked Truman Show more if she weren’t in it. There are highly acclaimed films like The Savages which I have no interest to see because of her inclusion in them. She has two expressions: psychotic sarcastic half smile, and wide-eyed startled sobbing, and I loathe both of them.

The art of Jen Stark.