Forgive the shameless reminder of Spice Girls. xD
I just got back from watching Alice in Wonderland~~
And how about it? TheAuteurs is showing a short film version of Alice in Wonderland done on 1903, if you would like to watch it (for FREE) just head over there. You will need an account.
Every other time, TheAuteurs.com shows some of their films for free. You only need an account there to watch the films, and you can even login with your Facebook account.
Since I joined, these films were added and restored:
since then, free movies have come and gone…
some are still free, but some others now require paying~
subtitled in English when not in English.
so watch while it’s still available! happy viewing!
Hey, guys~
Just wanted to let everyone know that I created a Yu Aoi list on TheAuteurs ranking her films. I’m still undecided about overall film or just Yu’s performance, so I’m going to say a mix of both.
I think it’s time to take the post-its off…
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.
TheAuteurs has a nice post talking about some films that changed films in Japan in some way or the other…
Two major consequences of this have been: the diminishing status of the director in the creative process, who comes in as a hired gun, and: the banality and triteness of encountering performers on a daily basis, from movie to TV drama to variety show to advertising. The last decade launched the careers of countless “talentos”, young and cute boy-girl products, yet revealed but a handful of actors & actresses one might be eager to follow over the next ten years.
Wow, that statement sounds pretty negative xD almost making “auteur” films non-existent in Japan, and focusing on idol-pushing films that are more commercial than anything.
Like Acerk pointed out, a shout out to Shunji Iwai’s Lily Chou Chou film;
The film featured two outstanding young actresses, Ayumi Ito, discovered by Iwai for his 1996 Swallowtail Butterfly, and another Iwai revelation, Yu Aoi, who has since become one of Japan’s more original and refreshing performers. It should be noted that Iwai was among the first directors to hire TV drama stars as main actors in his films, to secure additional financing; he proved that when a director worked hard enough, he could get inspired work from talentos. This method has since been used by virtually every auteur in Japan.
Hello, and thank-you.
And more shout outs to Memories of Matsuko, and Tekkonkinkreet.
This is my “work in progress” list of Best of Films 2000-2009. Why a “work in progress”? Because there’s films I haven’t seen, and because there’s films not on the database.
This week I was thinking about making a compilation of 20 actors (women and men) between the ages of 20-25 to keep track until they’re 30. I tried writing the post today, but it turns out I don’t have many names. Ha! First, some of the people I was considering adding to the list are 26, or not even 20… or are already in their 30s, which is great for them since I thought they were in their 20s… not so good for my list.
At the moment though, I have 8 actresses already picked out. However, I’m missing 2 more actresses. And I’m missing all of the guys (10). HAHAHAHA. So I need help. Leave a comment with some names of young actors/actresses.
Just some things to keep in mind…
As I add the people in single posts, I’ll be adding their names here and linking. :)
… you realize you spend all your time watching movies in your room with the lights off, while ignoring any form of communication, including real people.
You’re tears well up and hear heart jumps into your throat when you walk into a store with more than a hundred dollars ear marked for Criterion.
90% of your friends haven’t even heard of any of the films on your top ten, aside from you ranting about them. – Except the cool ones, of course ;P
you realize you like fictional people more than real ones.
everything in the world is seen as a film to you.
You spend more time on a certain film site any given day than you do talking to any member of your family.
you lecture people on what to watch and what not to. – Of course!
you tell people about the inner working of film and they look at you like your a circus performer. With awe and confusion… and keep talking of how hot such and such looked.
You start to notice the names of directors… – You are lost. xD – *sighs* ever since I was a kid, even with music videos. what can you do, eh?
you come off like a pretentious jackass, even though you aren’t. when the subject of favorite films comes up.
You use your lunch break to buy movies instead of actually eating. – Oh man, I used to be that person when I began living alone hahaha.
you go to browse DVDs on a weekend night, and spent over 1hr just browsing through them even though you’re only picking three or four… a week. LOL – BAWWW I miss my friends.
the numbers of movies you own equals or surpasses the number of movies your entire other five family members own (combined). – SNAP! Guilty! I probably can put my whole family and friends “collections” and I would still have more.
you want to shoot yourself because you accidentally purchased a “full screen” version. DOH!
you would rather spend the evening sitting in front of the big screen with a good DVD than go out dancing with the significant other.
someone asks you what would you do if you had a million dollars, and you say “Buy every Criterion DVD” and an old drive-in theater to fix up and show nothing but the great films. – though I also want this sweet bike, but it turns out the bike is from a film… so~~~
your DVD collection suddenly has become too large for your set of shelves… – seriously~~~
everything on your Birthday list is a movie, or movie soundtracks~~~
LOL, many more reasons over at TheAuteurs.com! Come and join me =D
