Classement de l'évaluateur: 2,283
Votes utiles reçus relativement à des chroniques et des listes:
100% (15 sur 15)
Surnom : oldeskoole
Emplacement: Asheville, N.C. United States
Anniversaire de naissance: Mai 4 (Saved Remind mePlease RetryPlease Retry)
Dans mes propres mots:
I was born in Greenville, South Carolina and spent 20 years (1967-1987) as a performer in high school, college and regional theater productions. I also came up with the sound design for several shows in the late 70s and early 80's. I attended the University of South Carolina and graduated from Furman University. It was during a 5 year stay in Charleston S.C. (1977-1982) that I first became involv… Lire la suiteI was born in Greenville, South Carolina and spent 20 years (1967-1987) as a performer in high school, college and regional theater productions. I also came up with the sound design for several shows in the late 70s and early 80's. I attended the University of South Carolina and graduated from Furman University.
It was during a 5 year stay in Charleston S.C. (1977-1982) that I first became involved with public radio as a film reviewer and a sound technician. I moved to Asheville, North Carolina in 1983 and evolved into a classical music announcer with NPR affiliate WCQS.
My love of silent films began at the age of 10 after seeing HAROLD LLOYD'S WORLD OF COMEDY but I had to wait for over 20 years before I finally got to see most of the movies that I had read about. Now they are finally appearing on DVD in restored form where they can be introduced to a whole new audience.
I prefer the pre-EXORCIST style of horror films starting with the early 1930s and concluding with the Euro/Gothic movies from the 1960s. These films are finally coming out on DVD in decent versions as well.
I am also a film reviewer for RAPID RIVER, a local arts monthly (rapidrivermagazine.com) and am currently teaching classes on silent films for the North Carolina Center for Creative Retirement program (NCCCR) at the local university (UNCA).
|
|
Évaluations
Classement de l'évaluateur: 2,283 - Total des votes utiles : 15 sur 15
|
This is the third time around for the animated shorts of Winsor McCay on video and this is the best version by far. Those of you familiar with the previous Lumivision and Slingshot editions will find the same films as before only this time the source prints are better (for the most part), the piano music by Gabriel Thibaudeaux suits the material better, and the optional commentary from animator John Canemaker gives the necessary background on McCay and his films. For those of you not familiar with Winsor McCay (1867-1934), he was a celebrated comic strip artist whose principal strips LITTLE NEMO IN SLUMBERLAND and DREAMS OF THE RAREBIT FIEND (that's Welsh Rarebit) were mainstays in the… Lire la suite
|
|
Blot DVD ~ Phillips Smalley
|
The story of Lois Weber is one of the saddest in all of early American cinema. One of two prominent women producer-directors to emerge during the silent era (the other Alice Guy Blache' has a very similar story), she was at one time considered to be the equal of D.W. Griffith and by 1916 was actually the highest paid director in the world. She had total control over her films tackling such inflammatory material as religious hypocrisy, drug addiction, birth control and abortion. Along with her husband Phillips Smalley she ran her own studio where THE BLOT was filmed. By 1921 when this film was released her career was in decline (this was her last independent production) and the studio system… Lire la suite
|
|
|
It is interesting to note with all the attention being paid to Mel Gibson's PASSION OF THE CHRIST, that this film version was made around 100 years ago (started in 1902 and finished in 1905). THE LIFE AND PASSION OF JESUS CHRIST was produced in France as a series of 31 tableaux and utilizes the famous Pathe hand stenciled color process. Anyone familiar with the story of Jesus will easily follow it while those who aren't won't have any real difficulty. There are no gospel quotations here only title cards which preface each segment and some of the most remarkable sketched and painted scenery ever seen which are based on the drawings of Gustave Dore. The sets and costumes are equally… Lire la suite
|
|
Accueil Amazon
