I Met the Walrus

Последний кандидат на ОСКАР за анимированную короткометражную работу - I Met the Walrus (Я вестеретил Кита) представляет собой видеоряд к интрервью Джона Леннона о мире, взятым у него режиссёром, тогда ещё 14-летним мальчиком, в 1929-ом году. Если вы помните, я видел его на местном показе Манхэттенского фестиваля короткометражного кино в том году. Для освежения памяти - небольшой отрывок.



Теперь, когда мы знакомы с кандидатами на звание лучшей анимационной короткометражки, пора делать ставки, господа. Напишите его в коментах к фильму, которому вы симпатизируте.

Madame Tutli-Putli

Madame Tutli-Putli номинирована на ОСКАР в категории "Лучший короткометражный анимационный фильм" и продолжает наш предоскаровский марафон.

Прокофьевский Peter & der Wolf

Совместный британско-польский фильм Peter and The Wolf (in three parts) сопровождается Прокофьевской классической музыкой "Петя и волк". Он также номинирован на ОСКАР среди лучших анимированных короткометражек 2007-го.

Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis

Ещё одна анимационная корометражка - номинант на ОСКАР, Meme Les Pigeons Vont au Paradis (Даже голуби попадают в рай), сделан во Франции. На видео фильм в оригинале с английскими субтитрами.

Моя любовь in Original

В предыдущем посте Моя любовь сопровождалась английскими субтитрами, а сейчас вы можете посмотреть на замечательную технику фильма (напоминающую масло на холсте, как на картинах) на языке оригинала.

Моя любовь with English subtitles

Как вы уже поняли, из-за ужасной погоды, визит в кино на анимационные корометражки - номинанты на ОСКАР отменился, но некоторые из них доступны онлайн , хотя статья чуть устарела - ссылки поменялись.

Моя любовь (My Love) открывает наш предоскаровский показ. Данное видео также сопровождается субтитрами на английском. Если же вы ходите насладиться языком без отвлекающего внимание перевода, то в следующем посте я опубликую "чистое" видео.

Thank you for Smoking on Charlie Rose Show

I found out that the filmmaker of Thank You for Smoking that I am writing a paper about for my Mass Media Criticism class after having bought a used DVD was the guest of the Charlie Rose Show on PBS.

Since they discuss the film I am going to use in my future paper, it might be helpful. The same show is on DVD as well, in a better quality, but without any subtitles.

Thank you for still Smoking

Today I continue to explore media industry (though it's not high time to write the paper) by examining closely the purchased Thank you For Smoking DVD. I have found a couple of podcasts and some articles, but still have not enough time to see the entire movie at once. First, I have to read Wikipedia and figure out features of Fox Searchlight, the producing company (of course, the part of Rupert Murdock's News Corporation)

I will probably not buy the novel, especially due to the fact that it was written 12 years before the movie was shot.

I have taken some some goodies from MySpace film profile (the studios seem to like it, I found recently explored Crank there and even the soundtrack of the film under review) and some cards with examples of spin.

No plans, lots of snow

There was no snow in the morning when I woke up from the noise of car. I thought it was snowing, and the car helped to gather it. But everything was clear. However, at 10 am, when I finally got out of bed, there was plenty of snow, which was becoming sleet. I wished campus be closed before my 2 o'clock class, but nothing suggested the closure. It was not like late January's storm, which shut campus for two days. So I had to go to the North campus.

In the cafeteria I met my internship supervisor, who said that her visiting professor from Bosnia, Lejla Panjeta would give lecture on her culture's cinema, if campus is not closed. I told her that I was definitely inclined to go there if nothing extraordinary interferes.

But before 2 pm (and my American Literature class) there was a message that at 3 pm the university would be closed, and all on- and off-campus activities had been canceled. Those include the documentary "The Children's March", visit of wrestler Justin Credible, Gallery Visio's opening and reception of Welcome to Stepford exhibition, and Homelessness panel in Gallery 210. Before that some emails came about cancellations of Ice Skating visit and Get Felt party in Seton Hall for Pierre Laclede Honors College students and their buddies (I think, it didn't include me, anyway). The trivia night also probably was canceled, but later in the evening, after the emergency dinner in Provincial House, I saw some preparations in the room next to the dining hall. However, the deadline for registration passed yesterday.

The class in literature was canceled, too, as I saw my classmates walking away from the Lucas Hall (where the auditorium is situated), but I had to come there to receive a credit for showing up. The Real Thing is due on Tuesday with Daisy Miller, then.

After that I have fulfilled my dream and bought discounted audiobooks (on vintage cassettes) in the University Bookstore. Among them was the anthology of love poems by Robert Burns, Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Sir Walter Raleigh, Christopher Marlowe, Emily Dickinson, John Donne, Thomas Hardy, James Joyce, John Keats, D. H. Lawrence, William Shakespeare and W. B. Yeats and more. The second book was Great Explorers by David Angus. Classic Women's Stories included Katherine Mansfield's The Garden Party (read online) and The Daughters of the Late Colonel (read online), Kate Chopin's Lilacs (read online) and Ma'ame Pelagie (read online) as well as Virginia Woolf's The Mark on the Wall. Two last book were produced by Naxos Audiobooks. I will probably listen to them in summer at home in Ukraine, cause I don't have any cassette player here, and don't need one yet.

Due to the incremental weather, I didn't visit OSCAR-nominated live shorts and animated ones. The latter can be watched online, though.

And I missed Cine16 at the Missouri History Museum. However, it might be also canceled because of the weather. Everybody wants the others to be safe tonight.

The decision about Friday's activities was not ruled out yet. Now the snow has stopped, and if no more is expected at night, classes would go as usual. But my AccuWeather plugin in Firefox still warns me not to be fooled.

Crank is ready

At last I handed in my long-discussed paper on Crank. I have managed to watch it two times (the second with the commentary by filmmakers) and find all the information about it. It was nice to see the movie once again, not mentioning the fact of doing homework in such a way.

By the way, Fatboy Slim's song Right Here Right Now can be heard only in the trailer, never occurring in the movie. When I listen to this old song, I remember my Freshmen Debut rehearsals, since it was the song our department had a dance to (not with me, of course).