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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title: By the Law (Lev Kuleshov, 1926)
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title. Friday, January 30, 2009. By the Law (Lev Kuleshov, 1926). If you already read my thoughts about this film on IMDb, there's no need to read this, since it's basically the same stuff I already said there (albeit with spoiler stuff). I just needed to break out of my Dark Knight/Frost/Nixon/Benjamin Button rut. But before they can move back to civilization, the yukon ice starts melting, flooding the area and stranding them for weeks. I did my Soviet phase a little over two ye...
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title: The Butcher Boy [1917]
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title. Friday, December 25, 2009. The Butcher Boy [1917]. A much better film than the Keaton one, also called The Butcher Boy is well worth seeing. It was directed by Neil Jordan, and based on the novel by Patrick McCabe. December 31, 2009 at 2:31 AM. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). The "You scratch my back, I scratch yours" honor roll. Even Films Started Small. Shooting in the Dark. Shooting Lessons: 1000 Pictures. The Butcher Boy [1917]. View my complete profile.
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Short Cuts: November 2009
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Comedy: Tomatos Another Day (1930, James Sibley Watson and Alec Wilder). Tomatos Another Day (1930). USA, 7 min. Tomatos Another Day (1930). The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933). In which the actors were encouraged to emulate the melodramatic acting style to the nth degree. Watson uses the same deadpan brand of satire, though his actors, rather than hamming it up, adopt a mechanical, minimalistic delivery that makes them sound monumentally uninterested in their roles. Shooting in th...
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Short Cuts: Comedy: Tomatos Another Day (1930, James Sibley Watson & Alec Wilder)
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Tuesday, November 17, 2009. Comedy: Tomatos Another Day (1930, James Sibley Watson and Alec Wilder). Tomatos Another Day (1930). USA, 7 min. Tomatos Another Day (1930). The Fatal Glass of Beer (1933). In which the actors were encouraged to emulate the melodramatic acting style to the nth degree. Watson uses the same deadpan brand of satire, though his actors, rather than hamming it up, adopt a mechanical, minimalistic delivery that makes them sound monumentally uninterested in their roles. My IMDb Commen...
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Short Cuts: May 2009
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Thursday, May 21, 2009. Avant-Garde: Mechanical Principles (1930, Ralph Steiner). USA, 10 min. To be the converse of Ralph Steiner's most well-known work,. Around this time, Hollywood directors like Busby Berkeley were engineering extravagant musical numbers in which dancers were utilised as mere cogs in a machine, each movement dependent upon the ability of the individual dancers to perform their role without error. In. Maybe both artists are right. Saturday, May 16, 2009. USA, 6 min. And, of course,.
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title: The Fall of the House of Usher [1928] and The Fall of the House of Usher [1928]
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title. Sunday, March 29, 2009. The Fall of the House of Usher [1928] and The Fall of the House of Usher [1928]. I just read the Poe short story earlier today, and I thought it was quite good. What I didn't think was that it would be easily interpretable to film, considering its very wordily-constructed atmosphere and mood. Figures that the first two movies I watch after reading it would prove me very wrong. On to the films:. The Fall of the House of Usher. As I said, the screen s...
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title: The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1975)
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title. Saturday, December 27, 2008. The Mirror (Andrei Tarkovsky; 1975). There was a specific moment in The Mirror. When I realized it would be a favorite movie. It’s the scene where the father recalls a scene from a childhood when he looked at a girl walking in the snow. The camera then cut to a close-up of his face, which then cut to a barrel of a gun. Do I love it because it has some rich allusive meaning that explains it all? Or L’Âge d’or. At least for me], which may ultimat...
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title: January 2009
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title. Friday, January 30, 2009. By the Law (Lev Kuleshov, 1926). If you already read my thoughts about this film on IMDb, there's no need to read this, since it's basically the same stuff I already said there (albeit with spoiler stuff). I just needed to break out of my Dark Knight/Frost/Nixon/Benjamin Button rut. But before they can move back to civilization, the yukon ice starts melting, flooding the area and stranding them for weeks. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). The "You scrat...
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title: Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler (Fritz Lang; 1922)
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title. Friday, December 19, 2008. Dr Mabuse, der Spieler (Fritz Lang; 1922). For several months, Fritz Lang has had the unique honor of having directed two of my most treasured silent films, Der Müde Tod. If he were alive, I think he would be very proud of this]. Sadly, before tonight, these are the only two silent films I’ve seen from him. Well, he can now boast three silent favorites. Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler. Which is indeed about crime, not vampires) or Judex. Overall, yeah, t...
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title: March 2009
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A (Vaguely Film Related) Title. Sunday, March 29, 2009. The Fall of the House of Usher [1928] and The Fall of the House of Usher [1928]. I just read the Poe short story earlier today, and I thought it was quite good. What I didn't think was that it would be easily interpretable to film, considering its very wordily-constructed atmosphere and mood. Figures that the first two movies I watch after reading it would prove me very wrong. On to the films:. The Fall of the House of Usher. As I said, the screen s...