Movie City Indie Archive for December, 2008
1970s German soccer fashion demonstration
Maybe Yes Man could have used some of this? (Ja, ja.)
The Carl Th. Dreyer elf dance
You know if you’ll be someone who’ll get it. Takes a sec to load. Created by Henrik Fuglsang. [Via David Bordwell.]
Super 8 for when it's 18 degrees outside
Video from Thievery Corporation.
[PR] Jerry Lewis to Receive Hersholt Humanitarian Award at 81st Academy Awards®
The Academy has spoken: “Actor, director, writer and producer Jerry Lewis has been voted the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award by the Board of Governors of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Academy President Sid Ganis announced today. The award, an Oscar® statuette, will be presented to Lewis during the 81st Academy Awards ceremony on February 22, 2009. The Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award is given to an individual in the motion picture industry whose humanitarian efforts have brought credit to the industry. “Jerry is a legendary comedian who has not only brought laughter to millions around the world,” said Ganis, “but has also helped thousands upon thousands by raising funds and awareness for those suffering from muscular dystrophy.”
1 Comment »Mickey Rourke and a problem with eggs.
[A younger man, from Angel Heart.]
Nixon/Watergate? Tiny me?
The swell thing about a Patrick Fitzgerald biopic is that this would likely be the biggest scene for whomever plays the indicted Governor of Illinois. “I don’t believe there’s any cloud that hangs over me. I think there’s nothing but sunshine hanging over me.”
O Canada!
The most eye-opening animation of national pride I’ve seen in an age. So that’s Canada!
Fade in: EXT. NIGHT – THE RUSSIAN STEPPES – 1811
Seventy thousand Russian soldiers advance over the hillside…
Further evidence that Sofia Coppola is a girl
Oui, oui, plus fort, oui oui. 1 Comment »