Mon-tag-ue

The Good the Bad and the Ugly's final scene with its three way showdown was the definition of suspense. (Should be found in a local dictionary under suspense; That's right a video of that scene in a written book)

The scene had a montage of eye level close ups and long shots to remind the audience of their current locations relative to their opponents as they slowly moved about the ring to obtain a more advantageous location and spook each other.

Soul Eater

Cost of the Soul was amazing for the all it's easily overlooked film techniques. The film starts out in black and white and then transitions into color as a form of timeskip. Usage of colors was ingenious, expressing emotion and ideas such as pain, vengeance and regret. The bleak outlook on life is represented by low key lightening.

Film Festival 20 Wishlist

-Feature Films-
The Bone Man
The Good Heart
Kill the habit
Passenger Side
Super Hero Party Clown

-Short-
The Action Hero's Guide to Saving Lives
The Devil's Wedding
Midlife
Two Theories, One Stone
Night Mayor

Iran glancing

Rick Steves's visit to Iran's capital reminded me of Saigon's equally chaotic streets where crosswalks are more of guiding lines rather than a pedestrian-oriented area. Though there are more cars than Vietnam, traffic is still thick and dense. The Propaganda and the people contradict one another with friendliness and insults. Iran was always exceptionally religious as the majority of the population goes to the mosques during friday. The country's government and it's religion are one.

The Metropolis of the Modern Times

Modern Times and Metropolis are both black and white movies made during the 20th century. Both of these movies were considered silent movies and extremely successful, though Metropolis wasn't successful at first but it eventually caught on. Modern Times has voices and sound effects but the way it was used made it remain a silent film. Like Metropolis, Modern Times use title cards for dialogue; They also used voice here and there though it's often filtered or distorted in some fashion, never truly directly to someone. Despite the usage of voice, Modern Times and metropolis are both silent movies.

Birth of a "Star Wars"

D. W. Griffith, the director of "Birth of a Nation" left various skills of film making within the industry. Cross Cutting and editing remained an important part of the film. Star Wars of course, has much greater quality in it's acting and production budget as opposed to the 1960s movie.

Beowolf's notes

Unknown words

-Higlac; pg 22, line 49

-Stag; pg 25, line 165

-Hrunting; pg 26, line 209

-Edgetho pg 27, line 237

-Moor pg 24