Cinema is Dope

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Bounty hunter Porco Rosso and his seaplane in Hayao Miyazaki’s fantasy anime, Kurenai no buta aka Porco Rosso.

Japanese Cinema:
::: Jason Gray
::: Mark Schilling’s Tokyo Ramen
::: Midnight Eye
::: Nippon Cinema
::: Outcast Cinema
::: Ryuganji
::: Toronto J-Film Pow-Wow

Amazon.com Link:
Buy the Porco Rosso DVD

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, August 10, 2008

Pulp Fiction is hands down one of my all-time favorite films, which seems odd that I’ve met both stars here in this still. With films you love above all others when you come across someone from that film it’s quite remarkable. It’s not about their fame or any of that nonsense, it’s purely about being a diehard cinephile in love with great cinema and eternally indebted for those that make it happen.

Amazon.com Link:
Buy the Pulp Fiction (Two-Disc Collector’s Edition DVD)

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Louis Black, Editor of the Austin Chronicle is the Paranoid Paper Reader in the 1991 cult Richard Linklater hit, Slacker.

One of the first things you will find yourself presented with if you ever move to Austin is the “SLACKER QUIZ.”

THE SLACKER QUIZ

1. HAVE YOU SEEN SLACKER?

2. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF SLACKER?

3. WHICH CHARACTER DO YOU MOST IDENTIFY WITH?

4. WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS MOVIE SAYS ABOUT AUSTIN?

5. HAS AUSTIN CHANGED?

6. HAVE YOU EVER HAD A DAY WHERE YOU THOUGHT YOU SHOULD HAVE STAYED AT THE BUS STATION?

Amazon.com Link:
Buy the Slacker - Criterion Collection DVD

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More great images from Ashes of Time Redux. I’ve seen Redux once and the original film twice. My previous screenings of it were so long ago that any huge plot points or noticeable changes don’t stand out. What does stand out is seeing the film look so alive after the video release version I’ve watched that looked like it was bleached in dirt and then transfered onto DVD.

Related Coverage:
::: The Official Trailer For Wong Kar Wai’s ASHES OF TIME REDUX Arrives! (Twitch)
::: GreenCine Daily Post
::: Years of being obscure - Days of Being Wild (David Bordwell)

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Over on Twitch, Todd now has up the official Sony Pictures Classics brand new trailer for Ashes of Time Redux (watch here). Interesting reading the comments there wondering about this new cut and I can say no one should really go into it looking for a drastically different film. The main joy of this film is getting to experience it in all its vibrancy and poetic symphony properly for the first time.

Related Coverage:
::: GreenCine Daily Post
::: Years of being obscure - Days of Being Wild (David Bordwell)

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