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Silent Cinema Redux

January 27, 2010 — Leave a comment

I just ran into an interesting project from TheAuteurs.

Taking footage from early cinema and silent films, SILENT CINEMA REDUX invites musicians to create new soundtracks and audio-visual remixes: recorded live and on the fly with minimal post-production work, each group, band or solo artist will perform a 5-20 minute piece with their film projected behind them.

sorry, couldn’t help myself.

Anyway, I read some of the people were thinking of working with The Birth of a Nation, I wonder what music they will use for this redux… I’m looking forward to it!

Anyway, if you are interested in participating, head over here.

In English, Films, Graphics, Music, Sharing film history, funny captions, short film, silent films, theauteurs.com

Yoji Yamada’s Otouto to Close Berlinale

January 26, 2010 — 3 Comments

According to Asian Movie Pulse, Otouto — which opens in Japan this January 30th — will be the closing title of the Berlin International Film Festival on February 21st.

It will also be in competition against Zhang Yimou’s film San Qiang Pai An Jing Qi (A Simple Noodle Story), Martin Scorsese’s Shutter Island, and Roman Polanski’s The Ghost Writer.

Will Yu and Ryo attend the festival? xD

In Chinese, English, Films, Japanese, Sharing film festival, martin scorsese, news, ryo kase, yu aoi

UPular by Pogo

If you liked Up… or if you didn’t, this track/MV mixed by YouTube user Pogo is still awesome. Mixed from the chords, bass notes and vocal samples of the film, only for our enjoyment!

check out Pogo’s Alohomora. Makes me want to pop my Harry Potter DVDs. LOL

Posted on January 26, 2010 In DVD/BR, English, Films, Fun, Music, Music Videos, Sharing fandom, harry potter, youtube

Juri Ueno on 2011 NHK’s Taiga Drama

January 26, 2010 — 4 Comments

Titled “Gou ~Hime-tachi no Sengoku~” (姫たちの戦国) meaning “princesses’ belligerent country” with an original script by Atsuhime screenwriter Kumiko Tabuchi.

Gou will be the 50th Taiga drama airing on NHK in 2011 [apparently linked to this rumor], centering on the women of the Sengoku period (the years of the civil wars, 1467–1573). Daughters of Azai Nagamasa and Oichi (sister of Oda Nobunaga) – the first, Yodo Dono who became the second wife of lord Toyomi Hideyoshi. The second, Ohatsu who married lord Kyougoku Takatsugu, and the youngest Gou (aka. Oeyo, played by Ueno), who ended up marrying shogun Hidetada Tokugawa.

Atsu-hime writer+ strong female characters + Juri Ueno?
OMG, I’m in. Thanks, Julz for the email.

In Celebrity, English, Japanese, Sharing, Television news, nhk, tv drama / tv series / miniseries, ueno juri

Glee Japan CM

GURI~~~~ HAHAHA
“the biggest hit show in America”
or something like that, according to my translation. xD

“kimi niwa uta ga aru” ? xD it will make you sing? xD

https://youtu.be/K6EYGA9AEeA

Posted on January 25, 2010 In Commercials, English, Fun, Japanese, Sharing, Television commercial, fox, funny, glee, japan, tv drama / tv series / miniseries

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Producers Choose Hurt Locker and Up

January 25, 2010 — Leave a comment

Mix it up, mix it up for an entertaining Road to the Oscar… After Avatar’s win at the Globes (crazy!), Basterds’ win at the SAG on Saturday, and Locker’s win at the Producers Guild Award on Sunday… who’s gonna win? It only looks like it’s a sure thing for Up as this year’s Best Animated Feature (okay…), and The Cove as this year’s Documentary (best? I doubt).

Film
The Hurt Locker

Animated Feature Film
Up

Documentary
The Cove

In English, Films, Sharing, Television awards, news, winners

quick me updates~ NY, I Love Ya (not) and other dvds

January 25, 2010 — 1 Comment

Let’s see… just saw New York, I Love You.
as far as my expectations, I was disappointed… I did like two of the shorts. I was entertained by Brett Ratner’s segment (Olivia Thirlby and Anton Yelchin), but my favorite has to be Joshua Marston’s segment with Cloris Leachman.

Natalie Portman’s segment was okay… but her acting segment was kind of weak — plus, the bald cap she used (coz that was a bald cap, right?) bothered me a little because we know how her shaved head looks like.

Because I wanted to see something new by Shunji Iwai, I had high expectations and was let down. Nothing really wrong with it. Christina Ricci is okay, and I guess Orlando Bloom is okay… but did it have to be him?

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I also got my screener for Precious, which I have seen already… but it’s nice to get to watch it on my DVD player. I’m getting ready to vote for Independet Spirit Awards ^^ Second time around!

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Amazon hasn’t published my DVD Review of Linda Linda… why is that? It was a perfectly fine constructive critic that would have made Linda Linda a better release. If they don’t publish it this week, I will publish it here.

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I’m almost done re-watching Pushing Daisies…
These are my last DVD buys:

Pushing Daisies Season 1
Pushing Daisies Season 2
The Animatrix
Linda Linda Linda
Kamikaze Girls

In DVD/BR, English, Films, Japanese, Rants, Reviews, Sharing bae doona, bryan fuller, independent spirit awards, michael arias, natalie portman, nobuhiro yamashita, olivia thirlby, pushing daisies, shunji iwai, tetsuya nakashima

SAG 2010 Winners

January 24, 2010 — Leave a comment

Sorry, I couldn’t blog the SAG live…
my internet connection died on me at 8pm, and just got it back.

I was kind of Okay-ish with my predictions xD

And Yay for Michael C. Hall! And Yay for Glee!!
A little boo for Toni Collette not winning though…

And Yay Star Trek Stunts! xD

Bridges, Monique and Waltz become the almost factual winners of the Oscar by now with these wins, which only leaves just a few days before nominations are announced xD

Biggest “I Saw that Coming” Moment was Sandra Bullock possibly winning a Best Actress at the Oscar. I mean, seriously. Really??? I love Sandra Bullock, she’s funny… but get real!