http://onesmallwindow.com Where creativity and the search for purpose leads Wed, 13 Feb 2008 06:26:38 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Essentially a tale of marital infidelity Mustaa Jaa (Black Ice) is the story of the betrayed woman taking it upon herself to find the other woman in her husband’s life. As with the first movie I watched at the Berlinale, this one begins with nudity. A mature couple, in bed, ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2008/02/13/musta-jaa-berlinale-review/ Cidade de Deus is probably the most famous Brazilian film in recent memory. The frenetic-editing, the high-energy score, the camerawork that made the film look like it was always filmed on the (literal) run…and the high-peril lives of the people that lived in the notorious favela called Cidade de Deus ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2008/02/12/tropa-de-elite-berlinale-review/ Yes, that’s what the separation of the supposed-to-be-glorious experiment that was Grindhouse is called on DVD. Which would make this the fifth film by Quentin Tarantino and his most resounding flop. With good reason. There are a few things a knowledgeable person expects out of a Tarantino movie other than ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2007/09/08/grindhouse-presents-death-proof-extended-and-unrated/ So this is what you could do if your film wins an Academy Award...good to know. I hadn't heard of Rendition until the trailer turned up on Apple's website. If it had popped up on the various movie gossip sites I frequent I'd probably not have paid any attention because there ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2007/08/19/trailer-analysis-rendition/ So the big bad Beowulf trailer is online and apparently right on time to start a feeding frenzy around the San Diego Comic Con. Nicely played in terms of setup but not so nicely played in terms of execution. Click here to view the trailer before reading my comments. Otherwise, ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2007/07/26/trailer-analysis-beowulf/ So now it's Kevin Bacon's turn to play avenging angel when his oldest son is killed by gang members in what appears to be either a stick-up or some sort of gang initiation. The movie is called Death Sentence and it is the latest directorial effort of James Wan, one ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2007/07/13/trailer-analysis-death-sentence/ Apple has a few new trailers on their website and some of them are interesting. Vantage Point The movie's got Ripley, Jack from Lost, Idi Amin and Meg Ryan's ex-husband. It's about the assassination of a fictional US President. Or is it? Interesting setup in the trailer and nice music but ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2007/07/12/new-movie-trailer-vantage-point/ I went to bed pretty late last night (the missus was working so I kept her company in wakefulness). I rarely dream but I guess it was the altered sleep cycle (or Catholic guilt) that led to my vision of a wheelchair-bound priest in the moments before I woke up. ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2007/05/05/dreaming-of-wheelchair-bound-priests/ Richard Linklater's 2001 cinematic experiment Waking Life had a profound impact on me, not so much because of the content of the film as for the style in which that content was delivered. Bob Sabiston's superfreaky animation software that caused the characters to bob and weave while spouting dialogue I ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2007/05/04/finding-meaning/ Over the past few days I've struggled with my stories, wrestled with them like they were alligators or oily men in an akhada. Which doesn't mean I'm not proud of them, it's just that the 'flow' became a trickle after the Nine Inch Nails (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) ... http://onesmallwindow.com/2007/05/02/visiting-the-bar/