I recently saw the trailer for Howl, the story on Allen Ginsberg, and the trailer's beat and structure made me start recollecting all the great trailers that I've seen over the years. The short format has always interested me and I foresaw the coming of the <10 minute clip. I wrote my last college thesis … Continue reading The 11 best movie trailers ever created
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The 10 best documentaries you can see for free online
Over the years I've gone from being a major film buff seeing everything that moved, to being much more selective. Right now I'm stuck on documentaries. Maybe it's because I'm jaded from working in the business and not being able to watch fiction and thoroughly enjoy it or maybe there just isn't any good material … Continue reading The 10 best documentaries you can see for free online
My 10 all time favorite movie scenes
We all have favorite movie scenes that make us come back to a film over and over again. Here are mine. 1. The Fahrenheit 911 ending; 2. The 'Integrity' speech in Scent Of a Woman 3. The It's up to you' speech by Kevin Costner as Jim Garrison in Oliver Stone's JFK 4. The Pythons sing … Continue reading My 10 all time favorite movie scenes
Known and unknown Finnish design in Hollywood movies
The Holy Grail from Indiana Jones and the last crusade The grail used in the movie was created by Saul Nordqvist (1911- 2003) and Holger Granbäck (1927-1985) who made ceramic objects together for 38 years at the Savitorppa studio in Nurmijärvi. The production in the studio was relatively small scale and the first years were … Continue reading Known and unknown Finnish design in Hollywood movies