Tag: arts
member name: yorgo d.
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December 29, 2005 04:41 PM EST --
The best kind of movies are the ones that allow you to forget you are watching a movie. The weight of narative confidence and technical competence forces you into the story on its own . . . more
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January 19, 2006 12:09 PM EST --
Forrest Gump opperates kind of like a baby boomer, 'best of' clip show, taking us through turbulent times and trying to convince us of some of the lessons it thinks we should've learned . . . more
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December 28, 2005 12:03 PM EST --
Sometimes recording artists get it exactly right.
Most albums have a clear thematic or tonal intent. And it is usually equally clear how well that intent is accomplished. Most of the . . . more
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January 04, 2006 10:35 PM EST --
Creativity
I would like to suggest that the self, a topic, or method of creation, are not productive focuses for creative pursuit.
All of existence moves . . . more
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February 13, 2006 12:12 PM EST --
How exceedingly adequate this film is! How obviously OK and distinctly un-excellent is all the flash, frippery and fire arms. Shakespeare as burlesque, how could it have come up so plain? Especially . . . more
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January 13, 2006 04:29 PM EST --
It's a shame that :
A. there are no good romantic comedies being made, ones that trade on glamour AND intelligence; sexy dialogue comedies.
B. Kate Bekinsale looks so delectible in tight . . . more
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December 31, 2005 01:35 AM EST --
Author's Note: I write this from a specific location.
I would like to suggest that music is component to location.
I think that . . . more
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January 18, 2006 05:00 PM EST --
I think it was Aristotle (and others) who believed that humans see by emiting visionable rays from their eyes, as apposed to collecting external information and processing it internally. . . . more
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January 23, 2006 06:07 AM EST --
Has anyone been watching the Boondocks lately?
For those who don't know it is an adult oriented cartoon series on cartoon network's adult swim lineup. It is based on chracters from a popular syndicated . . . more
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January 22, 2006 08:32 PM EST --
Life's Rich Paegent was REM's fourth album. Released in 1986 it was their first not recorded in collaboration with friends Mitch Easter and Don Dixon. The REM heard on their first three releases . . . more
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February 05, 2006 01:41 AM EST --
Awhile back I commented on an article by Suarosanne Rose about favorite songs. off the top of my head I listed:
Preaching the End of the World, by Chris Cornell . . . more
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January 15, 2006 03:28 AM EST --
There is a very well established principal at work in both good and bad suspense films. I call it the "All's suspicious that begins well." principal. Not particularly . . . more
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December 29, 2005 02:18 PM EST --
It may well be past time for Hollywood films to stop pretending that they can manage between ninety and a hundred and twenty minutes of narrative baggage. Imagine a car chase movie, . . . more
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January 17, 2006 09:52 PM EST --
I can't guarantee that in ten, fifteen, twenty years, System of A Down wont look incredibly silly. Their off kilter tempo changes, self righteous politicizing and scatalogical free-associative lyrics . . . more
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December 25, 2005 10:03 AM EST --
It may seem late, maybe early or pehaps right on time, but with Star Wars finally in some state of completion, it may finally be . . . more
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