Yesterday Tyler commented about the header images on the bava, suggesting that they are just one more reason to read God’s only blog. His comment went like this:
OK, I did find this useful. [referring to an old WP tutorial post]
But I stayed on this page all day because I loved the header pic…
Then when I [...]
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The Shining in 6 Frames
Published by February 6th, 2010 in digital storytelling and movies. 11 CommentsRiffing off of Tom Woodward’s recent exercise he posted, I experimented with using six film frames to capture the essence of the film’s narrative. It might also be a nice way to think about how the juxtaposition of images make meaning, without worrying about drawing those images. Almost reverse engineering Kubrick’s filmic logic. So, [...]
Catchig up on my RSS reader is always a joy, and one of the most consistent and indisposable YouTube filters in my reader is the Media Funhouse blog, without fail there are at least 5 or ten posts that lead me into the rabbit hole that is YouTube. I love Ed Grant’s stuff, and [...]
Husbands from Hell: Guy Woodhouse from Rosemary’s Baby
Published by December 22nd, 2009 in movies. 4 CommentsWhile up late last night with newly minted Tommaso, I couldn’t help but thinking about the character Guy Woodhouse (played brilliantly by John Cassavetes) from Polanksi’s brilliant Rosemary’s Baby (1969). Thinking about how Guy sold out Rosemary (Mia Farrow) and his unborn child to the local Satan worshippers in order to further his acting career [...]
I just saw a part of Made of Honor (2008)—couldn’t stomach the whole thing—which is a derivative romantic comedy that is nothing more than a vehicle for the “dreamy” Patrick Dempsey. I have been musing about the scene and how bloggers are portrayed in Hollywood, and when I searched the phrase “bloggers portrayed in recent [...]
It’s been over 4 years since I’ve had cable, and now that I am back on the smack I can’t imagine how I ever lived without it. It is without question magic, and between a late night fix of Wes Craven’s Shocker (1989) last night and the timeless classic Motel Hell (1980) tonight, I [...]
While checking out YouTube user Whoiseyevan’s YouTube channel for my last post, I noticed he has put together an awesome mashup that is premised on the idea of using footage from old films all over YouTube to create a trailer for a film that never was. In this case, the premake of Raiders of the [...]
Well, after four years I finally officially consider myself a Virginian after buying some of the bloodiest soil in the US. And I have to say it is nice to see that Virginia, in cooperation with the Library of Congress Packard Campus, has been planning their cultural events accordingly. That’s right, on October 39th Mario [...]
What can I say about The Big Lebowski that hasn’t already been said? Now that I think about it I could probably find something, but it would seem to rob this masterpiece of its magic. Just about every scene could be a scene to feature, and I was looking for the “Uli’s a nihilist” scene [...]
King of New York—Room Service & Leave No Witnesses
Published by August 8th, 2009 in movies and scenic. 5 CommentsFor some reason I got to thinking about Abel Ferrara’s best film King of New York (1990) this afternoon. The film beautifully frames the dirty streets of NYC, and has Laurence Fishburne playing one of the most truly menacing and memorable gangsters of recent film, Jimmy Jump. And when I think of King of New [...]
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