tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-61518588009970989322024-03-13T08:45:44.714-04:00THE DIRECTOR SPOTLIGHTa series of online tributes to the greatest filmmakers...Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.comBlogger43125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-8089750313576171002008-12-09T14:38:00.003-05:002008-12-09T14:42:03.141-05:00Filming Othello (1978)<p align="justify"><i>Filming Othello</i> is a documentary Orson Welles made in the late 1970s, in which he talks about the play and the many challenges he faced while making this picture. Included is a conversation with fellow actors and long time friends Michael Macliammoir and Hilton Edwards as well as questions from students. This film is not available on home video. I discovered these posted on YouTube. Enjoy! (84 minutes - 1978)<br /><center><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/U07wWQ0U_BU&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/U07wWQ0U_BU&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/gND-aHp9yZg&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/gND-aHp9yZg&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/65CpYXvW3v8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/65CpYXvW3v8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/mzvucJ5YF_8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/mzvucJ5YF_8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/9oVIeXrp2z0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/9oVIeXrp2z0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/FFvvoUGXwlo&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/FFvvoUGXwlo&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hwo6FgQVCoA&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/Hwo6FgQVCoA&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7z2gXff_4Fk&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7z2gXff_4Fk&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rMLa2qGxjmE&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rMLa2qGxjmE&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QTQ3LeoIrC0&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QTQ3LeoIrC0&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-46062934418190332832008-12-09T14:14:00.003-05:002008-12-09T14:19:47.846-05:00Chimes at Midnight (1965)<p align="justify">Today I discovered the Orson Welles' film <i>Chimes at Midnight</i> on YouTube. I'm posting the videos (parts 1-11) here, along with a fan-made trailer:<br /><br /><center><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/eii4_wbuPJY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/eii4_wbuPJY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object></center><br /><br /><p align="justify">Chimes at Midnight (aka Falstaff) is a 1965 film directed by Orson Welles based around the character of Sir John Falstaff in Shakespeare. The script contains text from five Shakespeare plays: primarily Henry IV, Part 1 and Henry IV, Part 2, but also Richard II, Henry V, and The Merry Wives of Windsor. The film's narration, spoken by Ralph Richardson, is taken from the chronicler Holinshed.<p align="justify">The film was nominated (in 1968) for a BAFTA film award for Welles as Best Foreign Actor. At the Cannes Film Festival Welles was nominated (in 1966) for the Golden Palm Award and won the 20th Anniversary Prize and the Technical Grand Prize. In Spain it won (in 1966) the Citizens Writers Circle Award for Best Film.<p align="justify">Welles held this film in high regard and considered it along with The Trial his best work, he said in 1982 "If I wanted to get into heaven on the basis of one movie, that's the one I'd offer up". Many critics, including Peter Bogdanovich and Jonathan Rosenbaum, also consider it Welles's finest work. The scene depicting the Battle of Shrewsbury has been particularly admired, serving as an inspiration for movies like Braveheart and Saving Private Ryan.<br /><br /><center><b><i>CHIMES AT MIDNIGHT</i> (PARTS 1-11)</b><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/oOhq0AyRNjY&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/oOhq0AyRNjY&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/qejbbkhjkBs&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/qejbbkhjkBs&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" 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Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-10891680009168411302008-12-05T04:01:00.002-05:002008-12-05T04:04:15.163-05:00Scene of the Day: Five Easy Pieces (1970)<center>Jack wants his toast...<p><object width="480" height="295"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6wtfNE4z6a8&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6wtfNE4z6a8&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="480" height="295"></embed></object></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-91561833087026768072008-11-29T23:23:00.004-05:002008-12-09T14:20:49.377-05:00Chimes at Midnight (Falstaff)<p align="justify">Tonight I attended a rare film screening of Orson Welles' <i>Chimes at Midnight</i> (1965) -- also known as <i>Falstaff</i>, based on a series of Shakespeare plays. The screening took place at the Harvard Film Archive in Cambridge, MA. Welles' directing and acting is superb. If you love Shakespeare and Orson Welles, you don't want to miss this classic. A Spanish dvd is available on eBay. No U.S. video release is planned, but I'm hoping that changes in the near future.<p><center><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/WELLES/CHIMES%20AT%20MIDNIGHT/500/1.jpg"><p><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/WELLES/CHIMES%20AT%20MIDNIGHT/500/3.jpg"><p><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/WELLES/CHIMES%20AT%20MIDNIGHT/500/4.jpg"><p><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/WELLES/CHIMES%20AT%20MIDNIGHT/500/5.jpg"><p><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/WELLES/CHIMES%20AT%20MIDNIGHT/500/6.jpg"><p><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/WELLES/CHIMES%20AT%20MIDNIGHT/500/7.jpg"><p><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/WELLES/CHIMES%20AT%20MIDNIGHT/500/8.jpg"><p></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-56464591436508696342008-08-01T16:31:00.003-04:002008-11-26T16:29:10.363-05:00Charlie Chaplin slideshows<p align="justify">I added over 200 new photographs to my Charlie Chaplin tribute page today. I posted them under his photos section, in separate folders by title of each film. I also created 2 new slideshows. Enjoy.<br><center><br><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbXlzcGFjZS5jb20vY2hhcmxlc19jaGFwbGlu" target="_blank">myspace.com/charles_chaplin</a><p><br><br><p style="visibility:visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="750" width="500" style="width:500px;height:750px" data="http://widget-6a.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://widget-6a.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" /><br /> <param name="quality" value="high" /><br /> <param name="scale" value="noscale" /><br /> <param name="salign" value="l" /><br /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><br /> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=10084970&site=widget-6a.slide.com" /><br /></object><p style="white-space:nowrap"><p><br><br><p style="visibility:visible;"><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="750" width="500" style="width:500px;height:750px" data="http://widget-9c.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://widget-9c.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" /><br /> <param name="quality" value="high" /><br /> <param name="scale" value="noscale" /><br /> <param name="salign" value="l" /><br /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><br /> <param name="flashvars" value="cy=ms&il=1&channel=9678492&site=widget-9c.slide.com" /><br /></object><p style="white-space:nowrap"><p></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-87114444528134602212007-10-16T12:35:00.001-04:002007-10-16T12:38:24.605-04:00The Shining (a different film altogether)<center><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QnigAID65IU"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QnigAID65IU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-9148295800035558102007-10-12T21:37:00.000-04:002007-10-12T21:39:35.201-04:00Bunuel Tribute - Belle du jour<a href="http://myspace.com/luis_bunuel_portoles">myspace.com/luis_bunuel_portoles</a><br /><br /><center><br /><br />Original<br /><br /><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbXlzcGFjZXR2LmNvbS9pbmRleC5jZm0/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj12aWRzLmluZGl2aWR1YWwmdmlkZW9pZD0xOTk1NjQ2Mg==">Belle du jour</a><br><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="all" height="346" width="430" data="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" /><br /> <param name="flashvars" value="m=19956462&v=2&type=video" /><br /></object><p><br /><br />1995 US Re-Release<br /><br /><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vbXlzcGFjZXR2LmNvbS9pbmRleC5jZm0/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj12aWRzLmluZGl2aWR1YWwmdmlkZW9pZD0xOTk1NzI2OQ==">Belle du jour</a><br><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="all" height="346" width="430" data="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="all" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" /><br /> <param name="flashvars" value="m=19957269&v=2&type=video" /><br /></object></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-82465083222874478602007-10-12T06:28:00.000-04:002007-10-12T06:30:50.376-04:00Hundreds strip naked on glacier in global warming protestThis is AMAZING!!! Love Spencer Tunick.<br /><br />Art in its most socially active form...<br /><br /><hr><br /><br />From YouTube description:<br /><p align="justify">Six hundred people shed their clothes on a glacier in the Swiss Alps to bodily cry out for help against a planetary emergency: global warming.<br /><br />The nude volunteers posed for us and renowned naked "installation" artist Spencer Tunick on the Aletsch Glacier.<br /><br />Without clothes, the human body is vulnerable, exposed, its life or death at the whim of the elements. Global warming is stripping away our glaciers and leaving our entire planet vulnerable to extreme weather, floods, sea-level rise, global decreases in carrying capacity and agricultural production, fresh water shortages, disease and mass human dislocations.<br /><br />If global warming continues at its current rate, most glaciers in Switzerland will completely disappear by 2080, leaving nothing but valleys and slopes strewn with rock debris.<br /><br /><CENTER><br /><br /><object width="425" height="350"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/0RVp8Q6H9e0"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/0RVp8Q6H9e0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/ART/TUNICK/400/SPENCERTUNICK-0.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/ART/TUNICK/400/SPENCERTUNICK-1.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/ART/TUNICK/400/SPENCERTUNICK-2.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/ART/TUNICK/400/SPENCERTUNICK-3.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/ART/TUNICK/400/SPENCERTUNICK-4.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/ART/TUNICK/400/SPENCERTUNICK-6.jpg"><br /><br /></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-78530900132441682282007-10-10T15:22:00.000-04:002007-10-10T15:56:12.038-04:00Tribute to A Clockwork OrangeLast night I created a tribute page for Stanley Kubrick's <i>A Clockwork Orange</i>:<p><br /><center><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/KUBRICK/CLOCKWORK/500/500clockworkorange_1280.jpg"></center><p><br />You will find the page at this link:<br /><br /><a href="http://myspace.com/261437554" target="_blank">A Clockwork Orange Tribute</a><br /><br /><p align="justify">The page will be featured on Stanley's profile, on his top friends list. I will add to it with videos and additional articles I find, many of which debate the violence and artistic nature of the film... and that age-old question of whether life imitates art or vice-versa. Naturally, I think it's brilliant, but depending on the individual may require multiple viewings over the course of many years into adulthood to appreciate, understand, and absorb the material... I wouldn't recommend it for children under the age of 18 or even 21 for that matter, unless you study the background and meaning behind the film, the book it's based on, and Kubrick's philosophy in directing it.<br /><center><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/KUBRICK/CLOCKWORK/500/500clockwork_orange_ver2.jpg"><p><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/KUBRICK/CLOCKWORK/500/500post1159.jpg"><p><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/KUBRICK/CLOCKWORK/500orange-mecanique.jpg"></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-44411881377493845522007-10-07T16:57:00.000-04:002007-10-07T17:35:31.162-04:0028 UP (1985)<p align="justify">In 1964, the organization <i>World in Action</i> decided to film the lives of 16 seven-year-olds in the United Kingdom, in order to explore the adage "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man." Michael Apted worked on the film, and decided to continue the series, by documenting these children's lives every 7 years. Neil Hughes is one of those children. The following video is an interview segment with him, at the age of 28 years old. I connect with a lot of what he says, in terms of society, life, and the meaning behind it.<br /><br /><center><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1784384206">28 UP: Neil</a><br><embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=1784384206&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed><br></center><br /><br />A series of quotes and statements I relate to by Neil Hughes from the Michael Apted documentary <i>28 UP</i>.<br /><br /><hr><br /><p align="justify">"I don't think I ever had any stability... to be quite honest. I can't think of any time in my life when I ever did. I don't think I've been kicking against anything. I've been kicking in mid-air the whole of my life."<br /><p align="justify">"There's a lot more to do in the mountains. What I found here is that you don't talk about things like the weather, because the weather is all-around. Everyone knows it's been raining. That makes good sense to me."<br /><p align="justify">"I'm not the sort of person who can go to a pub, sit down with a drink, listen to the jukebox, and talk a lot of rubbish. A lot of people find that very relaxing. But if I'm going to talk to somebody. A) I have to be able to hear myself speaking, and B) I have to be talking about something that actually has a meaning."<br /><p align="justify">"I'm not trying to denigrate the way that most people relax. But I can't do that. I'm lost in a noisy pub. I'll sit in the quiet corner of a quiet pub, and then I'll want to talk about literature or something like that, which not everyone will want."<br /><p align="justify">"I don't think I was so much clever. I think I was quite enthusiastic about the subjects I was studying, therefore with some good teaching, I was able to get some good results."<br /><p align="justify">"No formal education can prepare anybody for life. Only life can prepare you for what comes. Sooner or later, you're going to have to cross certain barriers. And I don't think you ever cross those at school or at university. You come across the problem of mixing with other people. But the real problem of becoming a success in the world is something you have to tackle yourself."<br /><p align="justify">"What my background has given me is just being part of a very impersonal society. The most you can hope to achieve is to have the right to climb into a suburban train 5 or 10 times a week, and just about stagger back. The least is just unemployment."<br /><p align="justify">Q: What are the things about modern society that turn you off?<br /><p align="justify">A: The cheap satisfaction in so many things, the aimlessness... but I think the total lack of thought is at the bottom of it.<br /><p align="justify">"Nobody seems to know where they or anybody else is going, and nobody seems to worry. You finish the week. You come home. You plug into the TV set for the weekend, and then you manage to get back to work on Monday. And it seems to me that this is just a slow-path to total brain-washing. And it seems to me that if you have a brain-washed society, then you're heading towards doom. There's no question about that."<br /><p align="justify">"What I look like is not necessarily what I feel like. I'm not claiming that I feel as though I'm in some sort of nirvana. But I'm claiming that if I was living in some sort of suburbia, I'd feel like cutting my throat."<br /><p align="justify">"I don't think I was really taught any sort of policy of living at all by my parents. This is probably one of the biggest mistakes. I was just left to fend for myself in a world in which they seemed completely oblivious of. I found that even when I tried to discuss problems that were facing me in school. My parents didn't seem to be aware of the nature of the problem."<br /><p align="justify">"I sometimes feel when I'm on my own, that I'm losing touch with the way other people live."<br /><p align="justify">"You can't afford to go around looking depressed. That, in itself, is bad enough."<br /><p align="justify">"No, I'm not better than anything or anybody, I'm just somebody with my own particular difficulties, with my own particular obstacles to surpass. And everybody else is doing the exact same thing."Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-3702847276468133412007-10-07T14:00:00.001-04:002007-10-07T14:02:00.043-04:00Mamma Roma (1962)A <b>must-see</b> for all fans of classic Italian filmmaking, the great director Pier Paolo Pasolini, and screen force Anna Magnani.<br /><br />To view Pasolini's tribute, click here: <a href="http://myspace.com/pier_paolo_pasolini">myspace.com/pier_paolo_pasolini</a><br /><br />I love all of these scenes, but my favorite is scene 17 when Ettore and his mom take a ride on his new moped... reminds me of my childhood in Italy.<br /><center><br /><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2011749915">Mamma Roma: Trailer</a><br><embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=2011749915&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed><br><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.addToProfileConfirm&videoid=2011749915&title=Mamma Roma: Trailer">Add to My Profile</a> | <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.home"> More Videos</a><br /><br /><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2016341213">Mamma Roma: scene 2</a><br><embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=2016341213&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed><br><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.addToProfileConfirm&videoid=2016341213&title=Mamma Roma: scene 2">Add to My Profile</a> | <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.home"> More Videos</a><br /><br /><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2016433043">Mamma Roma: scene 3</a><br><embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=2016433043&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed><br><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.addToProfileConfirm&videoid=2016433043&title=Mamma Roma: scene 3">Add to My Profile</a> | <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.home"> More Videos</a><br /><br /><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2016438020">Mamma Roma: scene 4</a><br><embed src="http://lads.myspace.com/videos/vplayer.swf" flashvars="m=2016438020&type=video" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="430" height="346"></embed><br><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.addToProfileConfirm&videoid=2016438020&title=Mamma Roma: scene 4">Add to My Profile</a> | <a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.home"> More Videos</a><br /><br /><a href="http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2016388896">Mamma Roma: S17</a><br><embed 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src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/ALTMAN/500/500A3.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/ALTMAN/500/500mash2.jpg" /><br /><br />Trailers for two of my Altman favorites: <i>The Player</i> & <i>Gosford Park</i><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/dwnhRRRQtaI"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dwnhRRRQtaI"><br /></object><br /><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/10WT8Z7qIbI"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/10WT8Z7qIbI"><br /></object><br /></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-4251301507532437442007-10-07T08:23:00.000-04:002007-10-07T08:58:17.103-04:00Stanley Kubrick - Chicago 1949<p align="justify">Few people know that before he started making movies, Stanley Kubrick was a star photojournalist. In the summer of 1949, Look magazine sent him to Chicago to shoot pictures for a story called "Chicago City of Contrasts."<br /><center><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="never" allownetworking="internal" height="475" width="600" align="middle" data="http://widget-b4.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never"><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal"><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://widget-b4.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf"><br /> <param name="quality" value="high"><br /> <param name="scale" value="noscale"><br /> <param name="salign" value="l"><br /> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"><br /> <param name="flashvars" value="site=widget-b4.slide.com&channel=9538484&cy=be&il=1"><br /></object><br /></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-51475627462556848962007-10-04T08:39:00.000-04:002007-10-07T08:55:43.031-04:00Kurt Cobain & RW FassbinderBizarre connection ... but both lived short, intense, creative lives with heavy drug use:<br /><br /><center><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/MISC/MUSIC/KurtCobainApril51994.jpg"></center><br /><br />"I don't have the passion anymore, and so remember, it's better to burn out than to fade away."<br /><b>--Kurt Cobain, 1994</b> (1967-1994)<br /><center><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/blRKxptzm0A"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/blRKxptzm0A" /><br /></object><br /></center><br /><br /><center><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/FASSBINDER/Rainer_Werner_Fassbinder.jpg"></center><br /><p align="justify">"Everyone must decide for himself whether it is better to have a brief but more intensely felt existence or to live a long and ordinary life."<br /><b>--Rainer Werner Fassbinder</b> (1945-1982, director, writer, actor, producer, editor... completed 44 projects between 1966 and 1982).<br /><center><br /><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/2W9vloVOOP8"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/2W9vloVOOP8" /><br /></object></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-44528841857920373622007-10-02T11:30:00.000-04:002007-10-07T08:59:55.988-04:00Alfred Eisenstaedt Tribute<p align="justify">You may have never heard the name... but you have definitely seen his photographs. "Eisie", as he was often referred to by friends, was one of the most prolific photographers of the 20th century with a career spanning eight decades... taking cover shots for <i>LIFE</i> Magazine on a regular basis. I created this page, as a feature under my <a href="http://myspace.com/photospotlight" target="_blank"><b>PHOTO SPOTLIGHT</b></a> series page. I actually have his famous <i>V-J (Victory over Japan) Day Kiss</i> photograph framed and hanging in my apartment. It features a nurse and a sailor kissing in Times Square, right on Broadway. Check it out.<br /><br /><a href="http://myspace.com/alfred_eisenstaedt" target="_blank">myspace.com/alfred_eisenstaedt</a><br /><br />A few of my favorites include these below:<br /><center><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/PHOTOGRAPHY/EISENSTAEDT/500/500AE9.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/PHOTOGRAPHY/EISENSTAEDT/500/500AE2.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/PHOTOGRAPHY/EISENSTAEDT/500/500AE1.jpg"></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-73345877247595501432007-10-02T08:42:00.000-04:002007-10-07T08:54:45.418-04:00Paris, August 15, 1945<p align="justify">Had to share this beautiful photograph from the same day as the <i>V-J Day Kiss</i> But instead of New York City, American servicemen and women gather in front of "Rainbow Corner" Red Cross club in Paris to celebrate peace. The photographer is unknown, but assumed to have been a US officer.<p>WWII was one of those rare instances of an arguably just war, at least from the American perspective.<p><center><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/PHOTOGRAPHY/WIKI/745px-American_military_personnel_g.jpg"></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-65054115184928211302007-10-01T19:55:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:07:34.337-04:00Michael Mann Tribute<p align="justify">For those Michael Mann fans out there, I created a tribute page at this link for future reference:<p><a href="http://myspace.com/253714331" target="_blank">Michael Mann Tribute</a><br /><br />I'll be posting additional photos, videos, etc... as I find them.<p><center><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/MANN/500/500insider_ver.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/MANN/500/500last_of_the_mohicans.jpg"><br /><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/MANN/500/500heat.jpg"></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-74648559418289870712007-10-01T13:15:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:15:41.139-04:00The Beatles<center><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/MISC/MUSIC/Beatles-1.jpg"></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-24443180357899680712007-09-28T16:37:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:28:25.607-04:00Ansel Adams Tribute<p align="justify">I'm working on a few photographer tribute pages... This is one I just put together.<p><a href="http://myspace.com/ansel_adams" target="_blank">myspace.com/ansel_adams</a><p>A few more are on the way as well. Wish I were somewhere so beautiful hiking today...<p><center><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/PHOTOGRAPHY/ADAMS/500/500portf3bridalveil.jpg"><br /><br />"To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things."<br />--<b>Ansel Adams</b></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-87351697835647963172007-09-28T00:54:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:35:21.989-04:00The Lumière Brothers - the birth of cinemaI updated The Lumière Brothers tribute site this evening with some photos and videos (in the blog section). Enjoy.<p><a href="http://myspace.com/lumierebros" target="_blank">myspace.com/lumierebros</a><p><center><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/4nj0vEO4Q6s"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4nj0vEO4Q6s" /><br /></object></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-20778096355548959592007-09-28T00:45:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:38:51.447-04:00Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (1895) - The 1st Film<center><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="never" allowNetworking="internal" height="350" width="425" data="http://www.youtube.com/v/1dgLEDdFddk"><br /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="never" /><br /> <param name="allowNetworking" value="internal" /><br /> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/1dgLEDdFddk" /><br /></object></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-67917934755966754282007-09-27T13:24:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:42:07.190-04:00Scorsese's Taxi Driver<p align="justify">I've honestly accumulated enough material and art on my computer to spend a lifetime sharing things... I could post 100 things today, and 100 more tomorrow.<p align="justify">I never understand when someone says "I'm bored" ... I could spend my entire life reading books & newspapers, watching films and documentaries, looking at beautiful images, creating pages in dedication, and sharing all of it with those curious and interested... without even leaving my apartment.<p>One of my recent finds from a Belgian site.<p><center><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/SCORSESE/TAXI%20DRIVER/500taxidriver01.jpg"></center>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-39666107397558598052007-09-27T13:06:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:47:23.956-04:00Who knew a pepper could look so beautiful!!<center><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/PHOTOGRAPHY/WESTON/pepper.jpg"><br /></center><br /><br />This photo is by the great American photographer Edward Henry Weston. It is titled <i>Pepper #30</i>. Most of Weston's work was done using an 8 by 10 inch view camera. Even though he was a celebrated photographer he survived selling his photos for a humble price of $7-10. Now, they have gone up over 1,000,000% in value. (Naturally... such is the life of an artist :-/)<br /><br />-Carletto<br /><br />PS. (My concentration this week has been on photography, particularly great American photographers... as such, I may be creating a few tribute sites to those I love the best... to showcase their work and life.)<br /><br /><hr><br /><br /><b>Quotations:</b><br /><br />"Photography to the amateur is recreation, to the professional it is work, and hard work too, no matter how pleasurable it may be."<br /><br />"The camera should be used for a recording of life, for rendering the very substance and quintessence of the thing itself, whether it be polished steel or palpitating flesh."<br /><br />"I cannot believe I learned anything of value in school unless it be the will to rebel."<br />--<b>Edward Henry Weston (1886-1958)</b>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-49323498509194140922007-09-27T12:53:00.000-04:002007-10-07T09:57:24.077-04:00Mark Rothko Tribute<p align="justify">I just updated the tribute page I created for Mark Rothko in honor of his birthday, with a biography from Wikipedia and a slideshow I put together. A couple of months ago I watched a documentary about his work. The images he created, the life he led, and the way he expressed himself and communicated with the world completely blew me away. I ended up spending an entire weekend in my apartment, scanning the internet for quality images of his paintings... and reading up on him further. Finding the larger images of his paintings took a lot of digging around. The end result of that experience, perhaps as many as 50 hours worth of investment, is this page:<br /><br /><a href="http://myspace.com/mark_rothko" target="_blank">myspace.com/mark_rothko</a><br /><br /><p align="justify">Enjoy, and celebrate the life of a great master...<br /><br />I posted a larger version of this slideshow at the bottom of his page. I urge you to view it there.<br /><br /><div><embed src="http://widget-3f.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=un&il=1&channel=9519935&site=widget-3f.slide.com" style="width:800px;height:650px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:800px;text-align:left;"></div></div><br /><br /><i>"I am not an abstract painter. I am not interested in the relationship between form and color. The only thing I care about is the expression of man's basic emotions: tragedy, ecstasy, destiny."</i><br />--<b>Mark Rothko</b> (September 25, 1903 - February 25, 1970)<br /><br /><hr><br /><br />* In the June 13, 1943 edition of the New York Times, Rothko, together with Adolph Gottlieb and Barnett Newman, published the following brief manifesto:<br /><br />"1. To us art is an adventure into an unknown world, which can be explored only by those willing to take the risks.<br /><br />"2. This world of imagination is fancy-free and violently opposed to common sense.<br /><br />"3. It is our function as artists to make the spectator see the world our way not his way.<br /><br />"4. We favor the simple expression of the complex thought. We are for the large shape because it has the impact of the unequivocal. We wish to reassert the picture plane. We are for flat forms because they destroy illusion and reveal truth.<br /><br />"5. It is a widely accepted notion among painters that it does not matter what one paints as long as it is well painted." [Rothko said "this is the essence of academicism".]<br /><br />"There is no such thing as a good painting about nothing.<br /><br />"We assert that the subject is crucial and only that subject matter is valid which is tragic and timeless. That is why we profess spiritual kinship with primitive and archaic art."Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6151858800997098932.post-85018436068427024382007-09-21T14:02:00.000-04:002007-10-09T14:05:56.544-04:00Ingmar Bergman Tribute<p align="justify">I'm happy to announce that I've updated the Bergman tribute page with some gorgeous photographs all along the left-hand side. It was high on my to do list. I think I'm nearly satisfied, and it could end up being one of the best pages I create -- rightfully so for such a brilliant man, who I relate to on artistic, philosophical, existential, and moral levels.<br /><br /><a href="http://myspace.com/ingmar_bergman">myspace.com/ingmar_bergman</a><p>...and don't forget you can check out the videos I posted of his films at this link:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vdmlkcy5teXNwYWNlLmNvbS9pbmRleC5jZm0/ZnVzZWFjdGlvbj12aWRzLmNoYW5uZWwmQ2hhbm5lbElEPTIxNjIwNjAxNw==">The Ingmar Bergman Channel</a><p><br /><br /><center><br /><img src="http://i141.photobucket.com/albums/r68/giancarletto/FILM/BERGMAN/500/500BergmanFamily.jpg"></center><p align="justify">"Our social relationships are limited, most of the time, to gossip and criticizing people's behavior. This observation slowly pushed me to isolate from the so-called social life. My days pass by in solitude."<br /><br /> <b>* "Isak Borg" (Victor Sjöström) in <i>Wild Strawberries</i> (1957)</b>Carletto di San Giovannihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15415188426631424697noreply@blogger.com0