June 2011
1 post
May 2010
4 posts
Existenz
so.. video games.
Is Cronenberg making a statement about the current state of video games and their effects on us? or is he predicting where they will end up? Is me making a statement about our escapist tendencies as a society today or is he making a statement about how our imaginations are so dulled we have to create a separate, but organic, one into which we have to jack into as to have someone...
Punch Drunk and Enough Advancement Theory for the...
I think that punch drunk love works. works really well, actually, due in large part to the influence of Robert Altman and whoever PTA was channeling while directing this movie.
Now im not claiming hes the next coming of cinematic-raptor-jesus, but i do subscribe to a theory explained here by Pop Culture Critic, Chuck Klosterman. This theory is the theory of Advancement, and while in the article...
Jeunet, The French Michael Bay?
Who the hell cares if he is the French Michael Bay, He makes a damn good film.
I make this comparison due to the large outcry from most of the other post-ers. Their points are legitimate and noted. Doesn’t mean i agree. I mean the plot can be considered drawn out, characters unbelievable, actions contrived, whatever. I liked it. Color me dazzled by cinematography and other stylistic...
The Fountain
So… Microcosms. Just a heads up, this WILL be a stream of consciousness.
So I think visually. Its just how Im wired, i guess. I even think visually when im doing math. Say im multiplying six by twelve. I will imagine six twelves in my head, then take two from each twelve and put those twos in a pile. then I add my remaining tens till i get sixty. This sixty stays where it is on my mental...
April 2010
1 post
Fear and Loathing
A bat-shit-insane movie with no equal.
I can remember exactly where i was when i first caught a glimpse of this film. Its rare that I can remember where and when i was in relation to movies. I was in Boston in 2005 when I was first learning how to use final cut (which i promptly forgot) when some guys started to watch Fear and Loathing on the TV at the other end of the room. I would only catch...
All That Jazz
Now, ill admit that i havent seen the entirety of this film. Just bits and pieces while i was trying to catch up for many different classes. I got the just of it, however, as well as a nice smattering of interesting visuals, dance sequences, and thematic elements.
Expecting a typical movie about the theater lifestyle and how hard it is to break in the business (or something along these lines), I...
March 2010
3 posts
NYMPHOS!
Despite being a semi-interesting movie about a bunch of crazy people, temporary sanity as a plot device, nymphomaniacs, bad voice overs, black clan members, forced acting, and forced themes, Shock Corridor is actually a pretty shitty movie.
I really couldnt find anything to appreciate beyond the whole obsession and madness deal so im just going to list a bunch of observations.
The cop behind...
Killer of Sheep
…was a pretty powerful movie.
The first scene could sum up the movie but every other scene tops it or drives the message in even further or both. The father is trying to get his son to realize that their isnt any room for petty crap like that in their lives as they are. Their family is struggling for survival and its taking toll on them.
Stan’s working in the slaughterhouse, a job...
February 2010
2 posts
Strange Days, indeed...
Let me preface this post by saying Cronenberg did it better.
Let me add to my previous statement that The Hurt Locker was an incredible film. Completely Oscar worthy and Bigelow’s best film to date.
There were some themes that were fairly intact. Most notably the technology gone wrong thing. Its a pretty good metaphor about how technology (that means YOU internet) is a drug and is very...
Schizburg
To begin with…
The first time i head of this movie was a couple of years back. One of my film junkie friends and i were locked into one of those random, leap-frogging conversations that covers not just a movie but FILM as a whole. Anyways, we got around to soderbergh and he blurts out “Dude, have you seen Schizopolis? Its great, man. Really bizarre and soderbergh is in it and he makes...
January 2010
1 post
Thoughts on First Class Viewings.
As a preface to my post im going to say that when I write about movies my writing style is… less than academic. I am prone to tangents, hypotheticals, over-dramatics and occasional profanity. I like to write in the way that I think because it allows me to give the reader a glimpse of my thought processes. It also allows me to get my thoughts onto paper more quickly, while they are still...
May 2009
2 posts
Molly is on your tumblr!
Home Theaters, which one would you get? →
April 2009
2 posts
WatchDATAMOSH EXPERIMENT Mk. 1!
MARVEL AT ITS AWESOMENESS!
brought to you by FUTURE SUIT Enterprises.
WatchTHE MOST RIDICULOUS PROGRESSION IN CONSUMER GADGET TECHNOLOGY I HAVE EVER SEEN.
IS THIS WHERE WE ARE HEADED?
ARE SUBCUTANEOUS LED SCREENS AND KEYBOARDS NEXT?
IM NOT COMPLAINING IM JUST ASTOUNDED
March 2009
3 posts
1708
I was pleasantly surprised when I walked into the 1708 gallery after class on Wednesday. Usually I’m not really impressed or entertained or actually interested in most of the showings that I see in the gallery on first Fridays or when I cast my gaze through the windows while passing by on Broad St. I like a bit of humor or irony or a profound statement or something interesting in the art that I...
Tone Wheels →
February 2009
7 posts
WatchPart 2.
more to come soon
WatchImprov Everywhere’s MP3 experiment
Part 1
WatchMAGNETIC Typography!
WatchMy self “Portrait”.
Music: “Failsafe” by The New Pornographers
Made by taking filming myself for 5 minutes on the median of broad street, then speeding the video up so that it was a total of 56 seconds long. Then ran the video through a projector in the Laboratory onto a white wall…etc. Took THAT footage and sped it up to about 3-4 times as fast as it was before...
WatchThis was an experiment bred from an assignment in Time Studio Spring Semester 2009. The initial assignment was to create one minute videos of interesting sounds to be played together. The second was to create a mashup with everyones sounds at our disposal. This is the result. To be truthful it didnt get the reaction that I intended it to. The aim of the project was to point out a certain rhythm...
WatchA one minute portrait of my new roomate John.
January 2009
6 posts
WatchMario Kart Stop Motion
WatchIn God We Trust - Jason Reitman
One of my absolute favorite short films.
This was written and directed by Jason Reitman, director of Thank You For Smoking and Juno.
This is one of the very first short films I found when I was younger and could very well be one of the reasons I still want to get into film.
Well... we had a good run, guys...
It looks like evolution finally cought up with us. Humans arent the top of the food chain anymore. I guess theres not much we can do besides welcome our Newly Amphibious Over -Lords with open arms… Flippers! I meant Flippers!
dont zap me…
WNYC - Radiolab: Musical Language (April 21, 2006) →
Ive always been intrigued by how the inflections that someone uses in their speech can convey so much. its almost as if someone can use no words at all, just tones, and still be speaking. I guess that point ties with the research into how infants can understand human speech even though they dont speak the language. A thought occured to me while I was watching the WNYC video: if speech emulates...
Quantum Cinema →
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I’ve actually been looking for a site like this for a while. One that has updates on technological advances in cinema, particularly DIY endeavors. Anything that can help me make my crap look better on screen. Being able to direct takes a certain degree of inherited creative skill, whereas technical advances are more or less avaliable to anyone.