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Film

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American Colonialism.

Will and I watched Why We Fight last night, a really interesting documentary about colonialism and the industrialized American military. It made me sick. There were a couple of really creepy right-wing commentators (I can’t remember their names but of course Will was very familiar with them since he’

Cool music + Filming, Take Two.

, originally uploaded by Daskar. It’s from the opening titles of Inside Man; a really good movie. Denzel Washington is awesome as usual and Jodie Foster was HOT! Muy caliente!! The cinematography was really beautiful, too. There were two different camera languages used, one for the hostage interviews and another

Romanian New Wave.

Will and I went and saw Four Months, Three Weeks, and Two Days last night, an excruciating film. At one point, the feelings evoked were so intense that I thought I was going to have to leave the theatre. At another point, I looked over and watched Will cover his

Ooooo, Sundance.

On the Sundance Film Festival’s official site, you can download this year’s short film winners. I am so psyched! I’m thinking of choosing one to create a film title for; I need more title sequences in my portfolio…. I think I’m going to go to the

The Devil Came on Horseback.

I just got back from this documentary screening at the Seattle International Film Festival. It’s a film by former Marine Brian Steidle about the genocide in Darfur. More later, but I wanted to post these links now: The documentary. Divest from companies doing business in Darfur.

Gasman.

Last Wednesday night, I had my friend Apryl come speak to my class on film and semiotics. I met her while I was studying experimental film in grad school. She is now finishing up her MFA in film at Columbia and teaching at the University of Washington. She introduced us

Ticks.

So, yeah. This is the work of Martin Arnold. I want to do more experimental film and I really like how he architects time. To see how I felt last week with all the news of layoffs, watch Arnold’s Passage à l’acte. It’ll make you twitch like

Juno Film Titles.

Speaking of Juno, this is so cool! An interview with Shadowplay Studios that tells how the title sequence was made. I still want to do more film titles. Really. With Will’s Super 8 camera.

Movies I've seen lately....

, originally uploaded by aqui-ali. Hmmm, I just got back from seeing an IMAX movie, Deep Sea 3D. It was really, really good. You actually felt like you were in the water with the divers and the colors were magnificent. And the jellyfish! My, god, the jellyfish…. How can I incorporate

I <em>love</em> French films!

I have a good friend, Julie, who is a member of SIFF. She gets free tickets to early film screenings and I’m lucky enough to be invited quite often to fill her guest seat. Anyway, we saw Avenue Montaigne tonight at the new SIFF theatre at McCaw Hall and