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Film

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May the force be with you.

originally uploaded by Neylano. On a package from Will. This is sooooooo my husband! p.s. I was offered a lecture position at the UW this fall. I’ll be teaching a graduate-level course on the theory and history of interaction design. I can’t wait! My official step into

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.

Three things.

I live in this great, wonderful, diverse city and I don’t get out nearly often enough. But lately, I’ve been trying. Here are three great experiences I’ve had in Seattle this past week: 01. Bodies…The Exhibition. If you haven’t seen it yet, run – do not

Capote.

Will and I went to see this movie last night. It was sooooooooooo good; Truman Capote was a fascinating person. And now that I’m taking this film class, I really look at things like art direction and lighting. I love it! One thing that really intrigues me about filmmaking

Syriana.

So, we took Seth with us to see Syriana last night. The movie started out on an interesting note, but got increasingly muddled over time. Seth and I thought it was far too drawn out without making the point that you could easily guess was coming. We left the theater

Titus.

One of the things I like best about my film class is the exposure I get to films I haven’t yet seen. Like Titus, for example. It’s a great filmic adaptation of Shakespeare’s revenge tragedy Titus Andronicus. To be honest, I got the gist of the movie

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

Filming, Take One.

, originally uploaded by Valerie Renee. So, I did a lot of experimenting last night for my video. I’m trying to figure out what lighting and angle I’m going to use to film my feet (this photo to the left isn’t mine, but it’s an example of

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

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’