by Bob Martin | Feb 23, 2010 | Art, dvd, Film, Movies
Paris I love You
This kind of compilation has always been for me difficult to watch. This movie worked I think because each (18) story is about the same length as a short info commercial, with each segment acted, produced and directed as if it was the only story being told. There is a lot of leeway with a title of “Paris, I love you”. My favorite segments are 1) “Parc Monceau” with Nick Nolte, 2) “Quais de Seine” 3) “Bastille” & 4)”Tour Eiffel”. There are many more bright spots and is worth a second look.
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by Bob Martin | Feb 19, 2010 | Actors, Directors, Film, Movies
I am most likely the last person to see this movie and seeing it last night moved me. The story was so familiar to me, as if it were a story about my neighborhood, friends and the strain of transforming yourself from a kid to an adult.
What grabbed me most was the feeling of being trapped in what is most comfortable, sometimes called the box we are born into. I believe this was Dito Montiel first time directing and it was masterful. If there any other, late to the party people, like me I suggest you place it on your Nextflix list.
by Sandy | Feb 17, 2010 | Art, Artist, Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Directors, Exhibits, Movies, Museums
The Museum of Modern Art, NYC presents a retrospective of artist and film maker Tim Burton.
The program is a celebration of the gifted and often bizarre and controversial director of such movies as “Sweeney Todd”, “The Nightmare Before Christmas”, “Ed Wood” and “The Corpse Bride”.
The exhibition and film series is to highlight “Burton‘s career as a director, producer, writer, and concept artist for live-action and animated films, along with his work as a fiction writer, photographer and illustrator.”
Tim Burton at MOMA – thru 4/26/10
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by Bob Martin | Feb 11, 2010 | Actors, Art, Movies
Claire Danes and Julia Ormond
Being different is to be gifted. I’ve never been more certain of this after listening to interviews with Dr. Temple Grandin,who sees and understands the world in an extraordinary way. The HBO movie about Temple Grandin which first aired this past Sunday (Super Bowl Sunday) features Claire Danes as Dr. Grandin, helps to open our eyes to how little we know about anything, especially conditions like Autism. Temple Grandin through her accomplishments provides all of us an opportunity to begin to understand and appreciate.
I think it is important to acknowledge HBO for producing this film and to also acknowledge Claire Danes for her wonderful performance.
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by Sandy | Feb 11, 2010 | Arts, Entertainment and Music, Blogroll, Film, Movies
Columbia Best Pictures Collection
Columbia Pictures has assembled a DVD box set of their Best Picture Academy Award winners from 1934, ‘It Happened One Night” to 1982, “Gandhi”.
The movies included in this 14 DVD set:
1934 It Happened One Night
1938 You Can’t Take It with You
1949 All the King’s Men
1953 From Here to Eternity
1954 On the Waterfront
1957 The Bridge on the River Kwai
1962 Lawrence of Arabia
1966 A Man for All Seasons
1968 Oliver!
1979 Kramer vs. Kramer
1982 Gandhi
(Of course, you can always rent – just to see if you agree with the winning choices)
by Bob Martin | Jan 27, 2010 | Directors, Film, Movies
Vera Farmiga
This film turned out to be more then I expected. I expected grown up humor, well acted, well written and directed movie about road worries, consultants who spend their lives someplace other then home. I was expecting an expansion of the films trailer. The film is much better then the trailer suggest. Up in the Air brings to the foreground the cost of being efficient. We’ve become consumed with records and “stats” as if they accurately reflected our lives. We count how many FaceBook friends or Twitter followers we have.
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I thought we signed up for the same thing… I thought our relationship was perfectly clear. You are an escape. You’re a break from our normal lives. You’re a parenthesis.” Alex Goran
We conveniently use our “staying in touch” toys to distance ourselves from the people we need to be in touch with. We’ve begun to outsource our caring to the internet and our avatars.
I really enjoyed this movie and want to see it again. It’s fun and painfully true.
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