It’s official: Errol Morris is a god among men! Just in case you didn’t already know, I figured I’d reiterate that his films (at least all of those I’ve now seen) are A-MA-ZING! So let’s talk about Fast, Cheap, and Out of Control, shalll we?  I’ll admit, I was waiting for the moment when I […]

I was thinking about what happens if life has meaning but it isn’t what we want it to be.  I’ve often thought that it doesn’t matter what the material world puts stock in because I believe in something that transcends the here in now i.e. I’m a Catholic.  (this goes for any religion, obviously, but […]

O.K. So, the truth is difficult to know but not impossible.  But how do we learn? Are we going to learn it best by jumping out there in the world with a camera in our hands or by sitting in a class and watching someone else’s film? But even if we are holding the camera […]

The Thin Blue Line REALLY worked me into a frenzy.  I left the screening and I was early for a meeting I had and I couldn’t stop going on about the film until our meeting was about to start.  The absolute cruelty and utter waste of human life was just so in your face while […]

OK so I didn’t really like Gates of Heaven when I saw it at the screening.  It probably didn’t help that I was tired and hungry and I just wanted a movie to enjoy and not have to think about.  Although, ever since taking this course (as well as another film course I’m in this […]

OK so I mentioned in class that I was having a spamming issue on my comments and I couldn’t figure out what it was about my entry that inspired all these companies to send me ads about anti-depressants and all sorts of other meds. True, I am a bit of a crazy but I’m already […]

Just got home from watching the 1994 Little Women.  I must say I’ve been looking forward to it all day.  There’s nothing quite like a good adaptation of one of your favorite novels to be a quick fix at the end of a long day.  Perhaps that’s what inspires folks to adapt books into film […]