Thursday, September 23, 2010

Hope you didn't have anything important to say to BlockBuster. . .



Here's a couple links to articles about Blockbuster's "Restructuring". Good Riddance.


Blockbuster files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy (From Engadget)

Blockbuster is Officially Bankrupt (From Gizmodo)

Blockbuster finally gives in, files for bankruptcy (From Ars Technica)

Blockbuster Files For Bankruptcy (from Kotaku)


Here's my take on it: This isn't the end of Rentals. Not by a LONG shot. There's something about going down to the local rental place, and being handed movies you've never heard of.

If anything, this will be good for the little guys. . . I hope.

I Love You, Thelma Schoonmaker



You get to contribute so significantly in the editing room because you shape the movie and the performances," she says. "You help the director bring all the hard work of those who made the film to fruition. You give their work rhythm and pace and sometimes adjust the structure to make the film work ‑- to make it start to flow up there on the screen. And then it's very rewarding after a year's work to see people react to what you've done in the theater."


Thelma Schoonmaker on Wikipedia

A Movie A Day : 6/18 - 9/23



So. . I got a little bogged down with work. I missed some days, AND I've missed some movies, but here's the list I have left. Here's some ones that I can remember, but the dates may not be totally accurate.

JUNE
MicMacs - 6/18
The Puffy Chair - 6/19
Back to the Future - 6/20
Clue - 6/21
District 9 - 6/22
101 Reykjavik - 6/23
Cyrus - 6/24
LEGEND - 6/25
Do the Right thing - 6/26
Choke - 6/29

JULY
Born Rich - 7/4
Pulp Fiction - 7/5
Under Suspicion - 7/6
The Man Who Wasn't There - 7/9
Kill your Idols - 7/14
Zombieland - 7/15
I'll sleep when I'm Dead - 7/16
The Machinist - 7/19
Living in Oblivion - 7/21
The Player - 7/22

AUGUST
Hudsucker Proxy - 8/1
The Matrix - 8/2
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo - 8/3
Heist - 8/17
Thankskilling - 8/29

SEPTEMBER
Pitch Black - 9/5
La Jetee - 9/9
Following - 9/10
After Hours - 9/11
Wall Street - 9/12
Friday the 13th - 9/13
Tokyo Zombie - 9/14
Event Horizon - 9/16
Dead Leaves - 9/17
Boondock Saints - 9/18
Boondock Saits 2 - All Saints Day - 9/19
Cadillac Man - 9/20
Aeon Flux - 9/21
Don't Look Now - 9/22