Waldo Jaquith - On the impracticality of a cheeseburger.
december 2011 by wpenman
this is the missing link for my cost-of-a-movie theory! with really interesting comments about why he's wrong and incomplete
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december 2011 by wpenman
George Harrison: Living in the Material World on Devour.com
august 2011 by wpenman
Mortgaged his house to make a movie just to see it. "It was still the most expensive movie ticket ever."
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august 2011 by wpenman
Keep On Walking - YouTube
august 2011 by wpenman
Shots of people walking from behind
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august 2011 by wpenman
FAUXGO - Tumblr
august 2011 by wpenman
'A fauxgo (fake logo) is a symbol or other small design created to represent a fictional company or organization that exists only on film.'
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august 2011 by wpenman
The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Republicans watch The Town
august 2011 by wpenman
A Republican shows a clip from The Town (the one about the Boston thief) to inspire Tea Party members to vote with Boehner's debt ceiling plan.
Jon Stewart explains that the metaphor favors the Republicans, but Tea Partyers let the clip sway them.
Dems summarize the movie clip drily.
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Jon Stewart explains that the metaphor favors the Republicans, but Tea Partyers let the clip sway them.
Dems summarize the movie clip drily.
august 2011 by wpenman
Cinematic geography and the problem of genius
july 2011 by wpenman
'Ager’s thesis seem to be: Since Kubrick was a perfectionist, anything that seems like an error in Kubrick’s work must not be an error, but must instead be a deliberate choice. Yes, that sounds like fundamentalism.'
'Cinematic geography is largely transient.
The audience pays attention to where things are within a scene, which is why we worry about camera direction and crossing the line. But the minute you cut to another scene, our brains safely discard the perceived geography.
Sets are designed to do things real locations can’t.
Walls move, giving the director the choice (and decision) how much to bend reality in order to position a camera where it couldn’t physically be.
Even when movies use real locations, they are often assembled from various pieces.
The exterior of the Overlook Hotel is actually The Timberline Lodge in Oregon. And yes: the rooflines and windows don’t match closely with Kubrick’s sets.'
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'Cinematic geography is largely transient.
The audience pays attention to where things are within a scene, which is why we worry about camera direction and crossing the line. But the minute you cut to another scene, our brains safely discard the perceived geography.
Sets are designed to do things real locations can’t.
Walls move, giving the director the choice (and decision) how much to bend reality in order to position a camera where it couldn’t physically be.
Even when movies use real locations, they are often assembled from various pieces.
The exterior of the Overlook Hotel is actually The Timberline Lodge in Oregon. And yes: the rooflines and windows don’t match closely with Kubrick’s sets.'
july 2011 by wpenman
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