“Images have no value” Those are my words that sparked a heated discussion between my colleagues and I in a LA hotel lobby at 11pm a month ago. I said it to provoke the others to prove me wrong. In a world where digital content is sharable and free for the taking, with minor risk of getting caught, you will

Most often when we think about public speeches by well known historical figures, we think about inspiring awe inducing masterpieces that make us see things in another light. All good and well there, but it is so much more fun when people step out of line and tell it like it is. My favorites below are of course not only

During the first half of 2011, I will be presenting the decades 1950-2010 and its design on the Finnish morning show Min Morgon. I love these sessions and I hope people will get something out of it. The images and videos embedded here are of course the property of Cityportal and YLE but I hope that they understand the reason

I recently saw the trailer for Howl, the story on Allen Ginsberg, and the trailer’s beat and structure made me start recollecting all the great trailers that I’ve seen over the years. The short format has always interested me and I foresaw the coming of the <10 minute clip. I wrote my last college thesis on movie trailer structure back

Over the years I’ve gone from being a major film buff seeing everything that moved, to being much more selective. Right now I’m stuck on documentaries. Maybe it’s because I’m jaded from working in the business and not being able to watch fiction and thoroughly enjoy it or maybe there just isn’t any good material coming out. In any case,

We all have favorite movie scenes that make us come back to a film over and over again. Here are mine. 1. The Fahrenheit 911 ending; 2. The ‘Integrity’ speech in Scent Of a Woman 3. The It’s up to you’ speech by Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison in Oliver Stone’s JFK 4. The Pythons sing their best song in the