Five Frames
Images Taken With Lytro / Speed Graphic Cameras
These images and many many more can be found on my Flickr account.
Wednesday, January 25, 2017
Cinema Cycle - Still Smok'in
CINEMA CYCLE
(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)
DATE REVIEWED: 01/25/2017
FORMAT: Laserdisc
TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 1 hour 30 minutes
DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 19.2 miles
TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 6128.2 miles
CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: Skit comedy strung together in a promotional video for cannabis consumption in Denmark during the 1990s.
PROS AND CONS: Not a great film. It appears to be a series of skits and concert performances strung together on a loose theme that goes from flashback to fantasy to flashback indefinitely.
The humor here isn’t funny, but it is cutting edge for it’s day. It is an interesting film to watch from the historical perspective. The morals, attitudes and behaviors of society have fundamentally shifted. Leaving films such as this as a documentary of their time.
This film, and I suppose all of the other films by the duo, was financed, written and directed by Cheech and Chong. Some of the skits that they perform here show writing talent and acting that you wouldn’t expect. Which leads me to believe the Tommy and Cheech are pretty smart…..like foxes.
This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.
Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film.
This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle. A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
A Thousand Words - 1/24/2017
A Picture Is Worth
A Thousand Words
(....and here they are.)
DATE TAKEN / DATE WRITTEN
10-10-2016 / 01-21-2017
Creative minds think alike, and when they do they are sometimes too creative. We oftentimes don’t see the ripples that we leave in our wake and how they affect others and ourselves. Frank Capra was right, we can’t always see how we affect the lives of others and vice versa. I wouldn’t be a better person if I had not met my wife. I shudder to think what I might have become without her. We would not have the dream castle we always wanted if we hadn’t move next door to our contractor. A contractor that, shall we say has his own ‘flair’. Here are the happy artisans after ripping out a wall and about to lay up a new ceiling before the new flooring goes in. Sometimes, the will to create can be a bit overpowering, like a narcotic. There must be that bug for excess in all of us, only it takes different forms. What drives each of us, the drive to succeed, to be the fastest, the one with the most toys, the one with the most influence, the one with the most experiences. When is enough enough? To the artist, I suppose this is a stupid question. When you stop creating, you die.
(Actual Word Count - 224)
Monday, January 23, 2017
Five Frames - 01/23/2017
Five Frames
Images Taken With 4X5 Crown Graphic / Minolta Maxxum / Panasonic Lumix
These images and many many more can be found on my Flickr account.
Cinema Cycle - Son In Law
CINEMA CYCLE
(Cardio Workout And Reviewing Movies At The Same Time)
DATE REVIEWED: 01/23/2017
TITLE: Son In Law
FORMAT: Laserdisc
TIME RIDDEN / FILM LENGTH: 1 hour 36 minutes
DISTANCE RIDDEN WHILE VIEWING: 20.7 miles
TOTAL CINEMA MILES LOGGED: 6109 miles
SYNOPSIS: A 1990 Southern California hipster upsets the dysfunctional lives of a North Dakota ranch family.
CONCEPT IN RELATION TO THE VIEWER: Change is good and usually for the better. Parents are often times grown up children.
Zack, the baby brother of the family steals this film.
PROS AND CONS: Not a bad film, but light-hearted fare at it’s best. Shore is not a bad actor in his nitch. He has the range to be dramatic, but seldom is.
The farm family that “Crawl” (Shore’s character) invades is noteworthy only because of the well known character actors that portray it. They are old hands to Shore’s up and coming performance.
The most enjoyable part of the film was the performance of Patrick Renna, as the young son of the family. He has the best lines and delivers them well.
This film is a part of my LaserDisc Collection.
Clicking on the title will take you to the Internet Movie Database (IMDB) entry for this film.
This film was viewed while exercising on my recumbent cycle. A summary of my time spent working out on my journey through movie-land can be found on Strava.com.
Thursday, January 19, 2017
Five Frames - 01/19/2017
Five Frames
Images Taken With Galaxy Tab 4 / Panasonic Lumix / Crown Graphic 4X5
These images and many many more can be found on my Flickr account.
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Five Frames - 01-17-2017
Five Frames
Images Taken With Crown Graphic 4X5 camera
These images and many many more can be found on my Flickr account.
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