January 22, 2007
The last shots of Cinema Paradiso
Also: Re-post – The last shot of Dr. Strangelove
You get nothing from AccordionGuy
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January 13, 2007
Recommended
Follow up: Top 10 Dystopia Films
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December 25, 2006
150 great documentaries
I just finished reading Kevin Kelly’s latest book, True Film 2.0, and I am blown away. (I mentioned his experimentation with personal book publishing just a few days ago).
Kelly reviews 150 of his family’s favorite documentaries, educational films, instructional how-to's, and what the British call “factuals”. In short, compelling descriptions he brings those wonderful films alive.
So many great-sounding movies! From the obvious, famous classics to the wondrous & obscure (Chickens and the people who love them). Movies about music & art, nature and history, cruelty, misery, bigotry, human triumph, obsession & loss. Mmmm
Here are a few, random samples from the book:
New York Doll about the unlikely rise, the predictable fall, and the final resurrection of a little-known rock musician
Baraka: “A cinematic poem celebrating the human relation to the eternal. Not a word is spoken, but every person alive in the twenty-four countries this was filmed in would understand it. It’s about Us on Earth Now… The first truly sacred film I’ve seen”
The Cruise: An unforgettable portrait of a truly original human being who happens to give tours of New York City on a double decker bus. The hero is either mentally ill or one of the most profound living poets. Or both. You can't tell. For sure, here is someone who "thinks different"
Hearts of Darkness, about Apocalypse now
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Kelly’s previous book: Asia Grace. One memorable documentary he missed: American Pictures
In the past, I used to see hundreds of movies per year, and many documentaries, but in this millenium, “not so many”… (Maybe I should even get a TV screen again and sign up for Netflix?)
A wonderful read. Buy it online.
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December 21, 2006
Gentlemen, you can't fight in here! This is the War Room
Hello?... Uh... Hello D- uh hello Dmitri? Listen uh uh I can't hear too well. Do you suppose you could turn the music down just a little?... Oh-ho, that's much better... yeah... huh... yes... Fine, I can hear you now, Dmitri... Clear and plain and coming through fine... I'm coming through fine, too, eh?... Good, then... well, then, as you say, we're both coming through fine... Good... Well, it's good that you're fine and... and I'm fine... I agree with you, it's great to be fine... a-ha-ha-ha-ha... Now then, Dmitri, you know how we've always talked about the possibility of something going wrong with the Bomb... The *Bomb*, Dmitri... The *hydrogen* bomb!... Well now, what happened is... ahm... one of our base commanders, he had a sort of... well, he went a little funny in the head... you know... just a little... funny. And, ah... he went and did a silly thing... Well, I'll tell you what he did. He ordered his planes... to attack your country... Ah... Well, let me finish, Dmitri... Let me finish, Dmitri... Well listen, how do you think I feel about it?... Can you *imagine* how I feel about it, Dmitri?...
Memorable Quotes from Dr. Strangelove. The Continuity Transcript. “It will not be difficult, Mein Führer..."
Hand Drawn Movie Posters from Ghana. (From Cinematical)
The Fallen Idol, Carol Reed's 1948 thriller based on a Graham Greene story
"I know kung fu." Top 20 Hackers in Film History
List of films with a twist ending
Seen everywhere: Back to the Future timeline
The Guardian panel of critics picks out the The world's 40 best directors
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November 30, 2006
Is it safe?
James Dean & Paul Newman in a screen test for “East of Eden”. (From TickleBooth)
“Is it safe” scene from Marathon Man
"Office Space" Recut
Old fashioned cinema houses from around the world
Actual English subtitles used in films made in Hong Kong
(No time to blog tonight….)
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November 07, 2006
“Too much perfection is a mistake”
Today you are seven years old.
Now you are a man.
Bury your first toy and your mother's picture
The complete El Topo by Alejandro Jodorowsky! (From Glubibulga). The Sounds of El Topo
Deerhunter Redux. (From Max Cady, no, not this Max Cady)
One of the first movies I ever saw - Albert Lamorisse’s The Red Balloon (1956), now on YouTube
I’m looking for a list of movies that have someone running across a bridge that's collapsing as they're crossing it. Perhaps at the end they make a final leap to safety. Rope, stone, wood, the material doesn't matter…
Martin Scorsese's Next Film To Be Three Hours Of Begging For Oscar
Welcome back, Boing Boing readers. Check out over 100 categories of eclectic subjects in the archives
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October 22, 2006
Worst movie of the year award
Last night I went to see a new movie. Usually, I try not to bring up negative experiences, but this movie was so terrible, that I feel I have to “go public” with it. Actually, I would go so far as to say that this was the worst movie I ever saw...
When I studied cinema in the early eighties, I kept a log of all the movies I watched. During that time I would see over 500 movies a year. But in recent times, I go to the cinema very seldom, maybe once every 4-5 months. (Living in Riverside doesn’t help, being that the city has 3-4 multiplexes which only play the latest Hollywood hits.) One or two more viewing of crap like this, and I’m going to stop going out all together.
Anyway, Barry Levinson directed a few good movies (Diner, Tin Men, Rain man) in the past. Robin Williams was mildly entertaining when he was younger (Cadillac Man and The Fisher King come to mind), and Lewis Black seems to be kind of funny when you watch his spasmodic rants on that Jon Stewart Show. I even linked to the trailer of this movie a couple of months ago, because it kind of looked interesting. What a let down! If you were thinking of spending $10 to see this trite pseudo-political pretense of a movie, please do not. Repeat: Please do not go & see this piece of trash.
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October 20, 2006
You talking to me?
Gustavo "Gus" Sorola of “RoosterTeeth” as De Niro from Taxi Driver. (GooTube). Other “You talking to me?” impersonators
An American Express ad with De Niro. The parody
Jackass: The Movie 2 - It makes you laugh & it makes you think
Famous films recreated using stationery. How many can you identify?
Posters from the Golden Age of Mexican cinema
Refresher: René Laloux’s La Planéte Sauvage (1973). Previously posted: Squealer!
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September 25, 2006
Famous on IMDb
HAL's Comments While Trapped on a Desert Island, and Your Name Is Dave
David Lynch as photographed by Gérard Rancinan
Who was born on 20 April 1889, appeared in over 300 movies as himself, died on 30 April 1945 in a bunker in Berlin and does not have a photo available on IMDb?
Citizen Kong on Uncyclopedia
50 dark movies hidden in a painting (From M&M candy)
Re-post: Drawing Marilyn Monroe on Best of Drawball
"In a world where death can make you dead," comes the preview of The Mother of all Trailers
British phone books, from 1880 to be put online
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August 27, 2006
See you next Wednesday
If you’re a fan of Mr. Spock, check out Quotes From Dr. Spock. (From Amy Nelson-Mile)
Why does the phrase "See you next Wednesday" appear in many of John Landis’s movies? More on Wikipedia
“Just picture, if you will, Chevy Chase being covered by green slime. From someone's nose. If that's sets you guffawing, you won't want to miss "Zoom," an alleged family movie that is nothing of the sort”. Scoring of 0% on “Rotten Tomatoes”
The complete transgender movie / video directory
Re-post: Jim Emerson’s Opening Shots Project
Snakes on a Plane as reviewed by Rick Trembles Motion Picture Purgatory
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August 11, 2006
Silent Bob Highlights
Body Parts Models. Found at a Slate story I Want a Butt Double
Kevin Smith's Career Highlights
25 Cinematic Cliches I never wanna see again, by Robin Bougie. No 17. Chess players are always always brilliant, charming, upper class people, while card players are always sneaky, foul mouthed, and prone to cheating. (From Rash)
The Saddest Movie In Cinematic History Fox cub Helen, about a boy living with no mom, with no friends who finds a deaf, blind and mute fox cub
Interviews with European Film directors
Jodorowsky’s Holy Mountain - Trailer, not as innovative as I (hardly) remember it
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July 22, 2006
My name's Ronald Kornblow. I stop at nothing
The trailer for Brothers of The Head, the story of conjoined twins Tom and Barry Howe who were plucked from obscurity by a 1970s music promoter and groomed into a boy band
An interesting Interview with Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese's Editor. (She was married to British director Michael Powell)
Pretty Film Posters. (From DiskoBox)
Chico Marx, as Corbaccio, playing the piano, from "A Night in Casablanca”. (YouTube). Re-post: Groucho Letter to Warner Brothers’s legal department
Portraits by Pino Settanni
A whole blog about Dudes Dressed Up As Captain Jack Sparrow
Have there been films created from a 1st person perspective? (An Ask Mefi thread)
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June 07, 2006
One Thing I like A lot:
Foutaises, aka: Things I like, Things I hate (1989) by Jean-Pierre Jeunet (Delicatessen, City of Lost Children, Amelie) with Dominique Pinon. Click on the film at the bottom! (From No Fat Lip). Decoupage. Absolutely beautiful! Also, Human Suit!
'Oh yeah, baby' and over 280,000 other files of sound effects for your movie
When Harry Met Sally, transcripted
30 Ways to Recognize How to Avoid Seeing a Bad Movie. 14. Only one week after the movie opens, it changes its advertising campaign from being an action thriller to "the comedy ride of a lifetime."
The AAK/SA is a collection of G-PG13 fan fiction, poetry, and art about the romance between Kirk and Spock from Star Trek
Name That Porn let readers submit substitute name for mainstream movies, The Da Vinci Load, Bi-Curious George, etc. (And Name That Porn Lite is kind of a SFW version). Occasionally a movie comes along whose title needs no change for the porn version
Relevant today:
"Braise the Lord
450° for 90 minutes
Add veggies
Season to taste".
More 666 Bumper stickers
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(What a great post, if I may say so myself)
June 7, 2006 in Cinema | Permalink | Comments (0) | TrackBack
April 25, 2006
Nosmo King
Opening Main Titles to Thank you for smoking, done by ShadowPlay Design Studio. (From Giavasan)
The trailer to Steve Anderson’s Four Letter Film. (Unsurprising warning: Contains mostly four letter words!)
Brokeback Mountain 2, The Lasses
Die Hard: The Ballad of John McClane. It's Christmas, 1924, and young Manhattanite John McClane visits olde Los Angeles towne to see his wife and enjoy yultide splendor. However, a few ne'er-do-wells have plans of their own, and C4
The evolution of the NetFlix envelope. The key to Netflix's lean operations is its lightweight, versatile mailer. Here's how 7 years of tweaking paid off
A list of Good movies set in Paris. (From Metafilter)
A few other good Metafilter threads: Overlooked Films of the 1990s
Movies featuring people eating pancakes in a chain restaurant
A list of movies that have changed midway from one style to another
Today’s “Blog of the Day” is Hanzi Smatter, dedicated to the misuse of Chinese characters in western culture. If you’d like to recommend an excellent, fresh blog for consideration, please email me.
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March 14, 2006
30 years of Wiretapping
A wonderful Slate review about Re-watching Coppola's wiretap masterpiece, discusses my favorite movie, The Conversation in the context of wiretapping then & now. “Viewed today, the Conspiracy Thrillers of the 1970s, The Conversation especially, look strikingly optimistic beneath their cynicism… Harry Caul fails to stop the conspiracy he discovers, but The Conversation implies that the truth is out there and needs only to be made public. In 1974, after all, surveillance technology—wiretapping—was a weapon that could just as easily topple a president as protect him…”
'The Conversation' for morons - The “Four Word Film Review” of "Enemy of the State"
Images from the 1895 footage made by Edison's film production company
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