I just watched “2001: A Space Odyssey” and “2010: The Year We Made Contact” on back-to-back nights over the weekend. It was actually at the behest of a friend who wanted to check out the Kubrick classic, and follow up with the sequel for a kind of closure plus a look at how the direction, [...]
How cool is this! Celtx is an end-to-end pre-production software package that is OPEN SOURCE. I know, I know – I’m *just a composer* and not supposed to care about this – but I’ve got a script in mind and have been looking around at the solutions out there. I thought about using an MS Word template – [...]
I was channel surfing late one night and stumbled across the opening scene of Lawrence of Arabia, which had been restored and expanded in 1989 – and was being broadcast in high definition on HDNET. I decided that it was time to sit through this and watch it, beginning to end. There are people that [...]
She’s a replicant, isn’t she?
Again, HDNet comes through with a classic film. This time it’s Blade Runner, Director’s Cut. I watched the original cut a few times on VHS – and might have watched the director’s cut on a standard DVD once upon a time – but this is the first time I’ve seen the Director’s Cut in HD. [...]