tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post2576091492159893009..comments2024-03-22T14:44:41.519+00:00Comments on Checking On My Sausages: The Gallery is Open - Accepting SubmissionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger46125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-78438309916721314262010-09-15T20:44:55.621+01:002010-09-15T20:44:55.621+01:00Thanks Anonymous.Thanks Anonymous.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-77100264092594207002010-09-15T20:40:43.825+01:002010-09-15T20:40:43.825+01:00interesting picturesinteresting picturesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-29878322773943501012010-08-06T17:10:39.047+01:002010-08-06T17:10:39.047+01:00Thanks. Seeing the different takes on this idea is...Thanks. Seeing the different takes on this idea is fascinating.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-63123527151985751312010-08-06T16:52:44.361+01:002010-08-06T16:52:44.361+01:00My theme was Cinema within Cinema, here's my c...My theme was Cinema within Cinema, here's my contribution:<br /><br />http://colonelmortimer.blogspot.com/2010/08/cinema-within-cinema.htmlColonel Mortimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02274200191927739535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-43835506837160746462010-08-04T06:45:46.344+01:002010-08-04T06:45:46.344+01:00Thanks, Ehsan.Thanks, Ehsan.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-71184339806985060912010-08-03T20:30:12.725+01:002010-08-03T20:30:12.725+01:00Here is my share:
http://notesoncinematograph.blog...Here is my share:<br />http://notesoncinematograph.blogspot.com/2010/08/hushhush-sweet-charlotte.htmlEhsan Khoshbakhthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03005110975164267813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-7706350707400446042010-08-02T09:26:16.585+01:002010-08-02T09:26:16.585+01:00Thanks, Bryce.Thanks, Bryce.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-57709120477367823092010-08-02T08:15:11.189+01:002010-08-02T08:15:11.189+01:00Here's my take, I took on Grace.
http://thing...Here's my take, I took on Grace.<br /><br />http://thingthatdontsuck.blogspot.com/2010/08/image-meme.htmlBryce Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17040954580033470664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-42506425956912275012010-07-19T06:42:35.304+01:002010-07-19T06:42:35.304+01:00Thanks for the kind comments Dean.
HEAVEN'S G...Thanks for the kind comments Dean.<br /><br />HEAVEN'S GATE and INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS, for me, are great to look at but rather leave me cold on the emotional, storytelling front.<br /><br />I will be visiting your site very soon.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-11226212054319091672010-07-19T00:49:57.790+01:002010-07-19T00:49:57.790+01:00Hey, Stephen. I joined in on this idea, and menti...Hey, Stephen. I joined in on this idea, and mentioned your site at http://filmicability.blogspot.com/2010/07/i-visited-ed-howards-only-cinema-other.html. <br /><br />I'd be interested to hear your feedback. I love the choices here, especially FEARLESS, HEAVEN'S GATE (geez, I love that set), THE PASSION OF JOAN D'ARC, BLUE (I picked two different moments for the last two titles), THE COLOR OF POMEGRANITES, and INGLOURIOUS BASTERDS (I never realized those flames were so artfully placed). I need to get around to seeing some titles, like MIRROR and DUELLE, while other images from movies I've seen seem even more fresh out of context (particularly SIN CITY and THE HIDDEN FORTRESS). Hope you like some of my choices I'll be putting up of the next few days.Dean Treadwayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02106829300132326368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-17466267619306594952010-04-01T06:36:21.753+01:002010-04-01T06:36:21.753+01:00Aha. You're right. It would make the image ric...Aha. You're right. It would make the image richer.<br /><br />I'll change it.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-91048053410470535772010-03-31T18:22:43.874+01:002010-03-31T18:22:43.874+01:00Just noticed something about the "Fearless&qu...Just noticed something about the "Fearless" image-- I think that's actually a bottle of champagne, not wine. That would make the image even more ironic and tragic-- amidst so much death and cause for mourning, here rolls a stray symbol of celebration, always corked open for parties. It makes sense, considering the journey Jeff Bridge's character will embark upon-- while everyone around him sleepwalks from one funereal moment to the next, he lives every day of his life like it's New Year's Eve.Bob Clarkhttp://www.designersdilemma.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-52124192019331368612010-03-29T18:44:03.465+01:002010-03-29T18:44:03.465+01:00Now I see your comment!Now I see your comment!Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-50994767731430980762010-03-29T18:43:43.213+01:002010-03-29T18:43:43.213+01:00Ok, thanks, JAFB.
I've just realised that som...Ok, thanks, JAFB.<br /><br />I've just realised that some images do disappear but if you refresh the page they come back.<br /><br />By the way your comment has not appeared here (It said 32 instead of 31 so I read it at my email address)! Strange...Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-3910811666954958982010-03-29T18:34:31.530+01:002010-03-29T18:34:31.530+01:00Looks fine to me. May be Sam has a connectivity pr...Looks fine to me. May be Sam has a connectivity problem? Just guessing...Just Another Film Buffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17880550053788464732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-40612769772169817182010-03-29T18:19:39.420+01:002010-03-29T18:19:39.420+01:00Thank you for letting me know, Sam (and, again, fo...Thank you for letting me know, Sam (and, again, for your kind comments).<br /><br />Everything seems in order on my end. I will ask one or two other people if they have the same issue and then see if it can be resolved.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-67566415883220146912010-03-29T17:02:08.169+01:002010-03-29T17:02:08.169+01:00Stephen, it appears that the caps have disappeared...Stephen, it appears that the caps have disappeared in this majestic post, though it could only be on my PC here. They have been replaced by boxes with an "X" in the upper left hand corner. You might want to check this out.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-6519419188611009392010-03-28T08:49:19.296+01:002010-03-28T08:49:19.296+01:00Bob,
Thanks for these notes. I'll put them in...Bob,<br /><br />Thanks for these notes. I'll put them in today.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-25412608076028412202010-03-28T08:48:29.758+01:002010-03-28T08:48:29.758+01:00Ronak,
No problem. The more the better (within re...Ronak,<br /><br />No problem. The more the better (within reason of course!).<br /><br />Thanks.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-6078905486609816712010-03-27T21:33:26.313+00:002010-03-27T21:33:26.313+00:00Correction-- I should say "everyone with a go...Correction-- I should say "everyone with a good view of lower Manhattan".Bob Clarkhttp://www.designersdilemma.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-91351038468785364372010-03-27T21:28:42.673+00:002010-03-27T21:28:42.673+00:00"May the Force Be Against You": Taken al..."May the Force Be Against You": Taken alone, these hands would appear to be reaching out to one another, perhaps belonging to a friend seeking to rescue the other from some terrible fate. From a certain point of view, they are, but more immediately, they belong to friends at war-- Obi-Wan and Anakin, dueling in the midst of the volcanic planet Mustafar, each channeling the Force to attack the other with all their Jedi might. An image underlining all the ironic tragedy of friends-turned-foes-- who knew that George Lucas could be so emo?<br /><br />"Fire at the Jedi Temple": Earlier in the film, Natalie Portman's Padme looks out from the balcony of her penthouse apartment to watch as the Jedi HQ is attacked by Republic (soon to be Imperial) Stormtroopers, fearfully remarking "you can see the smoke from here!". It's the sort of thing practically everyone with a good view of Manhattan's lower-east side either said or thought on the morning of September 11, 2001, and by invoking that tragic day with this, perhaps his most loaded and potentially dangerous act of cinematic imagery, Lucas raises up not only the specter of global terrorism, but also sinister hints of political paranoia in the aftermath of legislative follies like the Patriot Act or the war in Iraq. What took Spielberg hours of gauzy shock-and-awe action to express in "War of the Worlds", Lucas sums up with a single shot, containing nothing more than tall towers and a monstrous pillar of black smoke polluting a blue sky on a sunny day.Bob Clarkhttp://www.designersdilemma.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-27151903363703179512010-03-27T18:49:32.125+00:002010-03-27T18:49:32.125+00:00Hope you won't mind my temerity at submitting ...Hope you won't mind my temerity at submitting one more:<br /><a href="http://www.davidbordwell.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/Basterds-6.jpg" rel="nofollow">Giant Face</a>, <i>Inglourious Basterds</i><br />Explanation:<br />Few films I've seen have used colour as well as <i>Ingourious Basterds</i>. This is most strongly seen here, a big black-and-white face being burnt out by bright yellow fire; all the softness that is generally entailed by black-and-white is literally being burnt out by the hard colour under it, making it -- along with the content itself -- a profoundly disturbing image.Ronak M Sonihttp://ronakmsoni.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-51897539939404269022010-03-26T06:45:49.412+00:002010-03-26T06:45:49.412+00:00Thanks again, Bob.Thanks again, Bob.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-22023920628260232702010-03-25T20:06:38.900+00:002010-03-25T20:06:38.900+00:00No problem, Stephen. I'm more or less thinking...No problem, Stephen. I'm more or less thinking out loud on the keyboard for these, so any summary sentences you can parse out is fine. <br /><br />"Sabers in the Smoke": Oh, if only this were the first glimpse we saw of the fabled Jedi weapons! So perfectly framed by the battle-droids and circular door, and so evocatively shot through the misty fog of deadly poisoned gas, those glowing blades of neon light cut quick to the audiences' eyes, enough to bring a grin to anyone's face, lest they be too jaded by expectant hype or cynical pretension. To whose who claim that the magic of "Star Wars" vanished with the Prequels, I can only point to this shot, and all the gleeful play of battle that follows. <br /><br />"Anakin and Padme Marry": Hands have always been an important element in Lucas' cinema, from his close-ups of drones working factory machines in "THX 1138" to all the severed and robotic limbs of the original "Star Wars" trilogy. By the time of the Prequels, however, he tuned his eye to more sensitively to use that old symbol of the man/machine conflict to a much more intimate and personal end. The forbidden marriage at the end of "Attack of the Clones" is perhaps the best example of this, as Lucas tightens his usually epic scope to focus on Skywalker's skeletal mechanical hand being held, tenderly, by his new bride. It shows off a much more sensitive side of the director, articulating an antiquated "star cross'd love" in plain sci-fi terms in depicting a cyborg wedding. Like films past, it expresses the old man/machine conflict, but in a much more positive emotional spectrum, as Padme accepts her husband for who he is, prosthetic limbs and all. But it's also a nicely haunting bit of foreshadowing, as thanks to the coloring and the skeletal appearance of Anakin's hand, Padme more or less embraces her own eventual demise. It's a poignant sci-fi spin on the old motif of Death and the Maiden, as the bride lovingly clasps the same metal hand that will one day strangle out her life without even touching her.Bob Clarkhttp://www.designersdilemma.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8035434747786768960.post-64176658618887117382010-03-25T06:58:42.412+00:002010-03-25T06:58:42.412+00:00Bob,
Thanks very much for the added comments. I h...Bob,<br /><br />Thanks very much for the added comments. I hope you don't mind if I edit them down a little as I don't want to lose the focus on the images too much. <br /><br />I will keep all the bits that relate directly to the image in question.<br /><br />I look forward to your notes on the Star Wars images.Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07036103762441216161noreply@blogger.com