tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51417523069282404712024-03-13T16:39:22.815-05:00The Hall MonitorsLiberty Hall's Public DiaryLiberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-12089507046205053652009-05-29T14:22:00.003-05:002009-05-29T14:25:56.903-05:00MovingYo,<br /><br />Liberty Hall's blog is moving over to Wordpress, in your face Blogger. Visit our new and totally awesome site at <a href="http://libertyhall.wordpress.com/">libertyhall.wordpress.com</a>.<br /><br />Love,<br />LH StaffLiberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-5405297495469741682009-05-20T00:52:00.004-05:002009-05-20T01:02:58.446-05:00Keyboard Cat<span style="font-weight: bold;">Activate the Series of Tubes!</span><br />The internet meme, "<a href="http://playhimoffkeyboardcat.com/">Play Him Off, Keyboard Cat</a>," is a worthy one. I fully support viewing almost every video of Fatso out there. One of my favorites, <span style="font-style: italic;">it's Chinatown</span>, features Fatso's distaste for domestic violence and incest via his subtle eye-scrunching and lip-licking.<br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pic3nkBcQBI&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Pic3nkBcQBI&rel=0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Keyboard Cat is perfect for the pathos of our existence, and his tune helps us laugh at our ongoing tragedy. Thank you, internets!<br />-permazorchLiberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-39736243591173520122009-05-13T18:03:00.004-05:002009-05-14T22:45:58.038-05:00BULLSHIT IMAX<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgtR7PkaQBI/AAAAAAAAACo/JOwiU2_jlq4/s1600-h/20090512_azizattheimax_560x375.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgtR7PkaQBI/AAAAAAAAACo/JOwiU2_jlq4/s320/20090512_azizattheimax_560x375.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335448261783863314" border="0" /></a>Aziz Ansari gets pissed at the IMAX scam. Never been to the IMAX theater in KC, but I think I'll see Star Trek at our local <a href="http://www.fandango.com/hollywoodtheaterssouthwind12_aagld/theaterpage?wssac=58&wssaffid=11487_WallaceTheatresWebsite">12-pack</a>. Boooooooo-urns.<br /><br />Billy Gay<br /><h2><a href="http://azizisbored.tumblr.com/post/106587114/reblog-the-fuck-out-of-this-warning-amc-theaters-are">REBLOG THE FUCK OUT OF THIS. WARNING: AMC theaters are running FAKE IMAX's and charging $5 extra for a slightly bigger screen. Boycott IMAX, AMC, and Regal. Don't let them fool you.</a></h2>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-32700310992172503342009-05-12T20:11:00.003-05:002009-05-12T20:14:55.562-05:00Alien bro, straight chillin dude<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.libertyhall.net"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 242px; height: 320px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgoeryoN-9I/AAAAAAAAACg/_5RPOKGdHhU/s320/Alien-TranslucentCowljpg.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335110446247443410" border="0" /></a>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-41251198164658768482009-05-12T19:36:00.006-05:002009-05-12T20:10:03.178-05:00Gomorra(h): Billy Gay's Take<a href="http://s730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/billygay/?action=view&current=yphg0.gif" target="_blank"><img style="width: 393px; height: 299px;" src="http://i730.photobucket.com/albums/ww304/billygay/yphg0.gif" alt="animated gif" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br />Billy Gay highly recommends <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0929425/">GOMORRA</a>! A beautifully shot and extremely violent account of several stories told simultaneously, each giving you a glimpse into Italian organized crime. Immediately after watching the film I wanted to experience it again, you are constantly kept at a distance from the central characters as you are weaved through parallel stories that never fully meet, every person chewed up by the machine that confines them. Liberty Hall doesn't get original movies like this too often anymore, so go see it before we pick-up some Jane Austen period piece in the cinema!<br /><br />-Billy Gay</div>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-39491703387745141192009-05-06T17:31:00.010-05:002009-05-06T19:52:46.917-05:00<span style="font-weight:bold;">3 WOMEN (1977)</span><br />directed by Robert Altman<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIV3NKEAZI/AAAAAAAAABw/-NCRpa-CIsU/s1600-h/3+WOMEN+QD.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 241px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIV3NKEAZI/AAAAAAAAABw/-NCRpa-CIsU/s320/3+WOMEN+QD.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332848946928943506" /></a><br /><br />Shy, reclusive girl Pinky starts work at a sanitarium and becomes emotionally attached to her fellow worker, Millie. After an accident, the women seem to inexplicably swap personalities, and then return back to normal. A third woman, a local artist, prowls around on the periphery of the story.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THE PROPOSITION</span><br />directed by John Hilcoat<br />screenplay by Nick Cave<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIWjaUtk1I/AAAAAAAAAB4/36xalZMDc00/s1600-h/proposition.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 244px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIWjaUtk1I/AAAAAAAAAB4/36xalZMDc00/s320/proposition.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332849706377515858" /></a><br /><br />Like Peckinpah's "The Wild Bunch" or Eastwood's "Unforgiven", this film takes a very gritty approach to the western genre. Dark, bloody, and covered in sweat, the film tells the story of a family of outlaws on the run in rural Australia in the late 19th century. When two of the brothers are captured, the middle child (played by Guy Pearce) is given 9 days to kill his older brother or his youngest sibling will be executed. Psychedelic soundtrack dudes!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THE KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE</span><br />directed by Nanette Burstein and Brett Morgen<br />based on the book by Robert Evans<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIhWlWPXoI/AAAAAAAAACA/aRy2a0Le2wk/s1600-h/kid_stays_in_the_picture.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 216px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIhWlWPXoI/AAAAAAAAACA/aRy2a0Le2wk/s320/kid_stays_in_the_picture.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332861580626321026" /></a><br /><br />A documentary about legendary film producer Robert Evans. Responsible for producing classics like The Godfather, Chinatown, and Rosemary's Baby, the film chronicles his ascension to chief of production at Paramount Studios, providing candid back story <br />about the production of some of Hollywood's greatest movies. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span>THE FIVE OBSTRUCTIONS<br />directed by Jorgen Leth and Lars von Trier<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIm2In4ZFI/AAAAAAAAACI/OBmEvEbBzzw/s1600-h/5obstruct.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 213px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIm2In4ZFI/AAAAAAAAACI/OBmEvEbBzzw/s320/5obstruct.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332867620229637202" /></a><br /><br />Oooh, Lars von Trier and his BIG ideas. To his benefit, the founder of the Dogma '95 movement does know quite a bit about film, but he doesn't have to rub it in our fuckin faces. Based on each director's personal manifestos and conversations about the nature of documentary film, Lars von Trier challenges fellow filmmaker Jorgen Leth to remake his short film "The Perfect Human" five different times, each time with varying rules and obstructions. Very interesting.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;"></span>GALLIPOLI<br />directed by Peter Weir<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIpMGJ4mDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/ts_M-cPoOvo/s1600-h/gallipoli.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 294px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SgIpMGJ4mDI/AAAAAAAAACQ/ts_M-cPoOvo/s320/gallipoli.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5332870196547328050" /></a><br /><br />While some war epics use the carnage of battle as fodder to promote anti-war sentiment, Gallipoli approaches the subject with a bit more tact, focusing on the bureaucracy of the armed forces and naivete of the soldiers fighting. The story follows two, young sprinters (played by Mel Gibson and Mark Lee) as they are thrust into the Turkish battlefront of World War I. Similar in tone to "Paths of Glory" or "All Quiet On The Western Front", the film shows how war unites soldiers and spawns brotherly friendships, only to tear them apart at the whim of a glory hungry military machine. <br /><br /><br />Also highly recommended:<br />Blood Simple (Forever Young commentary!)<br />Errol Morris' First Person<br />We Jam Econo: The Story of The Minutemen<br />Star Trek II: Wrath of KahnLiberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-90358444139042762622009-04-26T22:55:00.003-05:002009-04-26T22:58:26.308-05:00Slow-Mo Sneezing<div style="text-align: center;">Stop the spread of Swine Flu in Kansas! Cover your mouths! Wash your hands! (money shot at 57 seconds)<br /><br><br /></div><object height="340" width="560"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qLPYqwnnrig&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qLPYqwnnrig&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="340" width="560"></embed></object>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-73353958771034795552009-04-26T20:19:00.005-05:002009-04-27T11:58:54.914-05:00BILL MOYERS INTERVIEWS THE CREATOR OF THE WIRE (DAVID SIMON)Without a doubt, The Wire is my favorite show and arguably the greatest TV series ever. Here is an excellent interview with writer/producer/creator <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04172009/profile.html">David Simon</a>. For a better quality video: <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04172009/watch.html">Part I</a>, <a href="http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/04172009/watch2.html">Part II</a>.<br /><br><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qulcqNMHVic&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qulcqNMHVic&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/JeNc5y7lpYA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/JeNc5y7lpYA&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-37622382854464165272009-04-26T19:51:00.002-05:002009-04-26T19:53:06.713-05:00BREAKIN' WITH MR. ROGERS<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/xatZgEZ62fU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/xatZgEZ62fU&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0&color1=0x006699&color2=0x54abd6" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-61859406541408904282009-04-23T00:46:00.001-05:002009-04-23T00:49:34.865-05:00THURSDAY PEOM<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hysteria<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span>by T.S. Elliot<br /><br />As she laughed I was aware of becoming involved in her<br />laughter and being part of it, until her teeth were<br />only accidental stars with a talent for squad-drill. I<br />was drawn in by short gasps, inhaled at each momentary<br />recovery, lost finally in the dark caverns of her<br />throat, bruised by the ripple of unseen muscles. An<br />elderly waiter with trembling hands was hurriedly<br />spreading a pink and white checked cloth over the rusty<br />green iron table, saying: "If the lady and gentleman<br />wish to take their tea in the garden, if the lady and<br />gentleman wish to take their tea in the garden ..." I<br />decided that if the shaking of her breasts could be<br />stopped, some of the fragments of the afternoon might<br />be collected, and I concentrated my attention with<br />careful subtlety to this end.Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-69954500224171209332009-04-15T10:56:00.005-05:002009-04-15T11:08:30.899-05:00WENDY and LUCY<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SeYEgQ2uXaI/AAAAAAAAABI/4lJUGbgejyk/s1600-h/wendy_and_lucy.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 165px; height: 245px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SeYEgQ2uXaI/AAAAAAAAABI/4lJUGbgejyk/s320/wendy_and_lucy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5324948561739013538" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152850/">Wendy and Lucy</a> opens this Friday, April 17th at Liberty Hall<br />(click <a href="http://filmlinc.wordpress.com/2008/09/22/hot-tickets-michelle-williams-shines-in-wendy-and-lucy/">here</a> for a solid review)<br />(click <a href="http://www.libertyhall.net/">here </a>for movie times)<br /></div><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/5zmQSv7T8wc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/5zmQSv7T8wc&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-1530077721958186092009-04-14T21:59:00.006-05:002009-04-15T10:18:30.601-05:00Billy Gay aka Choo-Choo aka Kenard: Video Picks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113537/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 127px; height: 179px;" src="http://thisdistractedglobe.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/Kicking%20and%20Screaming%201995%20DVD%20cover.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kicking and Screaming (1995)</span>: Post-graduation and these kids got nothing to do, and they talk about it a lot. I'm a big fan of Noah Baumbach's work and he pulls a trifecta with this one: writing, directing, and acting. Not necessarily my favorite of his films, but it is an incredible first feature.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062138/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 124px; height: 188px;" src="http://img72.imageshack.us/img72/6476/pointblankuk20orqp1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">POINT BLANK (1967)</span>: TAGLINE-"There are two kinds of people in his up-tight world: his victims and his women. And sometimes you can't tell them apart." --> I love me some Lee Marvin<br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081746/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 145px; height: 194px;" src="http://www.nndb.com/people/489/000026411/werner-eats-his-shoe.gif" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Werner <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Herzog</span> Eats His Shoe: </span> A short documentary film directed by Les Blank in 1980 which depicts director <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Herzog</span> living up to his promise that he would eat his shoe if Errol Morris ever completed the film <span style="font-style: italic;">Gates of Heaven</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0084726/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 144px; height: 214px;" src="http://www.startrek2.com/movies/images/st2.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN</span>: Arguably the best Star Trek film. R.I.P. Ricardo <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Montalban</span>. <span class="status-body"><span class="entry-content">"This is <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Ceti</span>-Alpha V!!!"</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090180/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 143px; height: 184px;" src="http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/filmimages/live-and-die-in-LA.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A. (1985):</span> The film is filled with over the top performances from William L. Petersen, Willem <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Dafoe</span>, John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Turturro</span>, John <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Pankow</span>, among others. Wang Chung composed and performed the original music soundtrack. It does a fine job capturing the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">uber</span>-testosterone filled and narcissistic ideals of the Reagan era. So much fun.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387898/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 147px; height: 201px;" src="http://www.wega-film.at/images/gallery/cache.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">CACHE</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">(2005)</span>: One of Michael <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Haneke's</span> greatest works. Tells us how a successful and happy life can be torn apart by the simple fact that someone is watching. An incredibly quiet film that <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Haneke</span> pieces together perfectly.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064208/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 141px; height: 223px;" src="http://the-reviewer.net/wp-content/uploads/deathridesahorse.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">DEATH RIDES A HORSE (1967)</span>: A fantastic Spaghetti Western that is very hard to get on DVD (our DVD copy is obviously transferred from a VHS tape). Lee Van <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Cleef</span> is one of my favorites, and he is a super <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">bad ass</span>.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0912343/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 170px; height: 127px;" src="http://blogs.the217.com/capes/files/2008/05/tim-eric-1.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">TIM & ERIC'S AWESOME SHOW, GREAT JOB!</span>: From the creators of TOM GOES TO THE MAYOR. This is by far my favorite show to put on when I want to drive someone out of the video store--it is obnoxious in just the right way.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0088196/"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 198px; height: 124px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_ijjyqoR1Pz8/R-nG9APSMMI/AAAAAAAAAS0/TpgQv44iBKk/s400/streetwise.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">STREETW</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">ISE (1986): </span>Nominated for an academy award in 1986 for Best Documentary (it lost to THE LIFE AND TIMES OF HARVEY MILK), it shows the lives of several street kids from Seattle. This film has yet to be released on DVD (we hold only a VHS copy) these runaways are well worth the trouble of setting up your old tape player. This film will forever be on my staff picks (it also has a great soundtrack by Tom Waits). Check out photographer Mary Ellen Mark's book STREETWISE for some beautiful shots of these kids, as they grow up in extreme poverty.Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-60763153114441935392009-04-13T17:16:00.007-05:002009-04-20T17:09:50.413-05:00Broadzilla's staff pix. Don't make me go Broadzilla on you.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SezwqiNpQwI/AAAAAAAAABQ/VzpS_-UgJ60/s1600-h/MV5BMTkwNDUzMjQ5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTU2ODEzMQ%40%40._V1._SX100_SY136_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 100px; height: 136px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SezwqiNpQwI/AAAAAAAAABQ/VzpS_-UgJ60/s320/MV5BMTkwNDUzMjQ5MV5BMl5BanBnXkFtZTcwNTU2ODEzMQ%40%40._V1._SX100_SY136_.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326897072801661698" border="0" /></a><br />1. Unforgiven: Clint Eastwood directs and stars in this modern western classic. Summary:Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man. Why I like it: Honestly I'm not a huge fan of westerns, but this one just tickles my fancy. I find that the plot is richer in this movie than in others, though it has the western feel.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/Sezw4dwrlEI/AAAAAAAAABY/cX163ZLb0oU/s1600-h/goodbye+lenin.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 140px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/Sezw4dwrlEI/AAAAAAAAABY/cX163ZLb0oU/s320/goodbye+lenin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326897312124605506" border="0" /></a><br />2. Good-bye Lenin: It's German!!! Summary:In 1990, to protect his fragile mother from a fatal shock after a long coma; a young man must keep her from learning that her beloved nation of East Germany as she knew it has disappeared. Why I like it: It's silly with a serious undertone.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SezxG9tE1HI/AAAAAAAAABg/xzv-54ixuhg/s1600-h/turner+and+hooch.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 140px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SezxG9tE1HI/AAAAAAAAABg/xzv-54ixuhg/s320/turner+and+hooch.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326897561217586290" border="0" /></a><br />3. Turner and Hooch: Tom Hanks teams up with this adorable pooch. Summary:A detective must adopt the dog of a dead man to help him find the murderer. Why I like it: Once again, this is a silly movie, with dogs, and I like dogs. Though, I don't watch the ending.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SezyFmE0OjI/AAAAAAAAABo/0ds-Bk1NjWs/s1600-h/king+of+kong.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 140px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_nhAZhpcm1oI/SezyFmE0OjI/AAAAAAAAABo/0ds-Bk1NjWs/s320/king+of+kong.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5326898637206469170" border="0" /></a><br />4. King of Kong: a Fistful of Quarters:This video-game documentary rocks! Summary:In the early 1980s, legendary Billy Mitchell set a Donkey Kong record that stood for almost 25 years. This documentary follows the assault on the record by Steve Wiebe, an earnest teacher from Washington who took up the game while unemployed. Why I like it: This movie has a surprisingly good depiction of good and evil. You find yourself really rooting for something. Also these people are ridiculous!Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-74063533523304427562009-04-13T12:54:00.003-05:002009-04-14T16:34:38.139-05:00Billy Gay's Top 5 Summer Blockbusters!!!<span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Independence Day</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>"All right, you alien assholes! In the words of my generation: Up Yours!" (Randy Quaid as Russel Casse) <br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />2. Jurassic Park</span><br />"Hold on to your butts. " (Samuel L. Jackson as Ray Arnold)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />3. Twister</span><br />"Why can't we spend a normal day together?" (Bill Paxton as Bill)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />4. The Rock</span><br />“Your *best*? Losers always whine about their best. Winners go home and fuck the prom queen.” (Sean Connery as John Patrick Mason)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />5. Con Air</span><br />"Put... the bunny... back... in the box. " (Nicolas Cage as Cameron Poe)<br /><br />honorable mention: Speed<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">UPDATE: These are not my "best reviewed" summer blockbusters, but those I saw in the mega-plex and obsessed over as a kid. </span>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-43814954273996227402009-04-09T23:57:00.001-05:002009-04-10T00:06:20.188-05:00Thursday Poem<p align="left"><strong>Lines For The Fortune Cookies</strong><br />By Frank O’Hara<br /><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;"><br />I think you’re wonderful and so does everyone else.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Just as Jackie Kennedy has a baby boy, so will you–even bigger.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You will meet a tall beautiful blonde stranger, and you will not say hello.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You will take a long trip and you will be very happy, though alone.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You will marry the first person who tells you your eyes are like scrambled eggs.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">In the beginning there was YOU–there will always be YOU, I guess.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You will write a great play and it will run for three performances.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Please phone The Village Voice immediately: they want to interview you.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Roger L. Stevens and Kermit Bloomgarden have their eyes on you.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Relax a little; one of your most celebrated nervous tics will be your undoing.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Your first volume of poetry will be published as soon as you finish it.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You may be a hit uptown, but downtown you’re legendary!</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Your walk has a musical quality which will bring you fame and fortune.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You will eat cake.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Who do you think you are, anyway? Jo Van Fleet?</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You think your life is like Pirandello, but it’s really like O’Neill.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">A few dance lessons with James Waring and who knows? Maybe something will happen.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">That’s not a run in your stocking, it’s a hand on your leg.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">I realize you’ve lived in France, but that doesn’t mean you know EVERYTHING!</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You should wear white more often–it becomes you.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">The next person to speak to you will have a very intriguing proposal to make.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">A lot of people in this room wish they were you.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Have you been to Mike Goldberg’s show? Al Leslie’s? Lee Krasner’s?</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">At times, your disinterestedness may seem insincere, to strangers.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Now that the election’s over, what are you going to do with yourself?</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You are a prisoner in a croissant factory and you love it.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You eat meat. Why do you eat meat?</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">Beyond the horizon there is a vale of gloom.</span></p> <p align="left"><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, Geneva, Sans Serif;font-size:85%;">You too could be Premier of France, if only … if only…</span></p>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-32187212151119976322009-04-09T13:07:00.005-05:002009-04-09T13:30:27.517-05:00Nestadious's Staff Picks<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dark Days</span><br />A very moving <span style="font-style: italic;">and </span>entertaining film about hum-bums living in a abandoned subway system, it's a great movie about down and out people still getting by and having a decent shelter to live in. Features a kick-ass soundtrack by <span style="font-style: italic;">DJ shadow</span>.<br />Also recommended is the documentary on how they made <span>the film</span>, found in the special features.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">From Beyond</span><br />A movie based on an H.P. Lovecraft story that actually retains the creepiness of a H.P. Lovecraft story. If you like weird horror movies, awesome special effects pre-CG era, then this little gem is a sure fire hit.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hiema </span><br />A fantastic cinematic experience that explores the beauty of Iceland combined with live <span style="font-style: italic;">Sigur Ros</span> music. Follows the journey of <span style="font-style: italic;">Sigur Ros</span> as they do a free tour across Iceland. Beautiful, moving music to the max.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Red Dawn</span><br />The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming! Awesome horribly hilarious movie about Russia/Cuba invading America. Watch as the 8 students calling themselves the Wolverines kick some commie ass! And starring top-notch stars such as Patrick Swayze and Charlie Sheen!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Treasure of the Sierra Madre</span><br />What is the one thing more powerful than love? Greed. In this classic movie starring all-time favorite Humphrey Bogart, 3 strangers hear about an untouched gold mine. There they fight off the horrible rebels, each other, and eventually themselves<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Metalocalypse</span><br />What happens when you mix one part epic storyline, 2 parts bad ass metal, and 1 part Seinfeld? Hilarity. Just a note: I hated metal music until I saw this show. I still hate metal music, but DETHKLOK RULES!!!!!!!!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">National Geographic's Taboo series</span><br />Well, the title kind of explains the idea. Taboo is a series that covers such <span style="font-style: italic;">taboo</span> subjects as:<br />Drugs, Voodoo, Marriage, Witchcraft, Sexuality, and much much more!<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Rockers<br /></span>What do you get when you cross awesome Reggae music with a pretty standard plot? A pretty cool movie featuring Jamaican landscape with some Ire Vibrations.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>Featuring music by <span style="font-style: italic;">Burning Spear</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Peter Tosh</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Abyssinians</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Bunny Wailer</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Third World</span>, <span style="font-style: italic;">Gregory Isaacs</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">Jacob Miller and the Inner Circle</span>.Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-7770181798891450732009-04-07T15:07:00.002-05:002009-04-07T16:23:26.840-05:00STYLES' Stiff Staff Picks<span style="font-weight: bold;">Buffalo '66</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ever wanted to kill a pro football player? Vincent Gallo does. Before Chloe Se</span>vigny <span style="font-style: italic;">sucked him off in 'Brown Bunny', Gallo made a good movie about revenge and dysfunctional families that would put any Wes Anderson film to shame. Written, scored, and directed by Vincent Gallo.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Marjoe<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">Once the youngest evangelical preacher ever ordained (at the age of 4), Marjoe dropped out of preaching and discovered hippies, pot, and women. He would never be the same again. Returning to the preaching circuit 20 years later, Marjoe exposes the money grubbing nature of religious hucksterism.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Existenz</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">No, it's not the all natural male enhancment pill. It's David Cronenberg's mind fuck about a virtual reality game that compounds reality until the player doesn't know what's real. Like the (Matrix + Tron)-(stupid outfits). <br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Saturday Night</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">and Sunday Morning</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Karel Reisz directs Albert Finney in his acting debut. According to film school, there were a lot of angry young men growing up in Britain during the 50's and 60's, and they made movies about them. This is one of the better ones, with Albert drinking his weight in Guiness, working at a factory, being angry (as mentioned), and falling in love. Cheers!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Never Get Busted Again vol. 1 : Traffic Stops </span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br />Quote: "Food is a most excellent way to transport marijuana." Former narcotics officer Barry Cooper gives you the low down on how to avoid profiling, detection from K9 units, and other narcs who don't want you to have a good time. Baby, I'm in a rock 'n roll band; ROLL ANOTHER ONE!<br /><br /></span></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Begotten</span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span>Cannibals eating Jesus. God disembowling himself with a razor. Fun for the whole family.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">also highly recommended:<br />Let The Right One In<br />Glengarry GlenRoss<br />Synechodoche, New York<br />Tell No One<br /></span><br /><br /></span></span>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-54543230681286086442009-04-03T16:43:00.003-05:002009-04-03T16:58:29.118-05:00Staff Picks - Gabbo Recommended!<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">It's a Jim Jarmusch directed movie for people who don't normally love Jim Jarmusch.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Last Seduction</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">The Devil could take lessons from this woman. It's modern noir from John Dahl.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Police Squad! (in color)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Better than all of the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Naked Gun</span> movies combined.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Heaven (1987)</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Are you afraid to die? Do you believe in God? Diane Keaton's directorial debut is a compelling documentary.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">The American Friend</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">A movie I love from Wim Wenders, it's a tale of Ripley, of which there are many adaptations.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Off the Map</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Campbell Scott is usually an actor. He's also a good director. I love this stupid hippie movie.</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Lantana</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">Ray Lawrence directed Aussie tale.</span>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-24197726111612942772009-04-03T02:32:00.003-05:002009-04-03T02:53:17.451-05:00Thursday PoemI'm back, two Thursdays in a row! We're actually three hours into Friday, but who cares. This poem was pulled from the January 2009 issue of <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Believer</span> magazine. My dog Gus has been a pain the last two nights, whining and barking for hours--sometimes as late as 3 am--and this poem seems apt.<br /><br />-Billy Gay<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">He Quickley Told His Life Story<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">by Michael Earl Craig<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>A man was out backcountry skiing when he fell<br />and did something, broke something,<br />and he couldn't get up.<br /><br />He lay there in the snow, miles from any road.<br />His dog was with him and as he lay there, this dog<br />raced about and snapped at the snow<br />and hopped over the man once, twice.<br />The man spoke to the dog but the dog did not recognize him.<br />Did not, the man sensed, seem to recognize him.<br /><br />It was cold and getting dark.<br />The man could not feel his legs.<br />The dog was there, he barked insanely at a squirrel.<br />The man called the dog's name, ordered the dog to sit.<br />The man asked the dog to please come to him.<br /><br />As darkness fell the man wondered if this was Death.<br />The dog was gone. The man lay on is back and cursed.<br />It was night.<br /><br />Hours passed. The man thought he heard something.<br />The beam of a flashlight came stabbing at the trees.<br />It was his wife, she'd come upon him in the snow.<br />When he saw her he cried out. She knelt beside him<br />and he quickly recounted for her his life story,<br /><br />starting with the birthing canal, his first blankets--<br />then the sun, how it warmed the universe--<br />jobs he'd loved and hated--his golf clubs--his marriage--<br />a couple cars he owned.<br />He blinked his eyes. He was angry.<br /><br />The man raved but was alone. There was no one.<br />His limbs went out like candlewicks and he felt a flame<br />glowing in his chest. The dog ran like mad through the woods,<br />snapping at the wind.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span><br /></span>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-24428638790118586952009-04-02T15:02:00.002-05:002009-04-02T15:54:12.447-05:00Amnesty NotesHey-hey!<br />Taxes went up from 7.3% to 7.85% on 1 April, 2009. So, to commiserate, we held a <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Late-Fee Amnesty Day </span>(and lowered our prices, but we'll talk about that later).<br />Total Amount in Late-Fees Forgiven: $1,572.43<br />Biggest Single Late-Fee: $258.20<br /><br />In the past, we would hold an entire week of late-fee forgiveness, and it would usually take place around this time of year. It got to the point where people kind of expected it, and perhaps took it as their due, and that, comrades, will build resentment within the charcoal heart of a video-store manager. To combat the reflexive stinginess that surrounds a standard citizen (whether spending or earning money, here), we are implementing, as an experiment, a new kind of Amnesty. We, all of us, in possession of little currency but possessed by a great love of karmic renewal, will have, each and every one, our Amnesty, as sure as the date of birth that appears on proper I.D.<br />That's right.<span style="font-style: italic;"><br />You May Receive Late-Fee Amnesty <span style="font-weight: bold;">on Your Birthday!</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span>Details to follow in the posts ahead. I have to run around like a fool for a while.<br />-permazorchLiberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-66479578663058320522009-03-31T02:11:00.005-05:002009-03-31T02:19:00.650-05:00Star Wars / Dallas openingFew things bring more joy to me than when You Tube and Star Wars get together. Enjoy.<br /><br />-Billy Gay<br /><br /><br /><object height="295" width="480"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAHYftmwY0U&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kAHYftmwY0U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="295" width="480"></embed></object>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-27073231498402200252009-03-29T20:04:00.007-05:002009-03-29T20:52:05.570-05:005 Most Anticipated Films of 2009<span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/fantastic-fox-2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 117px;" alt="" src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/fantastic-fox-2009.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Fantastic Mr. Fox</span>"<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>– 20th Century Fox - Dir. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Wes Anderson</span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Synopsis: </span>A family of foxes try to outsmart a group of farmers who are trying to wipe them out for eating their livestock.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What You Need To Know: </span>Wes Anderson takes a creative left turn into the world of stop-motion animation with an adaptation of the delightful </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Roald Dahl </span><span style="font-size:85%;">kids novel, and brings along old friends to do the voices (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray, Jason Schwartzman, Anjelica Huston</span>), plus adds a few new ones to the fold, too (<span style="font-weight: bold;">George Clooney</span>). Co-written with filmmaker Noah Baumbach ('<span style="font-weight: bold;">Life Aquatic</span>') and with songs being written by Jarvis cocker <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>(<span style="font-weight: bold;">Pulp</span>), this kid-friendly flick could turn out to be the highest grossing one of Anderson's career.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Release Date: </span>November 6, 2009</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/tree-of-life-malick-2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 117px;" alt="" src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/tree-of-life-malick-2009.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">"The Tree of Life"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>– Summit Entertainment - Dir. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Terrence Malick</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Synopsis:</span><span style="font-size:0;"> </span>The story of a family who must come to terms with a devastating loss. In doing so, they discover life's most important lessons of unselfish love and forgiveness.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What You Need To Know: </span>Malick is back again as writer and director with this long-gestating project of over 30 years. He has reunited with Cinematographer <span style="font-weight: bold;">Emmanuel Lubezki </span>and legendary Production Designer <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jack Fisk</span>, the same team who brought us "<span style="font-weight: bold;">The New World</span>" in 2006. The epic traces the evolution of an eleven-year-old boy named Jack growing up in the midwest during the 1950's. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Sean Penn</span> plays the adult Jack while <span style="font-weight: bold;">Brad Pitt,</span> in a role originally intended for <span style="font-weight: bold;">Heath Ledger</span>, plays the boy's father. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jessica Chastain</span> (pictured) plays the mother, with <span style="font-weight: bold;">Fiona Shaw</span> and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jennifer Sipes</span> also starring. Given Malick's track record of making meditative, naturalistic, and down right stunning films, one can assume that we'll have plenty to admire with this one.</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">The composer of 'Benjamin Button’ is also writing the music.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Release Date: </span><span>Fall 2009.</span></span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/inglourious-basterds-2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 117px;" alt="" src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/inglourious-basterds-2009.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Inglourious Basterds</span>"<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>– Weinsteins/Universal - Dir. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Quentin Tarantino</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Synopsis: </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">An elite team of Jewish American soldiers in WWII take on a covert mission to kill Adolf Hitler, but unbeknownst to them, the daughter of a slain French farmer is planning her own revenge.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">What You Need To Know: </span>Tarantino's war film is epic and could be one of the most outrageous WWII films ever made, not to mention his possible masterpiece, if he doesn't fuck up his brilliant and audacious script. Pitt leads an eclectic, motley crue cast that features many foreign newcomers (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Melanie Laurent,</span> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Jacky Ido</span>, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Christoph Waltz</span>), old school actors (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Cloris Leachmen, Rod Taylor</span>), American comedians (</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">BJ Novak, Samm Levine</span>)<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">and bold faced names (<span style="font-weight: bold;">Diane Kruger, Mike Meyers<span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span>) many, many others.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Release Date: </span>August 21, 2009<span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span> It could show up at Cannes if completed in time.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/wild-things-2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 117px;" alt="" src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/wild-things-2009.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"<b>Where The Wild Things Are</b>" - Warner Bros. - Dir. <b>Spike Jonze</b><br />The long-awaited adaptation of <b>Maurice Sendak'</b>s beloved children's novel might be the most highly anticipated film of all of 2009 and perhaps the most discussed and poured over. Starring 9-year-old newcomer <b>Max Records </b>and voiced by <b>James Gandolfini</b>, <b>Lauren Ambrose</b>, <b>Catherine O'Hara</b><b> </b>and <b>Forest Whitaker </b>among others, the 'Wild Things' film, co-written by author <b>Dave Eggers</b>, had an <a href="http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2008/09/wild-things-production-was-shut-down.html">extremely difficult and tempestuous birth</a>, the battles of which spilled out into the public. Taking three years to make (not counting pre-production), an early 2008 test screening was so controversial, rumors swirled the film was going to be <a href="http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2008/02/wild-speculation-or-is-spike-jonzes.html">recut and or taken away from Jonze</a>. The gossip turned out to be semi-true, but WB and the filmmaker got over their quarrel and <a href="http://theplaylist.blogspot.com/2008/08/script-review-where-wild-things-are-is.html">the melancholy children's film</a> could potentially be destined to become a classic. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Yeah, Yeah, Yeah's</span> singer <span style="font-weight: bold;">Karen O</span> is on music.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Release Date: <span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">October 16th, 2009</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/limits-of-control-2009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; width: 250px; cursor: pointer; height: 117px;" alt="" src="http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb52/The_Playlist/more/2009/limits-of-control-2009.jpg" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">"</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >The Limits of Control</span><span style="font-size:85%;">" – Focus Features - Dir. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Jim Jarmusch</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Synopsis</span><span style="font-size:85%;">: The story of a mysterious loner who operates outside the law in Spain.<br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >What You Need To Know</span><span style="font-size:85%;">: In typical </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Jim Jarmusch </span><span style="font-size:85%;">fashion, his next project is flying pretty under the radar. However, the film stars Jarmusch favorites </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Isaach De Bankolé</span><span style="font-size:85%;">,</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" > Bill Murray,</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> and </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Tilda Swinton</span><span style="font-size:85%;">. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >John Hurt </span><span style="font-size:85%;">and </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Gael García Bernal </span><span style="font-size:85%;">are also involved. Shooting in Spain - Seville, Madrid, and Almeria, specifically celebrated cinematographer </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:85%;" >Christopher Doyle</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> lenses, and the </span><span style="font-size:85%;">the title may or may not have a connection to a <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=yzFL__lUAyoC&pg=PA339&lpg=PA339&dq=William+Burroughs,+the+Limits+of+control&source=web&ots=D4LrmKL0-B&sig=TNeqM69jSmJ4fhjI4PmYR-klkDc&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=2&ct=result"><span style="font-weight: bold;">William Burroughs</span>' essay</a>.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> An indie rockstar, Jarmusch's work is thoroughly uncompromising, understated and postmodern cool. Expect more plot information to surface as the film gets a release date. Nothing yet, but Jarmusch has a history at Cannes and this sounds like a festival release all the way.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Release Date: </span>May 22, 2009 (limited)<br /><br /><br />Honorable Mentions: </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />"<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Bad Lieutenant: Port of New Orleans</span></span>"<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>– N/A - Dir. </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Werner Herzog<br />Synopsis: </span></span><span><span style="font-size:85%;">Werner Herzog and <span style="font-weight: bold;">Nicolas Cage </span>finally team up.<br /></span></span><span style="font-size:85%;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">A Serious Man</span></span>"<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>– Focus Features - Dir.<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Coen </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Brothers</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Synopsis</span>: A Midwestern professor in 1967 watches his life unravel when his wife prepares to leave him because his inept brother won't move out of the house.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;">The </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hurt Locker</span></span>"<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>– Summit Entertainment- Dir. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Kathryn Bigelow</span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /></span><span style="font-weight: bold;">Synopsis</span>: An intense Iraq war drama that borders on action film, it focuses on an elite Army bomb squad unit defusing explosives in the middle of the chaos.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Public Enemies</span></span>"<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>– Universal - Dir. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Michael Mann</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Synopsis: </span>Notorious American gangsters John Dillinger, Baby Face Nelson and Pretty Boy Floyd, take on the Feds in the 1930s.<br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">"<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Road</span>"<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>– Weinstein Company - Dir. <span style="font-weight: bold;">John Hillcoat</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Synopsis: </span>A father and son try to survive a post apocalyptic world full of desperate scavengers and day-of-reckoning cannibals. </span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Adventureland</span>"<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span>– Miramax - Dir. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Greg Mottola</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Synopsis: </span>On the verge of college, an erudite middle class teenager has to trade in his European summer dreams for a soul-crushing job at an Adventureland in Long Island.</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />"<span style="font-weight: bold;">Broken Embraces</span>" - Sony Pictures Classics - <span style="font-weight: bold;">Pedro Almodovar</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Synopsis</span>: A four-person love story that "touches on many genres," including thriller.<br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;">There are plenty of high profile and independent films this year that look spectacular. Please let us know what your top five are!!!</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /><br />-Billy Gay Cyrus<br /></span></span></div>Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-75088868588254681322009-03-28T15:06:00.000-05:002009-03-28T15:07:34.518-05:00Now following....Added Kotaku and Consumerist to the side bar. Check 'em out.----DJ BullfrogLiberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-57544402653267826152009-03-28T14:51:00.002-05:002009-03-28T15:01:49.674-05:00Have you seen image dump?<a href="http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/">http://www.marcofolio.net/imagedump/</a><br /><br />Cool site full of some amazing images, all of it selected by a 19 year old Dutch teen named Marco Kuiper. Found this via Metafilter. Enjoy.Liberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5141752306928240471.post-10960482359053220122009-03-28T13:09:00.003-05:002009-03-28T13:25:49.819-05:00What's Your Favorite Comedy?I thought the best way to remedy the crappy weather outside was to watch The Jerk. I like hearing people laugh, and I love it when I realize there's kids in the store right when he's talking about his special purpose. But it seems like whenever I watch this film, I'm always asked to recommend a good comedy, and I've recommended Flirting with Disaster to everyone, so I want to know what your favorite comedies are. Mine usually go unrented (I recommended Duck Soup and Horse Feathers-both of them met that fate). So tell me what you like and why, be it old or new, dry or slapstick.<br />Thanks,<br />Little EdieLiberty Hallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00474230553109185067noreply@blogger.com1