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Good Copy Bad Copy

In film, music, video on 22 June 2007 with no comments

First aired on Danish TV last month, Good Copy Bad Copy is an hour long documentary discussing the current state of copyright and culture. The film explores multiple issues surrounding copyright by looking at topics including the takedown of the PirateBay servers, the burgeoning Nigerian film industry, and the ever contentious issue of remixing […]

My Blueberry Nights

In film, video on 20 May 2007 with no comments

Wong Kar-wai’s newest film debuted at Cannes last week. His first English-language film, My Blueberry Nights stars Natalie Portman, Norah Jones, Rachel Weisz, David Strathairn, and Jude Law.
Hi-res screen captures from the film are up at /film. Here’s the trailer and more from imdb. Hopefully the film gets a decently sized release […]

Where the Art of Filmmaking All Began

In film, history, video on 22 March 2007 with no comments

Cinema Europe - Where it all Began
Amazon reviews the 6 part series:
British film historians Kevin Brownlow and David Gill have earned their spot in cinema heaven by painstakingly preserving the history of silent cinema in a series of expansive documentaries, most notably the 13-episode 1980 epic Hollywood: A Celebration of American Silent Film. Their […]

Children of Men - “Making of”

In film, video on 4 February 2007 with 2 comments

Children of Men - a “making of” video documenting the astounding camera effects throughout the film

Athens Ciné

In film on 31 January 2007 with 3 comments

Athens is finally getting its very own independent cinema! The new barcafécinéma: CINÉ
Ciné will bring you a variety of intriguing films from a broad spectrum of countries and cultures. The newest domestic and foreign productions as well as movie classics and retrospectives, feature as well as documentary films will be shown. The selection will include […]

the future of the big screen

In film on 11 January 2007 with no comments

The New Yorker on the rise and fall of movie theatres:
In a theatre, you submit to a screen; you want to be mastered by it, not struggle to get cozy with it. Of course, no one will ever be forced to look at movies on a pipsqueak display—at home, most grownups will look at downloaded […]

excerpts from the Wicker Man remake

In film, video on 7 January 2007 with no comments

I haven’t laughed this hard in months. This collection of clips from the film is absolutely unbelievable:

City of Sound

In architecture, audio, film, music, video on 2 January 2007 with no comments

I’ve recently stumbled on the great City of Sound blog.  Well-written and researched, the site covers architecture, cities, design, music, media, etc…  An interesting take on youtube from the 2006 year-in-review post:
But in terms of visual accompaniment to music, this was really the year when we all figured YouTube is not actually about user-generated content […]

Michael Caine teaches acting

In film, video on 24 December 2006 with no comments

Here is a 6 part series, of which I can only find 5 pieces, featuring Michael Caine giving lessons in acting:

part 1
http://youtube.com/watch?v=yHfz7_YjRww&mode=related&search=
Part 2
http://youtube.com/watch?v=McNdeKm5c_k&mode=related&search=
part 3
http://youtube.com/watch?v=7iEsYH8pYrI&mode=related&search=
part 4
http://youtube.com/watch?v=p0IlqAd6dcY&mode=related&search=
part 5
http://youtube.com/watch?v=PgCl2OEOljI&mode=related&search=
part 6 - can’t find it…

Foxy Friday

In film, video on 22 December 2006 with no comments

From the classic early 90s masterpiece Wayne’s World, here is your Friday morning video: