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“The Sleeper Must Awaken”… Dune
Saturday, July 21st, 2007
Last night, I watched David Lynch’s Dune. I like Lynch’s movies, and I loved the book (at least I did, when I read it 15 or so years ago), so I was doubly disappointed that the film turned into cheesy B movie somewhere in the first 1/2 hour. The plot was good; unfortunately the acting, [...]
Quote From Waking Life
Tuesday, April 17th, 2007
I used this in one of my songs. But it’s worth quoting here.
Creation seems to come out of imperfection. It seems to come out of a striving and a frustration. And this is where I think language came from.
I mean, it came from our desire to transcend our isolation and have some sort of connection [...]
How Inconvenient
Monday, January 15th, 2007
This week in Federal Way schools, it got a lot more inconvenient to show one of the top-grossing documentaries in U.S. history, the global-warming alert “An Inconvenient Truth.”
After a parent who supports the teaching of creationism and opposes sex education complained about the film, the Federal Way School Board on Tuesday placed what it labeled [...]
Kevin Smith on Joel Siegel
Wednesday, July 19th, 2006
Critic Joel Siegel made a scene as he left the screening of Kevin Smith’s movie. Smith’s response:
I mean, it’s Joel Siegel, for Christ’s sake. As Paul Thomas Anderson once said of the man, getting a bad review from Siegel is like a badge of honor. This is the guy who stole his mustachioed critic shtick [...]
Tarnation: Moving, Harrowing, and Inspiring
Saturday, May 27th, 2006
I just caught up with Tarnation last night – it’s a truly incredible film. The overall story (documentary) packs a punch; the visual style is great; and it was made for peanuts. Definitely an inspiration to amateur filmmakers everywhere.
Tarnation may be the first feature-length film edited entirely on iMovie, and it cost $218.32 in [...]
Why We Fight – Fantastic Documentary
Tuesday, March 28th, 2006
We just saw “Why We Fight”, directed by Eugene Jarecki (who also directed the notable “Trials of Henry Kissinger”). Very much worth tracking down and viewing. (This is not too one sided a documentary; interviewees include McCain, Perle & other PNACers, ex CIA & defense people,…)
Why We Fight is the title of a series of [...]
V For Vendetta
Sunday, March 26th, 2006
V For Vendetta is an excellent political allegory clothed in action-movie trappings. The only part that I’d change is likely something that came from Alan Moore’s original graphic novel, the “origins” story, but that’s a minor flash in the pan compared to the power and freshness of the rest of the movie. I’m unusual in [...]
A Scanner Darkly – Trailer
Wednesday, December 21st, 2005
Here’s the trailer of Scanner Darkly, Richard Linklaters upcoming adaptation of a Phillip K Dick classic.
According to IMDB, it’s set for release sometime on 2006. Can’t wait.
Hey Hollywood, Hire Some Physicists
Thursday, December 15th, 2005
This site is funny and educational; it critiques movies, and common movie devices, from a physics point of view. The following clip is taken from their review of Matrix Revolutions.
In a number of cases, sentinels by the hundreds stream directly toward the blazing guns of the robots and are blasted from the air by the [...]
Rumsfeld Pushed FDA To Approve Aspartame
Friday, November 25th, 2005
As President of Searle, the company which manufactures Aspartame, Donald Rumsfeld allegedly pushed the FDA to approve the chemical for use in food, despite numerous studies linking it to brain disorders, according to this [must-see documentary -> http://www.soundandfury.tv/pages/sweet%20misery.html]; there is a clip regarding Rumsfeld’s involvement online at the production company’s site.
Also:
A $350-million class-action lawsuit [...]