Making Movies About Making Movies in Iraq

Come, be part of the story. In Slate today, the Lady BIB looks at Brian De Palma's Redacted and other current films about the Iraq war.

Splink!

Now we'll all remember the Green Cross Code! Should come in handy for Atlantic and Flatbush.

August?

Desktop Day Double: Video Edge, Brighton Beach

Video Edge on the 7th Avenue Q stop is sadly no longer with us, but you can keep the dashing logotype on your PC desktop. The Brighton Beach video store pictured below is however open for business. Instructions Left-click on the image first to open up the large version. Windows PC: Right-click on the large image and select 'set as desktop background'. You can also right-click and 'save as', then use your desktop properties settings to add the file you just saved and format it how you prefer. There's more info on customising your PC desktop here.

Mac: Macintosh instructions can be found here.

The Day the Trains Stood Still

A quiet hero of the 8/8 Total Transport Meltdown, Isaac Josephson (far left) convinced the driver of a double-decker tour bus to bring him and 30-some other stranded Brooklyn commuters (including Friend of BIB Julia Cheiffetz, near left) to midtown today. Isaac reports:

“After two hours of milling around the Flatbush/Atlantic area, waiting for the trains to work, I started to walk home. About six blocks off Flatbush on 6th Avenue, I ran into the tourist bus stopped at a red light. I knocked on his door, asked if he was going into Manhattan, and if he would give me a ride.

“At first, he said he wasn't sure. The light changed, and he started driving. I chased him for three blocks, pleading at every light before he let me on. When we got to Flatbush, I shouted from the top, ‘Anyone want to go to Times Square?’

“Yep, best commute ever.”

More photos from the crush at Flatbush/Atlantic are below, and here’s a slide show.

Bergen and Flatbush

Exiting the 2-3 underground station.

Atlantic Yards: Short Photo Story

This was the building on the corner of Flatbush and Fifth that had a lot of graphics on the end wall. The shot below was taken on my first photo-walk in Brooklyn almost a year ago.