Steve Ersinghaus

Here’s the context: Jesse Abbot of English and Philosophy stepped into the office and introduced the idea that Gaius Baltar of Battlestar was one of the most interesting bad guys to come along in a while. So he agreed to a recording and I ran for the Edirol.

 

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I’d love to see what this silent comedy is all about. From Deemer:
Actors are sitting on ready for the summer silent comedy. What a great
group. We’ll be doing this one a little differently, far more rehearsal
and concern for style and look.

Deadwood is amazing. But for the background. Dan Dority, for example, played by W. Earl Brown, is totally realized. On screen, his manner, style of speech, habits and shape fit into Deadwood’s world without seam.
Last week we saw Dan streetfight with Captain Turner (Allan Graf). Dan is getting it pretty good. He reaches [...]

Two of the same animations about eight megabits each.

 

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Congratulations to Patrice Hamilton and crew for entry into the New FilmMakers festival for her full-length Exposure.
Exposure, edited by John Timmons, is a wonderful work and I’ll cover more of it here in the next couple of days.
Yipee.

Josh comments on this rather old post on movie criteria, which reminds me that archives are good for mining. Anyway, he wants to know the “So bad it was good” part of Equilibrium.
I honestly don’t remember, but I do remember that I thought it a Matrix/Minority Report/Gattaca ripoff and found its pistol dancing smarmy. Other [...]

Watching Four Eyed Monsters now.
Thanks, John.

Now watching one of my favorite films, Forbidden Planet.
“And just how do you account for your immunity, Dr. Morbius?”
“And yet in all these 19 years . . . ”
Thanks, John.

Watch Jaws.
“Yeah, he’s a smart big fish.”

First Video is up and running.

Heroes introduces an interesting storytelling device: a freedom with space-time as an element of plot. Taken to extreme degree, this means that the story could move an infinite number of directions and maintain consistency given the way arcs are being developed: short within long. Within any narrative system or circle time plays a role as [...]

Currently, Battlestar is driving into the core.
How does justice look when everything changes? How delicate everything is.
This same question has a lot to do with Rome.

At the moment, believe it or not, I’m watching Hawaii Five-0. I had forgotten about its stylized panorama. Drama of a different time.
Prior to play, my wife tried to turn the volume up by turning the black on/off circle on our Samsung television. She now lives in the world of the iPod. It was a [...]

S and I are trying to come up with movie categories that can be both fun and informative. Here’s what we have thus far:
1. Hated but watched anyway: ex: The Skeleton Key, Munich (S)
2. So bad it was good: ex: Equilibrium, Weatherman
3. Good but hated it anyway: Capote, Sin City
4. Just loved it: ex: [...]

Steven Spielberg’s film, Munich, ends with Ephraim, a Mossad handler, and Avner, the assassin, walking away from one another, their destinations in opposition. Avner offers dinner, an offer of intimacy Ephraim cannot accept. This image of separation completes the film’s fundamental metaphor, home.
I thought that the film suffered from audience unappreciation, in that the film’s [...]