RSS

Wow, what fun...

I found some pretty cool RSS feeds like the Daily Show videos. There were a lot of librarian and library related feeds, which I will have to check out in more depth. Oh, I even found a movie buff one, but it doesn't seem all that interesting.

Check out the Daily Show videos at:
http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_daily_show/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml?rsspartner=rssBloglines

Flickr - Color Pickr

I really liked this fountain of color in so many different images. These pictures are so saturated and intense it sure makes black and white photography look inferior. But I'm guessing the depth of these colors must be enhanced with computer editing. When I took a photography class a few years ago, we didn't have Flickr, but it must be fun to post your own pictures to be viewed and reviewed by other photographers worldwide.

How about horror?

I can’t believe that horrors are still popular. What is it about this genre that keeps it going? It seems like the same old thing…

Oh, John Carpenter’s The Thing (1982) didn’t look like the same old thing though. I saw it for the first time last week – what a chilling spectacle.

Another horror I saw recently was Lady in White (1988) with the very talented actor Lucas Haas. (CH you would know him from Brick, he was “King Pin” – 2005, a thriller with a Shakespear-like slang dialogue).

But the most horrifying of them all is the latest one - The Descent (2005). I don’t recommend this one for everyone especially if you’re a fan of caving expeditions.

Western anyone?

I'll never forget Sam Peckinpah’s The Wild Bunch (1969), a late western with elaborate shooting sequences that are so well constructed, going from one side of the gunfight to the other, with piercing close-ups in between. Fast action!

Lately I saw a new western that happens in our times, it’s full of irony, showing our reality through the eyes of a character who acts like an old time cowboy. It’s called Down in the Valley (2005) featuring a great performance by Edward Norton.

The sea can see...

This is my favorite real spot in Poland - Morskie Oko (Sea's Eye) in the Tatra Mts. It's a lake at the bottom of the highest peak in Poland known for its vibrant blue color. I walked along that trail on the right side of the water. The picture is again from Flickr.

My Flickr Photo

This is the "cement jungle" that is my hometown in Poland, where I was born and grew up until I moved to the US when I was fifteen. Those tall buildings are residential flats, small apartments/condos that most Polish people live in (did I mention they're very small). I found the picture on Flickr and was amazed at some of the other cool images of Poland.

Jean Renoir's Rules of the Game (1939)

I don't have a favorite movie...

b/c I think it's impossible to select just one. So what movie should I mention first?

Well I just recommended a great Renior film to a coworker - Rules of the Game (1939), it's a tangled farse with a lot of characters running around on the screen and Renoir does a great job of keeping all the plotlines together while the camera manages to keep up with the action in great shots.
Oh, the hunting scenes...

... well see for yourselves and I'd love to read any comments you might have about this timeless classic.

Welcome to my Blog!

Read my blogs about the latest film/movie I've seen (if you care to, of course). I like to make comments about movies, it's something I learned in film class and it kind of stuck with me since then.

I already talk about movies most of the time, this will be yet another outlet for endless movie blogging.