http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks Wed, 25 Jul 2007 00:50:03 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Since my first glance at the syllabus I was quite certain of what my final paper would analyze: something Errol Morris. Last semester in a Geopolitics course I had the pleasure of viewing The Fog of War, though it was through much different eyes ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks/2007/07/24/a-fog-of-fastness-and-cheapness-an-out-of-control-look-at-errol-morris/ Let me put this in perspective for you all. I am so fascinated and intrigued by Errol Morris, that I have struck an accord with my Dad: hassle-free (and highly skillful, I might add) lawn care for the rest of ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks/2007/07/18/fast-cheap-and-out-of-control-no-prompt-necessary/ I thought the first topic I would cover in my blog would be about my presentation from yesterday, as well as the 2.1 presentation. I’ve been thinking about the “weepie” film that is mentioned in the Williams essay. Today when the question was ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks/2007/07/10/williams-and-hansen-ftc-thoughts/ This post is a bit random, but after watching Miller’s Crossing I decided to rent another Coen brothers film. I chose Barton Fink—and wow. What a film. I wanted to talk about it for a bit, even though it’s ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks/2007/07/06/barton-fink/ Okay, so I’m a little behind in the blogging world. It looks as though most of my blogging will have to be done on the weekends, seeing as though I spend most of my quality time during the week on 95 driving to my ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks/2007/07/06/7/ Alright then, so I said I have more to say about The Glass Key. And I do, but, I forgot it. Maybe it’ll come back to me? Probably not, but I’ll leave the possibility open. For now I want to talk about Yojimbo. ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks/2007/06/29/5/ The Glass Key – the movie and the book.  I can honestly say I enjoyed both versions—which is not always the case with books and its adaptations.  Coughbloodwork.             In class one of the first things we talked about was the hard boiled detective vs. the Sherlock Holmes-esque detective style.  It ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks/2007/06/28/the-glass-key/ In class when we talked about the Hays Code, it reminded me of something I learned last year in a theatre class. I thought it was pretty interesting so I figured I'd mention it here!  Hooray!(?) There was a similar code on Vaudeville performers during the ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks/2007/06/28/hays-codeblue-material/ Just testing things out, seeing how this bad boy is looking. http://blogs.elsweb.org/malbrooks/2007/06/25/hello-world/