Watch for the little car!...

dirk and maren from Matt Walker on Vimeo.

Well this little film is just incredible. Granted, it is about my ridiculous crush on Maren and how that blossomed into being wed. Matt Walker (brother-in-law, friend, film-maker) whipped this up. I feel as though he is really creating something unique. Little silent documentaries. I like that it means a lot to me but I feel like it would be so great to watch if you knew nothing about me. When his other films pop up after you have feasted on this gem, watch "stuff we did" and "wait up!" for more amazement. If you wanted one of these for something going on in your life.... that can be arranged. Thanks Matt.

Patricia Neal...

Turned on the tv just a bit ago and good ol' TCM let me know that Patricia Neal died. So sad. I think she is just incredible. Made me want to immediately watch Breakfast At Tiffiany's and Hud again. 

Marnie Montage...

So read my post on Marnie on White Rectangle if you want more detail on this wild and amazing Hitchcock film. But if you just want to jump right into delusional and fascinating wonderment... push play. Thanks to Alien Roc, whoever you are for putting this killer montage together to "Glory Box" by Portishead. Such a good song.

Such an ice-cold "no"...

Thanks to Maren's vast knowledge and obsession with classic film I was recently exposed to this.

Sundance 2009...

Another amazing and exhausting year tearing it up at the Sundance Film Festival with Kathryn. it is truly an addiction at this point. The key elements of the 10 day whirlwind: Laughing, Waiting, Slipping, Stalking, Long dangerous walks in the pitch black of night, Frigid tempuratres,Eating whatever comes your way when it comes your way, Viewing, Voting, Praising, Mocking, NOT SLEEPING,Bad winter fashions, Puking, Being scared of other people puking, Fake nose-bleeds, loving and hating volunteers, Jo, Jory, Kayla, Christopher, Jenna, Seahorse socks, Shuttles, Shuttles that get hit by cars, & finally some Yogurt Pretzels & Wasabi Fried Peas. Chimay!!!









(i swear the next post will be about the films that i loved... and maybe some that I hated.)

Pencil Face (sundance snippet)...

So Sundance Film Festival 2009 will be wrapping up tomorrow. It has been a wild week with many films and stories to come. For now, I just wanted to post this short film that I freaked out over. Pencil Face by Christian Simmons. Watch it below or if you are a bit of a visual snob like me you can go here and view it bigger and better and also watch many other terrific things. Enjoy.

Saraghina, Saraghina...

One of my new favorite scenes... ever. From Fellini's 8 1/2. Enjoy.

What the laugh?

Literally turned on the TV and instantly saw this. Whoa. I have been laughing about this for days, oh and of course imitating it at every possible opportunity.

H-H-Hello

Score! I found one of my favorite movies of all time used on DVD. My videocassette of Party Girl was so tired. This scene is worth a million bucks. Oh Parker, will you ever know my love?

Roller Nite

So last night became a night of amazing rollerskating film magic. A group of us watched this gem which I just discovered whilst perusing Netflix. If you have any love for bad 70's movies, ridiculous dialogue, or disco music then you should check Roller Boogie out. Also, there is more hypnotically interesting fashion than you can shake a stick at. Um, Linda Blair? Really? From The Exorcist to this?



The viewing of this of course turned into highlights of Xanadu for a lucky virgin to the film. Her eyes had not yet been opened to the hot magic that is Xanadu. If you are reading this and saying to yourself, "I've never seen Xanadu" then you should call in sick or cancel your plans or do whatever you need to to get to watching ASAP.


Tempting photo, no?

MMMovie time.

Go see this! Brilliant and hilarious and touching.


Rent this! Whoa, I really liked this movie.


Also, ran into this gem again late the other night on tv. This movie is so shockingly good it scares me a little.


Also, I apologize to those of you who look at this post and say to yourselves, "ugh, I don't have time to watch things!" Truly though, I love trailers. I hate missing them before movies I go see. I have always said that I wish there was a movie of trailers we could go see. Agree? how great would it be every few months to just go see all the trailers to the stuff coming out soon. OOH! I would love that.

Seriously?

So I am crazy about the Kill Bill movies. I have specifically avoided ever buying them because I always knew that Quentin would release some super-extended-deluxe-kill-all-the-crazy-88 version that would blow my mind. But it never happened. So the other night i am at Target with Kayla and finally just break down and buy them. At that moment I said, "Well at least now that I am buying these the freaking amazing version will finally come out." Well my friends, Peter just gave me this news!!! It is true, more anime and cut as one film. Supposedly a whole anime sequence about another character. I cannot wait. It won't be out for a while but it is going to happen. Get Excited!!

Funny Games

I see a lot of films. Also, I will see just about anything. I will try not to write about every film I see on this blog because it would just turn into a movie review blog. If i see something worth talking about though I will definitely discuss. So I met some people the other night to see Funny Games. And I pretty much.... HATED IT.
Good acting but just painful. I felt like it was basically written to frustrate the viewer. There are some heated debates going on. Some think this is genious and others crap. I'm going to go with crap. Funny sidenote: we went to the tower and as we were walking in I saw the dvd to The Piano Teacher and pointed at it and proceeded to tell everyone how much I hated it. Turns out they are both directed by cute and cuddly Michael Haneke. I have always wanted to see the film Cache but now I just don't know because I am 0 for 2 with this sadistic dude. If you have seen any of these let me know what you thought. Ooh, the poster is so good though.