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Oct03
And so concludes the retelling of the hellish experience I had watching Lost in Translation at the Varsity Theater.
Was it worth sacrificing a week’s worth of zippy one-liners and taking pot-shots at The Rock in The Rundown? Maybe. I got to flex a few different narrative muscles than before. I felt this was a story better told than read. I was curious to see if I could trump that notion.
If anything, it spurred from great debate. I received on e-mail suggesting that the inclusion of all the bomb mics was intentional – as if to enhance the surreal environment the two leads found themselves in while wandering around Tokyo.
It’s a fascinating thought, but one I reject. Lost in Translation is too quiet and intimate a movie to have the director constantly winking at us, saying, “See? See? It’s not told.”
Also, the cinematography by Lance Acord is too beautiful to wreck with poor composition.
The answer to my situation, I believe came from Abraham Brezo when he wrote:
“My guess about the boom mics is, that the film was shot open matte, and the projectionist forgot to matte the film. Leaving the film at an open matte will give it a smaller aspect ratio, thus including
everything that was supposed to be hidden behind the matte. This type of filmmaking is supposed to be more cost efficient.”
Judging by what I saw and comparing my experience against others who had gone to see the film, I’d say this was right on the head. It helps to aid my righteous indignation. Thanks, Abraham!
I’m doing a final flight-check for all things FallCon related at the moment. I’m leaving straight from my job this afternoon and I want to make sure I’m not forgetting anything. It’d be quite a shame to drive all that way to Minnesota to forget the posters I’m trying to sell.
…or my contact lens solution.
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Jared will go to great lengths when it comes to distracting Tom while he’s reading the paper.
I know I had a little mini-rant about One Missed Call in Wednesday blog and pretty much said I wasn’t going to give it the time of day. But it was during a special Wednesday edition of The Triple Feature talkcast (download it if you missed it) that I hit upon this particular idea.
Alluding to a joke I wanted to make about the movie in the comic, my good friend Joe Dunn from Joe Loves Crappy Movies basically said “Don’t bother because everyone else is already thinking it.” So, to diffuse the situation somewhat, I purposefully am setting the joke up to fail. There’s nothing witty about comparing One Missed Call to The Ring. Any 5 year-old could make the same observation. So let’s all point and laugh at the obvious instead. Besides, I love an awkward pause.
Yesterday I had the opportunity to perform my civic duty and take part in the Iowa Caucuses. It was my first time attending and it was an enlightening experience. I felt good energy leaving the precinct hall and was pleased when the candidate I’ve chosen to support – Barack Obama – won the state with a resounding 37% of the vote.
More so than just my candidate of choice winning big, I was pleased to see so many Iowans turn out on a cold January night to do their part. Over 300,000, I believe was the last estimate? That’s astonishing. At our precinct alone there were nearly 500 people compared to about 120 four years prior. I think it’s representative of exactly how important this next Presidential election will be. People are hungry for change and they are motivated now more than ever to do something about it.
Wouldn’t it be great if President Bush’s legacy ended up motivating the American people into electing the most energetic and progressive leader since Kennedy in an effort to reverse his policies? That would be a trip.
But I shouldn’t stand up on the soapbox too long. While I think political discussion is vital to the health of this country, I don’t mean to exclude anyone and this is a somewhat one-sided conversation.
Back to movie news, Cami and I are going out with friends on Saturday to see Juno. Yes, it finally came out here in Iowa. This is one of those movies that has been slowly making it’s way across the country, but is lagging far behind it’s buzz. It gets released in the big cities as part of some preview weekend so it can make the Oscar cut off date, then it goes a little wider, then a little more before finally reaching the hinterlands. Meanwhile all the critics have had their say about it and you feel woefully behind the times for not having seen it yet.
That changes soon. I’ll let you know what I think of it on Monday.
And with that, I hope everyone has a great weekend! Talk to you soon!
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