A Brief History of Title Design
A neat mashup of the history of movie and TV titles from Intolerance to the present day. While today’s titles are obviously more visually complex, you must be amazed what could be cone back in the 30′s and 40′s.
A Brief History of Title Design from Ian Albinson on Vimeo.
[hattip: Laughing Squid]
Quentin Tarantino’s First Movie
“My Best Friend’s Birthday” was filmed while Tarantino was working at a video store in Manhattan Beach, CA. It is horrible other than Tarantino’s scenes, however his Elvis monologue is pure Taranitino and worth watching the rest of this mess.
Homecoming to Austin
A great video featuring my adopted hometown of Austin, TX. Places I recognize here:
1. South Congress- Great shops, restaurants, and ridiculously great food trailers.
2. Zilker Park-Home of Austin City Limits Festival and beautiful Spring days.
3. Barton Springs Pool- Where summer and high bacteria come together.
4. University of Texas- Hey, they have a tower and a Gutenberg Bible. Beat that College Station.
5. 6th Street- (mostly)Cheap beer, cops with horses, and parents with strollers at 1AM.
6. Capital of Texas Highway- Beautiful part of town where the video culminates with sunset at the Pennybacker bridge over the Colorado River.
[hattip: BoingBoing]
#77: All The President’s Men
All The President’s Men is the type of detail oriented and tedious film I enjoy too much. I love the feeling of being a part of the situation. I was the third reporter on this story being overloaded with information and details that make sense but do not lead to any rational conclusion.
This film could easily have been further fictionalized to provide more excitement, but in reality, the reliance on the minutia created a higher level of suspense than any higher level of physical danger ever could. Only a few times do we catch wind of the danger all of the characters are subjected and even then it’s a passing subplot to the importance of “story”.
Sadly, we seldom see films of this vein any longer. Partially due to our unwillingness to sit through a two-hour movie on process but mostly because Michael Bay would never fit a half naked woman blowing up aliens into the plot successfully.
[note: I am not a movie critic or a writer of any sort. This entry is only my quick opinion on the movie in question. Click here to see the entire 100 Films in 2010.]
New Year’s Resolution #1
My first New Year’s resolution is less of a resolution and more of a goal. I will watch every single member of AFI’s 100 top movies. Before I even start this task, I can claim credit for 51 films. Many of the 51 films are my absolute favorite films and films I have watched dozens if not hundreds of times. I, however, will view these movies again. Here are the rules I have arbitrarily concocted up for my goal.
1) AFI’s 100 Years…100 Movies(10th Anniversary) will be list used.
2) All 100 hundred movies must be watched regardless of previous viewing or difficult acquisition.
3) All effort must be made to watch these movies in order from 100 to 1.
4) Rule 3 can be disregarded if Netflix does not offer the next movie in line on demand. In these cases, the next available movie offered by Netflix on demand must be watched. Movies skipped must be added to the top of the snail mail queue.
5) After viewing each movie, I must write at least a 200 word brief on the film. This should not be construed as a review or a synopsis, but rather my reaction to the film.
6) All 100 films must be finished by December 31, 2010.
Below are the first 10 movies on my journey:
100) Ben-Hur
99) Toy Story
98) Yankee Doodle Dandy
97) Blade Runner
96) Do The Right Thing
95) The Last Picture Show
94) Pulp Fiction
93) The French Connection
92) GoodFellas
91) Sophie’s Choice
As I go through the list, I will keep a ranking of my own based completely and solely on my enjoyment of each individual film. Think of it as King of the Mountain. The first movie I watch will, by default, be my favorite movie until another film knocks it off its vaunted pedestal.
Good luck to me.
