You can read the 2400 word essay I posted yesterday about D.W. Griffith's development of a film "language" and how he taught every director from Charlie Chaplin to Christopher Nolan how to manipulate an audience's emotions, or you can watch this 49-second clip from 30 Rock, which pretty much covers the same territory. Your call.
Named for Katie-Bar-The-Door, the Katies are "alternate Oscars"—who should have been nominated, who should have won—but really they're just an excuse to write a history of the movies from the Silent Era to the present day.
To see a list of nominees and winners by decade, as well as links to my essays about them, click the highlighted links:
Remember: There are no wrong answers, only movies you haven't seen yet.
The Silent Oscars
And don't forget to check out the Silent Oscars—my year-by-year choices for best picture, director and all four acting categories for the pre-Oscar years, 1902-1927.
Look at me—Joe College, with a touch of arthritis. Are my eyes really brown? Uh, no, they're green. Would we have the nerve to dive into the icy water and save a person from drowning? That's a key question. I, of course, can't swim, so I never have to face it. Say, haven't you anything better to do than to keep popping in here early every morning and asking a lot of fool questions?
3 comments:
I just finished watching 'Judith of Bethulia.' The beginning of the film is visually stunning. It is like a moving painting.
My favorite scene is where Judith is praying as a guard(?) prays in the background.
It was interesting to see Judith dirty herself at the end.
A metaphor?
Thanks for posting the film. Loved the film, the essay and of course, Tina.
Rocky exit...
Oh, I guess it can't be a metaphor. That involves speech.
It's something, though. hee-hee.
A visual metaphor, perhaps. (I wonder if the use of the word "metaphor" in that instance is a metaphor. Hmm.)
Glad you liked Judith of Bethulia! My work here is done ...
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