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re: YouTube Pick Of The Day
Posted on 1/15/13 at 5:38 pm to Kafka
Posted on 1/15/13 at 5:38 pm to Kafka
Perhaps my favorite documentary series of all time:
The Day The Universe Changed
The Day The Universe Changed
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The Day the Universe Changed (subtitled "A Personal View by James Burke") is a British documentary television series written and presented by science historian James Burke, originally broadcast in 1985 by the BBC. The series' primary focus is on the effect of advances in science and technology on western society in its philosophical aspects.
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The title comes from the philosophical idea that the universe essentially only exists as you perceive it through what you know; therefore, if you change your perception of the universe with new knowledge, you have essentially changed the universe itself.
To illustrate this concept, James Burke tells the various stories of important scientific discoveries and technological advances and how they fundamentally altered how western civilization perceives the world.
Posted on 1/31/13 at 8:37 pm to Kafka
Noir fans take note:
The Killers
Pretty damn impressive student film. Little camera movement, but the lighting is excellent, as are the sets and pacing. If the film has a flaw it's the student casting, specifically the killers themselves, who are just too young -- they come across more as decadent Rope types rather than hardened mob hitmen.
Tarkovsky himself appears as the whistling customer.
Essay on the film
The Killers
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The Killers is a 1956 student film by the Soviet and Russian film director Andrei Tarkovsky and his fellow students Marika Beiku and Aleksandr Gordon. It is based on the short story "The Killers" by Ernest Hemingway, written in 1927. It was Tarkovsky's first film, produced when he was a student at the State Institute of Cinematography (VGIK).
Students were required to work on films in groups of two or threes due to a lack of equipment at the film school VGIK. Andrei Tarkovsky and Aleksandr Gordon asked Marika Beiku to work with them. The idea for adapting Ernest Hemingway's short story was Tarkovsky's. All roles were played by students of the VGIK, and the camera and lighting was handled by fellow students Alfredo Álvarez and Aleksandr Rybin.
Pretty damn impressive student film. Little camera movement, but the lighting is excellent, as are the sets and pacing. If the film has a flaw it's the student casting, specifically the killers themselves, who are just too young -- they come across more as decadent Rope types rather than hardened mob hitmen.
Tarkovsky himself appears as the whistling customer.
Essay on the film
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