June 2011
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“Blood: The Last Vampire” (2000) mixes textures with a desaturated palette, and muddled American voices.
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Instruction Manual for Life by Theramin Trees
(thanks to our friend Jaana for pointing this out.)
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“Studying to be a spy-movie computer tech. I aced Zoom In On That Corner 101, moving on to Can You Clean That Up a Little.” - @KenJennings
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quandary: a true story with many players spanning a decade.
remedy: “The Baader Meinhof Complex” (2008).
It did lose some energy mid-stream, but got back up on its feet in the end. We felt the protagonists’ state(s) of mind, despite cuts that leaped ahead months or more.
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“So homework becomes schoolwork, and at home you get to watch YouTube?” - Stephen Colbert, on the Khan Academy
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“King Corn“ (2007) is a clever overview of America’s most pervasive food, without a recipe for change.
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Samuel Fuller’s screentest for the part of Hyman Roth in “The Godfather“ (with Al Pacino)