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of Kevin Ely a filmmaker and LifeChurch.tv video producer living in Oklahoma City with a wife and two daughters the thoughts and opinions expressed here are my own and do not represent the thoughts and opinions of my employers or co-workers or wife or daughters really it's just a place to collect the useless trivia of my life occasionally I might write something profound but it's few and far between although I am a deep thinker I just don't usually do it on my blog if you want to know my deepest darkest thoughts buy me a beer and I might tell you.

Archive

Aug
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She & Him - “Why Do You Let Me Stay Here”

I haven’t caught “500 Days of Summer” yet, but I think I would like to see an indefinite series of short videos featuring Joseph Gordon Levitt and Zooey Deschanel being cute together.

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Jul
30th
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Shatner reads Palin’s Tweets.

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Jul
25th
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You know I really love this movie and I hope people like it, because if not they can all go straight to hell.
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Maurice Sendak, on Spike Jonze’s adaptation of Where the Wild Things Are

A ringing endorsement if I’ve ever heard one.

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Jul
24th
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“TRON: Legacy” teaser trailer

When I was a young lad, the movie TRON introduced me to both the world of CGI and the world of migrane headaches.  Now Disney is set to update the fim with TRON: Legacy, and the little geek inside me is giddily stocking up on excedrine.

Did I mention that Daft Punk is doing the soundtrack?

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Jul
17th
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Auto-tune the news #6: easily the best one yet.

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Jul
16th
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Before “Sience of the Lambs,” there was “Manhunter.”  Matt Zoller-Seitz continues his analysis of the work of Michael Mann, this time breaking down the imagery that frames his 1980’s adaptation of Thomas Harris’ “Red Dragon.”

I just can’t get enough of these pieces.  Makes me want to go back to film school.

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St. Vincent, “The Party”

I suddenly have a big crush on Annie Clark.

(via Pitchfork.tv)

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Jul
13th
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Looking back on the show’s signature themes, situations, and images, Miami Vice is so clearly set in Mann’s world that it seems a nexus point in his career. Everything he’d done before fed into it and nourished it; everything he’s done since reflects upon it, raids it, or builds on it.
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I was in 6th grade when Miami Vice was a huge hit on NBC, and looking back, I can’t believe my parents let me watch it.  Even then, I recognized something deeper, more soulful about this cop show, even if I didn’t know what it was.

Now, Matt Zoller-Seitz clears it up for me with another 5 part examination of a filmmaker’s career; this time Michael Mann.  Parts 1-3 are up now, with 4 & 5 to be posted later this week.  These video essays are really tremendous.  A little academic, but I like that.  Must-see viewing if you’re a fan of Mann’s work.

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Jul
10th
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Marcy Priest on this week’s Static.  Watch the full episode here.

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Jul
9th
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At The Movies

This year for our LifeChurch.tv “At The Movies” campaign we decided to create some mockumentary shorts about a fictional film production.  Here are my two favorite pieces of the four; you can see the rest on the BlingBlog Vimeo page.  By the time we finished these pieces, I really wanted to make the movie.  Someday…

And just for good measure, here’s Bryan Clark’s animated promo.  I didn’t have anything to do with it; I just think it’s pretty kick-ass.

“At the Movies 2009” Promo from Bryan Clark on Vimeo.

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Another 24 Hour short from years past; this one is from 2008.

This film’s requirements: The theme “Public View/Private Eye,” the line of dialogue “Seeing is Believing,” and using a map as a prop.

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Jul
2nd
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perpetua: Sometimes you just need to see Peter Parker bursting out of a moving taxi cab to punch an enormous shark in the face. From Amazing Spider-Man #311 by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane, via Comic Book Resources.

perpetua:

Sometimes you just need to see Peter Parker bursting out of a moving taxi cab to punch an enormous shark in the face. From Amazing Spider-Man #311 by David Michelinie and Todd McFarlane, via Comic Book Resources.
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