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Who’d have thought? An obituary for Heath Ledger in Middle English! Well, for a character he played. Doffing the hat to Quatrefoil, who writes, “Whoever writes this blog is frequently side-splittingly funny, but he or she can write (and knows their Middle English passing well). I am filled with wonder and envy.”
Back when Triple J’s Hottest 100 voters could choose the best music of all time, not just the current year’s releases, Joy Division‘s Love Will Tear Us Apart won top spot for the first two years, 1989 and 1990. Certain floppy-haired boys played me this melancholy pop song endlessly late at night. It was good, sure, but that significant? Having seen Director Grant Gee’s new documentary Joy Division, I now know why. I really know.
This. Is. A. Magnificent. Film.
Just watch the trailer to get a taste.
Marcus Wade has opened the Film & Television Specialist Bookshop at 1/502 King Street, Newtown. Actually it opened in November but we only discovered it yesterday. Drop in, buy something, say “Hi” from us.
Yes, Australian actor Heath Ledger is dead, possibly from a drug overdose. So now it’s time to collect all the jokes, ‘cos he can’t sue you for libel. Please add them in the comments.
Tasteless? Yes. Exploitative? Probably. Too soon for this? Yeah probably that too.
So why do it?
It’s an experiment…
… it’d look like what’s depicted in this short film, The Miniature Earth.
The text is from the late Donella Meadows’ State of the Village Report from 1990 but the movie, now in its third edition, has updated statistics.
It isn’t very new. It’s already been seen by 675,828 people on YouTube since it was posted in September 2006. But I thought it’d be worth giving it a plug.
A great way to spend three and a half minutes, I reckon.
What can I say about this wonderful short film? It’s hauntingly beautiful, well photographed with excellent colour grading — and just a little bit creepy.
Hat tip to tiny gigantic.
The little infographic movie Shift Happens, which I wrote about in April, has been updated as Did You Know 2.0. There’s also a website to discuss the film and new versions.
I don’t normally review films. But this isn’t so much a review of the new Lady Chatterley but a review of the audience.
The film is based on D H Lawrence’s 1927 book John Thomas and Lady Jane, the first and less-well-known version of the story which was re-written as the controversial Lady Chatterley’s Lover and published in 1928.
Controversial? Oh yes! Explicit sex scenes, four-letter words, and perhaps the most scandalous aspect: the love affair was between an aristocratic woman and a gamekeeper. Crossing class boundaries! England shall fall! Read all about it.
Now you may think that society has changed since 1927. But no, our audience proved otherwise.
If you’ve never seen the short film Powers of Ten, now is the time. OK, it’s from 1977, so our understanding of things at either end of the spectrum has changed. But it’s narrated by Morgan Freeman — and it’s way cool. As is The Simpsons version.
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