A few weeks (and a lifetime ago) I made a post about the then-upcoming Criterion release of Nicholas Roeg's Walkabout. The film, lensed by the director himself, is visual and aural poetry, and I have to say that even though I had seen it several times, I was struck dumb by how amazing it looks on the new Blu-ray edition. The image is extremely ( Read more... )

Rules: Don't take too long to think about it. Twenty five movies you've seen that will always stick with you.

Now understand that these are not necessarily my favorite films (although, obviously, many are), they are ones that made some sort of indelible impression on me over the course of my life. In no particular order…

1. STAR WARSThis is pretty ( Read more... )

This is a scene from Jean-Luc Godard's 1965 film Pierrot Le Fou. It was shot in widescreen and color, which was a big break from Godard's usual flat, black and white norm; it plays with various genres (there's even a scene in which Belmondo and Anna Karina break into song). In one of the movie's many cameos of prominent Hollywood filmmakers, Jean ( Read more... )

The above quote is by Nouvelle Vague filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard, and it is on my e-mail signature, my LJ formatting, on my profile on MySpace. It is not a motto, per se. Interestingly, the meaning is something that is rarely commented upon, but when it is, more often than not because the reader interprets it too literally. For example, I just ( Read more... )

The Queens College Film Society was formed as another club like any other and had a decent budget, but unfortunately the President surreptitiously used all of it to fund his film. Left without money, the Vice-President asked me to bring in films I had on laserdisc and we would screen them in Keily Hall. The idea was that we would have the ( Read more... )

"What is your religion?"
"I believe in the inspirations of conscience."


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College accepted my Letter Of Credit from Verizon, and this morning I registered for 16 credits. Ha ( Read more... )