Joel called my intention to this video essay on “the following shot” that Matt Zoller Seitz did for The L Magazine (by way of The House Next Door). Says Mr. Zoller Seitz:
“I love this shot because it’s neither first-person nor third; it makes you aware of a character’s presence within the movie’s physical world while [...]

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Nikki Finke updated her Wall Street 2 “exclusive” with word from Twentieth Century Fox execs that she was pretty much wrong about a number of the significant details including the casting of Javier Bardem, which is the main reason her original post was of interest. Turns out no one has talked to him, but he’s [...]

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It’s a slow news day and I have no opinion on the Total Recall remake, the release date for the Stretch Armstrong movie, the Valley Girl “musical feature”, another Scream trilogy or Catherine Hardwick and Emile Hirsch’s modern take on Hamlet, so I give you this bit of YouTube mash-up humor by way of Cinematical.
It [...]

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