Tag Archives: YouTube

Andy Warhol’s Clockwork Orange

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Reverend

Since I am already talking about Warhol and film, here is a bit of “Did you know?” trivia I found pretty fascinating when I first heard it. Did you know that Andy Warhol made the first film adaptation of Anthony … Continue reading →

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Indian Thriller

Posted on March 6, 2008 by Reverend

Via the great Luke Waltzer… [kml_flashembed movie=”http://youtube.com/v/LbvP7dT3Dx0″ width=”425″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /]  

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Carosello: An Italian TV Tradition

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Reverend

One of things I have noticed is that when hanging with a group of friends sooner or later the conversation turns to our mediated lives through television. Without fail, if the company is worth its salt, memories of Larry from … Continue reading →

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Mojiti is No Mo’

Posted on January 27, 2008 by Reverend

You can file this one under “Just Another Web 2.0 Service Cautionary Tale.” I was planning on working on my Italian by sub-titling a short commercial for this post I plan on writing using Mojiti (an online service that allows … Continue reading →

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RSS Feed for Tags in YouTube

Posted on January 19, 2008 by Reverend

Here is a cool thing I discovered recently, and please forgive me if it is already common knowledge. There is a little hack for getting RSS feeds for tags on YouTube, and it goes like this: http://youtube.com/rss/tag/randomtag.rss (where randomtag is … Continue reading →

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Propaganda Techniques

Posted on January 18, 2008 by Reverend

Educational film to teach viewers about the dynamics of propaganda…A teacher dissects the processes in which propaganda works to an eager student. In it are moments of classic hokum, but curiously it all rings true today. Link.

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The Brood (1979)

Posted on January 9, 2008 by Reverend

When I was at UCLA in the mid-90s I saw a double-feature at Melnitz Theater (the Film School’s theater) that really freaked me out. The theme of the double-feature was “Maternal Nightmares,” and the films were Roman Polanski’s Rosemary’s Baby … Continue reading →

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When We Were Kings (1996)

Posted on January 8, 2008 by Reverend

I just saw a clip from the documentary When We Were Kings on the Open Culture blog featuring the late Norman Mailer talking about the epic George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali fight in Zaire. After partaking, I couldn’t resist re-blogging … Continue reading →

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WordPress Rich Comments! Plugin

Posted on January 7, 2008 by Reverend

The Rich Comments! plugin is by no means essential, and the code is still in its infancy. But its one of those plugins that I dig because it is ajaxy, unneccessary, and maybe even irrational given that we still don’t … Continue reading →

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Trilogy of Terror

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Reverend

 For some reason Chucky’s far more frightening predecessor, the African Zuni Fetish Warrior Doll from the 1975 telemovie Trilogy of Terror, was on my mind earlier this evening. So, I promptly searched for Trilogy of Terror on YouTube and, as … Continue reading →

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