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Beijing Olympics quote

I was reminded of a good quote today which is Chinese. It connected to my last post in the Tokyo Olympiad film, and it was about complacency to a point, which connected to the Anti-Complacency League sentiment in the Paul Weller post. Here it is.

'If you are thinking of one year's time, plant a seed,
if you are thinking ten years time, plant a tree,
if you are thinking one hundred years time, educate the people'.

The best film of the Olympics ever made

Many would say the best film of the Olympics ever made is Kon Ichikawa's 1965 documentary, 'Tokyo Olympiad'. I'd agree with that.

Comedic, respectful of elite athleticism and dedication, tragic, beautiful, charming, disturbing, lonely, very human, weirdly not as uplifting as you might expect, something for the time capsule, something to show every new generation, arguably something for everyone. Here are two clips from YouTube.

Racewalking.

and Marathon.

Cool animation for cool Converse work

This is a direct link to the work above Psyop did for the Converse campaign by Anomaly NYC on Psyop's site. Great energy, edginess and authenticity. Also good to see are the interviews with Pharrell Williams and Santogold on YouTube.