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Tag Archives: movies
Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (1963)
Antonella and I watched Vittorio de Sica’s 1963 comedy Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani) last night, and it was a lot of fun. It’s an anthology film consisting of three short stories about couples in different parts of … Continue reading
Classes I want to teach
One of the best things about my job at UMW is that I’ve been able to teach a wide range of courses across a few disciplines. So far I’ve taught nine different courses, and one of them six (soon to … Continue reading
The Boss (1973)
No, not the Boss from Jersey, il Boss from Palermo! I recently got a four-pack of Fernando Di Leo’s Poliziotteschi (in Blu-ray no less) and I watched the 1973 film Il Boss (or The Boss) starring Henry Silva. It was crazy. … Continue reading
The Academic GIF
I wrote several months ago about the experience of working alongside UMW’s Chinese History scholar Sue Fernsebner to start imagining how she might integrate animated GIFs into a curriculum centered around film analysis. I tongue-and-cheek referred to it as GIFiculum, or GIF … Continue reading
An Omen of a Birthday Present?
Look what the great Noise Professor made Tommaso for his fourth birthday. I think I’ve seen this somewhere before 🙂
Wall Street, the Other Mob
I loved the passage in Nicholas Pileggi’s Wiseguy where Henry Hill talks about how the Wall Street bankers took the mob to the cleaners. When stolen securities got big, we used to have Wall Street types all over the place buying … Continue reading
Ferenando Di Leo’s The Boss (1973)
Now this is how you make your point!
Tech Noir
Watched Terminator (1984) tonight and love that Kyle Reese and the Terminator first open fire on one another is a kind of punk/new wave bar call Tech Noir (according to the Wikipedia article it’s the inspiration for an entire genre … Continue reading
A 1982 roundtable discussion with John Landis, John Carpenter, and David Cronenberg
I follow the Cinephilia and Beyond Tumblr, and I am glad I do because it is filled with film gems like the one above. Yesterday I came across this remarkable interview with three masters of 70s and 80s film, namely John Landis, John Carpenter, and David … Continue reading
A Quick Report on Minority Report
The shot of cruise standing in front of the Merry Ground from Minority Report immediately reminded me of a GIF I made from François Truffaut’s 400 Blows. Both shots are made for the animated GIF, which is indicative of a … Continue reading