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The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)

1 Comment 11 January 2007

Tonight was the first night of my Film Theory class and after watching some of the earliest films ever made along with 1902’s A Trip to the Moon by Georges Méliès we watched The Passion of Joan of Arc filmed in 1928. Wow. Seriously. If you agreed with me that Seven Samurari was ahead of [...]

Film

Babel (2006)

3 Comments 09 January 2007

With all the Oscar buzz this time of the year I had to get in some films that I had the audacity to miss earlier in the year, first on the list was Babel (no. 2 is The Departed). Directed by Alejandro González Iñárritu (21 Grams) this film like Children of Men is also [...]

Film

Seven Samurai (1954)

4 Comments 09 January 2007

I’ve had Seven Samurai sitting around for a few months now and I finally put it in and watched it all the way through. I had previously made the mistake of trying to put it in at 1am (twice), not knowing how long the film was (3 hours and 20 minutes) I fell asleep [...]

Film

Children of Men (2006)

4 Comments 07 January 2007

I went to see Alfonso Cuarón’s film, Children of Men this past Saturday. What a surprise! I had heard some vague things about this film several months ago but I had mostly forgotten about it until I was taking a study break and decided to go see a movie. I went into [...]

Life

Greatest Bowl Game… EVER

9 Comments 02 January 2007

Wow. I’m still in a bit of a dream-like state after watching what was the most exciting bowl game (if not football game) I’ve ever seen. Aside from the “Cinderella story” surrounding Boise State’s season this year, I’m marrying into Boise State fandom (and what a time to do it) so tonight’s [...]

Life

Darrent Williams Murdered

1 Comment 01 January 2007

I woke up this morning to a voice mail from my friend and fellow Broncos fan, Rusty telling me that Darrent Williams had been shot and killed hours earlier. Darrent was a starting cornerback for the Broncos and along with Champ Bailey he helped make up the toughest secondary in [...]