So my newest procrastination technique is watching videoblogs, like Mahalo Daily. Found this one, which is ostensibly about Veronica Belmont learning to speak French, but is really an imitation of New Wave techniques. The tracking shot at the end is obviously a recreation of the opening of Contempt (and the music is very Contempt-esque as well), and the gunshots over each title card is from Masculin Feminin, at least. New Wave fans, help me out? Are the other shots derived from specific New Wave films, too? Are they all Godard, or others? The shot focusing on the coffee cup actually reminded me more of Kieslowski’s Blue, but it could have other referents.
- Just rented Lost Odyssey. See if I can get over my dislike of JRPGs. But it's FOUR DISCS. Wow. How many hours of gameplay is that? 9 hrs ago
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Just noticed that Herk Harvey’s 1962 cult classic Carnival of Souls is available in its entirety on hulu. Consider this my contribution to any horror-themed October shenanigans. Because I don’t really get into horror-themed October shenanigans that much, although I am going to try to spend some time month catching up on some classic horror I’ve managed to miss. You know, like Night of the Living Dead. As an example. Oh, while we’re on the subject of hulu, they just put up Richard Linklater’s Slacker. I totally would’ve scooped everyone online if I’d posted it when I first saw it this morning, but by the time I got around to it, Slashfilm, SpoutBlog, and Anne Thompson had already beat me. That’ll teach me to procrastinate.
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It wasn’t the movie of our dreams. It wasn’t that total film we carried inside ourselves. The film we would have liked to make or, more secretly, no doubt, the film we wanted to live.
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