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Category Archives: movies
Gembaku no ko
Today is the 71st anniversary of the dropping of the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima. We visited there four years ago with our son who was teaching in Satsuma Sendai at the time. The many memorials and monuments to peace and nuclear non-proliferation … Continue reading
Posted in film, Japan, movies, peace, violence
Tagged Arata Osada, atom bomb, Children of hiroshima, film, Gembaku no ko, Hiroshima, japan, Japanese Teachers Union, Kaneto Shindo, nuclear non-proliferation
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History is turned on its head
Today is the 100th anniversary of the opening of Birth of A Nation, at Clunes Auditorium in Los Angeles. The first feature length film ever produced (three hours and ten minutes), this film was the technical and acting tour de … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, film, history, movies, Reconstruction
Tagged American Film Institute, Birth of a Nation, Civil War, D.W. Griffith, film, history, KKK, Ku Klux Klan, lillian gish, movies, NAACP, Nat Turner, Nate Parker, reconstruction, The Lost Cause, Woodrow Wilson
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The Force Awakens on Christmas
Ok, I love Star Wars, at least The Empire Strikes Back. I remember purchasing light sabers when they first came out right after the movie debuted some 38 years ago and separately visiting all my friends late at night, tossing … Continue reading
Boyhood
I won’t be adding much to all the praise that has been heaped upon Boyhood. Indeed, it is a remarkable film. A fictional film that feels like a documentary. It was filmed over a 12 year period so you actually see … Continue reading
Posted in film, growing up, movies
Tagged coming of age, Ellar Coltrane, Ethan Hawke, film, Lorelei Linklater, Patricia Arquette, Richard Linklater
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It’s a Wonderful Life—finale
Posted in Holidays, movies
Tagged compassion, Donna Reed, friendship, holiday, It's a wonderful life, Jimmy Stewart, relationship
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A Lady in Search of Closure
At least that’s what JH shared with me yesterday at a July 4th celebration/ birthday party as we were catching up on our lives since the last time we saw each other. He had shared that he recently had a … Continue reading
Rethinking Filibuster in Washington
Today we finished watching the last part of Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. We have been watching it for the last couple of weeks, a little bit at a time, interwoven with our in-depth exploration of the Constitution. This movie … Continue reading
Posted in movies, politics, school, Teaching
Tagged Claude Rains, filibuster, Jean Arthur, Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, students, U.S. Senate
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Modern Times
While the students have been working on their research papers and getting their presentation boards prepared at home, in class they have been working on their roles in the Pullman debates to take place on Monday. We have talked about … Continue reading
Posted in labor, movies
Tagged capital, Charlie Chaplin, debates, labor, Modern Times, movies, Pullman, silent films
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De Duva
I saw this spoof of Ingmar Bergman in 1969(?) as the short (remember those?) before the film Easy Rider. A student of mine came into short films last Friday wanting to see this because his father had told him all … Continue reading
Posted in movies, short films, videos
Tagged george coe, indie films, Ingmar Bergman, madeleine kahn, movies, short films, videos
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