The following is some free-form ideas on what ‘art’ means in the context of film appreciation. It developed from various combative discussions regarding, of all things, the value of Iron Man. The hyperbole was coming from all ends and inevitably the ‘A’ word was unleashed and almost immediately took on a plethora of [...]
Here is what I recall.
My dreams are nightmares, and the waking moments are filtered through these experiences. I forget how to dissociate, and it makes me wonder at what point and in what way does a child learn the important lesson: sanity is preserved through the periodic dissociation of reality. I do not [...]
Saturday, September 22, 2007
In anticipation of reading Naomi Klein’s latest tome, ‘The Shock Doctrine: the Rise of Disaster Capitalism’, I feel the need to share her collaborative short with ‘Children of Men’ director Alfonso Cuaron, ‘The Shock Doctrine’, as well as the trailer to her full-length documentary (co-directed with her husband Avi Lewis) ‘The Take’. There is [...]
The older one becomes the less in the moment one feels, as if there was a specific time and place where life happened followed by an ever widening spiral of forlorn existence. Or not forlorn necessarily, perhaps untroubled but still looking back out of curiosity or foolish habit. I don’t imagine anyone escapes this imbalance [...]
It is time for me to face a sad realization: our beloved Pagan Agenda has grown barren these last few months. One my say, to carry the metaphor further, the fruits of my loins have succumbed to creative onanism. The divine spark of my gap year has long since expired and now I [...]
Mr. Rot will be away all next week visiting his newly retired parents in Arizona, and on the way basking in his first visit to the great sin city, Las Vegas. Swingers and Bugsy are on my viewing list, if you know of any other Vegas films worthy of mention then let me know.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
They have been announced this morning and the full list can be checked out here
I was expecting a pretty dismal list and it was not quite as bad as I originally thought. The big disappointment is the absence of a Best Picture nod for Little Children, however some compromise has been made by the [...]
Tuesday, December 19, 2006
So here is the concept: for an entire year the Golden Gate Bridge was filmed from a variety of angles for the express purpose of capturing footage of suicide jumpers. From what I have been told whenever one was spotted the authorities were immediately notified, however often it is the case that the time [...]
Saturday, December 2, 2006
Why am I writing a post tonight when I really should be finishing up my terribly exciting essay on Dewey Decimal Subject Analysis, well, because today is the first day of December and I think now is the time to inform all who are interested that the gauntlet has been thrown down, the now celebrated [...]
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
When I was growing up I watched more than my share of bargin bin films of dubious quality. My friend’s father was a regular patron of the bin and propelled by ennui my friend and I would partake of these special crimes against cinema, you know, the ones that are clearly derivative of popular films [...]
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