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Ugh...enough Web 2.0! It makes ...
By dunedonkey in film phlegm
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 "There’s no doubt I am officially done with Web 2.0. However, every time I think I’m done, a new, fun, and amazing site appears out of nowhere…so below is my attempt to categorize my current favorite Web 2.0 sites (with links to my profiles in case you feel so compelled to follow/add/fan/stalk me). I will update this list periodically as I get tired of certain sites and ejaculate over others. Web 2.0 List (Version 1.0) Facebook (Profile) - Still the champion of Web 2.0 sites, Facebook is using its strength in sheer size, breadth, and numbers to allow other Web 2.0 sites to plug in, which is a compelling proposition since people are sick and tired of having profiles on a bajillion sites and having to log into each to burn inordinate amounts of valuable time doing nothing. Luckily, all the sites I mention below have Facebook applications which allow me to, if not update, then at least view activity on them in one single place. Facebook is also the first Web 2.0 site on which a g ... " [More]
All Is Forgiven
All Is Forgiven
Yet another beautiful and well- ...
By dunedonkey in film phlegm
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 "Ok...I developed a huge crush on Mia Hansen-Løve last night. If she really is still engaged to Olivier Assayas, I might as well just go throw myself off a cliff. I saw All is Forgiven at the San Francisco International Film Festival last night. Hansen-Løve took a story which isn't extraordinary isn't even all that compelling, and she personalized it. She turned into a beautiful story. It was a very well-made grass roots debut. Reasons why I have a crush on Mia Hansen-Løve: Her eye for casting is unbelievable. With the exception of Marie-Christine Friedrich, the rest of the cast was made up of virtual unknowns. In fact, as she stated in Q&A, she found Constance Rousseau on the street and brought her whole family into the film...and she was unbelievable. Her taste in music was awesome. She clearly stated that she did not appreciate film scores, that she preferred to take traditional songs as the backdrop for her film. She made a very unique choice by ... " [More]
American Teen
American Teen
It reminded me how much I hated ...
By dunedonkey in film phlegm
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 "Have you ever been catapulted head first into a brick wall at 150 mph? Now imagine that brick wall was high school, and imagine that catapult was American Teen. Last night, I was instantly transported back 13 years to my high school days. The nervous tick came back. The pain pulled from the very depths of my innermost, repressed soul came shooting to the surface. I was reminded of my own high school experiences, the same experiences that molded me, the tough love I received from my peers, and the thick skin I developed as a result. But I was also reminded of how unhealthy an environment adolescence can be in the US for those living it. Nanette Burstein documented the lives of Warsaw, Indiana high school students, immaculately picking out what almost seemed like caricatures of the different types of students we all knew in high school. We follow four main students: the jock, the popular girl, the artsy girl, and the band geek. We become intimately involved in all aspects their high ... " [More]
The Wackness
The Wackness
The first great 90s period piec ...
By dunedonkey in film phlegm
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 "I had the opportunity to see The Wackness tonight at the SF International Film Festival. It was great. That may sound trite, but in this case, “great” constitutes “big” and “bold” in same way that an adventure or a road trip is “great”. The Wackness is the first great road trip into what I like to call The Identity-Crysis Decade (that hasn’t been coined yet, has it?), where American teens struggle to identify with anything . Generation Why was a generation thrown out to fend for itself while their Baby Boomer parents struggled to cope with their own mid-life crises. Josh Peck plays a 17 year old kid, a drug dealer, who finishes high school, and missed being a teenager. Never had many friends, never had a girlfriend, never had sex. He wasn’t your typical shallow kid, but a profoundly intimate kid, with legitimate dreams and aspirations. When he and his parents are facing eviction, he's forced to be both the kid trying to gr ... " [More]
Solitary Fragments
Solitary Fragments
Brilliant matter-of-fact fillmm ...
By dunedonkey in film phlegm
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 "To call this film brilliant would be an understatement. Few films come out nowadays which attempt to breach the boundaries of the status quo and explore the idea of radical, new filmmaking. Solitary Fragments is one of those films. And it inspires on so many levels. It is a film which excels in subtlety and uses this subtlety to evoke strong, deep emotion out of its viewers. The plot follows two parallel storylines which share nothing more than a relationship between three characters that live together. The first storyline is that of a woman, Adela, who leaves her small town life to forget her past and to forge a new future in Madrid with her one-year old son. The second is that of Ines and her family and the strong, but tense relationship they all share. Tragedy strikes twice through out the film, once on each storyline, and the characters are forced to pick up the pieces in order to move on with their lives. The film is a feat in storytelling. It prides itself on the abilit ... " [More]
Star Wars
Star Wars
Re:Top 5 Title Sequences
By dunedonkey in Top 5
"I can't believe no one said Star Wars.Hitchcock films and the Bond films deserve mention. As do the Pink Panther films...I need to come up with a list...and get back here. " [More]

Re:Top 5 Most Important America ...
By dunedonkey in Top 5
"It's billed as both UK and US. Much of it was US made even though it was filmed in Shepperton. You were editing my post, just quoting me.[/quote] " [More]
Star Wars
Star Wars
Top 5 Most Important American F ...
By dunedonkey in Top 5
"Not my favorite. Not the best...but...The MOST IMPORTANT and WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT?Rules/Guidelines:YOU CAN'T GIVE MORE THAN 5. Five is the absolute limit.IMPORTANT means it had a profound impact on the film industry, on art, on social change, on mankind.My choices:Birth of a Nation (DW Griffith):The first American epic. It was longer than any film and invented the "feature-length" film.The single most controversial American film ever made. Some credit it with reinvigorating the KKK and inspiring a new wave of racism to take hold in the US.It proved that film could be as important a social medium as an entertainment medium.The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola):No film epitomizes the golden age of American cinema more than this film.This film pioneered the frontier of American epics and changed the face of American filmmaking on an artistic level, giving American film it's first ever unique look and feel.Star Wars: A New Hope (George Lucas):This film redefined th ... " [More]

Re:Recasting THE PRINCESS BRIDE ...
By dunedonkey in Filmgaming
"Kudos to the Spike Lee remake. That had me ROLLING... Now that I know I can never beat it...here is... Princess Bride: The Indie/Art House Version Ron Livingston ... WestleyLaura Linney ... Buttercup / The Princess BrideJason Schwartzman ... Inigo MontoyaPhillip Seymour Hoffman ... Prince HumperdinckChristopher Guest (reprises his role) ... Count Tyrone Rugen Paul Giamatti (bummed it from above...but I really can't think of anyone more appropriate) ... VizziniJon Favreau ... FezzikMichael Cera (I know...he's a little old...but he still looks like he's eight) ... The GrandsonAlan Arkin ... The Grandfather / NarratorAlan Alda ... The Impressive ClergymanKathy Bates :) ... The AlbinoWoody Allen ... Miracle MaxEllen Page ... ValerieParker Posey ... The QueenJulie Delpy ... The Ancient Booer " [More]
Planet B-Boy
Planet B-Boy
Really blown away...
By dunedonkey in film phlegm
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 "Planet B-Boy is a fantastic film about the underbelly of the international breakdancing scene. Like in any other artform, what's been exploited and what is known to the public is the crap...the passionless, marketed, undermining crap. When you dig deeper into the underground and figure out what the artform is truly about, you leave refreshed and invigorated and Planet B-Boy does just that. I thought the director did an excellent job in bringing to the surface the intensity and passion of the b-boys. The film wasn't perfect. I think it gets a little too personal and sways from the details of the breakdancing movement, but I do appreciate what Benson Lee was trying to get at with the pressures these teens deal with in trying to prove the credibility of their passion to their parents and their respective societies. I especially love how Lee ventures all around the world to show the different countries and their diverse personalities in how they prepare for what is the Wor ... " [More]
Star Wars
Star Wars
Top 5 Most Important American F ...
By dunedonkey in film phlegm
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 "Not my favorite. Not the best...but...The MOST IMPORTANT and WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT?Rules/Guidelines:YOU CAN'T GIVE MORE THAN 5. Five is the absolute limit.IMPORTANT means it had a profound impact on the film industry, on art, on social change, on mankind.My choices:Birth of a Nation (DW Griffith):The first American epic. It was longer than any film and invented the "feature-length" film.The single most controversial American film ever made. Some credit it with reinvigorating the KKK and inspiring a new wave of racism to take hold in the US.It proved that film could be as important a social medium as an entertainment medium.The Godfather (Francis Ford Coppola):No film epitomizes the golden age of American cinema more than this film.This film pioneered the frontier of American epics and changed the face of American filmmaking on an artistic level, giving American film it's first ever unique look and feel.Star Wars: A New Hope (George Lucas):This film redefined th ... " [More]
The Home Song Stories
The Home Song Stories
A sad family drama based on the ...
By dunedonkey in film phlegm
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 "Had the opportunity to see this at the San Francisco Asian-American Film Festival. It probably wouldn't have been my first choice, but a friend who is a big Joan Chen fan really wanted to see it and since I didn't get to see any other films, I went.It's a story about the Tony Ayre's (the director) life in Australia (and Hong Kong) growing up with a mother who moved from man to man, place to place, dragging her children along with her. She's a beautiful woman who gets men to fall in love with her, but depends on them for her and her childrens' income and well-being. This dependency ultimately leads these men to leave her driving her into a state of alcoholism, chronic depression, and attempted suicide leaving her 10ish year old son and 12ish year old daughter to deal with her self-absorbed nonsense.The film takes almost directly from Ayres' life and from what I understood, followed it very closely. In fact, he and his sister make an appearance at the ... " [More]

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My 2008 San Francisco Int'l Film Fest Films (3)
Films I saw at the 2008 SFIFF.
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My Sundance 2008 Films (10)
Films I saw at Sundance 2008.