tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65194777907293801622024-10-02T03:03:17.794-04:00There is little I enjoy more than a great movie,as I consider film to be one of the most accessible media for modern art, and cringe when that medium is sorely abused. I'm a junior at Centre College in Danville, KY, Come read about my thoughts on films, both new and old.The Errant Viewerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07572370440815869262noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519477790729380162.post-37081277336050810312011-02-22T22:53:00.001-05:002011-02-22T22:56:32.734-05:00

Evening, all. As you may know, the 83rd Annual Academy Awards Ceremony is this Sunday night. I've had many people ask me my predictions, and I've held back to give first dibs to The Cento. A couple weeks ago, a reporter from that distinguished publication approached me for an interview. Imagine my shock to see the interview excised from the latest issue (yet with space enough for professors'

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So, friend, another day has come and gone, with it's own particular stresses, dangers (snow), and joys (such as everything that happened between 1 and 4 p.m., as well as 7-9 p.m.) As I related last night, we began our "Classic American Films" course with Vic Fleming's 1939 masterpiece The Wizard of Oz; well, today we viewed Fleming's other masterpiece from the same year, Gone With the Wind.&nbsp

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First off, Happy New Year everyone! Forgive my silence, but I didn't go to the cinemas while in France, so I've missed Zombieland, The Blind Side, and any other film that was released between September and mid-December, up until Avatar (which I might review should anyone request one).However, here is the biggest news of all:For the next three weeks, until January 26th, I will be studying "

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Morning all!I know this is very old news, but I've been asked by several persons my thoughts on the recent announcement by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the group that holds the annual Academy Awards, on allowing an additional five films to be nominated for Best Picture, thus bringing the total number of Best Picture nominees to ten. I've determined that this blog would be the

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First of all, I'd like to wish everyone a happy Independence Day; take time this weekend to relax with family and friends, but remember the document that started it all. Be sure to re-read the Declaration.Next, I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize for not updating this blog more frequently. I intended to use this blog to post reviews I'd written for my college paper, The Cento;

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I have always been amazed at the impact our perceptions have on our interpersonal relationships. Our biases and blemishes can create a smokescreen of sorts that blind even the most astute observer; this is how misunderstands abound and feuds begin. Film noir, a style best seen in black and white detective films of the 1940’s and 50’s, was perfectly used to examine and challenge our perceptions:

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Michael Clayton- Will the Truth Set You Free? The world has taught us since the day we were born that we should always aspire to honesty, and some historical figures have lost much depth and truth to become maxims for this virtue. However, this moralizing pedagogy is derived from a system concurrently whispering in our naive ears that we must do whatever it takes to succeed. The perils of

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My big day is dawning. My first film review, on Michael Clayton, should appear in tomorrow's Cento. Of course, for those of you off-campus, I will post my complete, unedited remarks on the film tomorrow. Be advised that my space limit for the piece was 600 words, so I'm sure I could have written more had I space, but I really do think I highlighted what made that film work for me. I'm quite

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Good evening, Clarice....or whomever is reading this.I am a movie fanatic. There is nothing I enjoy better than watching a great motion picture, analyzing it, and expressing my thoughts on it. I'm lucky enough to have been recently offered a film section in my campus paper, the Cento, and I'm hoping it will be the first step in a long career and life that incorporates film and film studies into

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