moviesinframes: Drive, 2011 (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn) By 80s-touch
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Drive, 2011 (dir. Nicolas Winding Refn)

By 80s-touch

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zachcpatton:

those were the days…

So, I don’t miss VHS tapes with their crappy picture and audio, weird tracking issues, the necessity of rewinding, the space they took up (in comparison to DVDs), or the horror of a tape becoming unwound in the VCR and the mess of magnetic ribbon that may need untangling and and coaxing from the machine. I do think it’s pretty cool/entertaining that there is such a dedicated group of VHS fetishists out there. Just people that loved VHS tapes and still collect and trade and watch them.

I think I get it. VHS was important as far as home entertainment and the ability to discover new things (particularly films but maybe also exercise tapes were important to some people, I won’t judge). Before you could rent video cassettes you were restricted to catching what movies were at the local theater or might play on TV. VHS opened up our options as viewers. It also opened up distribution options for filmmakers. We all probably saw things we would never have gotten a chance to, because of VHS. So, I guess it deserves some love as a format. 

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fascinationcinema: Happy Birthday, Mr. Castle! William Castle is the Godfather of modern Hollywood’s gimmick-centric filmmaking/marketing. 3D movies, movies where you could actually choose whether or not you wanted to see the ghosts (the original 13 Ghosts, using special glasses), life insurance policies for everyone attending the movie, glow-in-the-dark skeletons on a wired that would float above the audience during the climax of House on Haunted Hill, and ”4D” (screenings of “The Tingler” had vibrating motors attached to some seats in the theater set to go off when the film’s monster attacked) were all stuff he did back in the 50s and 60s. This is why I am not impressed by the 3D film craze and resent the ridiculous price increase. They’ve marginally improved something Castle did 50 years ago but fail to really bring the flair he had.  This man deserves more credit than he gets and probably a lot of blame. 
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fascinationcinema:

Happy Birthday, Mr. Castle!

William Castle is the Godfather of modern Hollywood’s gimmick-centric filmmaking/marketing. 3D movies, movies where you could actually choose whether or not you wanted to see the ghosts (the original 13 Ghosts, using special glasses), life insurance policies for everyone attending the movie, glow-in-the-dark skeletons on a wired that would float above the audience during the climax of House on Haunted Hill, and ”4D” (screenings of “The Tingler” had vibrating motors attached to some seats in the theater set to go off when the film’s monster attacked) were all stuff he did back in the 50s and 60s. This is why I am not impressed by the 3D film craze and resent the ridiculous price increase. They’ve marginally improved something Castle did 50 years ago but fail to really bring the flair he had. 

This man deserves more credit than he gets and probably a lot of blame. 

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thisrecording: Some lines landed on the audience not so much with a thud as with the nervous through-the-nose exhale people reserve for New Yorker cartoons, or unfunny friends whose feelings they don’t want to hurt. “What was that?” asked the woman behind me as the credits rolled. “Whose idea was that movie?” Damsels in Distress. I will concede to never having seen a Whit Stillman movie and so maybe I just wasn’t prepared for it, but I got to see a screening a few weeks back and I did not care for the movie. I tried. There were eccentricities/quirks that had their charm (a college age boy who is only just learning his colors, for example) but overall I think its the sort of movie that needed another polish or two before shooting. It just kind of rambles along with some semblance of cohesion. I got really bothered by some of the technical aspects of it. It felt kind of lazily slapped together when it came to the cinematography and editing.  This movie is also the only time I haven’t thoroughly enjoyed Aubrey Plaza, it loses many points for that. 
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thisrecording:

Some lines landed on the audience not so much with a thud as with the nervous through-the-nose exhale people reserve for New Yorker cartoons, or unfunny friends whose feelings they don’t want to hurt. “What was that?” asked the woman behind me as the credits rolled. “Whose idea was that movie?”

Damsels in Distress. I will concede to never having seen a Whit Stillman movie and so maybe I just wasn’t prepared for it, but I got to see a screening a few weeks back and I did not care for the movie. I tried. There were eccentricities/quirks that had their charm (a college age boy who is only just learning his colors, for example) but overall I think its the sort of movie that needed another polish or two before shooting. It just kind of rambles along with some semblance of cohesion. I got really bothered by some of the technical aspects of it. It felt kind of lazily slapped together when it came to the cinematography and editing. 

This movie is also the only time I haven’t thoroughly enjoyed Aubrey Plaza, it loses many points for that. 

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We broke $1000 on the Abel and Cain Kickstarter last night. To mark the milestone I shared one of the prop photos of lead actress Tara Cioletti with backers. It’s pretty cool and you can see it, too! All you have to do is pledge to the project. Even just $1 helps. Also, (just in case you’ve never donated on Kickstarter before) it won’t cost you a thing until the project is successful on May 11th. So, if you don’t really have $1, $10, or $100 to throw at the project now but you will by May 11th, don’t worry! Kickstarter won’t charge your credit card until May 11th. As I said, every little bit helps. Please help me make this movie. UPDATE: Hey, I have a gig today, but if I get home and the pledges are up to $2000, I’ll share the first page of the script with Kickstarter Backers. 
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We broke $1000 on the Abel and Cain Kickstarter last night. To mark the milestone I shared one of the prop photos of lead actress Tara Cioletti with backers. It’s pretty cool and you can see it, too! All you have to do is pledge to the project. Even just $1 helps. Also, (just in case you’ve never donated on Kickstarter before) it won’t cost you a thing until the project is successful on May 11th. So, if you don’t really have $1, $10, or $100 to throw at the project now but you will by May 11th, don’t worry! Kickstarter won’t charge your credit card until May 11th.

As I said, every little bit helps. Please help me make this movie.

UPDATE: Hey, I have a gig today, but if I get home and the pledges are up to $2000, I’ll share the first page of the script with Kickstarter Backers. 

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