film & television
Battle at Kruger, Battle for Views
Brian Stelter at the New York Times featured this video by an American tourist in You’ve Seen the YouTube Video; Now Try the Documentary, noting that he later sold it to National Geographic Channel after racking up an impressive number of views on YouTube. I think we can look forward to the Internet as something […]
Charlie Rose Interviews Charlie Rose, My Head Explodes
Via Boing Boing, Andrew Filippone Jr.’s video “‘Charlie Rose’ by Samuel Beckett”. If you’re a Charlie Rose junkie like I am this is funny on an existential level.
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Toward The Near - Houston Film Commission Short Films on YouTube
Another cool film from the Houston Film Commission Short Films on YouTube
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Houston Film Commission Short Films on YouTube
I recently stumbled on these The Houston Film Commission Collection on YouTube. I present:
72 oz. Steak
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What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Classic.
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La Haine (Hate), Epochal French Film by Mathieu Kassovitz, now out on DVD.
A cinematographer I worked with in Boston turned me on to this film in 1998. I borrowed his crappy VHS version that I had to pinky-swear I would bring back to the set the next morning. I watched it on 13″ TV/VCR combo, but it couldn’t have been any more arresting. I’ve spent more time […]
Rest in Peace, Skidboot, Good Boy
It is with great sadness that we learn the remarkable Skidboot has died.
Houston Chronicle: Skidboot, a working ranch dog and celebrity, dies at 14
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Czech Filmmaker Jan Svankmajer Retrospective in Wired Magazine
Jason Silverman has a great article on the great Czech animator and filmmaker Jan Svankmajer in yesterday’s Wired - The Best Auteur You Never Saw. (photos)Is he as unknown as Silverman seems to think? I suppose. When I was there Emerson’s film program had an exchange program in Prague. The connection made Czech filmmakers […]
New Yorker, Adventures in film narrative past and present
In this upcoming New Yorker, David Denby has an interesting in-depth article on the use of time in film narrative, covering the recent popularity of non-traditional narrative structures and some of the significant events in film history. Very comprehensive and a great read.
The New Yorker: The New Disorder: Adventures in film narrative.
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Roy Smeck, rocking the ukelele
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The Funnest Interview I’ve ever seen
Poor guy.
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