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March 25th, 2008
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Women are still dangerous, and Austin is still weird
SXSW 2008 roundup of our favorite coverage
Harold & Kumar
deal with
"the race card"
in Austin, TX.
Beautiful Losers
Aaron Rose's hysterical doc about serious artists who
won't take themselves seriously
.
Karina
describes
Yeast
at SXSW as "the only one that I can imagine someone
walking out
of for any reason other than boredom."
Paul
talks to
Tommy Davis
about
One Minute to Nine
, a film that didn't depress him, but left him trembling.
A fictional film disguised as a doc,
A Necessary Death
will provoke
strong opinions
you didn't know you had.
Women's History Month
We claim the word "seminal" for these women whose contributions to cinema are often overlooked.
The lines
Mae West
wrote were often too steamy for censors, so West improvised by perfecting the art of innuendo. "Is that a gun in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?"
Margaret Hamilton's
portrayal of the
Wicked Witch of the West
is the reason this writer began to sleep with a night-light. And who hasn't aped this line: "I'm mel...ting!"
Leni Riefenstahl
innovated filmmaking techniques that were overshadowed by her penchant for Nazi propaganda, her most famous doc being
Triumph of the Will
(1935).
Donna Reed
(sigh), America's favorite mom won an Oscar for
playing a prostitute
. (She's kind of both in
It's a Wonderful Life
, if you look closely).
First female director to get the Oscar nod,
Lina Wertmuller
( for
Seven Beauties
), and other great women directors working today are
Sofia Coppola
,
Mary Harron
,
Barbara Kopple
.
Get on the FilmCouch
Is this progress? The backward evolution of caveman flicks and movie musicals. Read more and listen to the podcast on
SpoutBlog
.
BUTTERKNIFE
All episodes of
BUTTERKNIFE
can be seen
here
. See why
mattypro
and
porcupine
say
singles just don't get it
.
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SpoutBlog Roundup
See if you agree that
Orson Welles
has the
most annoying Irish accent
of all time.
Harvey Dent's campaign
expands beyond Gotham City.
Regal Entertainment Group presents R-rated trailers, taste a very
R-rated preview
here.
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