Garden State
Year: 2004
Director: Zach Braff
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This is one of those movies that has grown on me tremendously since I saw it in the theaters. I have a vague memory of being impatient in the theater and thinking that the movie was dragging on. Since owning a copy I find this not to be the case [...]

The Story Behind Studio Logos
I found this nice article at NeatoRama, it has the history and shows all the revisions of the major hollywood studio logo. Some interesting stuff, go check it out.

I had the chance to go to a pre-screening of the upcoming movie The Wrestler, by director Darren Aronofsky. Needless to say I am a huge fan and jumped at the chance to sneak in with the press to catch this movie about 2 months before it is released nationwide. I had an impossible time [...]

I found this great stroll down memory lane, courtesy of New York Mag:
The Most Memorable Advertisements Madison Avenue Ever Sold
It’s a great list of what New York ad executives regard as the most memorable advertisements. Most of them are video, and a handful of print ads are included. The article has links to watch all [...]

House Of Flying Daggers
Year: 2004
Director: Yimou Zhang
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I am a huge fan of the Wuxia films, and I think Zhang does them best. He is an incredibly talented director, and really excels at beating you over the head with visual themes and composition. In this regard he is probably only surpassed by Hitchcock in my [...]

Yesterday I started a post critiquing the Dig music video contest. That post is required reading to this one.
Lets get started where we left off!
Video 3:
Director/Editor: Matt Ryan
DEPV: $150 (I’m guessing the actors aren’t paid.)
Wide screen is always classy. But besides that, this is a well executed video. Surprisingly, I really like the way [...]