Curated knowlege, trenchant insights & witty bon mots
Coming on the heels of my revisiting 2001: A Space Odyssey, an article in the Toronto Star talks about evil computers in movie history. Here’s what is what Stephen Notley, a Seattle-based science fiction writer and comic strip author (Bob the Angry Flower) had to say to freelance contributor Darren Zenko about Hal:
Sun, December 19 2010 » Film, Main Page » Comments Off
To my mind, 2001: A Space Odyssey is one of the greatest films ever made. And it is to my eternal shame and regret that somehow, I missed marking the 40th anniversary of its premiere on April 2, 1968. So let me play some catch-up, given that I saw the film today.
Sat, December 11 2010 » Film, Main Page » 2 Comments
Some songs I posted to Twitter tonight: April March, ‘Chick Habit’ - http://tinysong.com/7iTh 5 6 7 8s, ‘Bomb The Twist’ - http://tinysong.com/i2uG The Cramps, ‘The Crusher’ - http://tinysong.com/eitE Nouvelle Vague, ‘ Human Fly’ - http://tinysong.com/hoFV The Raveonettes, ‘Dead Sound’ - http://tinysong.com/C4kU April March, ‘La Chanson De Prevert’ - http://tinysong.com/foiN Are you knowledgeable about Quentin Tarantino films? Two of the artists featured [...]
Thu, December 9 2010 » Film, Main Page, Media » Comments Off
Here’s what I tweeted: Because I just finished watching ‘Apocalypse Now Redux,’ some tunes from the era – CCR, ‘Run through the Jungle’ -http://tinysong.com/iu9E Jefferson Airplane, ‘Volunteers’ - http://tinysong.com/B4NX Rolling Stones, ‘Midnight Rambler’ - http://tinysong.com/80SE The Doors, ‘The End’ - http://tinysong.com/klWE One more: Rolling Stones, ‘Paint It Black’ - http://tinysong.com/1Txe The Doors song is the only one on the sound [...]
Mon, November 15 2010 » Film, Main Page, Music Monday et al, multimedia » 3 Comments
Apocalypse Now Redux ranks as one of the greatest war films of all time. I just posted on the “I love the smell of napalm in the morning speech” by air cavalry officer Lt. Col. Bill Kilgore. Earlier today, to mark Remembrance Day, I tweeted a link to a Feb. 27, 2008 post: The horror, [...]
Thu, November 11 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Film, Main Page » Comments Off
Since this was Remembrance Day, I posted a link to Twitter about a Feb. 27, 2008 post based on the monologue of Col. Walter Kurtz (Marlon Brando) to Capt. Benjamin L. Willard (Martin Sheen) in the masterpiece-level 1979 film Apocalypse Now Redux (The horror, the horror). I particularly liked the writing, and the truth within, [...]
Thu, November 11 2010 » * Big Picture Stuff, Film, Main Page, multimedia » 1 Comment
Metropolis, a cinematic work that fully deserves to be called “visionary,” will be screening over the next seven days at the Bell Lightbox.
Wed, November 10 2010 » Film, Main Page » Comments Off
Saw 8½ this weekend. And yes, it is a classic! TIFF puts it at number 12 on its 100 essential films. TIFF will screen the film at the Bell Lightbox at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 1. Normally, I don’t like films about the making of movies. This is an exception, primarily because Fellini is [...]
Sun, November 7 2010 » Film, Main Page » Comments Off
From The Globe and Mail: Hard Core Logo 2, the sequel to Bruce McDonald’s beloved punk rock mockumentary, will have its world premiere at the Whistler Film Festival. In the sequel, Bruce the filmmaker (McDonald) receives a call asking if he wants to interview Canadian punk band Die Mannequin lead singer Care Failure, who claims [...]
Fri, November 5 2010 » Film, Main Page » Comments Off
Donald Shebib is doing a sequel to his Canadian classic Goin’ Down The Road — 40 years after the fact. I say we need a remake for our times, not a sequel.
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