Curated knowlege, trenchant insights & witty bon mots
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
The Forgotten Rebels out of Hamilton were a great Canadian punk band (saw them perform at Edmonton’s Ambassador Hotel circa 1985. Probably still have the gig pictures somewheres). Here they are performing one of their classic tunes, Surfin’ on Heroin: Here’s the studio version, taken from the band’s MySpace page. I think I like the [...]
Mon, October 25 2010 » Main Page, Music Monday et al, multimedia » Comments Off
Saw the monster Martin Scorsese movie Taxi Driver tonight at the Bell Light Box. It’s unquestionably one of the great films of the 1970s (it’s number 45 on TIFF’s list of the 100 essential films), and I love the way it captures the street life of Manhattan during that period of urban decay in the Big [...]
Sun, October 24 2010 » Film, Main Page, multimedia » Comments Off
This is what you see when you approach the Niagara River in the Glen: I think it’s a pretty awesome sight. My fishing excursion took me a few hundred metres south of that site to an eddy above the rapids. I could see plenty of evidence of salmon present, but they had no interest in indulging me. One clip captures [...]
Mon, October 18 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, multimedia, photos » Comments Off
Sun, September 12 2010 » Main Page, Media, multimedia » Comments Off
Blog habitué Dio Clese, who blogs himself at News Gadgets, passed along this treat! (thanks!) He also passed on this Wired article on the Taiwan-based company that creates these newsimations — Next Media Animations (NWA): Taiwan Tabloid Sensation Next Media Recreates the News. Some earlier, related posts: Dec. 10, 2009 – About that Tiger Woods animation Dec. [...]
Sun, September 12 2010 » Main Page, Media, multimedia » Comments Off
Sun, September 12 2010 » Main Page, Minutiae, Music Monday et al, multimedia » Comments Off
I tweeted the following tonight: The intersection of #TIFF10, fans & stars has me thinking of one film — and one film only: http://bit.ly/aTvt1L Of course I meant Martin Scorsese’s incomparable The King of Comedy:
Thu, September 9 2010 » Film, Main Page, multimedia » Comments Off
Hopefully, you will have seen that as a The Night of the Hunter reference — one of my favourite films of all time. Here’s a YouTube clip: Here’s Roger Ebert’s review. I find it to be spot-on.
Fri, August 27 2010 » Film, Main Page, multimedia » Comments Off
Bill Dunphy, via Twitter, calls it “bloody brilliant.” I say it’s a fine bit of editing, but just this side of a classic. However, judge for yourself: BTW, there is no Seinfeld movie, but some clever person with too much time on their hands, creativity and an excellent memory for Seinfeld scenes pulled together this trailer. [...]
Tue, July 20 2010 » Film, Main Page, Minutiae, multimedia » Comments Off