Showing posts with label MOVIES/FILM/CINEMA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MOVIES/FILM/CINEMA. Show all posts

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

East Side Story?

The final sequence from Takeshi Kitano's film "Zatoichi"

Sunday, March 28, 2010

2012: The Movie (FX Highlights)

Boiling 2012 (The John Cusack film of 2009) down to its FX essentials. The version I used had subtitles; I've left in only one, my favourite line from the film. See if you spot it.

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Saturday, March 20, 2010

WALLACE & GROMIT: A MATTER OF LOAF AND DEATH

How could anyone not love Wallace and Gromit?  Here's their latest short adventure...


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Thursday, February 11, 2010

My Dinner WIth Andre

The movie consists of a conversation between Andre Gregory and Wallace Shawn, both of whom were active in New York theater at the time of the movie. Two themes tie the entire dialog together: (1) should we live spontaneously in the moment, disconnecting ourselves from the purposes of our actions (a la Hindu Karma Yoga), and (2) what is the purpose of the theater.



[In Waiting for Guffman, Corky St. Clair, played by Christopher Guest, shows off his My Dinner with Andre action figures during the tour of his shop.]

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Saturday, July 25, 2009

More Beautiful Tarkovsky

I've made a short clip of remarkable footage from Tarkovsky's film "Nostalghia" whose protagonist is a Russian refugee in Italy haunted by his memories of childhood and Russia, in other words Tarkovsky himself.

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

Exquisite Tarkovsky

It's been said that the only truly spiritual film directors were Bresson, Bergman, Renoir, Kurosawa and Tarkovsky. Whatever that may mean, Tarkovsky was certainly a master of atmosphere and cinematography, as indicated by these samplers:

Monday, February 9, 2009

Love Is Good For Anything That Ails You

The first of several clips of above-par dancing I'd like to post:


Sunday, March 2, 2008

Cat Soup ( Nekojiru-Sou)

An extraordinary animation by Tatsuo_Sato. Not for kids....