http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog Just another blogs.elsweb.org weblog Fri, 27 Apr 2007 18:39:08 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Vertigo Vertigo Vertigo This movie is a complete mind-bender. By watching it, I feel I'm almost induced into some type of vertigo, or at least nausea. It's even worse the second time, because you know what is going to happen. I'm going to look into detail at one scene of Vertigo, ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/04/27/blog-final-on-vertigo/ I hope this works... anyways, I know your throughout your blog, you emphasize that we should focus on her poems, rather then the Sylvia Plath "myth", but while this song by ryan adams and the movie may do this...it also piques the interest in Sylvia Plath for that not so well-read ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/04/13/ignore-this-seriously/ I seem to only blog in the early morning when I can't sleep and after taking two benadryl, so pardon any grammatical/spelling errors and/or fragmented thoughts. I came away from Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control with mixed feelings (I had a fever while watching so this may have ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/04/02/thoughts-on-fast-cheap-and-out-of-control/ I was thinking about how Dr. Campbell noted that Vernon, Florida is Morris' purest epistemological movie and I support this completely because Vernon, Florida doesn't pretend to be about anything, unlike Gates of Heaven which at least as the premise on the very surface of being a film about pet ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/03/21/oh-those-floridians-and-their-metaphysics/ Although I have seen the film only once I'm going to give my idea of the structure in Gates of Heaven. Based on the discussion we had in class, we identify the speech by Florence Rasmussen as the middle or hinge of the movie. Dr. Campbell pointed out the first ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/03/16/v/ I wanted to talk about something I noticed during the "hinge" portion of Gates of Heaven. The "hinge" portion (for those unsure) is the part where Florence Rasmussen (I believe that was her name, she was wearing the ridiculous pink apron...I know that can't be forgotten) is giving a speech ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/03/16/11/ Here are some initial thoughts on Gates of Heaven: -Brilliant This movie seems on the outside to be a boring documentary with a lot of senior citizens talking about their dead pets. However, I believe this is one of the densest film I've ever viewed. I think I need to watch it ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/03/15/he-ate-his-shoe-thoughts-on-gates-of-heaven/ Many philosophers have grappled with the question of whether or not art can be judged objectively. If you take the view that beauty is solely in the eye of the beholder, then a film critique by a 4-year old is just as valid as that of Ebert. However, this is ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/03/15/good-art/ In the 1933 it starts with a harpischord, and then into a full ensemble. However, in the 1949 it starts with an ensemble and ends with a harpischord. Maybe the 1933's version's crescendo was to uplift people's spirits at the beginning of the movie since it was shown during the ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/02/26/music-title-scene/ After some thorough unscientific research, I've come to the assumption/conclusion that death in the 1860s happened suddenly or even "very suddenly", as opposed to the long dying process that Beth seemed to endure in Little Women. My "sample" came form list obituraries of small rural newspapers in Virginia which can ... http://blogs.elsweb.org/marksawesomeblog/2007/02/20/death-from-above-the-1860s/