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a short film: Between you and Me

In film, video on 18 December 2006 with no comments

Between You and Me (quicktime)
From an interview with the director:
We went out again, and it got easier. The actor who wasn’t in the shot would hold a small light with some kind of diffusion or a gel (blue, yellow, green). We would shoot until the camera’s memory card filled up (1 GB — about 650 […]

Perfume: The Story of a Murderer

In film, video on 16 December 2006 with no comments

Check out the trailer for the newest film by director Tom Tykwer, known for The Princess and the Warrior and Run Lola Run.
Higher-res trailer (quicktime)

Robert Altman dead at 81

In film, video on 21 November 2006 with no comments

NYT reports:
Robert Altman, one of the most adventurous and influential American directors of the late 20th century, a filmmaker whose iconoclastic career spanned more than half a century but whose stamp was felt most forcefully in one decade, the 1970s, died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 81. His death, at a hospital, was confirmed […]

Zodiac

In film, video on 18 November 2006 with no comments

David Fincher’s (director: Fight Club, Se7en, The Game, Panic Room) new film Zodiac is coming out soon.  Don’t miss the trailer.  Digital Content Producer documents how the entire film was recorded directly to harddrive, while cutting out videotape.
More on the real life Zodiac killer that the film is based on.

You Can Make ‘em Like They Used To

In film on 12 November 2006 with no comments

The NYTimes Arts section profiles Steven Soderbergh and his upcoming film, The Good German:
During the production Mr. Soderbergh was committed to remaining as true as possible to the technique of the era. By reproducing the conditions of an actual studio shoot from the late 1940s, he hoped to enter the mind of a filmmaker like […]

New York Stories: “Oedipus Wrecks” & “Life Lessons”

In film, video on 12 November 2006 with no comments

Woody Allen’s short film “Oedipus Wrecks” from the movie New York Stories.
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=lyE-0nLucrk]
Martin Scorsese’s “Life Lessons,” also from New York Stories.
[youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=lc1fAea8blY]

“He romanticized it all out of proportion”

In film, video on 11 November 2006 with 1 comment

“To him, no matter what the season was, this was still a town that existed black and white and pulsated to the great tunes of George Gershwin”
Ok, so perhaps watching this on a tiny computer screen at youtube quality is a travesty, but I’ve just got to follow up the last post with the opening […]

Norman Bates

In film, video on 6 November 2006 with no comments

After twenty-two years, I’ve finally seen Psycho.  The thoroughly creepy ending: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ri64k4Y0gHA]

On the Edge of Blade Runner

In film, video on 1 November 2006 with no comments

Channel 4’s documentary on the classic scifi film: On the Edge of Blade Runner
from Airbag

Caetano Veloso - Cucurrucucu Paloma

In film, music, video on 10 October 2006 with no comments

Here is Caetano Veloso in one of my favorite film music moments, performing his moving song Cucurrucucu Paloma in Almodovar’s Habla Con Ella.  Ah, such an incredible scene.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRIlj0BGz6Q]