One the things I love about watching old films again and again is noticing the little things I may have missed the first few times, small details, maybe a set decoration or wardrobe choice, that make a film richer if you notice such things. When you're focusing on the story and characters the sets and props can go unnoticed.

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I appears my last three blog posts of 2012 will be film related but this one is actually about a personal trait I have. A dear friend of mine back home often teased me about my propensity for making lists. She thought it was nerdy but also remarked that I was an organized and dependable man, which is true if I'm allowed to say so myself. I have an ( Read more... )

This was my one paragraph review of Quentin Tarantino's latest film on Facebook.

Django Unchained is fantastic. If you like a film written and directed by Tarantino, you won't be disappointed. It's bloody, funny, insensitive and doesn't hold back on the racial tone of the year 1858. I can understand how some are offended by this film, but if you ( Read more... )

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After returning home from the theater I was all up into the period so I started watching Ken Burns' nine part documentary on 'The Civil War'. I've seen it three times since it came out 22 years ago. Burns pioneered techniques in documentary filmaking with this work. The art of using zoomed video images of still prints and panning them to make a old ( Read more... )