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Entries from December 2013

Postcard: Old Faithful Geyser

December 30th, 2013 · No Comments

Card is titled: “Old Faithful Geyser.”

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Screenings: Elysium (2013)

December 27th, 2013 · No Comments

Neill Blomkamp’s obsession with “man-machine,” Part 2. Also, a tale of two landscapes – no surprise he favors the bleak one.

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Best. Subtitles. Ever.

December 26th, 2013 · No Comments

Best. Subtitles. Ever. (from THE CONJURING) pic.twitter.com/r01tMK6R21 — Fred Osuna (@spitballarmy) December 12, 2013

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Postcard: Mount Vernon, West Front

December 23rd, 2013 · No Comments

Card is titled: “West Front, Mount Vernon.”

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Screenings: Of Mice and Men (1939)

December 22nd, 2013 · No Comments

Further proof they don’t make ’em like they usedta. Lon Chaney Jr was a pretty bad actor but was born to play Lenny.

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The Square Root of True

December 21st, 2013 · No Comments

PRINT SECTION (click on the images to view nearly full size): WEB SECTION (on the Creative Nonfiction website).

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Postcard: George Washington’s bedroom

December 16th, 2013 · No Comments

Card is titled: “George Washington’s Bedroom, Mount Vernon.”

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Movie: 121413

December 14th, 2013 · No Comments

“The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug”

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Jerry Lee Rewis

December 12th, 2013 · No Comments

He hands me a personal check with the name Jerry Lee Rewis. Suspicious, I ask for his license. On it, his photo: left eye winking.

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Screenings: Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011)

December 10th, 2013 · No Comments

Deliberately paced – meaning slow, seemingly uneventful. The pace never quickens, but after the… …first hour, the lush/barren landscapes and dogged police proceedings draw the viewer into its rhythms. Philosophical… …symbolism abounds. Turkish director Ceylan most similar to Tarkovsky in his use of lengthy slow-tracking takes.

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