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Tuesday
Aug212012

Curio: Cinema Notes

Alexa here. Since Nathaniel showed off his Ruby Sparks swag and Glenn showed off his Ruby Sparks notes, I felt the need to weigh in on my recent search for the perfect movie journal. My absolute favorites were produced by Smythson of Bond Street.  I find them ideal for my reviewing purposes: leather bound, with a simple title ("Film Notes"), with all the relevant fill-in-the-blanks on the movie's production and your viewing on one page (which I normally completed before the film) and ample space for scribbles during the viewing on the facing page.  I bought as many as I could find once I found out Smythson was no longer making them, grrr.

One of my Smythsons, with some notes made during a viewing of I've Loved You So Long.As I fill up my remaining volumes I've been on a search for a replacement model, with no luck.  The closest I've some are these that Moleskine is offering as a part of its "Passions" series, but alas they have too many bells and whistles for my liking, and not enough scribble space.

I'm still on the lookout. In the meantime I've found some fun examples that give me inspiration to perhaps decorate my own moleskine next. Click for some fun handmade notebooks inspired by John Waters, GreaseBlack Swan, and The Princess Bride...

 

Hand-drawn moleskines (with Frenchie and Wanda Woodward), available here.


This Black Swan notebook makes me wish more poster designers would make journals!


A clever Princess Bride notebook, available here.

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That "Film Notes" journal looks beautiful! And I think I might have to get that Moleskine film journal. I LOVE that brand. I have their 'Weekly Notebook' (I think the 2012 one is my 5th) and my boyfriend has given me the 'Recipe Journal' and one of their 'City Notebooks' (the Zurich one). I wish they'd already had those when I lived in London, I definitely would have bought it.

August 21, 2012 | Unregistered Commenteranna
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