Posts Tagged "movies"

The Making of Tarantino’s “Pulp Fiction”

But the article isn’t all trivia-focused. Seal winds up tracing the history of how the film came to be – descrbing the roles of various actors, movie studios, and producers along the way. One of the more pleasurable elements of reading about the film’s history is in imagining a different cast – hearing about other actors who could have potentially played one of the major characters (sidenote: I’d love to see a movie featuring Matt Dillon with Tarantino’s dialogue).

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The Paper Chase – Contracts

Appropriate that I post this, as I’ve been spending most of the day working on putting together and playing around with fake contracts.

I love this movie, in kind of the same way I love Dead Poets Society – a classic movie about school and studying. So dated, and so terrific.

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My Wife and I, We Make a Good Match

I’ve got a Netflix account in my name, but Liz and I share it. Though we do the bulk of our viewing now using Netflix Streaming, we still have a 2-disc subscription.

Liz and I each have our own queue, where we list up the movies we want to see. It’s divided evenly – she gets one DVD, I get the other.

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On the Set: Movie Clips Juxtaposed With Real Life Videos

I love that someone as crazy and as dedicated as Hervé Attia exists. Taking older, iconic films… he revisits the original filming locations, juxtaposing snippets of the film with contemporary footage. It’s hard to describe – it’s a bit like watching a movie age, before your eyes. And since he tends to favor movies from over 20 years ago… the aging effect is doubly so.

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Skinemax

Though not exactly Koyaanisqatsi for a generation raised on late night television and B-movie VHS tapes,” Smash TV’s Skinemax definitely triggers a lot of memories from the 1980’s and early 1990’s.

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Moviebarcode: Movies Abstracted Into Lines of Color

Moviebarcode is a collection of movies, distilled down to a sequence of colors. I’m not positive who the author is, or how they went about creating each image… but the results are pretty sweet. The image above is part of the moviebarcode for Tron. A few other interesting results are Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and Hero. Curious about making your…

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New Project: Art Film Ending

I’m happy to officially announce a new project: Art Film Ending. The title/site should be pretty self-explanatory, but here’s an official blurb I wrote up: Hidden within every movie is a secret art film. It’s easy to find, as long as you know the right place to stop and fade to black. With a little timing and just the right…

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus

Wow! Just learned there’s a new Terry Gilliam movie coming out! It’s called The Imagniarium of Doctor Parnassus. You may know Gilliam from some of his earlier films (Time Bandits, Brazil, 12 Monkeys, Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas) or possibly his even earlier involvement with Monty Python’s Flying Circus. I remember Time Bandits as a kid, and have had…

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Stunt Rock Movie Screening

Almost a year in the making, our copy of “Stunt Rock” was finally put to use today. I can’t believe it’s been about 10 months since we first had the notion to watch this film in its entirety. At long last. Hm. Looks like they pulled down the video from YouTube. If you want a taste, check this out. Basically,…

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