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I took Yasujiro Ozu’s The Only Son out of the library and I’ve been looking a lot at the DVD artwork, designed by Adrian Tomine. And I love it. Why? First, it is very suited to the film and to … Continued
I took Yasujiro Ozu’s The Only Son out of the library and I’ve been looking a lot at the DVD artwork, designed by Adrian Tomine. And I love it. Why? First, it is very suited to the film and to … Continued
I watched Andrei Tarkovsky’s Stalker the other night and afterward I decided to do a little research. According to Wikipedia, “The film contains not more than 142 shots in 163 minutes with an average shot length of almost one minute … Continued
This postcard caught my eye the other day. It’s for a documentary that is about to open in select theaters. I can’t tell you how much I love this image. It gives you all the information you need simply and … Continued
[cross posted at extracriticum.com] Rolando Teco, fearless leader of the blog Extra Criticum, threw down a challenge. Here is his comment to my post “Five Films that Influenced My Film.” David. I’m surprised that your list consists entirely of docs. … Continued
Because I have lists on the brain, here’s another: films that have had a huge impact on me in general, and on A Life’s Work in particular. Grey Gardens The first time I saw the Maysles’ Grey Gardens it made … Continued
I recently read a post on Gizmodo, An Astronaut Explains How We’ll Fall In Love With Space Again by Leroy Chiao, their official astronaut blogger. In it he lists six bullet points. I think all of his points are valid, … Continued