tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65593040703415398952012-01-17T11:20:42.690-08:00a mind's eye view on the study of movieschicatznoreply@blogger.comBlogger61100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559304070341539895.post-62754320462822088152009-01-01T02:03:00.000-08:002009-01-04T17:50:32.849-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SWFnXcnqkTI/AAAAAAAAApA/yQRM0xDvtso/s1600-h/zology_blidget_video.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 75px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SWFnXcnqkTI/AAAAAAAAApA/yQRM0xDvtso/s200/zology_blidget_video.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287621090026885426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">AFI's One hundred movie villains and heroes </span>of the last 100 years:</span></span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/BOGYZwWJ9qk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/BOGYZwWJ9qk&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6559304070341539895-6275432046282208815?l=picszology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chicatznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559304070341539895.post-1603938931533025762009-01-01T01:58:00.000-08:002009-01-04T17:52:59.751-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SWFn8kCKUeI/AAAAAAAAApY/5_AMPQnBXVU/s1600-h/zology_blidget_video.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 75px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SWFn8kCKUeI/AAAAAAAAApY/5_AMPQnBXVU/s200/zology_blidget_video.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287621727672226274" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here are AFI's one hundred movie quotes</span> from one hundred years of movies:</span></span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/VprtUwfEA6Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/VprtUwfEA6Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6559304070341539895-160393893153302576?l=picszology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chicatznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559304070341539895.post-68652403599062414022009-01-01T01:52:00.000-08:002009-01-04T17:52:13.706-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SWFnxEWLQKI/AAAAAAAAApQ/HiCy5FOq0rU/s1600-h/zology_blidget_video.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 75px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SWFnxEWLQKI/AAAAAAAAApQ/HiCy5FOq0rU/s200/zology_blidget_video.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287621530187677858" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" >Can you name the AFI collection of stars?:</span></span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/ORsAkOkYN9U&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/ORsAkOkYN9U&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6559304070341539895-6865240359906241402?l=picszology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chicatznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559304070341539895.post-87863658297358197712009-01-01T01:44:00.000-08:002009-01-04T17:51:32.297-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SWFnnGwxeMI/AAAAAAAAApI/mScsjOAGtO8/s1600-h/zology_blidget_video.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 121px; height: 75px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SWFnnGwxeMI/AAAAAAAAApI/mScsjOAGtO8/s200/zology_blidget_video.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5287621359037413570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Here is a montage of movie clips from the first one hundred years of commercial movies.</span> This is the one that is seen from time to time on the Turner Classic Movies TV channel...enjoy:</span><br /></span><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlE89rR0__Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JlE89rR0__Y&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1&amp;rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6559304070341539895-8786365829735819771?l=picszology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chicatznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559304070341539895.post-14181644885189043512008-12-12T08:11:00.000-08:002008-12-12T11:01:59.260-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SUKzsJO3-hI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/8S5VC-jOgFo/s1600-h/z_tdtess.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 149px; height: 200px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/SUKzsJO3-hI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/8S5VC-jOgFo/s200/z_tdtess.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5278979284205566482" border="0" /></a><br /><div class="entry-content"> <div class="entry-body"> <p> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The Day The Earth Stood Still (2008)</span> — the movie about aliens coming to Earth to wipe out mankind is going to be broadcast into space. <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >The director of the new remake, Scott Derrickson, doesn't want to be blamed for aliens landing on Earth after they see his movie. </span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">The Earth Stood Still transmission will reach any possible civilizations currently orbiting Alpha Centauri approximately four years from now, in the year 2012. Maybe they'll zoom down for some bailout cash.</span></p> <p style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><a href="http://www.apple.com/trailers/fox/thedaytheearthstoodstill/">Apple Trailer</a></span></p> <p style="font-style: italic;font-family:arial;"><span style="font-size:78%;">http://io9.com/5106843/klaatu-movie-shot-into-space-director-washes-his-hands-of-eventual-invasion</span></p><p><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><span style="font-family:arial;">(source: the galaxy news)</span></span><br /></p> </div> </div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6559304070341539895-1418164488518904351?l=picszology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chicatznoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6559304070341539895.post-50825583466142698812008-12-03T10:19:00.001-08:002009-01-01T02:16:11.726-08:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STbN3b9i0BI/AAAAAAAAASs/xYh2pE1oSus/s1600-h/z_onceuponatimewest.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 234px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_CVIA3ybuYho/STbN3b9i0BI/AAAAAAAAASs/xYh2pE1oSus/s320/z_onceuponatimewest.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5275630365793505298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><em style="font-family: arial; font-weight: bold;">Once Upon a Time in the West</em><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;" > (1968)</span></span> <span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-family:arial;">Sergio Leone may have pioneered the spaghetti western with his "Dollar Trilogy," but the Italian director's true masterpiece is the dark, star-studded </span><em style="font-family: arial;">Once Upon a Time in the West</em><span style="font-family:arial;">. <span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" >The story of love and violence on the American frontier successfully balances an epic-poetic scope with the formulaic conventions of pulp subgenre. </span></span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><em style="font-family: arial;">West</em><span style="font-family:arial;"> is complemented by Ennio Morricone's haunting score and script assistance by latter-day scandal-maker </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.biographybase.com/biography/Bertolucci_Bernardo.html" target="_blank">Bernardo Bertolucci</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> and would-be horror maestro </span><a style="font-family: arial;" href="http://www.darkdreams.org/" target="_blank">Dario Argento</a><span style="font-family:arial;"> (both were mere film critics when they worked on the project). Four decades on, the film is a testament to the genre's rugged durability and the enduring allure of its symbolism.<br />-Chelsea Bauch</span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:78%;" ><br />(source - <a href="http://flavorpill.com/chicago/events/2008/12/5/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-1968"> http://flavorpill.com/chicago/events/2008/12/5/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-1968</a> )<br /><br />Currently playing daily in Chicago at </span></span><span style="font-size:78%;">Music Box Theatre (3733 N Southport Ave) $9.25<br />Call for showtimes </span><span style="font-size:78%;">773.871.6604 Dec5 thru 11, 2008</span><br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/49FsaizH9tQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/49FsaizH9tQ&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><br /><br />BBC show about the movie:<br /><object width="320" height="265"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Pjh-inoaeE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/1Pjh-inoaeE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="320" height="265"></embed></object><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6559304070341539895-5082558346614269881?l=picszology.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>chicatznoreply@blogger.com0