tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post4949255248722090606..comments2023-02-28T05:27:00.195-05:00Comments on The Sun's Not Yellow: Best of the blogosphereJoel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger57125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-58026881624232422152010-01-08T06:17:34.334-05:002010-01-08T06:17:34.334-05:00MovieMan, I've posted my video. I'd like t...MovieMan, I've posted my video. I'd like to know what you think.Stephenhttp://checkingonmysausages.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-42290247910180680102010-01-04T15:55:30.266-05:002010-01-04T15:55:30.266-05:00Ha ha, nothing so awe-inspiring. The tag was conce...Ha ha, nothing so awe-inspiring. The tag was conceived when I first signed up on IMDb years ago. The year was 2002 and the '83 is for the year I was born.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-48531076879244542782010-01-04T15:37:50.792-05:002010-01-04T15:37:50.792-05:00Thanks for the help and advice MovieMan.
What hap...Thanks for the help and advice MovieMan.<br /><br />What happened to the other 282 MovieMen? Is it like The One in The Matrix where every generation has its film messiah?Stephenhttp://checkingonmysausages.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-43710340885762665292010-01-04T11:20:09.530-05:002010-01-04T11:20:09.530-05:00Thanks, John - to everyone subscribing to this thr...Thanks, John - to everyone subscribing to this thread, I'm still working on the post but making progress. I can't read every post nominated - there isn't time - but I'm browsing the selections where no preference has been established, and reading the one I decide to highlight. I'm planning to link the other nominations at the bottom of the post.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-71956137124693974952010-01-04T11:18:21.315-05:002010-01-04T11:18:21.315-05:00Stephen, my understanding is that there are variou...Stephen, my understanding is that there are various fair-use loopholes, but I would recommend avoiding You Tube as they take things down at the slightest provocation (usually an automated letter from a corporation sent on whenever they detect a use of copyrighted material, fair or not). I've posted the Astaire-Rogers dances on my blog and never received any trouble, and there will be several 'found-footage' videos featured in my round-up, including one of my own.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-48825826310334746982010-01-04T07:59:15.758-05:002010-01-04T07:59:15.758-05:00Sorry to be so slow contributing to this post, Joe...Sorry to be so slow contributing to this post, Joel. It's a great idea you had, and I've enjoyed reading a lot of the articles linked to here. <br /><br />It's not easy picking my own "Best" of 2009, as I'm far from a preferred judge of that, however, here are five that are at least close to what I wanted to accomplish (what writer is ever really satisfied with what he/she writes?):<br /><br />3/17/09: My experience sharing a beloved horror movie, "Black Sabbath", with my girlfriend, plus some American-International musings:<br /><br />http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2009/03/when-passion-seems-yours-alone-film.html <br /><br />5/13/09: The Max Fleischer Superman cartoons for Paramount:<br /><br />http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2009/05/fleischerparamount-supermans-its-1941.html<br /> <br />6/1/09: Silent cowboy star William S. Hart:<br /><br />http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2009/06/two-gun-square-deal-man-whilst.html<br /><br />7/7/09: The "King Kong" 1956 reissue meets new King of Monsters Godzilla:<br /> http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2009/07/king-kong-versus-godzilla-my-obsession.html <br /><br />12/7/09: Exhibitors go to war with Disney over "Peter Pan" in 1953:<br /><br />http://greenbriarpictureshows.blogspot.com/2009/12/peter-pan-war-disney-films-for-me.htmlJohn McElweehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05236529512093111330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-15585593483882684162010-01-04T05:48:51.602-05:002010-01-04T05:48:51.602-05:00Hi MovieMan, I was wondering if anyone knew the le...Hi MovieMan, I was wondering if anyone knew the legalities of posting a six minute video composed of 5-10 second film clips.<br /><br />Thanks in advance.<br /><br />That makes 52 comments :)Stephenhttp://checkingonmysausages.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-68081932302461834452010-01-03T14:40:57.415-05:002010-01-03T14:40:57.415-05:00Incidentally, just hit 50 comments, including my r...Incidentally, just hit 50 comments, including my responses. Blog record (for both blogs)!Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-61900888958622875282010-01-03T13:07:50.089-05:002010-01-03T13:07:50.089-05:00Hey MovieMan,
Looking over my site I realise that...Hey MovieMan,<br /><br />Looking over my site I realise that I haven't written many properly substantial articles on this site this year! This is because my study and teaching are starting to take their toll and leave me not that much time (or drive) to write new stuff here! That said I have notes prepared for a whole series of articles on Josef von Sternberg's early cinema that may come up soon, hopefully (but not that soon.)<br /><br />For now, I wonder if it would be appropriate to suggest my 10 books list that I did on your suggestion before? I took a bit of care on that... Otherwise it would be between my Ingrid Bergman piece at the start of the year and my piece on Metropolitan. Or if you liked on of the songs I put up it would be great that have those linked-up, though I guess they're not directly related to cinema.<br /><br />I'll let you decide! And I must get writing more!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-38772653245471897572010-01-03T10:20:15.600-05:002010-01-03T10:20:15.600-05:00A handful of selections from my 2009 post-history....A handful of selections from my 2009 post-history. None of them are perfect, but I had a good time working on them, and feel that these four posts at least communicate everything that I set out to accomplish.<br /><br />First post of 2009; an essay on Apichatpong Weerasethakul's <a href="http://lightsinthedusk.blogspot.com/2009/01/tropical-malady-2004.html" rel="nofollow">Tropical Malady</a><br /><br />From the end of January, an essay on Godard's sci-fi meta-thriller <a href="http://lightsinthedusk.blogspot.com/2009/01/alphaville-1965.html" rel="nofollow">Alphaville</a><br /><br />From October, a sympathetic re-evaluation of Uwe Boll's controversial slasher film/revenge fantasy <a href="http://lightsinthedusk.blogspot.com/2009/10/seed.html" rel="nofollow">Seed</a><br /><br />And also from October, a brief review of Weerasethakul's installation project <a href="http://lightsinthedusk.blogspot.com/2009/10/phantoms-of-nabua.html" rel="nofollow">Phantoms of Nabua</a><br /><br />Hopefully the links work.Lights in the Duskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03120326024293724432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-88691939306638967062010-01-03T10:18:25.385-05:002010-01-03T10:18:25.385-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Lights in the Duskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03120326024293724432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-37992609438206570982010-01-02T20:32:09.854-05:002010-01-02T20:32:09.854-05:00Alright,
You're going to force me to be un-m...Alright, <br /><br />You're going to force me to be un-modest which is very unlike me. I will propose several pieces and hopefully you deem them worthy.<br /><br />http://lazyeyetheatre.blogspot.com/2009/05/get-your-vulcan-kink-on.html<br /><br />http://lazyeyetheatre.blogspot.com/2009/05/movie-confessions.html<br /><br />http://lazyeyetheatre.blogspot.com/2009/04/10-characters-i-love-understand-fear.htmlPIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-61894421209736414462010-01-02T17:49:48.053-05:002010-01-02T17:49:48.053-05:00Marilyn,
I'm planning to give my shout-outs t...Marilyn,<br /><br />I'm planning to give my shout-outs to Sam, Tony, and Ibetolis for featuring me on their blog, then I will list a few (probably 4) of my own strongest pieces, followed by a list of all the bloggers who have submitted entries. I'll use one from each - my favorite out of the various nominees - for the sake of clarity and equality, but at the end of the post, I will provide links to all the other posts which were nominated.<br /><br />Thanks again, everyone for jumping in! Can't wait to put it together.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-7763565234844853912010-01-02T17:47:24.155-05:002010-01-02T17:47:24.155-05:00Sounds great, Filmist. I'm a sucker for such v...Sounds great, Filmist. I'm a sucker for such ventures and have been frequenting a couple blogs with similar adventures in the past year - Dave's year-by-year countdown on Goodfellas and Allan Fish's massive top 50s for each decade (and a top 100 for the pre-1930 period) at Wonders in the Dark. I will definitely check it out.Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-22630724688489931202010-01-02T17:41:17.492-05:002010-01-02T17:41:17.492-05:00Yes, definitely, Piper!
I haven't even starte...Yes, definitely, Piper!<br /><br />I haven't even started reading the entries yet (as I said, I'm going to choose one each so things don't get too cluttered, but I do plan on including all the other links at the end of the post.) It's been a very busy week but I look forward to tackling this tomorrow, though whether it will also be completed and posted by Monday remains to be seen... We'll just keep it at "next week" and I will notify everyone when it's up. (Of course, the relevant link will be posted here as always.)Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-11739878133178049362010-01-02T13:55:32.270-05:002010-01-02T13:55:32.270-05:00That's strange. The HTML coding didn't wor...That's strange. The HTML coding didn't work. Huh.TheFilmisthttp://thefilmist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-24926351165746191952010-01-02T13:54:29.785-05:002010-01-02T13:54:29.785-05:00Well, for the past two and a half months, Glenn He...Well, for the past two and a half months, Glenn Heath from that indelible Match Cuts and I have been counting down our own respective top tens of the last ten years - with a great deal of comparison, and contrast between the two of us in the form of weekly discussions on each of our respective selections. My own ran something like this:<br /><br /> 1. [b]Children of Men[/b] - Alfonso Cuaron<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/12/13/best-of-the-2000s-1-alfonso-caurons-children-of-men/[/url]<br /> 2. [b]There Will Be Blood[/b] - P.T. Anderson<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/12/05/best-of-the-2000s-2-paul-thomas-andersons-there-will-be-blood-3/[/url]<br /> 3. [b]Happy Feet[/b] - George Miller<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/11/28/best-of-the-2000s-3-george-millers-happy-feet/[url]<br /> 4. [b]The Fall[/b] - Tarsem<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/11/21/best-of-the-2000s-4-tarsems-the-fall/[/url]<br /> 5. [b]Che: Part One/The Argentine[/b] - Steven Soderbergh<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/best-of-the-2000s-5-steven-soderberghs-che-part-onethe-argentine/[/url]<br /> 6. [b]No Country For Old Men[/b] - The Brothers' Coen<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/11/07/best-of-the-2000s-6-the-coen-brothers-no-country-for-old-men/[/url]<br /> 7. [b]The Hurt Locker[/b] - Kathryn Bigelow<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/best-of-the-2000s-7-kathryn-bigelows-the-hurt-locker/[/url]<br /> 8. [b]Oldboy[/b] - Park Chan-Wook<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/best-of-the-2000s-8-park-chan-wooks-oldboy/[/url]<br /> 9. [b]The Lord of The Rings[/b] - Peter Jackson<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/10/16/best-of-the-2000s-9-peter-jacksons-the-lord-of-the-rings/[/url]<br /> 10. [b]The Dark Knight[/b] - Christopher Nolan<br />[url]http://thefilmist.wordpress.com/2009/10/10/best-of-the-2000s-10-christopher-nolans-the-dark-knight/[/url]<br /><br /> Glenn's own list can, of course, be found at his site, at the left: <br />[url]http://www.matchcuts.wordpress.com[/url]TheFilmisthttp://thefilmist.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-18983804663276504032010-01-02T11:54:55.203-05:002010-01-02T11:54:55.203-05:00Is there still time for this?Is there still time for this?PIPERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13054305230216613759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-29287182035032921292010-01-01T11:52:20.483-05:002010-01-01T11:52:20.483-05:00It's nice to have this kind of round-up of pos...It's nice to have this kind of round-up of posts remembered or still in need of viewing. Here are my perhaps-too-numerous contributions:<br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/09/sea-of-love-1989-1.php" rel="nofollow">Sea of Love</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/12/cloverfield-2008.php" rel="nofollow">Cloverfield</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/08/the-prime-of-miss-jean-brodie.php" rel="nofollow">The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/08/death-of-a-salesman-1985.php" rel="nofollow">Death of a Salesman</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/07/the-spirit-of-ed-wood-blogatho.php" rel="nofollow">The Spirit of Ed Wood Blogathon: Babes in Arms</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/06/count-dracula-1977.php" rel="nofollow">Count Dracula</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/02/the-bridge-2007.php" rel="nofollow">The Bridge</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/02/gabriel-over-the-white-house-1.php" rel="nofollow">Gabriel Over the White House</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/01/lady-vengeance-chinjeolhan-geu.php" rel="nofollow">Lady Vengeance</a><br /><br /><a href="http://ferdyonfilms.com/2009/12/five-essential-documentaries-o.php" rel="nofollow">Twenty-five Essential Documentaries of the 2000s</a>Marilyn Ferdinandhttp://www.ferdyonfilms.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-33360067208706197922009-12-31T20:19:14.734-05:002009-12-31T20:19:14.734-05:00Hi MovieMan - thanks for the invite. I guess the ...Hi MovieMan - thanks for the invite. I guess the posts I wrote that were decent and may be of interest to others were - <br /><br />on <i><a href="http://elusivelucidity.blogspot.com/2009/05/mantras.html" rel="nofollow">The Lives of Others</a></i><br /><br />on <i><a href="http://elusivelucidity.blogspot.com/2009/09/tolerable-cruelty.html" rel="nofollow">Inglourious Basterds</a></i><br /><br />and on <a href="http://elusivelucidity.blogspot.com/2009/01/yo-rocky.html" rel="nofollow"><i>Rocky II</i> and the working class</a>.<br /><br />The 'Armond White reviews my breakfast' posted above was hilarious ... <br /><br />Happy New Year!ZChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-398941397244845462009-12-31T09:00:28.204-05:002009-12-31T09:00:28.204-05:00Hey,
Thanks for asking me to submit my choices. ...Hey, <br />Thanks for asking me to submit my choices. These are three posts of mine from the past year that I thought stood out:<br /><br />http://mooninthegutter.blogspot.com/2009/04/cinemas-great-faces-marilyn-chambers-in.html <br /><br />(A tribute to the late Marilyn Chambers)<br /><br />http://mooninthegutter.blogspot.com/2009/05/sam-peckinpahs-forgotten-masterpiece.html<br /><br />(A look at Sam Peckinpah's little seen "Noon Wine")<br /><br />http://mooninthegutter.blogspot.com/2009/04/adventureland-ballad-of-el-goodo.html<br /><br />(A look at what I consider the best film of 2009, ADVENTURELAND.)<br /><br />Thanks again and have a great New Year!Nostalgia Kinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506680500183270767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-74491105129402521992009-12-31T03:25:16.161-05:002009-12-31T03:25:16.161-05:00Wow, lots of great comments here that I'm stil...Wow, lots of great comments here that I'm still sifting through, but I wanted to throw out a few articles that I'm particularly proud of from 2009 (reviews from Slant magazine were not included, since I consider that work outside my regular blogging routine). <br /><br />1. <a href="http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/63/63booksthomson.html" rel="nofollow">A Book Review of David Thomson's "Have You Seen...?"</a> (a tribute to/review of my favorite living film critic, a source of continuing inspiration, frustration, and awe)<br /><br />2. <a href="http://blog.brightlightsfilm.com/2009/10/athiests-guide-to-legend-of-sleepy.html" rel="nofollow">An Atheist's Guide to the Legend of Sleepy Hollow</a> (another of my infamous Atheist's guides, this one on the perils of belief as examined by Disney cartoons)<br /><br />3. <a href="http://blog.aspiringsellout.com/2009/05/my-one-horse-town-libido-is-abandoned.html" rel="nofollow">My One Horse Town Libido is an Abandoned Miniature Golf Course</a> (I was extremely proud of this piece on the topography of Altman's "3 Women"...it's probably the closest I've ever come to articulating my relationship with Los Angeles)<br /><br />There were many more triumphs over the year, but these still stick out. Here's to a phenomenal 2010!Joseph "Jon" Lanthierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00826623899121215596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-85022755141429720052009-12-30T23:17:25.308-05:002009-12-30T23:17:25.308-05:00I have no idea so I picked the halfway point, June...I have no idea so I picked the halfway point, June, and selected my three favorite posts from that month. They are:<br /><br /><a href="http://cinemastyles.blogspot.com/2009/06/history-and-movies-iv-there-are-places.html" rel="nofollow">History and the Movies: There are Places...</a><br /><br /><a href="http://cinemastyles.blogspot.com/2009/06/wanderers-james-edwards.html" rel="nofollow">The Wanderers: James Edwards</a><br /><br /><a href="http://cinemastyles.blogspot.com/2009/06/and-they-had-jazzercise.html" rel="nofollow">And they had Jazzercise</a><br /><br />Thanks.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05730146625671701859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-4780610407450221962009-12-30T13:57:09.872-05:002009-12-30T13:57:09.872-05:00This is a fun idea. I can't wait to read every...This is a fun idea. I can't wait to read everyone's favorite entries.<br /><br />Here are the posts I'm most proud of this year:<br /><br />The December 31st post that will show up tomorrow;<br /><br />El Prisionero 13<br />http://sixmartinis.blogspot.com/2009/05/prisoner-13.html<br /><br />Line and Shape<br />http://sixmartinis.blogspot.com/2009/04/line-and-shape.html<br /><br />Pearls and Lace<br />http://sixmartinis.blogspot.com/2009/01/pearls-and-lace.html<br /><br />the sixth in the Light Flare series<br />http://sixmartinis.blogspot.com/2009/01/beautiful-light-flares-6.html<br /><br />Thanks, shahnshahnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13899415657297920724noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5633073330174423544.post-53051048447981770772009-12-30T12:36:16.483-05:002009-12-30T12:36:16.483-05:00Thanks, everybody. Hopefully the responses keep co...Thanks, everybody. Hopefully the responses keep coming. This is the first chance I've had to even check up on this post in 24 hours and I won't be much less busy prior to New Year's Eve. As such, the post will probably go up early next week rather than late this week. I'll put up an update post here by tomorrow if that's the case.<br /><br />Funny how several people have chosen the post I would have chosen, if I weren't worried about missing something else. Looks like I caught the best more often than I thought, if only by accident!Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.com