cold emphasis: Remember the Ten Commandments (and watch it again!)

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Remember the Ten Commandments (and watch it again!)

While the film has its low moments (and is so long that it hurts- especially when you watch it on TV with commercial breaks), it also stars Chuck Heston and Yul Brynner (and Vincent Price) and was directed by Cecil B. DeMille (and was his last film as a director). I'll be catching scenes of it this weekend at my roommate's multi-media seder (his favorite scene is when Moses goes up to the mountain with gray hair and beard and comes back with white; I wonder if Tolkien ripped this idea off of Moses (and God, naturally) or if de Mille stole it from Tolkien/Gandalf- nerds, I'm looking to you for clarity, here) which also will include an LP he found of Heston reading biblical passages and doing the various voices with backup-gospel-singers.

Anyway, here's the trailer to get you excited: The Greatest Event in Motion Picture History:

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JuddApril 9, 2009 at 2:13 PM
I will note that it also stars Edward G. Robinson. Vincent Price is more of a supporting role, though in a cast of thousands, he's certainly in the 99th percentile. Along with "The Lord".
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Victoire has put out an EP (A Door Into the Dark) over at eMusic. You can only get it at eMusic for now. Their review:
The band's combination of chittering electronics, found sound and repetitive string and woodwind lines eloquently conjures how it feels to helplessly grope for words that don't exist to describe disquiet we can't place, how it feels to be left alone with only the colors of our own thoughts for company.
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Gomorrah, a new film (in the U.S. at least) by Matteo Garrone.
This is playing at the IFC Center in New York. I think its been a hit there, so it may play in other cities. As well it should.

It is worth watching the film just to see some of the settings (like the ruined concrete ziggurat-like housing projects) and puzzle over them (there were so many times when I was pleasantly at a loss to grasp what was happening in the background of some scenes).

Go and see it if you can.
If you need more prodding, here is the review that tipped me off to the film in the first place.

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David Byrne at Radio City Music Hall.
I thought it was great: he's still got it, and Radio City is an incredible space (I am a sucker for red velvet walls and gold trim, and I don't like using "restrooms" - I prefer "Lounges").

The New York Times didn't seem to like it, but David Byrne doesn't care. If you missed the show, then you should at least check out his site; he keeps an interesting journal of his thoughts, his bicycling adventures, and his world travels.

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Thursday, April 9, 2009

Remember the Ten Commandments (and watch it again!)

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Some things that I saw, heard, felt, went to, or did recently (and maybe you should check out, too)

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