http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip Just another blogs.elsweb.org weblog Mon, 30 Apr 2007 07:16:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en INTRODUCTION AND THESIS Errol Morris' documentary, Fast, Cheap and Out of Control is about people and their obsessions because he himself has an obsession and like most of us, can identify with similar people. ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/30/fast-cheap-and-in-control/ I have an idea for an answer to one of my previous ponderings.  I had mentioned the shape of the light fixtures, and today in class I noticed another one in Judy's room.  In this particular fixture, the metal branches out like the other fixtures I mentioned earlier, and at ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/25/lightbulb/ I just wanted to comment on a few things I noticed while watching Vertigo. Of course, the mirrors and reflections in windows that are literally everywhere like the corridor of fragmented mirrors that Madeline tells Scotty about. Two that really stood out to me were the first time Scotty ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/24/vertigo/ I really liked how familiar all of the characters were. There were so many faces that I knew, that I just felt more comfortable watching these extraordinary happenings. I think that was cleverly done, for such actors as Ethel Barrymore, Cecil Kellaway, David Wayne, Florence Bates and Clem Bevans are ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/11/portrait-of-jennie-again/ I thought that we didn't touch on all the possible avenues the last gunshot into the darkness might imply.  If course there are countless things, yet I feel that one of the most prominent themes of the entire film is represented in that shot.  It seems to me like an ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/09/gunshot-into-darkness/ I was thinking more about this whole birth thing, and as we said in class, this concept contains both positive and negative aspects.  It seems to be a dichotomy, for although our education and enjoyment, as well as beauty and talents may be humored and created through these births, there ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/09/bad-birth/ As birth/rebirth was mentioned in class concerning the cannons and gunshots, I think it goes much further and encompasses every character in Fast Cheap and Out of Control.  Forming animals out of a bush, like a sculptor with marble can definitely be understood as a type of birth in order ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/09/rebirth/ i hope i didn't seem to nervous for my meanings to come across!!  and i hope my final questions didn't just bore  everyone! http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/02/ps/ i really enjoyed all of the involvement during our presentation.  there were really no guidelines for how the presentation was supposed to be performed, so im not sure if this was what we were supposed to do, but i really thought it added a lot.  peopled seemed engaged, and i ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/02/our-presentation/ i think this is by far my favorite of morris' documentaries.  it wasn't quite as on the edge of your seat as thin blue line, but the music, the unique characters and the enthusiasm each displayed about their life really drew me in.  as i said in my group's presentation, ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/captcoldgrip/2007/04/02/fast-cheap-and-out-of-control/