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9-The Ecstasy of Sculptor Steiner

9-The Ecstasy of Sculptor Steiner

I have to leave this one a surprise. Ill leave the review vague and a little awesome.  I’ll just suggest that you watch this for yourself.  I was honestly startled, frustrated, and inspired throughout the film.  it is in classic Herzog style. Herzog I believe wants to be comfortable in front of the camera at [...]

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Film a Day Challenge

Film a Day Challenge

An old student of mine Aneesh Chaganty has challenged us all to watch a film a day with him.  I thought to myself why not. I started my true obsession with film after watching 3-4 films a day all summer long when my friend worked at a Hollywood Video in AZ. So it seems weird [...]

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Ultimate Inception Theory

Ultimate Inception Theory

Spoilers.  I think. Okay, I hate to disappoint, but I really don’t plan on discussing whether or not the whole film or parts of the film are a dream, or if Cobb’s wedding ring is his real totem, or if his wife only left him and didn’t really kill herself. Blah blah blah. I’m very [...]

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How to Read a Film: Introduction

So this is the introduction.  I will be spending a lot of time on this topic as I have been developing multiple posts on this topic.  This post will outline what I want to talk about and the breadth of the discussion as I have planed currently.  But as my philosophy requires I will be [...]

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Dark Knight – part 2

Dark Knight – part 2

On with the diatribe. ***SPOILERS FOLLOW*** We are Gordon/Dent/Dawes I propose we are Gordon, Dent, or Dawes.  These three are the only people besides Fox and Alfred that Batman can trust.  As we mentioned before Batman would ideally like to hand the city over to them.  These three are agents of good who all have [...]

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