And even reveals HAL’s sexual orientation!
Now, that’s thorough…
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Just watch and enjoy the concept, which has to be the product of true genius. Love the audio mix, too:
Not sure which agency is behind this, but my hat’s off to them. No TV personalities, no narration, no dialogue. Just the product and the pitch: fast, faster, fastest.
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I’m getting married next Saturday. As you might have noticed, I don’t blog much on weekdays (due to my job). Next weekend I probably won’t blog at all. So I thought I’d post something to keep my small handful of regular readers busy for a few days.
For those who read this blog for my media and film linkage/commentary, here are 25 posts that might keep you occupied.
And for those who read this blog for my political linkage and commentary, tons of Reaganiana to pump you up for the November elections, which are less than a month away.
Yes, you still need to get pumped up. Liberals are counting on your complacency.
Victory is not in the bag yet. Remember: don’t get cocky!
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At Mubi, a look back at the work of Stephen Frankfurt. He sure seems to have some kind of obsession with portraying faces horizontally…
At any rate, they sure don’t design them like they used to. Very cool work.
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Watch as Kodak tests early film footage in color.
Via Cinematical.
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…on what Drama Is All About.
And don’t forget his great essay Why I’m No Longer A ‘Brain-Dead’ Liberal.
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A treasure trove of links, all free, at FilmStudiesForFree.
Including a video of Marty’s Charlie Rose appearance.
And don’t forget that Vanity Fair article from earlier this year. It wasn’t a research paper, but it’s really good.
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The New Yorker “on the trail of the honorable detective”.
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A Salon slideshow: Beyond Inception: Best On-Screen Dreams.
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Gothamist: Princess Leia Meets Darth Vader On Subway.
Great reactions from the passengers. At first I found the whole idea annoying, but I’ve warmed up to it…
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The Batman Theme (Danny Elfman’s version), put to song:
And, for movie geeks, more geeky post-modernism with the Fredo Song and the Moe Green Song!
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How his fun short AT-AT Afternoon was made.
Via Comics Alliance.
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What would you do if you could travel back in time? “Grab all the modern technology I could find, take it to the late 70′s, superficially redesign it all to blend in, start a consumer electronics company…then sit back as I rake in billions, trillions, or even millions of dollars.”
We did seem to like faux-wood paneling a lot back in the 70′s.
Much more from the artist, at his blog.
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Cory Doctorow on Mickey’s methamphetamine connection.
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Celebrate the birthday of the LP with a very thorough slideshow.
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Texas Monthly: “When Lonesome Dove was published in 1985, it transformed Larry McMurtry’s career overnight and revived the fortunes of the western itself.”
The story is behind a paywall for the next couple of months or so. Lucky for me, I’m a subscriber.
I still remember watching the mini-series on CBS back in – I think – 1987 or maybe 1988. I was a college freshman at the time and one of the English courses I selected was Southwestern Literature. Lonesome Dove
was assigned reading. Watching the mini-series was part of our homework, too. The characters have stayed with me ever since.
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From the innovative author who revolutionized literature with the uterine docu-mystery. Andre Sullivan invents Gyno-Expressionism.
Fascinating. Just in time, as Magical Hate-ism is falling out of currency and Leftie readers must be itching for something new.
Via Ed Driscoll.
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Heh.
Directed by former “brain-dead liberal” David Mamet; and starring Kristen Bell, Ed O’Neill and Ricky Jay.
Via TOM. And probably NSFW (the video, not TheOtherMcCain).
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…as practiced by William Shakespeare, now automated.
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Nazi-looted art in U.S. museums finally catches the attention of a major American newspaper.
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At the Fin de Cinema blog.
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Pink Floyd’s The Dark Side of the Moon
album cover reproduced over London skies.
Awesome sight…
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May she rest in peace.
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…the way it used to be: The 120 Minutes Archive.
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A plethora of scholarly works on the genre – at no cost to you – at FilmStudiesforFree. Lots of papers on The Ring
and several essays on The Shining
as well. Who needs film school anymore? Read the papers, watch the DVD’s. Then go make a movie; and repeat. That’s all it was. Is that worth $40,000 a year? I think not.
Plus a video essay about creepy kids on film, a subject I find controversial. The outright depiction of children as monsters – without more – just seems harmful to me given how often kids get the short end of the stick in this world.
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Ok, this is a real treat: Soviet sci-fi animation of the 1980′s.
Six clips – including adaptations of Ray Bradbury and Stephen King stories – collected by Rhizome, a non-profit that focuses on promoting new media art.
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A very cool short film by Canadian director Arev Manoukian.
It’s a must see. The film is so impressive that “within days of posting the four-minute, 41-second romantic drama…Manoukian says he got calls from Hollywood agents and managers. He signed with talent agency William Morris Endeavor last month”.
Nice.
It’s pure cinema. Not a word uttered, not a word needed. The pictures and the sounds say it all.
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Film Studies for Free: Jafar Panahi was arrested and imprisoned for making a movie perceived as “anti-state”.
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Anne Thompson: “Clash of the Titans is a lousy movie no matter what the medium.”
I was afraid that’d be the case. I’m convinced remakes and reboots will result in a turkey 9 times out of ten. It’s just a bias of mine, but I don’t think it’s far from the truth. Can anyone point to another “reboot” as good as J.J Abrams’ Star Trek
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At night, from above. Beautiful photos!
The closest I’ve been to seeing anything like this was about 20 years ago, when a bunch of fellow NYU students and I went to the top of the Empire State building to shoot a student film. It was a sort of Blade Runner
paean directed by one of my roommates…
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The Story Department: 8 effective writing techniques from Atlas Shrugged.
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Sending a chair 98,000+ feet up in the air.
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I don’t know how they did it either. Just watch.
(Via VSL)
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So I was able to catch Van Halen’s video for (Oh) Pretty Woman last night, for the first time ever (on VH1-Classic).
I liked it! Almost two minutes of pure cinema, plus a few seconds of the Samurai and Western genres. Not to mention the Godzilla-style opening logo. They were post-modern before post-modern was cool!
