http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo Just another Walker Blogs weblog Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:11:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en As the person charged with the task of seeking out prints for films screened in the Walker Cinema, I’ve found historically that 35mm prints from the 1980s are the hardest to find. Why this is is anyone’s guess; perhaps films from the 80s aren’t old enough to be considered “classic,” ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/11/11/the-trials-and-tribulations-of-screening-35mm-in-the-21st-century/ [caption id="" align="alignleft" width="418" caption="Still from Good Cats (Hao Mao), 2008"][/caption] As attested by the remarkably choreographed festivities at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Chinese know how to party—and nothing was spared for the recent celebration of the People’s Republic of China 60th Anniversary party on October 1, with special attention ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/11/03/60-years-of-china-on-film/ [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBKzHhtCTMM[/youtube] Formally, the film is deep-dish pleasure. Cinematographer Ed Lachman (using the Red camera system) enables Solondz to raise his visual game to a new level; the richly colored compositions are as bold as the dialogue. —Variety After a four year hiatus from filmmaking, Todd Solondz is back with his latest feature ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/10/14/life-during-wartime/ By Jon Maichel Thomas In 2003, my wife and I packed up and moved to New York City. She landed a prestigious internship with Pentagram Design and I followed looking for a new opportunity. Exactly one week later, I landed a gig with Big Film Design. Big Film Design’s founder Randy Balsmeyer ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/10/02/working-with-the-coen-brothers-the-intolerable-cruelty-title-sequence/ It's a big film weekend in the Twin Cities. Our Joel and Ethan Coen series continues with screenings of Fargo; Intolerable Cruelty; O Brother, Where Art Thou; No Country for Old Men; and The Ladykillers. With all of our screenings, we've certainly had the newest from the Coens, the ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/10/01/no-impact-man-and-a-serious-man-hit-the-screen-in-minneapolis/ While it was not part of the Joel and Ethan Coen: Raising Cain retrospective, the brothers' newest film, A Serious Man, did screen at the Walker last weekend -- as part of a cast-and-crew-only party, an event made it onto the front page of the Star Tribune (along with a ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/09/30/an-uncanny-coen-brothers-coincidence-notes-from-a-film-extra/ As part of the celebration of the Walker’s 50th Regis Dialogue and Retrospective event—Joel and Ethan Coen: Raising Cain—we asked local and national film critics (many of whom have been Regis Dialogue interviewers themselves) and film exhibition programmers to weigh in: In 25 words or less, what is your favorite Coen ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/09/14/coen-faves/ Despite the fact that his internship long since lapsed, he has been immersed in post production on his own feature film, and puts in 40-60 hours every week at his day job, our friend Evan Drolet Cook was kind enough to put together this trailer for the Joel and Ethan ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/09/09/raising-cain-joel-and-ethan-coen-retrospective-trailer/ Tony Manero is not a name often associated with Chile’s dark days under Pinochet’s regime. For those unacquainted with the 1971 film Saturday Night Fever, Tony Manero is the charismatic character John Travolta plays. Naturally the question to consequently follow is how exactly do the dots of Saturday Night Fever and ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/09/04/tony-manero/ I ran across a website with an impressive collection of movie title stills. I love that moment occurs either right at the beginning of the movie, after some credits, or after an introductory scene, when you already have a feel for the movie, where the title hits the screen, either ... http://blogs.walkerart.org/filmvideo/2009/08/19/a-coen-brothers-movie-title-still-retrospective/