The Art of Understatement in 2001

"This is the true heart and soul of the Kuleshov effect. When we are shown no explicit emotion, we infer it--but in order to do that, we are forced to experience the circumstances, and feel the emotion ourselves. This is why the Kuleshov effect can generate such a strong reaction; it's why 2001 is such a powerful experience. We don't know HAL is frightened because he sounds frightened. We know he's frightened because Dave is coming to kill him. His blank voice forces us to experience his situation in his name and feel his own fear for him. We are one step closer to the action on screen, not reacting to the actors but reacting with the characters. "

http://www.ambiguous.org/robin/word/kuleshov.html

Go See "Buck" Now!

“Over the years, I’ve come across plenty of people who criticize me because they subscribed to the old-school methods of dominating a horse. They worked a horse as if they were going to war with it. And they were. If that’s the way you deal with your horses, it’s the way you deal with your fellow man as well. I just can’t subscribe to that primitive notion of forcing your will on a horse or a human…”
- From “Believe” by Buck Brannaman

http://victoriacummings.blogspot.com/2011/07/go-see-buck-now.html

The Library of Congress Unlocks The Ultimate Archive System

"The Library of Congress is working to preserve film for hundreds, even thousands of years. Seriously. In this article from Creative COW Magazine, Ken Weissman, Supervisor of the Library's Film Preservation Laboratory, tells the steps they're taking toward the ultimate archive system, starting with the restoration of films first printed on paper instead of film!"

http://magazine.creativecow.net/article/the-library-of-congress-unlocks-the-ultimate-archive-system

Ebert's Glossary of Movie Terms

"Ali MacGraw's Disease

Movie illness in which only symptom is that the sufferer grows more beautiful as death approaches."

http://academic.sun.ac.za/forlang/bergman/tech/glossary/ebert_glos.htm

Valkaama

"Valkaama is a collaborative Open Source Movie. "

http://www.valkaama.com/

"A Swedish poet, Lasse, has travelled around the world for years - alone, independently, restlessly. His heart knows no home except one that a prophecy from his childhood revealed to him: Valkaama, a mysterious place in northern Finland. [...]"

Zuzu - Karolyn Grimes

"At the tender age of 4, Karolyn Grimes began memorizing lines and acting in the fantasy world of cinema. She worked with film legends John Wayne, Cary Grant, Bing Crosby, Loretta Young, Fred MacMurray, Betty Grable, Danny Kaye and, of course, Jimmy Stewart. She already had appeared in four films when the part of Zuzu came along. It was just another small part, but one that has made an indelible imprint on the American consciousness. "

http://www.zuzu.net/

http://www.zuzu.net/store/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karolyn_Grimes

"It's a Wonderful Life" from a Buddhist Perspective

"It's a Wonderful Life is so inspiring it even made Jimmy Stewart cry during filming. Regardless of the details, it's full of wisdom any Buddhist could admire."

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6078702/its_a_wonderful_life_from_a_buddhist.html

Taffywood - Movies remade in Wales

"... if you enjoy wordplay and puns, then seeing how many film titles you can Welshify to comic effect becomes kind of addictive. If you like this site, mention it to your mates. And please let us know if you have any good ones (films I mean, not friends - we have plenty of those, believe it or not). After all, that's why we made this. You'll find us at the bar ..."

http://www.taffywood.com/

Blade Runner Revisited

BLADE RUNNER revisited >3.6 gigapixels from françois vautier on Vimeo.

http://kateoplis.tumblr.com/post/1048916153/blade-runner-revisited-by-francois-vautier

ChromaFeed

"Chroma Feed is a showcase of the best short films on the web.

From animation to action, from shoestring epics to experimental stop-motion, this blog will seek out the short cinema with an independent spirit. Updated at least twice a day."

http://chromafeed.tv/

Tales from the Script

"Shane Black ("Lethal Weapon"), John Carpenter ("Halloween"), Frank Darabont ("The Shawshank Redemption"), William Goldman ("The Princess Bride"), Paul Schrader ("Taxi Driver"), and dozens of other Hollywood screenwriters share hilarious anecdotes and penetrating insights in "Tales from the Script," the most comprehensive documentary ever made about screenwriting. By analyzing their triumphs and recalling their failures, the participants explain how successful writers develop the skills necessary for toughing out careers in one of the world's most competitive industries."

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1045642/

Bulldozer Films

"We can cater for any kind of film that you need. Due to the fact that Bulldozer Films is an organisation that is helping talented individuals in the community, we can offer any type of video at a competitive price. We will work with you to meet your budget.


So whether you need a music video, a promotional video or just want an event covered. We can work with you to deliver what you need."

http://www.bulldozerfilms.co.uk/

http://twitter.com/#!/FilmsBulldozer

Alice in Wonderland (1903)

"The first-ever film version of Lewis Carroll's tale has recently been restored by the BFI National Archive from severely damaged materials. Made just 37 years after Lewis Carroll wrote his novel and eight years after the birth of cinema, the adaptation was directed by Cecil Hepworth and Percy Stow, and was based on Sir John Tenniel's original illustrations. In an act that was to echo more than 100 years later, Hepworth cast his wife as the Red Queen, and he himself appears as the Frog Footman. Even the Cheshire cat is played by a family pet."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zeIXfdogJbA

Andre the Giant

"Andre was born Andre Rene Roussimoff in Grenoble, France on May 19, 1946. His parents, Boris and Marian Roussimoff, and four siblings were of average size. Andre, however, suffered from acromegaly, a disease that results in an over abundance of growth hormones. Also known as Giantism, this disease caused Andre's body to continue growing his whole life, and by the time he was 17 he stood 6'7"."

http://www.andrethegiant.com/about/bio.html

"Fezzik: We face each other as God intended. Sportsmanlike. No tricks, no weapons, skill against skill alone.
Man in Black: You mean, you'll put down your rock and I'll put down my sword, and we'll try and kill each other like civilized people?
Fezzik: [brandishing rock] I could kill you now.
Man in Black: I think the odds are slightly in your favor at hand fighting.
Fezzik: It's not my fault being the biggest and the strongest. I don't even exercise. "

From the valleys to Venice

"He can't get over the landscape, he says. He's been in Snowdonia, where he walked up the unstable slate heaps of Dinorwic quarry - "I'd hear clink, clink, clink all the way up the mountain." It's been a moving, sometime upsetting experience, and he's exhausted by it. Wales in the early 1960s, he remembers, was somewhere you had to leave: "The place scared me; it was going nowhere.""

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/may/12/john-cale-venice-biennale-velvet-welsh-pavilion

"Wales provides an astonishingly rich lyrical and romantic, as well as political and social, context for artists to work within. This project resonates with the poetic, bardic tradition that underpins the cultural history of Wales, and has at its heart Cale's own personal relationship with the Welsh language and issues surrounding communication. "

http://www.veneziasi.it/content/view/?id=2182&Itemid=418&lang=en


http://www.veneziasi.it/content/view/?id=2174&Itemid=321&lang=en

You Gotta Have A Gimmick - from "Gypsy"

"The strippers explain the Secret of a Successful Stripping Career in Burlesque to Rose Louise. Gypsy (1962) directed by Mervyn LeRoy, music by Jule Styne, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Natalie Wood as Louise 'Gypsy Rose Lee' Hovick, Betty Bruce as Tessie Tura, Faith Dane as Mazeppa, Roxanne Arlen as Electra

"If you wanna bump it, Bump it wid a trumpet."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFRSawe33sA

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Sky-high cinema for student film - Two Men and their Ponies

"A film about Welsh mountain ponies made by school students is being watched by air travellers around the world on board Virgin Atlantic planes.

The film, Two Men and Their Ponies, is being shown by the airline as part of a series of short films. "

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7628837.stm


"Two Men and their Ponies
Flycatcher Films, Abergavenny
This is the story of the Welsh mountain ponies, told from the point of view of a local recluse, Paul, who is a leading ecologist and former ballet-dancer. Having hung-up his ballet-shoes, Paul now spends his time in the mountains riding mountain bikes which he says is “the best way to see the ponies”. Two Men and their Ponies is a creative documentary, made by a group of eight 16 to 18-year-olds, which aims to explore the ancient bond between man and pony and acknowledge the special place the mountain pony has in the heritage and landscape of Wales."

http://www.firstlightmovies.com/news/news_full.php?id=42

Lost Footage of "Metropolis" Found

"According to a Reuters article, a long version of Metropolis has been found at a cinema museum in Argentina, by a newly appointed archivist. The reels have been authenticated by the Murnau foundation at Germany. 'Although estimates of its original length vary depending on the speed at which it is shown, Possmann said "Metropolis" was conceived as a film lasting just over 2-1/2 hours. Around 20 to 25 minutes of footage that fleshes out secondary characters and sheds light on the plot would be added to the film pending restoration, he added. But around 5 minutes of the original were probably still missing, he said.'"



http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/04/1723221&from=rss





http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSL0344303820080703?feedType=RSS&feedName=entertainmentNews





http://www.zeit.de/online/2008/27/bg-metropolis?1

Tombstone

                     FABIAN
         Ladies and gentlemen, the St
         Crispin's Day Speech from Henry V.
         To set the Scene, England is
         Now at war with France.
         Everything rests upon the battle
         About to begin.  Henry, the young
         King of England, addresses his men
         Thusly: "My cousin Westmorland?
         No, my fair cousin-"

Another GUNSHOT and a bullet SPANGS into the column next to
Fabian with a shower of plaster.  Without missing a beat,
Fabian casually flicks a chunk off his shoulder and continues:

                    FABIAN
         "If we are marked to die, we are
         enow/ To do our country loss; and
         if to live./ The fewer me, the
         greater the share of honour..."

In the audience Barnes holsters his smoke pistol reflectively.

                    BARNES
         He's got nerve, I'll say that.
         What do you think, Billy?

Starry-eyed, Breakenridge answers without thinking:

                    BREAKENRIDGE
         Oh, he wonderful!

                    GROUNDS
         Uh-oh, looks like somebody's in love.

Raw laughter from the others.  Breakenridge sinks in his seat.

                    CURLY BILL
         Let him alone.

On stage Fabian is in full cry, giving the local a slice of
the ripest ham:

                    FABIAN
         "We few, we happy few, we band of
         brothers;/ For he today that
         sheds his blood with me/ Shall be
         my brother; be he ne'er so vile./
         This day shall gentle his
         Condition;/ And gentlemen in
         England now a-bed/ Shall think
         Themselves accurs'd they were no
         Here./ And hold their manhood
         Cheap whiles any speaks/ That
         Fought with us upon Saint
         Crispin's day!"

Wild applause and cheering.  Fabian bows with elaborate
modesty.

http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/tomb_stone.html

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