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Many great movies owe their existence to her. Rest in peace…
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Impressive movie poster collection Film on Paper.
These are not for sale. It’s just a gallery representing the items in the collection.
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The end of film: Variety: “Citing collapsing demand for film prints as theaters shift to digital projectors, lab giants Technicolor and Deluxe have struck subcontracting agreements that edge them toward an end to their century-old competition in 35mm release printing.”
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Is American influence around the world in decline? Probably not in Bulgaria, though this is no way to treat a war memorial, whether it’s Soviet or not…
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Eerie video – and background – at the link. The reality is very different, especially this weekend as Carmageddon is unleashed across the City of Angels.
Via Gizmodo.
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Now and Then: Hobo With a Shotgun vs. Dirty Harry.
I haven’t seen Hobo yet, but Amazon Instant Video has it for rent for only $3.99
– if you’re interested…
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Incidentally, Dr. Wife and I really liked Salt, which is steeped in Cold War themes. Much better movie than I anticipated (although the main character’s physical prowess stretched credulity a couple of times). I never would have considered it if it wasn’t for reading about it on Libertas.
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BBC”s Mark Kermode finds a way to express his feelings about Transformers 3.
I suppose he was unable to make his point with a series of face-palms.
Why does this all remind me of the Obama administration?
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Andrew Stuttaford reviews a classic book on totalitarian art.
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Awesome gallery here.
Via Kottke.
This is a Brooklyn I’ve only seen on film. I rarely visited Brooklyn while I lived in New York back during my college years, but all those movie memories actually make these photos feel strangely familiar. The shot of the Brooklyn bridge in between two rows of buildings has been used in at least one movie that I can recall: Once Upon A Time In America (if not on its poster and promotional materials).
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FSFF: Undead Links to George A. Romero Studies.
…or for the budding zombie movie scholar, too.
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Arnold is very much in the news today, at least in the world of entertainment news.
But here’s another side of Arnold that you didn’t know about…or 30 sides, to be precise:
UPDATE: Heh.
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THR: The movie poster art of Bill Gold.
A gallery of some of his great ones here.
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Slate: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…I was a ‘Star Wars’fan.
Weren’t we all?
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A very clever ad campaign for a German job search site.
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LAT: “The Library of Congress is flipping a switch Tuesday that will open a large chunk of the national archive of more than 3 million music and spoken-word recordings for public online streaming as part of a new National Jukebox project, a joint venture between the library and Sony Music that will give free access to thousands of Sony-controlled recordings long out of circulation because of commercial or copyright issues.”
Cool.
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By Jean-Paul Sartre and George Lucas.
Short video, but strangely amusing…
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Wyblog: NJ Assembly votes to ban photographing children in public.
For crying out loud. You’d figure New Jersey would have more urgent matters on which to focus. Or a more sensible approach to their concerns.
If you’re a photographer, you should know your rights.
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Terrific 3+ minute video by Martin Woutisseth:
I’ve seen every title except for Spartacus
and Eyes Wide Shut
.
I really recommend The Killing
, a Film Noir work that evidently has influenced Tarantino a great deal.
Via Anne Thompson.
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Consumerist: Allegations of photography cause plane evacuation.
If you’re a photographer, you should know that you have rights (via BoingBoing).
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There was more to it than 12 Angry Men: “Lumet’s vision and moral critique of the law was always depicted as urban, gritty and dehumanizing—the tormented faces of failed humanity everywhere.”
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GQ‘s Tom Carson: “So that hugely “controversial” right-wing miniseries from the creator of 24—the one starring Katie Holmes as Jackie and Greg Kinnear as a pill-popping JFK? It’s not just honest, it’s great.”
Plus this: “When are we going to stop lying to ourselves about the legacy of Camelot?”
Also, here.
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“Hopeychangey” and “pretentious”.
Yup. Very appropriate.
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…at FilmLadd‘s, where he also points out the same worries about tyranny that I suppose anyone who’s paying attention must have when watching the show.
Like Ladd, I was also late to the Firefly
party until my wife introduced me to the series some years ago while we were dating. I was unaware of its libertarian subtext. Otherwise, I would have probably watched sooner. I’ve never quite been sold on its blending of the Western and Sci-fi genres, though.
Still, I have a lot of respect and admiration for Whedon, especially because of Buffy
and his writing talent in general. I read his screenplay for Alien Resurrection
back in the 90′s before the movie went into production, thanks to a friend who was working as a script reader at the time. The script was nothing like the movie. I mean, it was great. I read it in 60 minutes because I couldn’t put it down. Needless to say, I was sorely disappointed at the film (and I wasn’t the only one) which was directed by another filmmaker I also admire, Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
Whedon is currently in pre-production for the Marvel Avengers movie on the same studio lot in New Mexico where I happen to work. My admiration for him is such that I find it very hard not to stalk him, especially given that his parking space is only a few steps away from my desk…
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Journalism is hard: “Tim Rutten’s Feb. 2 Op-Ed column about Simon & Schuster’s promotion of the political novel ‘O’cited two passages it said were from the book, saying they demonstrated the author’s partisanship. Neither passage actually appeared in the book.”
To be fair, an opinion piece is not the same as reporting, but come on. Aren’t editors supposed to be minding the store here? Or has evil anti-Obama partisanship been living rent-free in their minds for so long that no one bothered to question the accuracy of Rutten’s accusations?
UPDATE: Linked at The Politisite Daily. Thanks!
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Great piece by Mark Harris in GQ: The Day the Movies Died.
Plus, scientific evidence of the phenomenon…
Sigh.
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At Adweek’s very own Adfreak blog. 21 of them. Some are just teasers and some can be played in their entirety.
My favorite one is the Coca-Cola ‘Border Crossing’spot.
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The Law Movie Review blog.
And here I was thinking I was the only non-practicing lawyer obsessed with movies…
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..broken down by someone who knows a thing or two about producing political ads.
I remember reading a long time ago that no one sets out to make a bad movie. I think that’s true – and the same goes for any audiovisual work. It takes so much effort, first of all, that no one would embark on such an enterprise if they weren’t expecting to create something good. Alas, the best of intentions rarely results in excellence.
To paraphrase Clint Eastwood’s Harry Callahan in Magnum Force, a filmmaker’s got to know his limitations…
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A PBS documentary about actor Jeff Bridges that you can watch online for free, in its entirety.
Via Anne Thompson.
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FSR: “Let’s just attempt to break down the hallmarks of a good action film. No matter what differences they may have, action films share a lot of things in common.”
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That and many more notable pieces of graphic design on paper at Letterheady.
UPDATE: Wrong link! Just fixed. Sorry about that…
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Some of them, at any rate. It’s like the movie geek version of Where’s Waldo?
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Anne Thompson explains in Popular Mechanics.
Anne has her own movie blog, here. Whether your interest lies with indie, foreign or Hollywood studio pictures, she’s got’em covered.
She’s also a Tisch School of the Arts grad, like me. So you know she knows her stuff…
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MPAA to universities: curb piracy or lose federal funding.
