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Ian Fagan Jury, I want nothing more in life than to spend my Friday afternoon at work reading about a Secretly Gay President Thwarts Zombie Invasion with the Help of a Wizard and his Barely Legal Smoking Hot Daughter Whose Titty Falls Out at One Point, but there's something wrong with the epub file. Seems to be empty.
May 29, 2015 21:59:06 · Reply
Justin Young That happens once it first uploads, it's all there now.
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Marwan The End then in dude where's my car and this whole video reminded me of Daffy Duck's movie pitch in "The Scarlet Pumpernickel" where the moment the Exec starts asking "Then what happens" Daffy's And Then additions make the story (which was great and engaging so far) fall apart completely.
April 2, 2015 09:55:46 · Reply
John de' Medici Hey Tony! Just wanna say thank you for all your beautiful work... Watching a new video from you is one of my highlights... Keep em coming! :)
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March 20, 2015 01:09:08
Joon Kim I'm REALLY enjoying your use of the Marvel movies as examples of lackadaisical cinema. First Guardians on the Jackie Chan essay... and now The Avengers for Kurosawa. And I really enjoy the Marvel movies ehehehe. The Avengers was a movie that got a lot of flack for feeling like a TV show... and a lot of the blame went to its 1.85:1 aspect ratio and its relatively bright and colorful grade. While that might've played a part (because it's not as if Nolan's films are criticized for feeling like TV despite his uneven visual storytelling abilities), it is most clearly because of what you illustrated here. Funny that Whedon was clearly aware of the criticisms (with Wally Pfister chiming in about it in an assholey fashion) and seems to have addressed it simply by shooting at 2.38:1 and pushing the grade to look like most movies today. The Marvel machine clearly won't let a director be truly cinematic even if Whedon had that ability. See: Edgar Wright being dropped. ... I recently got to see Seven Samurai in 35mm in a huge theater. You don't know how happy it made me that the film continues to be the fastest 3.5 hours I've ever experienced. Some kind of magic.
March 23, 2015 21:01:32 · Reply
Chris Hathaway It's interesting to compare this essay to your Bayhem video, obviously a not so effective use (or overuse) of movement. What do you think are the biggest differences between the two? Is it Kurosawa's prudence in his choices? his more artistic decisions? matching the movement more to the story?
April 2, 2015 20:26:10 · Reply
clay christmyer Tony, When you do the research for your videos you talk about how you watch every piece of work that the director/actor has made. Where do you watch these? I've found it particularly difficult to watch Kurosawa movies without spending gobs of money on the DVDs. Do you have an insane movie collection or something?
June 14, 2015 17:01:26 · Reply
Every Frame a Painting I bought that really big Kurosawa box set from a few years ago. Happened to have a few coupons so it was discounted like 60-70%. (http://www.criterion.com/boxsets/678-ak-100-25-films-by-akira-kurosawa) However, Kurosawa is popular enough that you can usually check your local library. Most of his Criterion films are also $15 to buy (or $4 to rent) on iTunes if you just want the film. Worst comes to worst, there's always torrenting.
June 14, 2015 18:58:42 · Reply
clay christmyer It's times like this that I miss Blockbuster. Thank you for responding, and I cannot wait for the next video! Keep up the great work.
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c white Absolute joy
September 30, 2015 01:42:59 · Reply
Katherine C. H. E. It is the BEST. And, the best advice I got when I had my son was "don't be too busy." Enjoy every moment. <3 Congratulations, y'all! <3
September 30, 2015 23:42:17 · Reply
Lenoreschores So cool .congrats!!
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