January 2011
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Jan 27th
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In the early hours of day two of a 24hr comic day attempt, nothing needs to make sense anymore.
Jan 27th
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From itgrew: back and forth, forever…
Jan 24th
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Jan 24th
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Jan 18th
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Jan 14th
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So I have this day job
Usually, it’s not so worth mentioning, but those are my mice! (And I ran the behavioral tests for that study.)
Jan 14th
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Film Log for Nov/Dec 2010
Lest this be unreadably long on the page (43 films + various shorts in two months, yikes) I’ll throw it under a jump, but first, to tantalize you: All these, and MORE, below: Giliap [Roy Andersson, 1975, 130m] The story behind this is that Gilip was so hated by moviegoers and critics alike that promising young director Roy Andersson did not direct a film again for a quarter...
Jan 11th
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The Drummer for the Red Cross / Bubeník Cerveného kríza [Juraj Jakubisko, 1977, 13m] Slovak filmmaker Juraj Jakubisko was a relative latecomer to the Czechoslovak new wave, graduating from FAMU in Prague in 1965 and joining the likes of Milos Forman, Jaromil Jires, and Vera Chytilova. Nevertheless, he swiftly found a style combining Slovak folk art, new wave sensibilities, and avant-garde...
Jan 6th
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Reading log, Nov/Dec 2010
novels: The Notebook, the Proof, the Third Lie [Agota Kristof, 1993] The eeriest of recollections of world war II and its aftermath, at first a war story recounted in clipped sociopathic objectivity, later becoming a study in subjectivity and deep, prolonged sadness. Full of images I will not forget. The Street of Crocodiles and Other Stories [Bruno Schulz, 1933] Halucinatory poetic...
Jan 3rd
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