Category: impulsive pastimes
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 5)
In part four, Doug Welch and I talked through the appropriate times to notice figures/symbols of Christ in characters and the inappropriate evanglistic uses of film by Christians. We also showed two pictures connecting Wall-E and the Pieta, but that’s neither here nor there… LS: Two quick ones. We just saw The Help, and it…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 4)
Last week, The Boy Wonder and that other schmuck in the black suit talked on voiceover, visual show-don’t-tell and the power of good dialog. This week, we dig into the meat: SYMBOLISM! LS: Something we were talking about, symbolism in general, there’s a picture that was posted of Rothfuss’ Facebook page. This guy said, “I…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 3)
Last time, the film hero Doug Welch (and your Daily Bugle rep here) talked through show-don’t-tell, the evil of voice-over and the benefit of imagery when used in voice over’s stead. They also read some comics aloud… LS: That might be a really terrific exercise to sift through [Shawshank] and say what does that show…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 2)
When we last left our unlikely heroes, they dealt with the questions of the maturity of film as a medium, art verses advertisement and the realist movement in film. They also made fun of Superman, comparing him to a homesick little boy at summer camp, but that’s neither here nor there… Lance Schaubert: That’s where…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Film Analyst (part 1)
When I go over to my good friend Doug Welch’s house, I’m always astounded that his entire DVD library (and it is quite massive) is organized by his flickchart rankings. He also has the most complete icheckmovies account I’ve ever seen (look at the listing on this thing!) In addition to all this, the college…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Small Town Mayor (Part 2)
(When we last left our heroes, they were sipping Arnold Palmers and laughing at small children playing watermelon ball in the pool…) Lance Schaubert: You did mention moving up the political ladder at some point? Mike Bowers: At some point. I’d like to serve three or four terms as mayor. What I’ll do at the…
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Sitting at the Feet of a Small Town Mayor (part 1)
Orange and Mickey Mouse beach towels hang over a green chain link pool fence, a pool with rules like “if you’ve had diarrhea in the last two days…” and “no open epidural-layer sores allowed.” We’re at the land of palm-tree board shorts and plaid pearl snap shirts – Indiana Beach. Yes, there is more than…