February 2012
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Seconds of Eternity: The Films of Gregory J.... →
Wish all of you could join me for all of these.
Thursday, February 9, 7pm: The Early Films
Saturday, February 11, 6:30pm: Eros and Myth
Thursday, February 16, 7pm: The Illiac Passion
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HENRY MILLER'S COMMANDMENTS
Work on one thing at a time until finished.
Start no more new books, add no more new material to “Black Spring.”
Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.
Work according to Program and not according to mood. Stop at the appointed time!
When you can’t create you can work.
Cement a little every day, rather than add new fertilizers.
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January 2012
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seanville:
The craziest karaoke situation I have ever seen. I happened upon this activity in Berlin. Thousands of people come and attend to performances. Here we have a German version of “My Way” and raucous applause. We need something like this in SF.
Somehow, I did not attend this activity.
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Those Milch WGA lectures during the 07-08 strike →
I wish movies mattered more. I wish they were more influential. I mean, they do...
– Steven Soderbergh
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Hélas / Hell As
tooearlytoolate:
The ubiquitous cruise ship from FILM SOCIALISME (2010) tragically sank today. Story here.
Especially cray on the eve of a Titanic re-release in 3D!
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WORKING WITH WORDS FIRST SPELLS SUCCESSFUL FATIGUE
Complained to Danny I spend entirely too much time lusting after lenses and he said that is true when you should be spending entirely too much time using just one lens and shooting as much as possible. There’s some obvious credence to this, but with the dayjob it’s hard to do more than one “extracurricular” project at a time. However, we’re nearing the end of one,...
LET'S BE FRIENDS MAYBE
Apropos nothing, I made a list of my favorite narrative feature films. I’m sure it’s wrong. But if you’re curious here y’are, time-stamped and everything. I should probably watch things not made by French people and American people more often.
Celine et Julie vont en bateau, Jacques Rivette, 1974
Esther Kahn, Arnaud Desplechin, 2000
The Awful Truth, Leo McCarey, 1937
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