1. "Top 10 Incredible Early Firsts In Photography": From The List Universe. (Hattip: Andrew Sullivan)
["Historic films are very popular and they all attempt to recreate the period in which they are set. This film is the first celluloid film created and it gives us a true look at how people looked and, more importantly, carried themselves (in the case of the women in full corseted gowns). The film only lasts for two seconds but it is enough time to see the characters walking. It was recorded at 12 frames per second by French inventor Louis Le Prince. It was filmed at the home of Joseph and Sarah Whitley, in Roundhay, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England on October 14 and the people who appear are Adophe Le Prince (Louis’s son), Sarah Whitley, Joseph Whitley, and Harriet Hartley. Ten days after filming, Sarah Whitley (Le Prince’s mother-in-law) died. Two years later Le Prince vanished mysteriously from a train traveling between Dijon and Paris. Another two years later, Alphonse was found shot dead in New York after testifying at a patent trial against Edison by the American Mutoscope Company."]
2. On account of he is destitute, please help Mike D'Angelo get to Cannes.["In lieu of annoying banner ads on my site or whatever, I'm asking longtime faithful readers who'd like to read my reports from Cannes 2009 to contribute whatever amount they feel they'd be worth. Turns out the minimum pledge for this site is $10, which is pretty much exactly the amount I'd envisioned, but feel free to go nuts if you'd like to consider yourself a patron. (What the hell, contribute $50 or more and I'll write you into one of the daily posts from the festival.) If I don't reach my $2000 goal—that's roughly how much it costs me to attend each year—nobody will be charged. Looks like the site only gives you about a month to collect, unfortunately, so make your pledge by 11 Feb. Thanks to all in advance."]
3. "A Few Ways of Looking at MIDNIGHT RUN": Jonathan Rosenbaum reprints a multifaceted piece from early in his tenure at Chicago Reader.["Like a butcher slicing up a carcass and pricing its various parts, the film reviewer typically regards each movie as a collection of individual expressions, each one to be rated on a separate evaluative scale. Of course, some of the greatest films tend to elude such divisions: how can one separate Chaplin’s acting from his directing in Monsieur Verdoux, or Tati’s directing from his script in Playtime? Even when different individuals are involved, the question of where one contribution leaves off and another begins is often less easy to sort out than critics pretend. A month ago, I had a lot of trouble trying to figure out how to assign merit badges for Who Framed Roger Rabbit. And how do we distinguish between Marlene Dietrich’s performances in Josef von Sternberg’s films and Sternberg’s modeling of them? How can we separate the music from the mise en scène in Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey or his Full Metal Jacket?"]
4. "Sneak Peek: The Monsters of Where The Wild Things Are": From /film. ["Do you want to get a sneak peek at the monsters of Spike Jonze’s Where The Wild Things Are? The skateboard company that Jonze co-founded, Girl Skateboards Company, will be releasing a limited series of skateboards featuring the monsters from the film adaptation. Check out more images after the jump. Thanks to /Film reader Adam Pope for the tip."]
5. The David Lee Roth "Runnin' With The Devil" Soundboard will unleash your inner AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!! (Hattip: Sarah Bunting)["UHHHHHHHHGH"]
Quote of the Day: Fletcher Knebel (Hattip: Aamir Choudhry)Image of the Day (click to enlarge): Typewriter art. (Hattip: Ali Arikan)
Clip of the Day: Star Wars: Retold (by someone who hasn't seen it)
"Links for the Day": A selection of Links that will hopefully spark discussion. Comments encouraged. Suggestions for links are also welcome. Please send to keithuhlich@gmail.com.
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2 comments:
That "Star Wars" retelling is grand. It was like seeing it all again for the first time on some very heavy medication.
The summary of circumstances in #1 is rather amazing. I can see somebody making a "Blow-Up" type thriller out of it, and using that snippet of film as physical/metaphysical evidence.
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