Archive for June, 2007

A little Yojimbo action

Friday, June 29th, 2007

Alright then, so I said I have more to say about The Glass Key. And I do, but, I forgot it. Maybe it’ll come back to me? Probably not, but I’ll leave the possibility open. For now I want to talk about Yojimbo. I found the movie to be very interesting. I wanted to first […]

The Glass Key

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

The Glass Key – the movie and the book.  I can honestly say I enjoyed both versions—which is not always the case with books and its adaptations.  Coughbloodwork.             In class one of the first things we talked about was the hard boiled detective vs. the Sherlock Holmes-esque detective style.  It became fairly clear that […]

Hays Code/Blue Material

Thursday, June 28th, 2007

In class when we talked about the Hays Code, it reminded me of something I learned last year in a theatre class. I thought it was pretty interesting so I figured I’d mention it here!  Hooray!(?) There was a similar code on Vaudeville performers during the late 19th/early 20th century. Unacceptable content was referred to […]

Testing?

Monday, June 25th, 2007

Just testing things out, seeing how this bad boy is looking.