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Cut and Wait: Tyler’s Paper
Cut and Wait: The Art of Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control I was completely unprepared for Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control. The film caught me off guard and reached me on a level no film has ever … Continue reading
dizzy spell
So I watched Vertigo with Stephanie and Megs, hidden in Combs 237. I’m not sure I have a lot to say about it yet. It was certainly very beautiful, certainly very interesting. Very strange. Parts made me shiver a little- … Continue reading
nescio sed fieri sentio
Well, damn it. Just lost my whole post trying to do a link to Serena’s blog- copied the link right over my post, which I guess was on the clipboard and probably still is somewhere but I don’t know how … Continue reading
in control
One last Fast Cheap post- We haven’t talked enough about the movie as a work of art. We almost did, when we spoke about it as an elegy and about the editing process. It’s not just a work of art, … Continue reading
mo’ details
Ok so my main post is below this, “Holy—” but after my morning shower and breakfast, I need to get down a couple more ideas before class. How about the way it would cut to the circus crowd/performers while someone … Continue reading
Holy—-
Ok, so we finished Fast Cheap and Out of Control eight minutes ago. As Robyn said one minute ago: “There are no words.” But I’m going to try anyway. So, things the movie does, it talks about humanity. It talks … Continue reading
Every man be blind—
I’ve been thinking about our Truth vs. Subjectivitiy debate in class. I think that the two need to be understood together, a synthesis rather than one or the other. Maybe that means I’m for subjectivity, but I don’t think I … Continue reading
preclass brainstorming
I haven’t got a lot to say, so I’m just going to think about The Thin Blue Line for a few moments before class. The most interesting thing, for me, was the way that Morris shows the policeman being shot … Continue reading
a walking shadow; a poor player
So the thing i most noticed about the old lady on her front porch, like I said in class, was the way the scene was set so perfectly. The art of the shot was like some kind of lonely old … Continue reading
kids gettin’ hurt in film
I am afraid the only movie I watched over break was You and Me and Everyone you Know. I didn’t like it much. I mean, it was lovely- but I cannot stand movies where children are threatened. In real life, … Continue reading