Richard Attenborough died age 90. Minority Report TV show. Managed to see Richard Linklater's Boyhood and Jonathan Glazer Under the Skin;
the former's use of real-time lapse as storytelling overshadowed it's
ability to actually create a narrative. The latter however, relied
completely on narrative but not story and profited immensely.
Ferris Bueller's Day Off, 1986 - Various
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Monday, August 25, 2014
Monday, August 18, 2014
Episode 8 - 18 -14
Hmm, what exactly is there to talk about this time around?
Wiener-cleavage? George Takei? Yes indeed. I won't give you context,
you'll have to listen in.
I keep meaning to see Boyhood, which is playing at our local Cinemark. Low-fi artsy-fartsy using real-time aging experimentation for film? I'll check that out. But what I really want to see is this recently unearthed gem:
Music:
Bloodsport, 1988 - Paul Hertzog
No Retreat, No Surrender, 1986 - Paul Gilreath
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I keep meaning to see Boyhood, which is playing at our local Cinemark. Low-fi artsy-fartsy using real-time aging experimentation for film? I'll check that out. But what I really want to see is this recently unearthed gem:
Music:
Bloodsport, 1988 - Paul Hertzog
No Retreat, No Surrender, 1986 - Paul Gilreath
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Monday, August 11, 2014
Episode 8 - 11 - 14
Robin Williams passed away today, losing a decades-long struggle with
depression informed by bipolar disorder and alcoholism. I prefer the
expression, "Death by depression" to suicide, since it decenters the
individual as the cause and focuses on the illness, much as if he died
from a stroke or congenital heart failure. I don't accept the simplistic
rational that an individual is solely responsible for their mental
illness - we understand that there are biochemical issues in the brain
that can be treated with medication and cognitive therapy. It's hard for
someone to fight these demons forever, though, and whether it was a
momentary mistake or a deliberate decision from a perceived rational
state, Robin Williams decided it was time to stop fighting. It's
irrelevant to think this entails weakness or failure; if the success
Robin Williams achieved and the millions of people he made happy
couldn't beat this, maybe nothing could. He was wrong, however, because
he believed he was not loved. If only he could see now how much we all
wanted him to stay with us.
It's a shame to muddy that somber note with what we talked about on the rest of the show: the goddamn new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.
Music from:
What Dreams May Come, 1998 - Michael Kamen
Aladdin, 1992 - Alan Menken
Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993 - Howard Shore
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It's a shame to muddy that somber note with what we talked about on the rest of the show: the goddamn new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie.
Music from:
What Dreams May Come, 1998 - Michael Kamen
Aladdin, 1992 - Alan Menken
Mrs. Doubtfire, 1993 - Howard Shore
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