Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
February 3, 2011
December 7, 2010
August 9, 2010
July 11, 2010
April 6, 2010
Under The Cherry Moon
Last night I dreamt that Prince wanted to marry me and was trying his hardest to woo me...
February 26, 2010
The First Cinematic Adaptation of Alice in Wonderland (1903)
Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow’s 107-year-old short Alice in Wonderland - the first cinematic adaptation of Lewis Carroll’s classic children’s story - was recently restored by the BFI National Archive using the only print known to exist. Unfortunately, 4 of the film’s 12 minutes have been lost forever.
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February 13, 2010
December 9, 2009
Two Kinds Of Girls At Every Dance...
Clara Bow is the second kind of girl in "The Plastic Age" (1925, dir. Wesley Ruggles)
...Likewise.
November 24, 2009
November 11, 2009
Vampire Love
"Listen to them - children of the night. What music they make..."
- Bram Stoker (Dracula)
- Bram Stoker (Dracula)
October 15, 2009
Once Upon A Time In The West
One of my favorite films with such an amazing theme song...
"Man With Harmonica" composed by Ennio Morricone
"A 1968 epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. The film stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain Frank, Charles Bronson as his nemesis "Harmonica", Jason Robards as the bandit Cheyenne and Claudia Cardinale as Jill, a newly-widowed homesteader with a past as a prostitute. The screenplay was written by Leone and Sergio Donati, from a story devised by Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento. The widescreen cinematography was by Tonino Delli Colli, and Ennio Morricone provided the film score."
"A 1968 epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. The film stars Henry Fonda cast against type as the villain Frank, Charles Bronson as his nemesis "Harmonica", Jason Robards as the bandit Cheyenne and Claudia Cardinale as Jill, a newly-widowed homesteader with a past as a prostitute. The screenplay was written by Leone and Sergio Donati, from a story devised by Leone, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Dario Argento. The widescreen cinematography was by Tonino Delli Colli, and Ennio Morricone provided the film score."
September 28, 2009
Valerie a tyden divu (Jaromil Jires, 1970)
Also know as, "Valerie and Her Week of Wonders". This scene is perhaps one of my favorites ever.
September 9, 2009
September 8, 2009
Nollywood
A film taken place in Enugu, Nigeria, Pieter Hugo documents it by taking photos of the characters. When I first saw these photos it reminded me that I do have a shadow side, like everyone else, and that I must work with my shadow self so I can help understand myself and become more balanced. However, when you watch the video about the film it shows a totally different side.
"A compelling look at the third largest movie industry in the world - in the heart of Africa. Nollywood Babylon is a feature documentary about the explosive popularity of Nigeria's movie industry. The film drops viewers into the chaos of Lagos' Idumota market. Here, among the bustling stalls, films are sold and unlikely stars are born. Unfazed by low budgets, enterprising filmmakers create a brash, inventive and wildly popular form of B-Movie that has Nigerians Nollywood-obsessed. In these films, voodoo and magic infuse urban stories, reflecting the collision of traditional mysticism and modern culture that Nigerians experience every day. Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, present an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema." -NFB
"A compelling look at the third largest movie industry in the world - in the heart of Africa. Nollywood Babylon is a feature documentary about the explosive popularity of Nigeria's movie industry. The film drops viewers into the chaos of Lagos' Idumota market. Here, among the bustling stalls, films are sold and unlikely stars are born. Unfazed by low budgets, enterprising filmmakers create a brash, inventive and wildly popular form of B-Movie that has Nigerians Nollywood-obsessed. In these films, voodoo and magic infuse urban stories, reflecting the collision of traditional mysticism and modern culture that Nigerians experience every day. Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, present an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema." -NFB
August 27, 2009
Haxan
Directed & written by Benjamin Christiensen. Excerpt from the 1922 Swedish/Danish silent film "Haxan" depicting the Black Mass.
May 4, 2009
A Random Thought
Whenever I come back home to the east coast to visit my parents, it feels almost exactly like the movie Garden State. Expect my hometown is filled with preppy conservatives in a place that could be considered as the "mini" Hamptons.
January 12, 2009
"Jeu de Massacre"
"Jeu de Massacre" (1967).
A French pop art film directed by Alain Jessua. Starring Claudine Auger, Jean-Pierre Cassel and Michel Duchaussoy.
Comic Book artwork by Guy Peellaert with music by The Alan Bown Set.
"Two cartoonists meet a playboy who lives out the fantasies created in their cartoons. He hires them to create a new comic strip. As they work on the new strip, the playboy begins to live it out. Unfortunately, the new strip deals with murder."
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