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Films not viewed to end 12 June 2010
Section: article
Categories: Film / distraction
Last night I felt like watching an entertainment film, something I categorize as a “distraction,” and I rented a DVD. It turned out I had seen the film already a few months ago. What happened was that I had rented the NTSC (Region 1) DVD which carried the U.S. title, and this time I rented the PAL DVD with a German title, which of course was completely different. The first time I had in fact watched the film in its entirety, barely.
Recently, while looking for a movie at the local DVD rental shop, I used my iPhone Notes app to list movies in the past weeks that I had rented but only partially viewed, usually only watching 3 to 15 minutes. Here is that list:
- Crash and burn
- Double identity
- Kill shot
- Mysterious island
- The box
- The code
- The informant
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Gnolia bookmarks as blog 3 June 2010
Section: article
Categories: Web-culture
Since Gnolia (formerly ma.gnolia) is back after its demise in which all data was lost, I have been using it again to develop an online personal resource. I like the idea of viewing it as a blog, a trace of discoveries and entries of useful websites:
gnolia.com/people/robertbruce →
On the above page you could click “View all…” after robertbruce’s Top Tags. Or “View all…” after robertbruce’s Recent Bookmarks.
View all of my tags will offer a sense of some of my interests and activities.
Gnolia →, by the way, is a kind of online bookmarking application, making the entered bookmarks easily accessible as well as shareable.
- Title: gnolia.com
- Further details: online bookmarking, sharing
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Dennis Hopper (his death) 3 June 2010
Section: article
Categories: Film / dvd-mine
I recently→ expressed my feelings about Dennis Hopper, now he has died.A few weeks ago I watched Easy Rider → again — I have no idea how many times I have in fact seen that film. It has a kind of perfection, the perfection of creating something right, something that just works, that just resonates. In its directness and innocence it has a raw and amateur quality, Hopper was wielding the camera freely and lovingly.
Hopper’s portrayal of Billy (as in Billy-the-Kid, Fonda playing Wyatt, as in Wyatt Earp), his direction of himself, is seamless. It is almost impossible for me to simultaneously be aware of him as Billy, as the actor portraying Billy, and the director directing him and Fonda, not to mention Nicholson.
Otherwise Hopper is an actor. As I said in a previous entry (below, with a permalink above): I love how Dennis Hopper speaks, moves, looks, and acts. I love all of his roles,...
- Title: Easy Ridger
- Directed by: Dennis Hopper
- Writing credits: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Terry Southern
- Starring: Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Jack Nicholson
- Cinematography: Laszlo Kovacs
- Year: 1969
- Further details: Edited by Henry Jaglom, Donn Cambern
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Frank Lloyd Wright 13 April 2010
Section: article
Categories: Film / dvd-mine
This film was a gift — thank you. I really like most of Wright’s work → and find his life story and personality, challenging though it was for some, inspiring. Particularly his second blossoming later in life → — good for him.
- Title: Frank Lloyd Wright
- Directed by: Ken Burns & Lynn Novick
- Year: 2004
- Further details: 153 minutes
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