Top Hat (1935) dir. Mark Sandrich. USA. Because we are human, because we are bound by gravity and the limitations of our bodies, because we live in a world where the news is often bad and the prospects disturbing, there is a need for another world somewhere, a world where Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers … Continue reading Film 32: Top Hat
Category: comedy
Film 16: The Circus
The Circus (1928) dir. Charlie Chaplin. USA. Charlie Chaplin was a perfectionist in his films and a calamity in his private life. These two traits clashed as he was making "The Circus," one of his funniest films and certainly the most troubled. When he sat down to write his autobiography, he simply never mentioned it, … Continue reading Film 16: The Circus
Film 15: Un Chien Andalou
Un Chien Andalou (1928) dir. Luis Buñuel. France. Abigail: So. This exists. It is. That is all. I guess not actually, but this is my take away from the film. The image of a woman getting her eye sliced open is memorable, I suppose. My theory is Bunuel used this to launch his career, and … Continue reading Film 15: Un Chien Andalou
Film 9: The Gold Rush
The Gold Rush (1924) dir. Charlie Chaplin. USA. 'The Tramp—small, innocent, beleaguered, romantic, oblivious, resourceful, idealistic—lives inside everyone, but Charlie Chaplin made him manifest, with humor that is never cruel, never aggressive, and always speaks to our best selves. The Gold Rush takes the Tramp, in his longest outing to date, from rags to riches, … Continue reading Film 9: The Gold Rush
Film 6: Souls For Sale
1 Souls for Sale (1923) dir. Rupert Hughes. USA. 'This is a prime example of the mid-range entertainment Hollywood was producing so skillfully at the time. Filled with actors who were then stars, fast-moving, entertaining, with a spectacular circus action sequence at the climax, it is drama, melodrama, romance and satire all at once -- … Continue reading Film 6: Souls For Sale
Film 1: Cabiria
Cabiria (1914) dir. Giovanni Pastrone. Italy. [As we work our way through our film history docket, we'll post (very) short write-ups of each movie, along with a piece of insight.] "The movie feels old, and by that I mean older than 1914. It feels like a view of ancient times, or at least of those … Continue reading Film 1: Cabiria
Post Mortem Video Q&A
We sat down to do a little one-on-one interview with one another, to go over our thoughts and takeaways from the project. If you're looking for 13 minutes of two people talking about a script they wrote, look no further.
More Movies in a Weekend?
I'm taking lunch work, so this will be brief. A more in depth post-mortem to follow this evening. So - This screenplay actually worked out, but so many things went right for us! Can we recreate the experiement? I am tired, but exhilarated. So much so that we've decided we should do a Movie in … Continue reading More Movies in a Weekend?
Our script!
Alright, boys and girls. So it's difficult to say whether it's any good, but here it is! If you're curious, click the link below for a PDF of the script. We'll post longer thoughts on the whole thing tomorrow, but right now we're going to bed. Off the Record
Doooone!
We did it! Here's us doing our 3am happy dance. Will upload the script in a minute.
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