-
Archives
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
- March 2011
- January 2011
- November 2010
- October 2010
- September 2001
-
Meta
Category Archives: movies
Movie Mania Monthly
My on line writing has long burgeoned with babble about movies. I use movies to illustrate social, political, philosophical points: linguistic points, semantic points … and I also just blab about movies, as a form of Chat. It’s the latter … Continue reading
Practically Cousins
I sure love movies. Have for a long time, as anyone can tell. Funny thing is, though I can recollect Chaplin, and John Wayne, going back to the early 1940s I didn’t really see a lot of movies: till college. … Continue reading
Best Exotic
Movies / I rewrite my response to The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel from scratch but keep the draft of April 30 as a tail below, the tail to be discarded once the new draft can stand alone. thanx breathedreamgo One … Continue reading
Keira
Who doesn’t love Keira Knightley? thanx polyvore I sure do, my darling Jan does. Last night Jan and I watched some BBC dreck, The Duchess: loved her, loved a couple of other aspects of it too, Charlotte Rampling not least … Continue reading
Harold Lloyd
One day in the 1960s I was walking around Times Square. The theater I was passing had audio speakers set on the sidewalk. I walk by and I’m assaulted by peals of laughter: commanding, immediate. Huh? I read the sign. … Continue reading
Kleptomorphic Bambi
Movies / Jan and I have such wonderful times watching DVDs together. It was especially wonderful when we started because I used her home theater to introduce her to my favorite movies: La Strada, Roshomon, Wild Strawberries. We’ve visited most … Continue reading
Tarantino Basterds
Movies / I quote part of a series of emails to my son, prompted by his responding that part was “quotable.” Brad’s basterd thanx actionfigurepics Contexts: our shared hatred of imperialism my just having seen Tarantino’s Inglorious Basterds, bk having … Continue reading
Pop Art Walt
Last night Jan and I watched Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Walt Disney’s classic animation. At the end I applauded, she joined me, just the two of us, sitting on the couch. Now I’m pleased to read that the … Continue reading
Posted in movies
Leave a comment
Leni’s Medium Message
The medium is the message. So wrote Marshall McLuhan. Wow. Profound. True! Leni Riefenstahl was a master of media: dance, acting, film, cinema; but was a bit obtuse when it came to messages. This utterly gorgeous genius, a sensation in … Continue reading
Posted in movies, politics
Leave a comment
Semiotic Solipsism
Movies / The Matrix 1999 Semiotics: the study of signs and symbols and their use or interpretation. Solipsism: the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist. The unsophisticated assume that normal human senses, … Continue reading
