One of my favorite video essay youtube channels Nerdwriter1 just did a fabulous essay on Japanese director Yasujirō Ozu’s 1949 film Late Spring. For a general understanding of the story Late Spring is the story of Noriko, played by late actress Setsuko Hara, who is idyllically and indepedently happy living with her widowed father, Shukichi, played by actor Chishû Ryû. Continue Reading
About a year ago rumors hit the internet that Jordan Peele, fresh of the scucess of his social commentary written and directed psychological horror film, Get Out (2017), was looking to get the rights to adapt a live action feature film of the 1990’s Disney animated afternoon cartoon show Gargoyles, created by the acclaimed writer-producer of comics and cartoons Greg Continue Reading
I made a video I forgot to post for the other day, hopefully to make people laugh and celebrate Star Wars day. It’s not political but it sure will trigger some Star Wars nerds and I love it because I am one too. So what ya gonna do about it? Also I love the Rian Johnson film. I saw where Continue Reading
The Yellow Press, illustration from 1910. This is an old Political cartoon I like to use as my wallpaper. It depicts William Randolph Hearst as a jester tossing newspapers with headlines such as “Appeals to Passion, Venom, Sensationalism, Attacks on Honest Officials, Strife, Distorted News, Personal Grievance, [and] Misrepresentation” to a crowd of eager readers, but more importantly this is Continue Reading
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