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“A Letter From The Western Front” is a widely acclaimed animated short film directed by Daniel Kanemoto, winner of the 26th Annual Student Academy Award (Gold Medal, Animation) and of the 1999 Student Emmy Award (Bronze Medal). The film imparts the haunting narration of a young American soldier, which echoes across battlefields of light and shadow, in a love story set against the sweeping ravages of World War I.
This piece includes a number of high-resolution color photographs, as well as the deeply engaging animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/a-letter-from-the-western-front-a-soldiers-haunting-narration/“A Letter From The Western Front” is a widely acclaimed animated short... more
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“Miracle Fish” is a live-action short film directed by the Australian filmmaker Luke Doolan, which was nominated for Best Live Action Short at the 2010 Academy Awards. The film tells the story of 8 year-old Joe, who has a birthday he will never forget. After friends tease him at school, Joe sneaks off to the nurse’s offfice, wishing everyone in the world would go away. He wakes up to find his dream may have become a reality.
The boy is inadvertently placed in mortal danger, which unfolds at first as the quiet examination of playground alienation before abruptly shifting into nearly unbearable suspense. “Miracle Fish” is a real thriller with undeniably effective cinematic power.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, as well as the HD version of the short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/11/05/miracle-fish-a-short-film-of-nearly-unbearable-suspense/“Miracle Fish” is a live-action short film directed by the Australian... more
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With the mournful sound of a Buddhist temple bell and the release of a flock of doves, a crowd of 55,000 people on Friday solemnly marked the moment 65 years ago when the world’s first atomic attack incinerated Hiroshima under a towering mushroom cloud. For first time, a representative of the United States, Ambassador John V. Roos, participated in the annual ceremony, raising hopes of a visit by a more prominent guest, President Obama, who is scheduled to be in Japan in November. Calls for President Obama to visit Hiroshima and Nagasaki have spread in Japan not only since his Prague speech, but also after he won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize.
Akihiro Takahashi, 79, the former head of the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum and a bombing survivor, stated: “We want President Obama to see with his own eyes what really happened here. This will give him stronger willpower to eliminate nuclear weapons.”
This piece includes vintage photographs, a slide show, two documentary shorts and an animated short film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/08/07/commemorating-the-65th-anniversary-of-hiroshimas-bombing/With the mournful sound of a Buddhist temple bell and the release of a flock of doves,... more
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“9” is the acclaimed action-packed animated adventure by Shane Acker, a stunning fantasy epic short film nominated for an Academy Award in 2004. The animated short later became the 2009 feature-length movie of the same name, directed by Tim Burton. “9” presents us with a post-apocalyptic vision of the future of our human-technological civilization. The Scientist had created the B.R.A.I.N. (the Machine) for peaceful purposes. However, the “Leader of Mankind” took control of the Machine and used it to wage war on other humans. Lacking a soul, the Machine was corrupted and turned on mankind, wiping them out.
However, the Scientist had also made nine rag doll-like”creations,” in order to ensure that some form of life would carry on, and created a Talisman which could be used to destroy the Machine. The group of small rag-dolls proved to have leadership qualities that may help them survive and possibly even thrive.
This piece includes colorful illustrations, the animated short film and the trailer for the full-feature film.
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/9-a-post-apocalyptic-vision-of-the-future/“9” is the acclaimed action-packed animated adventure by Shane Acker, a... more
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For all of us, there are genuine needs and wishes, deep longings for human warmth, empathic responsiveness, trust, mutual recognition and creative playfulness. These are many of the ingredients that we think of when we speak of love, or the loving feelings we have for the cherished other person.
This piece includes a number of color photographs, a slide show of vintage photographs, the Academy Award winning documentary “The Times of Harvey Milk” and Bright Eyes' music video, “First Day of My Life.”
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/06/19/gay-pride-month-a-celebration-of-loving-feelings-for-cherished-others/For all of us, there are genuine needs and wishes, deep longings for human warmth,... more
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From the grit and glamor of Chicago to the might and majesty of Memoirs of a Geisha, Academy Award winning costume designer Colleen Atwood has added depth and character to many of Hollywood’s most recent hits with her inspired costume choices.
When the iconic blue dress adorned by the title heroine in Alice in Wonderland (out this week on DVD and Blu-Ray) landed on this captivating designer’s drawing board, the opportunity to expand an age old image was too intriguing an opportunity to pass up. Rabid Nick Refer recently took part in a Q&A with the Oscar winner, talking Alice, Tim Burton, Johnny Depp and
click below for the full story...
http://blogs.creativeloafing.com/dailyloaf/2010/05/30/qa-with-academy-award-winning-costume-designer-colleen-atwood-about-her-work-on-tim-burtons-alice-in-wonderland/From the grit and glamor of Chicago to the might and majesty of Memoirs of a Geisha,... more
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This week's Rotten Tomatoes reviews Kick-Ass, Death at a Funeral, and The Joneses. Plus, we run down the Top 5 Alternative Energy Sources in Movies and Brooke Shields stops in to tell us about her Five Favorite Films.
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.comThis week's Rotten Tomatoes reviews Kick-Ass, Death at a Funeral, and The... more
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The Rotten Tomatoes Show names all this weekend's highlights in new releases for both DVD and theaters. Movie-lovers can purchase Crazy Heart, The Lovely Bones, and Avatar.
If films on the big screen are more your speed, check out The Back-Up Plan, The Losers, and Paper Man. If you do, don't forget to submit a webcam review to get on the show!
The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a movie review show that airs on Thursday nights at 10:30 e/p on Current TV. From reviews of the newest releases to commentary on cult favorites and movie trends, each episode of The Rotten Tomatoes Show is a fast-paced, comedic journey through the week in cinema.
For more from the Rotten Tomatoes Show: http://rottentomatoesshow.comThe Rotten Tomatoes Show names all this weekend's highlights in new releases for... more
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“The Door “is a poignant, emotional short film by Irish filmmaker Juanita Wilson, which was a 2010 Academy Award Nominee for Best Live Action Short Film. The film opens with what appears to be a very simple act, the stealing of a door. However, as the film progresses and the narrative unwinds, we discover this act is far more complex than we could have initially imagined. The door is in fact a vital part of a traditional ritual, carried out by a grieving family in the aftermath of the Chernobyl tragedy.
This piece includes color photographs and the award-winning short film.
Please visit my website to view this very touching short film:
http://disembedded.wordpress.com/2010/04/06/the-door-a-symbol-of-life-and-death/“The Door “is a poignant, emotional short film by Irish filmmaker Juanita... more
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Welcome to our first of ten rounds where Brett and Ellen take the time to make their own picks for this year's Academy Awards. Up first, their picks for Best Supporting Actor, which includes:
-Matt Damon in Invictus
-Woody Harrelson in The Messengers
-Christopher Plummer in The Last Station
-Stanley Tucci in The Lovely Bones
-Christoph Waltz in Inglourious Basterds
Join us tomorrow as we look at Best Actress in a Supporting Role. You can get all of our Oscars related goodness at Current.com/Oscars.
Welcome to our first of ten rounds where Brett and Ellen take the time to make... more
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Brett gave us a peek into how he got ready for the Oscar Nominations on Tuesday, but now you get to see how the Anatomy of an Oscar Nomination event truly works. There's breakfast platters, dancing and even elbow rubbing!
Boy howdy, who says the entire event is just for show?
Brett gave us a peek into how he got ready for the Oscar Nominations on Tuesday,... more
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We're awake and ready to look at the Oscar nominees! We're out of coffee! We're pumped! DSFARGNANDANDANDANDSNW. The entire list is here.
Wait, what do you mean we still have three minutes left?
6:39 am It begins!
Best Supporting Actress
Penelope Cruz, Nine
Vera Fermgia, Up in the Air
Maggie Gyllenhaal, Crazy Heart
Mo'nique, Precious
Anna Kendrick, Up in the Air
Best Supporting Actor
Matt Damon, Invictus
Christoph Waltz, Inglourious Basterds
Stanely Tucci, The Lovely Bones
Woody Harrleson, The Messenger
Christopher Plummer, The Last Station
Best Actress:
Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side
Helen Mirren, The Last Station
Carey Mulligan, An Education
Gabourey Sidibe, Precious
Meryl Streep,Julie & Julia
Best Actor:
Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart
George Clooney, Up in the Air
Colin Firth, A Simple Man
Morgan Freeman, Invictus
Jeremy Renner, The Hurt Locker
Best Director
James Cameron, Avatar
Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker
Quentin Tarantino, Inglourious Basterds
Lee Daniels, Precious
Jason Reitman, Up in the Air
Best Screenplay
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
The Messenger
A Serious Man
UP
Best Adapted Screenplay
District 9
An Education
In The Loop
Precious
Up in the Air
Best Animated Film
Coraline
Fantastic Mr. Fox
Princess & the Frog
Up
Secret of Kells (?!)
Best Picture
Avatar
The Blind Side
District 9
An Education
The Hurt Locker
Inglourious Basterds
Precious
A Serious Man
Up
Up in the Air
Best Picture Nominees
We're awake and ready to look at the Oscar nominees! We're out of... more
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We've got hours and miles to go, dear Butterfly, until our Year-Endies tonight at 10:30 pm. Until then, let's have some news--among other things.
-If you think the two-star reviews sting, wait till you get to zero in this Top 100 Worst of '09. [Times Online]
-The full 63-song list of original compositions eligible at the Oscars. See if you notice the medley in the making. [AMPAS]
-Dig your ass in for the big morning read, "Can Anybody Make a Movie for Women?" Because it even has DFW-Numerals. [NYT]
-Boy, do people look sad to be in Iron Man 2. [Movieline]
-Disney continues being smart, axes Wild Hogs 2: Bachelor Ride. [Variety]
-Studio IMAGI lays off 100 workers, proves making shit films based on Astro Boy and Gatchaman can't make a business. [ANN]
-Cinema Guild will release Jacques Rivette's Around a Small Mountain, which forgives them for Everyone Else. [Variety]
-Roy E. Disney is dead. Like you knew who he was. [Current]
-Rene Russo joins Thor along with every other person. [Variety]
We've got hours and miles to go, dear Butterfly, until our Year-Endies... more
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Now the honeymoon is over and the yearly doldrums of Oscar shortlists is slowly gelling together. It was a wild ride at first when it seemed like Anvil: The Story of Anvil! may be a Best Documentary contender. But the Academy of Motion Picture Sciences dashed that dream today.
Among the snubbed for this year's docs include Anvil, Tyson, The September Issue and Capitalism! A Love Story. Whittled down from the original 89, the 15 films in the shortlist include Valentino: The Last Emperor, Burma VJ, The Cove and Food, Inc.
It's a little disappointing, but it would've been a true storybook ending to see Lips leaping around stage at the Oscars while a bewildered crowd sat gobsmacked. Of course, that isn't very rock n' roll, but we can dream.
The finalists are announced on February 2nd.
[h/t: matt dentler]
Now the honeymoon is over and the yearly doldrums of Oscar shortlists is slowly... more
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Saturday! SAT-ER-DAY! SAT-UR-DAY! SAT-OR-DAY! Now for your news:
-Where The Wild Things Are made $11.9 million yesterday, blowing people away. Sadly, that didn't include Ellen. [Variety]
-Jackie Earle Haley is rumored to be considered for the role of Sinestro in Green Lantern. Which is funny, since Sinestro never once abused children, was abused as a child or had some odd combination of the two. He is pink, though. [AICN]
-YO JEFFREY WELLS IMMA LET YOU FINISH BUT THE ORIGINAL TAKING OF PELHAM 123 WAS ONE OF THE BEST FILMS OF ALL TIME.THE BEST FILM OF ALL TIME. [HE]
-All 65 of the nominees for Best Foreign Language Feature are out. You've probably seen at least 2. [Current]
-Finally, how to use Google Wave. The Tarantino way. [Current]
Saturday! SAT-ER-DAY! SAT-UR-DAY! SAT-OR-DAY! Now for your news:
-Where The... more
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To help congratulate the guys of Anvil on being the first screener sent to the Academy Awards committee (not to mention airing on VH1), we figured it'd be appropriate to show just why they're at where they're at right now.
And since we're not going to show you the awesome documentary, instead we hark back to when Rob and Lips gave us their Five Favorite Rock and Roll Movies.
Ah. Memories.
[The Envelope]
-John Lichman
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In a breaking exclusive that's more like a facepalm, it turns out the Academy Awards is going to become "progressive" and add another shocker to its' new ten-films-for-best-picture-nomination: they will ask voters to vote in order of importance and weigh the numbers differently. Also, water is a liquid and the sky is above us.
The Wrap sums up this glorious development with exclusive reporting on what many would argue is obvious:
Instead of just voting for one nominee, the way Academy members have almost always done on the final ballot, voters will be asked to rank all 10 nominees in order of preference -- and the results will be tallied using the complicated preferential system, which has been used for decades during the nominating process but almost never on the final ballot.
But don't forget, this is the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences. This only effects Best Picture, so it isn't the most ground breaking of changes as "changing the color of a carpet" or "nixing that one unfunny music number" would be. Despite sounding like a sure-fire way to be fair, one voter's number one choice can easily be a major film not seen by 3/4s of the Academy Voters who--let's be fair--don't see nearly enough movies throughout the year. Sure, they'll watch whatever is released in the October/November months.
But earlier this year? You better hope firms are enclosing cash fees with their DVD screeners.
Anyway, my favorite part of the article comes at the very end:
Academy voters, by the way, don’t know about this yet.
Chances are, they still won't notice any change and a Paul Haggis film will win because that is "deep."
[TheWrap]
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Yesterday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its short list of songs eligible to be nominated for a "Best Original Song" award.
There are SIXTY-THREE songs on this list. SIXTY-THREE. Out of that list members will vote and narrow it down to usually three to five actual nominees, announced on February 2. Here's the most important part of the rules governing eligibility:
To be eligible, a song must consist of words and music, both of which are original and written specifically for the film. A clearly audible, intelligible, substantive rendition of both lyric and melody must be used in the body of the film or as the first music cue in the end credits.
That doesn't really make clear whether Bob Dylan mumbling would disqualify himself.
Here are the SIXTY-THREE possible nominees, FIVE of which are from the Hannah Montana movie. We are semi-arbitrarily bolding the ones we're even mildly interested in:
“All Is Love” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
“Almost Over You” from “My One and Only”
“Almost There” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“AyAyAyAy” from “The Maid”
“Back to Tennessee” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
“Being Bad” from “Duplicity”
“Blanco” from “Fast & Furious”
“Brothers in Arms” from “Brothers at War”
“Butterfly Fly Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
“Cinema Italiano” from “Nine”
“Colorblind” from “Invictus”
“Depression Era” from “That Evening Sun”
“Don’t Walk Away” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
“Dove of Peace” from “Bruno”
“Down in New Orleans” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“Fly Farm Blues” from “It Might Get Loud”
“Forget Me” from “I Love You, Beth Cooper”
“God Bless Us Everyone” from “Disney’s A Christmas Carol”
“Here” from “Shrink”
“Hideaway” from “Where the Wild Things Are”
“Hoedown Throwdown” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
“I Bring What I Love” from “Youssou N’Dour: I Bring What I Love”
“I See You” from “Avatar”
“(I Want to) Come Home” from “Everybody’s Fine”
“If You’re Wondering” from “The Lightkeepers”
“Impossible Fantasy” from “Adventures of Power”
“Innocent Child” from “Skin”
“Invictus 9,000 Days” from “Invictus”
“Legendary” from “Tyson”
“Let Freedom Reign” from “Skin”
“Loin de Paname” from “Paris 36”
“Ma Belle Evangeline” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“My One and Only” from “My One and Only”
“Na Na” from “Couples Retreat”
“Never Knew I Needed” from “The Princess and the Frog”
“New Divide” from “Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen”
“New Jersey Nights” from “Adventures of Power”
“New York Is Where I Live” from “Did You Hear about the Morgans?”
“No Time for Love” from “Simon & Malou”
“One Day” from “Post Grad”
“Only You” from “The Young Victoria”
“Other Father Song” from “Coraline”
“Petey’s Song” from “Fantastic Mr. Fox”
“Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea” from “Ponyo”“
"Possibility” from “The Twilight Saga: New Moon”***
“Raining Sunshine” from “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs”
“Running Out of Empty (Make Ourselves at Home)” from “Lymelife”
“Smoke without Fire” from “An Education”
“Somebody Else” from “Crazy Heart”
“Stu’s Song” from “The Hangover”
“Take It All” from “Nine”
“Through the Trees” from “Jennifer’s Body”
“Trust Me” from “The Informant!”
“Un Bouquet des Violettes” from “New York, I Love You”
“We Are the Children of the World” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“We Love Violence” from “The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus”
“The Weary Kind (Theme from Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart”
“When You Find Me” from “Adam”
“Winter” from “Brothers”
“The Word Is Love” from “Oy Vey! My Son Is Gay!”
“You Got Me Wrapped around Your Little Finger” from “An Education”
“You’ll Always Find Your Way Back Home” from “Hannah Montana The Movie”
“You’ve Been a Friend to Me” from “Old Dogs”
***Though artist information is not included in the list—I have NO idea why not, but it's not—"Possibility" from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" is by none other than our own Embedded Tour Stop star Lykke Li.
Any other songs on here worth checking out? Drop me a note in comments and I'll add bold-faced type.
Best of the blog:
+ Beyond Embedded: Get to know Lykke Li
+ Current Movies awards coverageYesterday the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released its short list of... more
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Every year, millions of people tune in to watch the Oscars on TV, but only a couple hundred get to be there in person. Robin and her mother Sara are among the proud few bleacher fans who line the red carpet every year. Join them on their big night.Every year, millions of people tune in to watch the Oscars on TV, but only a couple... more
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