Thursday, April 29, 2010

Little Veins On My Chest

Sita Sings The Blues Me And Orson Welles


Sita Sings The Blues is a small gem animation directed by Nina Paley that bounces between the legends of India and the States in the name of a contemporary "feminism" home-made, vintage pop music and a certain amount of pop cialtroneria which is good.

The story of the film is divided in four levels, namely an Indiana legend, a dimension in which three of the (?) Comment on the incident, a modern history roughly parallel to that mythical, a lot of weight and also of the musical interludes, each of these sides of the film is shown with a different graphic style, always very stylized but brimming fantastic colors and effects, which themselves have kept busy for my eyes not altogether remarkable life.

Freed from a market logic that has strangled the creativity for decades, a lot of contemporary animation has left unbridled imagination of filmmakers in the last period, and the results were not slow in coming, as in this is just fantastic kaleidoscope of 'in styles his strength, both from a graphical point of view from that of narrative, with curious characters between entr'actes committed to dissect the facts of history that alone are worth the price of the ticket and they might have a weight, even more, perhaps sacrificing some of the music that share a frequency, again, even excessive. SSTB is intelligent, fun, colorful and even vaguely in focus from an emotional point of view, there really is no reason why it does not need to find.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Cover Letter Example Doesn't Have Name



Not only did it take a year to get it out in the hall (in the U.S. only for now), it took me several months to remedy a decent torrent, subtitles, and to date there are only in Danish, Swedish, Norwegian and Finnish, and this despite the doom could not stop myself from watching Rick Linklater's latest film, which, of course, proved to be a half alone.
Zac Efron plays a kid who finds himself involved in the production of Giulio Cesare Mercury Theater under the despotic supervision of a young Orson Welles, NY in a pre-Citizen Kane and pre-war.
Now, I do not know if in fact the era of classic Hollywood had been banned from America seriously pastel colors and all were dressed only in ocher and burgundy, cream, brown, gray and so on, but I know for sure I broke the balls of this type of stereotyping that leaves photo from Radio Days and Purple Rose Of Cairo, passing through, I do not know, Far From Heaven and come here without restraint to annoy our eyes, fuck, even the poster is not so! Very annoying
also tended to keep the car on the move and strolls to the floor of the rooms in sequence, just to make the director aware of, and between one thing and another Visually the film is tedious, banal, redundant, and if there was Claire Danes in the first part, before her character becomes a bitch, literally lights up the screen with every movement of his upper lip, half would be disaster. His
actorial and other benefits (not to Zac Efron, who should be much more Dobbler Lloyd and instead is a dandy cast on) pop up a little 'things, and generally as a celebration of the magic of the movie theater is nice / interesting and culminates in a beautiful sequence of representation that is cathartic as required and also looks good, but overall the movie is neither particularly sweet and addictive nor brilliant / funny; maybe the expectations are particularly severe since the film is easily watchable-but-short, Linklater has made us accustomed to other standards, it seems fair to point out when it reaches them.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Who Is The Hottest Internet Model

I do not manipulate public opinion and not a sample of primetime

recently that old trombone Roger Ebert published a intervention on his blog that "clarified" its position in the last debate, "video games and art" that was sparsely expressed in recent years with fleeting comments various locations. Anyone who gives even look at the article will become fully aware that the concentration of bullshit contained therein makes it inadvisable to even groped a coherent answer (his experience with video game stops a promotional video of some games seen on youtube), and that it could hold a maximum of insults for his pedantic sarcasm, but since this is a serious blog, I'll leave from his old account to try to explain because I hate anyone who tries to tell me what is art and especially what is not.
This is the quotation marks: Their Video games by nature require player choices, Which is the opposite of the strategy of serious film and literature, Which Requires authorial control.
I find this statement very disturbing for a number of reasons. In his ignorance about the mechanisms of the medium, not to Ebert even goes to her that a) games that require decisions by the player who must then affect the unfolding of the rest of the game are in the minority b) even in cases where it is true, whatever choice is still inscribed in a fixed framework in which an old fat guy, if he had fewer prejudices, could find the coveted stamp of authorship.
But I want to get out of this thought pattern because frankly I find it very interesting little talk about art, or to stay comfortably on a more generic term, of human expression, as if I give a damn about the relationship between work and the author between work and other works, and in general between work and anything that is not me, caging them, as I have defined "expressions Human tying considerations sometimes interesting, sometimes less on a range of issues such as authorship, the historical perspective tells me not because I find most moving one spot of the final Barilla Casablanca (on merits of the first, it is clear ). What is the advantage in trying lantern with qualitative differences between Citizen Kane, Monkey Island and a commentary Cerqueti-baths? And I could also add to the list of pizzeria pizza at Via dei Durantini umbra, playing darts or piece of music that departed after scoring a goal in PES2, just to clarify how these boundaries that demarcate different textures in the various fields of human experience are fictitious and fraudulent, whether openly professed is implied if good-naturedly. The human tendency to want to distinguish up from down, the beautiful from the ugly right from wrong and so is primarily expressed in religions, ideologies and moral principles, but this will to prioritize ontologically literature, South American cuisine, pornography iPhone apps and, staring into the rock than those that may be personal bias, is a manifestation of that impulse had panic attack "The Stars Are So Big ... I Am So Small ... Do I stand chance? " in the words of Coyne, who is also understandable, but that could be exorcised in ways less pathetic. Less pathetic, for example, the subdued laughter of ridicule welcome to my upcoming post on the similarity between the relationship Elisabeth / Alma in Persona and the Sheldon / Leonard in The Big Bang Theory wistfully titled: "Ah, if Nykvist worked on sit-com ...".
Try to distinguish art from non-art by the fleas of one or other form of expression for the traits that distinguish it ultimately reveals a vision of reality that class is not only stupidly snobbish, but it is also a attempt, which unfortunately is also often successful, to use as books and DVD clubs in the struggle for social acceptance and of themselves, in spite of the authors, and all references meta____ bandwagon.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Preparation H On Your Waist

# 6 Seaside


Savior is looking nu Guaglione who has two lives, the summer and winter ("like a mattress"). The first passes like the boatman in his Ventotene, the second as a bricklayer, in black, in nearby Formia. His life goes on without any major events until he meets Martin, a Genoese who would change his life. The ingredients for the usual post-adolescent romantic melodrama, there are nearly all, the film actually runs quite well, either sympathy for the (anonymous term, but apt for the character) of the protagonist, also want the beauty of the place. Mind you, there are phrases like "and for this I realized that I love you", and it does not is unbearable. Remains on the issue of dead white background (interesting reflection on the final color of the dead) that even if the end be decisive for the history was only marginally. We would have insisted more. Ultimately better than one might expect if you watch the trailer, however, as it looked worse after the first half hour. You can do but you may not do.

Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Fixing Black Tattoo With White Ink

Caribou - Swim

post record third name change for Dan Snaith confirming the very song-oriented direction of Andorra, switch on, however, beats & synths and leaving a little 'aside the psychedelic ramblings of his predecessor.
Bel disc, several excellent pieces, others more transitory -Not just filler, by-Fairly short and compact, easy listening, if you like this kind of electronic pop style Knife, Junior Boys, things like that, Swim for you.
but I felt a certain weariness in listening, fatigue saturation, and mine, both in general and music like that, that has now eclipsed the various ____s as The scourge of the new millennium, and I imagine that will be replaced by some other short strand-crab (the Fleet Foxes, Grizzly Bear seems like a good candidate).
Swim is just tired in the sense of twilight, late, decadent, nell'accezione historical terms, so if those are animals that spend their nights at the Artists' Club or the Mads and have not yet decided what will be your next favorite musician would do well to give him a chance, there could have been worse. / Sfregioabuffomodeoff

Monday, April 12, 2010

A Welcome Letter/ Catholic Church



Ewan McGregor is charged with writing a memoir of Pierce Brosnan who is a former British prime minister, and the process is obviously aware of a number of background on the life and political activity of statesman, is this, in a nutshell, the premise of The Ghost Writer, last (in every sense I suppose, given the implications of the news) Polanski film.
The system is basically that of the spy movie, and despite the interpretations of school protagonists have reduced I-Miss Cross a careerist bitch, 'ste merde-two hours straight are pretty good interweaving without jolts nor big falls.
However, there are several things that drag the film to below the line after which you can claim to have their seven euro well spent.
The blend of suspense spy and a generous dose of pseudo-biting humor British bankruptcy, forcing the film to keep a foot in both camps with results similar to those of the third and disastrous exit English Woody Allen, Cassandra's Dream, and it bringing in its soundtrack, which would be distressing, but not too much, and instead seems simply taken accidentally by a film of Harry Potter, or the trash Danny Elfman, to want to be generous.
The thing that bothered me though is how the film takes place not so much on current events political history alluded to in a romantic and very vague, but rather on the people, or rather the character of Brosnan, model without too many congratulations to Tony Blair.
Now, I'm not a particular supporter of the aforementioned, but I find some shit to cover improper motivation on time and without resorting instead to a revival of the fictional events that leverage is very popular sentiment these days that it was the British prime minister raises. Remission
permanently with another couple of factors: on the one that is at the heart of a story in which many people took positions to fuck a dog instead of being one's own business (AKA Roman P.), I did not expect so manipulative treatment and cut with an ax of the human story of a person in the film is not even considered for what has done, given the nature of fictional narrative, but rather for the public figure who is, and for forms that have been put on me, the most pathetic thing is that behind this summary rubbish, you can see a certain amount of patriotism negative as if the author (the book, this time) claims the world's eyes on his little island which is now more talk about him for the fuck of Terry than anything else. Remember-seems to be the warning of the film James Bond, Jack the Ripper and Lady Diana were all British, are not invented cocks Stieg Larsson, Tony Gilroy, or who for them.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

Lexington Victorian Sampler Furniture

Gonjasufi The Ghost Writer - A Sufi & A Killer

Gonjasufi is the last prophet in the desert picked up a few crossroads in the Warp, which ultimately is coming increasingly from the sow to a very commendable for a label with its history and its tradition.
Anagrafe Sumac Ecks, the guy behind A Sufi And A Killer is actually a kind of guru-is master of yoga-and these suggestions are reflected in the record that consists of a dozen chanting in low fidelity, disputes between the Eastern nuances , urban beats, and a good dose of substances psychotropic, I think.
The sound of the album is slightly flattened by crude production, but is perhaps more satisfying track down the shades under the blanket that does not have them all lined up in the end because the disc is more interesting than enjoyable, and although there are some here and there nice melody, some effettuccio particular, the state of the magma compositions is obvious enough, and throw a little 'racket in these cases it may be wise move.
however I do not want to belittle the work of our guru, because listening to his album if nothing else is curious and challenging, and hopefully is a prelude to a fruitful career.

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Sinus House Floor Plans

The Secret Of Kells

not that's enough for a nomination for best animated feature in recent Academy Award for The Secret Of Kells to be an Italian distributor, thus render a service to the community by introducing this beautiful film set in Ireland at the time of the invasions of the Vikings, in a world poised between reality and fantasy, sacred and profane, Cock and decks.
graphical style of The Secret Of Kells is absolutely breathtaking, unlike anything I (and I think you) have ever seen: the characters and backgrounds are crushed in two-dimensional environments, and what may seem like a choice not only limiting allows the graphics amazing tricks from time to time, but distorts the perspective just enough to return the anxious excitement and good sense of threat when we were kids we attracted to the Disney classic, which, I think, have attracted hordes of children who have drawn not so much celebrated for the reassuring sense of familiarity that parents, as for the elements of pathos, sometimes agonizing, who were the salt of the Vision for the under 10, find these things now that I'm 20 years has been truly fantastic, a little 'remember something as seemingly forgotten in a drawer and left temporal and an experience I recommend to even the most cynical pain in the ass.
That said you've no doubt seen the most brilliant narrative of this film, which is a bit 'irresolute, anticlimatico and with a message about the value of art and culture in the dark days that I would not subscribe, but honestly are minor flaws compared with 70 minutes to get enchantment.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Recall Letter In Dentist

Falling in love-the Phillip Morris (I Love You Phillip Morris)




And to say that the plot, adaptation more or less likely to be a true story, seemed interesting. The police officer Steven Russell (Jim Carrey, whose sssssspumeggiante ! Is the only reason why I was sitting in front of the screen) turns out gay and chooses to live in luxury cheat others (such as conducting trials in court without a lawyer having passed any examination) always managing to get away with it in some way. During a stay in prison, where he poses as the "ras the neighborhood, knows Phillip Morris (Ewan McGregor), the great love of his life. Subject and actors promise at least one of those movies that leave you indifferent and sometimes even tear you laugh. But the story that would be funny with a touch of sentimentality here and there, as well as being rather heavy in the middle then, humor is based on a two-penny he can not even make you laugh from the audience cinepattone (the main target of the film apparently). Those who managed to reach the end awake necessarily had to find an alternative activity (kiss the girl, thinking about the sprint championship, playing with the phone) . If it is not the worst movie I've ever seen ( him, and she has no rivals Babydog ), is a candidate with a good chance for the podium. To avoid.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

Old 1960's Home Projector

The Secret of His eye

won the Oscar for best foreign film overturning the predictions of the eve and will be released in Italy in June this Argentinian film set in the courtrooms of Buenos Aires between the '70s and today. Part
yellow / thriller, part melodrama of love, the film focuses on the first part of the investigative aspect, the second in the emotional aftermath that the story leaves the characters, but lost the rhythm and the carbonation (?) That the onset had thanks to a comical sidekick coming out gradually stage towards the end of the film.
In fact, even from a perspective of depth and pathos of the characters change, when you leave the movie strays a bit more to go 'in the rhetoric, culminating in the disgraceful happy ending-but when the moments of melodrama are stuck or embedded in rhythmic sequences such as the thrilling sequence in the stadium plan, the effect is much better for both the one for the other two of the scales. Wanting to be cynical you could say that the film stands up to the underlying theme of man stuck in time is supported by the detective story, and goes limp when it recedes into the background, and would also be true, although all in all, thanks mainly to the skill of the actors, the collapse is not as vertical and not so bitter aftertaste.
Das Weisse Band was better, but these adventures of the impersonator of senior Muccino defend themselves from.