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Formative 10: Clash of the Titans & the Cinema of Attractions

Published by Reverend July 19th, 2008 in Formative 10, Uncategorized, film, films and movies. 7 Comments

When talking about films I saw as a pre-pubescent adolescent, I think one of the most important would have to be [[Ray Harryhausen]]’s [[Clash of the Titans]] (1981). Now technically, keeping inline with the logic of discussing film, I should have said [[Desmond Davis]]’s Clash of the Titans because he was the director, and ever [...]

Formative 10: The Warriors

Published by Reverend June 15th, 2008 in Formative 10 and movies. 14 Comments

I had the great pleasure of re-watching one of my favorite films of all time recently with Shannon during our lunch hour. We saw the The Ultimate Director’s Cut version of [[The Warriors]] (1979) released in 2005, which I had not yet seen —and I must say the digital transfer of the film is [...]

Dawn of the Dead, take 3

Published by Reverend April 28th, 2008 in Formative 10, YouTube, insructional technology, mashup and movies. 1 Comment

Finally, the last and mashed installation of my [[Dawn of the Dead]] (1978) series which took far more technical and creative energy than I originally imagined. The idea behind this experiment was simple: create three commentaries upon the social/political sub-themes dealing with consumer culture embedded within Dawn of the Dead using [...]

Dawn of the Dead, take 2

Published by Reverend April 22nd, 2008 in Formative 10 and movies. 2 Comments

Being good for my word, below is the second version of the [[Dawn of the Dead]] clip I published yesterday here, but this time with a running commentary of the edited scenes. It is far from perfect, and Jerry gave me a ton of good recommendations for making it better, so I will return [...]

Dawn of the Dead, Take 1

Published by Reverend April 21st, 2008 in Formative 10, mashup and movies. 3 Comments

Over the next three days I am going to be publishing three different videos dealing with [[George Romero|George Romero's]] genius horror film [[Dawn of the Dead]] (1978). The first of the three (this post) is a six-minute, edited “argument” of scenes that I think frame the power and importance of this film as both horror [...]