Archive for 'movies'
Werner Herzog
From a letter to Werner Herzog by Roger Ebert: It is safe to say you are as admired and venerated as any filmmaker alive—among those who have heard of you, of course. Those who do not know your work, and the work of your comrades in the independent film world, are missing experiences that might [...]
Posted: April 15th, 2010 under art, earth, entertainment, fringe, humor, movies, travel.
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James Cameron on 60 Minutes
Watch CBS News Videos Online Watch the 60 Minutes interview of James Cameron discussing his latest movie, Avatar.
Posted: February 10th, 2010 under entertainment, invention, movies.
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Unobtanium
This is a photo of a real piece of metal that has been cooled to the point that it has become a superconductor. In the movie Avatar they say that Unobtanium is a room temperature superconductor. The unobtanium article on Wikipedia. Edit: The fictitious Unubtanium is also mentioned on Pandorapedia.com.
Posted: December 30th, 2009 under movies.
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Avatar
Watch a 4 minute featurette about Avatar.
Posted: December 24th, 2009 under art, entertainment, graphics, invention, movies.
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Hellphone
Hellphone is a movie being produced locally by Jason Marc Pierce and Stephen van Vuuren, written and directed by Jason Marc Pierce. Check out the website. If you like what you see, spread the word.
Posted: July 22nd, 2009 under entertainment, movies.
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Shanghai Circus
Watch this 52 minute documentary about the Shanghai Circus School on YouTube. The documentary follows an eight-year-old boy and girl as they sweat and cry and perfect their acrobatic skills.
Posted: June 1st, 2009 under entertainment, movies, performance.
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Philippe Petit balances Oscar on his chin
Man on Wire won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature this year. The subject of the film, Philippe Petit, leapt up on stage while the filmmakers were giving their speeches. When it was his turn, he said he wanted to “thank the Academy for believing in magic” as he vanished a coin that he [...]
Posted: February 23rd, 2009 under art, entertainment, humor, juggling, movies, performance.
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Save the BPP!
Save the Bryant Park Project SaveBPP.org
Posted: July 23rd, 2008 under administrative, ai, art, backpacking, efficiency, entertainment, flight, food, fringe, games, graphics, hardware, invention, juggling, language, law, mathematics, movies, nature, performance, philosophy, politics, road, science, skill toys, software, travel, vision, walking, work.
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Spydercam
How do you make a camera fly? Use a Spydercam.
Posted: June 26th, 2006 under invention, movies.
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Feature film in production in Triad area
Working title: Dawn of the Redneck Samurai
Posted: May 25th, 2006 under entertainment, movies.
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