'n 2009, Casey Pugh asked thousands of Internet users to remake "Star Wars: A New Hope" into a fan film, 15 seconds at a time. Contributors were allowed to recreate scenes from Star Wars however they wanted.'

"Where are you?" [foghorn blows] "You're on a boat..." "What's in your hand." (Look in his hand) "I have it." (You don't have it and you're not a man because I've been telling you what to do and you did it all.) -- The longer you listen, the sweeter the pitch.

"Look down." Genius. That linkage between the camera and the male looking through *his* 'female gaze' that can't help but compare himself to another man. "Look at your man." (Look at yourself via the female gaze.) "Now back to me." (Look at him via your male gaze looking at *her* looking at him via her female gaze and comparing him to you.) "Now back at your man; Now back to me." Perfect cinema.

"We can never get close to the truth except through lying."

'In the last scene, the movie picture appears to jolt suddenly; the only way I can describe it is that it's as if the camera operator started putting the camera down before he turning it off. What's the significance of that jolt? It's in such contrast to the stillness of the rest of the movie. Does it mean it's all a dream? He's killed? What? No, believe it or not, that jolt happens because the camera operator actually did put the camera down before he turned it off. And the director liked the effect.' -- I've *seen* this movie before, but I can't say what it is because the comment above would ruin it for you, though I'm keen to recommend it. Interesting... I kinda feel art finds you, rather than the other way around, so I'm careful not to intervene but— If you'd like to chance my ruining it for you rather than leaving things to fate: Amazon > Search: "Abbas Kiarostami Close Up" > Add to basket > Checkout > ??? > !!! yw ;^)

'At a time when summer movies seem uniquely capable of consolidating the cultural discourse, our Evolution of the Modern Blockbuster series looks back to the summers, and summer movies, of 1984 and 1989, when MTV editing, post-Boomer cynicism and other cultural sea changes converged to shape the summer blockbuster we all know and can't avoid.' -- In 5 parts

"The way movies are heading is not necessarily toward realism, but toward sensory input."

My God... it's full of boxes!

Laetitia Casta *bites knuckles* and Wong Kar Wai.

"It is easy to have a knee-jerk cynical reaction to this and accuse Mother and Eurostar of sneaky advertising tricks. And ultimately a good film has been made, which has already garnered awards and rave reviews."

Philips Aurea

On Ridley Scott’s 'Final Cut' of Blade Runner: "When Roy, at the end of his strength, releases the pigeon, it flies not up into a suddenly and comically clear sky, but into a dark one filled with appropriately looming megastructure."

Cloverfield website (perhaps)

Official trailer and comments, video responses, misdirections? who knows?

"Cloverfield" is the code name of an upcoming science fiction film produced by J. J. Abrams, directed by Matt Reeves, and written by Drew Goddard."

"What if this is ACTUALLY the finale of LOST ... it would be a unique way to end a television series by having it in movie theaters ... wouldn't you agree?"

"A synthespian is any synthetic actor."

More BR love: Adam Savage: "I worked on Star Wars Episodes I and II, on the Matrix films, on AI and Terminator 3; yet 25 years later there are ways in which Blade Runner surpasses anything that's been done since. "

"After paying £25 to join, participants are allowed to vote on major decisions in the film, contribute to the actual development and production of the film through open source technologies, and are encouraged to share and sample portions of the film for