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I Am Glad Buster Keaton Lived In Our World And He Shared Himself With Us

It’s Buster’s birthday.  Celebrate it with this:

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How To Avoid A Movie Cliche 101: The Art Of The Fall

Filmmakers love gravity.  Filmmakers love heights.  Filmmakers love fear.  The list goes on.  Is it any wonder we’ve fallen in love with the fall?  Take the leap.  See how it is done.  Determine how you will do it differently.

Gravity: A Falling Montage from Plot Point Productions on Vimeo.

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How To Avoid A Movie Cliche 101: The Last Shot

Context, and the lack there of, exposes a great deal.  In a world of abundance, the common mind is revealed.  We all receive the same inputs, it is surprising we don’t have more of the same outputs.

Take a look at this montage of final shots and decide if our common usage has removed or added new meaning to our common crutches.  Granted, out of context is something entirely different from the closure such shots may bring at the end of an emotional ride.  Still there is something to be learned from how we do things — not that I know what that is yet, but…

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Cine-essay: Zizek On Vertigo, Fantasy Realized

If you have not seen A Pervert’s Guide To Cinema, you are missing out.  Here’s a taste:

 

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“Cinema Is The Ultimate Pervert Art”

‘Cinema is the ultimate pervert art. It doesn’t give you what you desire – it tells you how to desire’ – Slavoj Zizek

I want a third pill! A pill that would enable that would enable me to perceive the reality within illusion itself!

Buy the DVD here.  You deserve it.

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“Stanley Kubrick Enters The Ring”

My former assistant on Adventureland, Jon Dieringer, co-directed this video essay. He also is an independent curator and the editor and publisher of Screen Slate, a fantastic daily online resource for listings and commentary of New York City repertory film and independent media.

Read more: http://lightbox.time.com/2012/11/01/from-photography-to-film-stanley-kubrick-enters-the-ring/#ixzz2AyxmIHeo

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Video Essay: Kubrick & One-Point Perspective