Comments for mypattern.org http://mypattern.org comments on documentary films and filmmaking, and occasionally life and politics Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:53:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.2 Comment on Filmmakers and Politics by Haifa Wehbe http://mypattern.org/2006/08/12/filmmakers-and-politics/#comment-197 Fri, 17 Nov 2006 10:01:06 +0000 http://mypattern.org/2006/08/12/filmmakers-and-politics/#comment-197 <strong>haifa film festival</strong> I Googled for something completely different..but found your page… and have to say thanks. nice read. haifa film festival

I Googled for something completely different..but found your page… and have to say thanks. nice read.

]]> Comment on This Film is Not Yet Rated by magdalenus http://mypattern.org/2006/08/30/this-film-is-not-yet-rated/#comment-46 Thu, 31 Aug 2006 18:25:24 +0000 http://mypattern.org/2006/08/30/this-film-is-not-yet-rated/#comment-46 It's an excellent film, for sure. I was lucky enough to see it at True/False where Kirby Dick was the honored director. Got a chance to chat with him at a bar after the festival... the guy's got some great ideas! I wish there were more gutsy filmmakers like him! :) The rating system is certainly a thinly veiled attempt at censorship... I guess we'll just have to subvert the whole industry and distribute ourselves. Hehe... It’s an excellent film, for sure. I was lucky enough to see it at True/False where Kirby Dick was the honored director. Got a chance to chat with him at a bar after the festival… the guy’s got some great ideas! I wish there were more gutsy filmmakers like him! :)

The rating system is certainly a thinly veiled attempt at censorship… I guess we’ll just have to subvert the whole industry and distribute ourselves. Hehe…

]]> Comment on Goran Bregovic by Josh http://mypattern.org/2006/07/13/goran-bregovic/#comment-14 Thu, 13 Jul 2006 13:32:13 +0000 http://mypattern.org/2006/07/13/goran-bregovic/#comment-14 I love music like this. Two groups that immediately sprung to mind that might be a bit similar (or at least share a similar aesthetic) are Balkan Beat Box and Gogol Bordello. I'm not much of a dancer but I did do a bit of the hora at a wedding this weekend. I love music like this. Two groups that immediately sprung to mind that might be a bit similar (or at least share a similar aesthetic) are Balkan Beat Box and Gogol Bordello.

I’m not much of a dancer but I did do a bit of the hora at a wedding this weekend.

]]> Comment on Al Gore speaks at Silverdocs by Vicki Vasilopoulos http://mypattern.org/2006/06/16/al-gore-speaks-at-silverdocs/#comment-8 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:47:33 +0000 http://mypattern.org/2006/06/16/al-gore-speaks-at-silverdocs/#comment-8 For me, Gore's speech was truly inspiring and a highpoint of Silverdocs. When he talked about America condoning torture and how George Washington had outlawed torture at Valley Forge, I just lost it and the tears welled up in my eyes. The Greek in me is always looking for a rational reason for everything, even when there isn't one...Gore was right when he said the Rule of Reason plays less of a role in our national conversation now. But how in the world did we get to that point? And if it's true, I'm afraid that Gore, or someone with the same intellectual heft, could never be elected in this country. He's simply too smart, too well-read, too nuanced. I can't help but have a nostalgia for the Great Thinkers who once ran our nation. But I remain ever hopeful -- and agree with Gore -- that documentary film can be a force for rebooting our sputtering democracy. For me, Gore’s speech was truly inspiring and a highpoint of Silverdocs. When he talked about America condoning torture and how George Washington had outlawed torture at Valley Forge, I just lost it and the tears welled up in my eyes.
The Greek in me is always looking for a rational reason for everything, even when there isn’t one…Gore was right when he said the Rule of Reason plays less of a role in our national conversation now. But how in the world did we get to that point? And if it’s true, I’m afraid that Gore, or someone with the same intellectual heft, could never be elected in this country. He’s simply too smart, too well-read, too nuanced. I can’t help but have a nostalgia for the Great Thinkers who once ran our nation. But I remain ever hopeful — and agree with Gore — that documentary film can be a force for rebooting our sputtering democracy.

]]> Comment on Addicted to Oil by Scotty http://mypattern.org/2006/06/19/addicted-to-oil/#comment-7 Tue, 27 Jun 2006 03:22:25 +0000 http://mypattern.org/2006/06/19/addicted-to-oil/#comment-7 Where can we get a copy of the DVD? Where can we get a copy of the DVD?

]]> Comment on Jesus Camp by the chutry experiment http://mypattern.org/2006/06/15/jesus-camp/#comment-6 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 22:29:14 +0000 http://mypattern.org/2006/06/15/jesus-camp/#comment-6 <strong>Other Silverdocs Coverage</strong> I'm still processing all of the films and talks that I attended at Silverdocs and while digging around in the blogosphere found some other blog reports on the festival, incluicng Lauren Feeney's report on Al Gore's keynote address, which I... Other Silverdocs Coverage

I’m still processing all of the films and talks that I attended at Silverdocs and while digging around in the blogosphere found some other blog reports on the festival, incluicng Lauren Feeney’s report on Al Gore’s keynote address, which I…

]]> Comment on Jesus Camp by Chuck http://mypattern.org/2006/06/15/jesus-camp/#comment-5 Mon, 19 Jun 2006 21:44:04 +0000 http://mypattern.org/2006/06/15/jesus-camp/#comment-5 I like your read on "Jesus Camp" quite a bit. I was raised as an evaneglical, and many of the images were rather familiar to me (luckily my parents aren't extremists and I attended public schools where I made a more informed decision about my beliefs). The filmmakers really capture the intensely emotional aspects of the culture nicely. I'm somewhat ambivalent about the structuring device of the Air America host. I know that he is a Christian and is meant to counter the conservative ideology of most evangelicals, but I'm not sure whether it works or not. His sequences were beautifully filmed, however. I like your read on “Jesus Camp” quite a bit. I was raised as an evaneglical, and many of the images were rather familiar to me (luckily my parents aren’t extremists and I attended public schools where I made a more informed decision about my beliefs).

The filmmakers really capture the intensely emotional aspects of the culture nicely. I’m somewhat ambivalent about the structuring device of the Air America host. I know that he is a Christian and is meant to counter the conservative ideology of most evangelicals, but I’m not sure whether it works or not. His sequences were beautifully filmed, however.

]]> Comment on Silverdocs: Day 0 by mom =] http://mypattern.org/2006/06/12/silverdocs-day-0/#comment-3 Thu, 15 Jun 2006 17:35:37 +0000 http://mypattern.org/2006/06/12/silverdocs-day-0/#comment-3 enjoy the movies!!!mom enjoy the movies!!!mom

]]> Comment on Silverdocs: Day 0 by Josh http://mypattern.org/2006/06/12/silverdocs-day-0/#comment-2 Mon, 12 Jun 2006 20:48:23 +0000 http://mypattern.org/2006/06/12/silverdocs-day-0/#comment-2 Can't wait to hear more. I saw the trailer for Guantanamo before An Inconvenient Truth and it looked like an incredible film. Enjoy! Can’t wait to hear more. I saw the trailer for Guantanamo before An Inconvenient Truth and it looked like an incredible film. Enjoy!

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