Archive for May, 2011

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    The Most Obvious and Appropriate Movie Related Video for Today

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  • 01 May

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    “One Day” Trailer

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    Being a big Anne Hathaway fan has cost me a little (see Bride Wars). But it’s also been a lot of fun and easy to maintain the crush with other things before and since. This trailer doesn’t do much to inspire me, but it does have a couple major pluses.

    One, Patricia Clarkson; ’nuff said. But secondly, this is the sophomore effort from director Lone Scherfig, who’s first film, An Education slid easily into a decent spot in my top ten of 2009. So while this trailer doesn’t do too much to get me excited, the cast and director is more than enough to give the benefit of the doubt. Even if the story line does seem a bit gimmicky and simple, we shall see.

    The trailer is tucked under the seat.

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  • 01 May

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    Animated Kubrick Retrospective

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    Thanks to our friends over at Ropes of Silicon, here’s a nice few minutes for any Kubrick fans to really swagger behind. It’s an animated retrospective of all of his film from 1952′s Killer’s Kiss all the way up to his final film in 1999, Eyes Wide Shut.

    Not really a moving animation or any sort of recreation, but more like a great usage of motion stills spliced together, each with a unique variance of display, to give a nice feel for each of the films. The animation and editing was designed by Martin Woutisseth and the music is by Romain Trouillet.

    If you’re a kubrick fan, you gotta check this out…

     

  • 01 May

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    TCM Film Festival: The 7th Voyage of Sinbad

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    In a movie-going environment full of computer-generated effects that seek to impress through seamless integration with green screen live action, there’s something charming and dare I say it, enormously endearing about the stop-motion effects of Ray Harryhausen. Though these effects were groundbreaking at the time, the seams between animation and live-action and between multiple composited shots are clearly visible, yet it doesn’t seem to matter – the audience I was with were totally caught up, allowing imagination to fill in the gaps while simultaneously enjoying the obviousness of the effects.

    The Arabian Nights-inspired story has Sinbad and his crew, enroute to Bagdad to finalize a treaty involving his marriage to the princess Parisa, stopping at the island of Colossa to take on supplies. One Cyclops attack, genie lamp rescue, and magician pick-up later, and the basics of the plot are set – the magician wants to return to Colossa to get the lamp back from the Cyclops again, and will do anything, including miniaturizing Princess Parisa and telling Sinbad the only cure is on the island, to get back there.

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  • 01 May

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    Sunday Bookmarks (April 25-May 1)

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    • LionsGate Will Run Scenic Tours to The Cabin in the Woods
      “When MGM’s financial standing temporarily went to the great balance sheet in the sky, the two biggest projects that were left standing like children in a Charles Dickens novel were the Red Dawn remake and The Cabin in the Woods, a reportedly smart horror film directed by Cloverfield writer Drew Goddard and co-written and produced by Joss Whedon.”

    • Quentin Tarantino’s Spaghetti Western Script?
      “At this point we cannot confirm whether this has anything to do with recent rumors that this might be Quentin’s “southern” or if it is a “real” spaghetti western or anything else. ”

    • Will Ender’s Game make a good film franchise?
      “Summit Entertainment announced last week that they’ve obtained the rights to Ender’s Game with the intent to create another youth-driven series. The production company has recently been very successful with their youth-driven Twilight Saga, and is beginning work on The Hunger Games, which is based on a series of novels in the same vein as Twilight … There are a few problems with Summit’s plan. First is the quality of films that summit has been producing.”

    • The House Next Door Conversations: Wong Kar Wai
      “When did everything start to have an expiration date?” That’s a question posed by a lovelorn cop in Wong Kar-Wai’s 1994 film Chungking Express, and in a sense that line is a snapshot of what Wong’s films are all about. In the 20 years and change that Wong has been directing, he’s developed several signature flourishes that make his films instantly recognizable—from his striking use of deep, rich colors, to his affinity for repetitive musical sequences, to his judicious use of slow motion for emotional effect, and many more—but at the core of Wong’s filmography is an acute awareness of passing time and a palpable yearning for things just out of reach. “

    • ‘Every’ Werner Herzog Documentary Ranked from Worst to Best
      “The new film by legendary director Werner Herzog, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, comes out this Friday. In tribute, we asked Jay Cheel, the Herzog-obsessed founder of The Documentary Blog, to rank Herzog’s twelve feature documentaries. Be sure to also check out Jay’s own new film, Beauty Day, a fascinating documentary look at a very Herzogian subject. Here are his picks for Herzog’s documentaries, from worst to best”

     
     

    You can now take a look at RowThree’s bookmarks at any time of your choosing simply by clicking the “delicious” button in the upper right of the page. It looks remarkably similar to this:

     

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