Wednesday, November 21, 2007

1.) Anyone else up for a Jim Henson night? Seriously, take a quick look at the following movie-film descriptions (I also wouldn't argue if we added The Dark Crystal and Labyrinth):
Time Piece
The Cube

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"Michael Moschen: In Motion"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contact_juggling#History

Click this photo:

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2-4ish.) Unfortunately, the closest I can get to I'm Not There is finding out that it's being released in Canada on November 28. Where, I don't know. I do know it was only for "select cities" which probably does not include Victoria.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368794/releaseinfo

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5?.) I would like to see some more Werner Herzog, as well:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081746/plotsummary
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Best_Fiend

Klaus Kinski, a volatile actor who collaborated with Herzog and starred in Aguirre: The Wrath of God (1972), Woyzeck (1979), Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Fitzcarraldo (1982), and finally Cobra Verde (1987) (none of which have I seen), sounds like quite the character, even from the brief sketch presented here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Kinski

Klaus Kinski was also a major source of tension (during the filming of Fitzcarraldo), as he fought with Herzog and other members of the crew and greatly upset the native extras. In his documentary My Best Fiend, Herzog says that one of the native chiefs offered to murder Kinski for him, but that he declined because he needed Kinski to complete filming.

The film was an incredible ordeal, and famously involved moving a 320-ton steamship over a hill without the use of special effects. Herzog believes that no one has ever performed a similar feat in history, and likely never will again, calling himself "Conquistador of the Useless".

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzcarraldo

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6.) That juggling thing is awesome.

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7.) What is this? ("Les Francais vus par")
Directed by: Luigi Comencini, Werner Herzog, Andrzej Wajda, Jean-Luc Godard (segment "Le dernier mot"), David Lynch (segment "The Cowboy and the Frenchman")

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094999/

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8.) Oh lordy me.
http://www.mopod.ca/mopod.htm






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