Posted in Movies, Tech Stuff on Jan 13th, 2012 No Comments »
Cinematographer Jeff Cronenweth, ASC, uses RED ONEs and EPICsto expose The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Because of its many locations and logistical demands, the 160-day shoot was broken up into several stages. The production started in Sweden shooting all the winter exteriors and a few interior sets, and then went to Zurich for two [...]
Posted in Ideas, Movies, Opinion on Dec 29th, 2011 4 Comments »
Let me preface this by saying I love the Netflix service and have for years. Even with the price increase it’s worthwhile and both the DVD rental part of it and the streaming part of it work like clockwork for me. However, I was really put off by their recent failed attempt to split the [...]
Posted in Movies on Dec 20th, 2011 2 Comments »
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo: A bigger, darker Swedish nightmare Andrew O’Hehir over at Salon reviews the new David Fincher version of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. I love the Swedish version, all three movies: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the Girl who Played with Fire, and The Girl who Kicked the [...]
Posted in Movies, People, Places, Video on Dec 16th, 2011 2 Comments »
Pickin’ & Trimmin’ from Matt Morris Films on Vimeo. I finally had time to watch this Matt Morris film and it’s well worth watching. Full screen, turn it up, enjoy a slice of life in Drexel, North Carolina. [via Boing Boing]
Posted in Movies on Oct 10th, 2011 No Comments »
DVDs will be staying at netflix.com Reed Hastings has tossed in the towel on “Quickster.” Thank god (and God). [via Huffington Post]
Posted in Humor, Movies, People, Social Software on Sep 24th, 2011 No Comments »
David Rees over at Good posted a wonderful piece on our fascination with celebrities and how social networking on the internet interacts with it: How Tall Is Jake Gyllenhaal?. I’m not the sort of person who thinks much about the height of celebrities. (I’ve always assumed most famous people are about seven feet tall.) The [...]
Posted in Ideas, Movies, Opinion, Process, Social Software on Sep 21st, 2011 3 Comments »
I wrote my first post on the Netflix fiasco (Netflix has made a big mistake and it’s not only in pricing) the morning I got Reed Hastings’ poorly written email about their upcoming changes. Since then I’ve calmed down and thought more about it. I’ve also read dozens of posts about it, many of them [...]
Posted in Movies, Opinion, Process, Social Software on Sep 19th, 2011 15 Comments »
I want to preface this with the fact that I was a late comer to Netflix but thanks to my stepdaughter Jessica I’ve used and loved it for three years now. Given that I watch a lot of movies, both on DVD from Netflix and streaming from them through an AppleTV their recent price increase, [...]
Posted in Movies, People, Video on Sep 2nd, 2011 4 Comments »
This is a trailer for a new movie about to be released, Margaret. Besides looking like an excellent new film by the writer and director Kenneth Lonergan who did You Can Count on Me, the film has a controversial production history which is worth reading about in the Wikipedia entry (read the Production notes). It [...]
Posted in Movies on Sep 1st, 2011 No Comments »
Cameron Crowe revisits “Say Anything” Susannah Gora at Salon has done a great job of describing what is so spectacular about the 1989 teen romance movie Say Anything which was Cameron Crowe’s debut as a director, he also wrote the film. John Cusack as Lloyd Dobler is about as good as it gets: walking the [...]
Posted in Movies, People, Video on Aug 14th, 2011 No Comments »
The Princess Bride is one of Rob Reiner’s early movies and while it didn’t do all that well in the box office when it came out in 1987 it has gathered a cult following over the years, including our family. The movie is entertaining for both kids and adults and that’s part of its appeal. [...]
Posted in Movies, People, Video on Aug 13th, 2011 No Comments »
Charlie Rose interviews Noomi Rapace Fascinating to hear how she prepared for the part.
Posted in Ideas, Movies, People, Video on May 23rd, 2011 No Comments »
Ecstasy of Order: The Tetris Masters Full Trailer from Adam Cornelius on Vimeo. I loved Tetris and watching this preview makes me want to go out and get it for my iPhone and iPad. Yes, I think I’ll do that. Tetris and it’s Macintosh offspring Columns was the only game that really caught my fancy [...]
Posted in Movies, People, Process on Mar 23rd, 2011 2 Comments »
Washington Monument This is a fantastic piece in Vanity Fair by Michael Feeney Callan about how Robert Redford, Alan J. Pakula, and others made this still incredibly good movie. It’s still one of my favorite political thrillers. What’s great about this piece is that it illustrates just how tough it is to get a movie [...]
Posted in Ideas, Learning Disabilities, Movies, Opinion, Reading on Mar 16th, 2011 No Comments »
Losing Parental Control: Reducing the Struggle – excerpt from Losing Control, Finding Serenity The Boingboing post is an excerpt from the book Losing Control Finding Serenity: How the Need to Control Hurts Us And How to Let It Go by Daniel A. Miller. Amazing to find this on Boingboing the same day I post my [...]
Posted in Audio, Movies on Feb 23rd, 2011 2 Comments »
SoundWorks Collection: Gary Hecker – Veteran Foley Artist from Michael Coleman on Vimeo. A wonderful look at how a Foley artist works (including an explanation of what a Foley artist is). [via Kottke.org]
Posted in Movies, Social Software, Video on Feb 22nd, 2011 No Comments »
Amazon launches Prime instant videos, unlimited streaming for Prime subscribers Wow, we have Amazon Prime*, have to look into this. *Pay a yearly fee (about $80) and have free two day shipping on many products, no matter what their size or weight. If you use Amazon a lot Prime is more than worth having and [...]
Posted in Disability, Ideas, Learning Disabilities, Movies, People, Video on Feb 8th, 2011 No Comments »
Film overview: For Once in my Life Watch For Once in my Life Jim Bigham and Mark Moorman document a few months in the lives of a group of disabled adults who work at Goodwill Industries of South Florida. Under the direction of Javier Pena, the Goodwill Band gets ready to Perform their biggest show [...]
Posted in Movies, Tech Stuff, Travel on Feb 7th, 2011 No Comments »
Gogo plans to expand into in-flight movies, possibly gaming I use Gogo wifi on my United flights from New York to Los Angeles and while I find it useful, it’s deadly slow for video or any high bandwidth media. They’re going to have to beef up their bandwidth if they’re going to show movies over [...]
Posted in Ideas, Movies, Video on Feb 3rd, 2011 No Comments »
Everything is a Remix Part 2 from Kirby Ferguson on Vimeo. An entertaining and well thought out discussion of remixing, this part covering film. When you come right down to it, everything really is a remix. We’re all standing on the shoulders of our genetic and behavioral experience. Of course where did the “original” ingredients [...]
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