“People talk about the whole concept of the magic of movies. Part of the magic of movies is you think you’re looking at moving pictures and you are not looking at moving pictures. There’s never a moving picture in movies. There are still frames that when shown at 24 frames a second through a shutter gate creates the illusion of movement. There is no moving going on. It’s the illusion of movement that gets at the really heart of what I think is what you mean when you say the magic of movies. You’re watching an illusion. ”
On the magic of movies
Welcome
The idea behind this blog is simply to have a more dedicated online presence. I'm constantly digging through twitter, saving articles and listening to a variety of podcasts. Some of this is for my day job as a News Producer/Writer, but most of it is just stuff I enjoy that never makes it on the air. This is where I will share those finds, as I work through my own interests and work to create a career path in the creative film and television production world... outside of the newsroom.
2013 Movie Log
The following are the movies I watched in 2013. Some are first viewings, some are ones I’ve seen before. The 2014 log is underway…
- Django Unchained
- Super 8
- Blue Valentine
- Gangster Squad
- The Last Enemy
- Van Gogh: Painted With Words
- Portland International Film Festival: The Factory (Brazil), The Other Side (Israel), Chicken & Zoe (U.S), 663114 (Japan), Curious Conjunction of Coincidences (Netherlands), The Devil’s Ballroom (Norway/Greenland), Wild (Great Britain)
- Moonrise Kingdom
- Cool Hand Luke
- Dylan Dog: Dead of Night
- Life of Pi (3D)
- Side by Side
- Parade’s End
- Star Trek (J.J. Abrams)
- The Making of South Park: 6 Days to Air
- Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol
- Best of the 39th NW Filmmakers Festival
- Iron Man 3
- Star Trek Into Darkness (IMAX)
- Christopher and His Kind
- The Great Gatsby
- Inseparable
- What to Expect When You’re Expecting
- Despicable Me
- The Avengers
- Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
- The Departed
- Pacific Rim
- Men In Black 3
- Identity Thief
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes
- Wreckers
- Atonement
- Brooklyn Boheme
- On Last Dive
- To Be A Black Man
- Thor
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
- Casanova
- Hot Fuzz
- The World’s End
- 1st Annual Portland Film Festival: Pas Des Restes, Hank & Asha
- Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend
- Star Trek Into Darkness
- Gravity
- The Fifth Estate
- Recovery
- Little Favour
- Thor: The Dark World
- Linsanity
- Shaun of the Dead
- The Day of the Doctor
- Adventures in Space & Time
- Star Trek 3: The Search for Spok
- Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home
- Richard II
- American Hustle
- Don Jon
- The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey
- Swinging with the FInkels
- Despicable Me 2
- Elysium
- Do The Right Thing