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Before Darren Aronofsky left the stage at the 37th Telluride Film Festival in the introduction of his new film, Black Swan, he apologized to the crowd: “I’m really sorry. I want to apologize for what’s about to happen… I didn’t know what I was doing…” With that he walked off stage and the lights went down.

NYTimes expose on my favorite actress # § actress, del.icio.us, exposé, Film, link, Movies, nytimes

Interesting mefi thread on the state of screenwriting in the movie industry these days. Special guest appearance by a currently working semi-successful writer on the state of the movie industry in general # § del.icio.us, Film, hollywood, link, mefi, Movies, screenwriting

The assailing of 80s memories continues # § cinema, del.icio.us, Film, link, Nostalgia

How Hollywood over the years has structured their movie shots and sequences to coincide with the 1/f fluctuation

the basic shot structure of the movies, the way film segments of different lengths are bundled together from scene to scene, act to act, has evolved over the years to resemble a rough but recognizably wave-like pattern called 1/f, or one over frequency — or the more Hollywood-friendly metaphor, pink noise

More here.

Short expose on Laura Linney, one of my favorite actresses # § actress, del.icio.us, exposé, Film, lauralinney, link, NYC, nytimes, Theatre

Macabre and deliciously creepy Alma from Rodrigo Blaas on Vimeo.

Photos of crying actors by Sam Taylor-Wood. Strangely poignant

Very popular now that I've been researching 7D and GF1 options # § camera, del.icio.us, Film, filmmaking, Hardware, link, steadicam, Video

I loved this book, even though it tore out my heart. I want to see this movie, but just like Requiem for a Dream I'll probably only want to see it once. # § cormacmccarthy, esquire, Film, johnhillman, Movies, review, viggomortenson

My favorite thought-piece about Ferris Bueller is the “Fight Club” theory, in which Ferris Bueller, the person, is just a figment of Cameron’s imagination, like Tyler Durden, and Sloane is the girl Cameron secretly loves. # § 80s, brad.pitt, ferrisbueller, fightclub, Film, johnhughes, matthewbroderick, Movies

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