A quarter-century after the French director began it, his grand film essay on movies is finally available on DVD. Richard Corliss with Time Magazine wrote a great article on the film. Godard’s maybe the only one who knows what it all means and is crazy brave enough to say it.
I’ve come across two new fantastic websites. The first one, ArtoftheTitle.com, reclaims the glory days of beautiful designed title sequences. The websites features an amazing curation of the best opening title sequences from over 400 films, along with editorial notes on each sequence.
The second website, trailersfromhell.com, is even better. It features modern day writers and directors given video introductions to preview trailers from cool feature films from yesteryear, as well as many forgotten by the sands of time. I’m simply amazed that they put this all together–it’s fun.
“I was not around during the main VHS boom, but I’ve never liked DVDs,” said Mr. Justin, who has a VHS tape tattooed on his arm. “When I was younger and I went to the record store, my parents would push me to get the CD, but I wanted the cassette. I’m an analog nerd.”
Analog nerds unite. VHS zombies rule! NY Times exposes the VHZ zombie horde.
Total Film has the full story. Sam Mendes (American Beauty) is an inspired choice to direct the new Bond film, which has grown tired. The producers here are making a wise decision. It’s time to change up the Bond franchise. The older Sean Connery films were my favorites, let’s hope the reinvent the series.
The movie studio business model is poised for its biggest shift in years as Hollywood turns to Internet delivery as the only way to boost home entertainment revenues. Meanwhile, consumers won’t pay enough money for streaming (which caused the Netflix to implode in recent weeks) and DVDs are going bye-bye. LA Times article here.
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