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Obama’s Political Ad/Doc
If you had a chance to read my recent contribution to Documentary magazine about Jeffrey Tuchman’s The Man From Hope, you might have gleaned that it can sometimes be difficult to discern political media from documentary. Obama, taking a page from Clinton working with Tuchman, hired Al Gore biographer Davis Guggenheim (An Inconvenient Truth, Deadwood) to make his recent half-hour ad. I really take issue with the New York Time political blogger Jim Rutenberg’s snide comments, like “unavoidable” and “heavy-handed style of filmmaking.” But, I think we are down to the time when people who are undecided need to figure it out for themselves rather than listening to pundits. So, in case you didn’t catch it, watch for yourself.
List-O-Mania
Everyone loves lists! I find myself making lists but my mind wanders. I start thinking about other things related to what I’m making a list about and pretty soon, I’m off making cheese or buying dance shoes on the internet. But, I got an email from the folks at Coffee and Celluloid about a new list they put together, 25 Movies About Music You Haven’t Seen. Besides the pretentious title and absurd assumption that we won’t have seen at least some of the movies on their list, it’s actually a good list of films and their post has accompanying YouTube vids if you are interested.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch and Stop Making Sense would be on my top films of all time list, and there are some other gems like The Blues Brothers, The Last Waltz, Woodstock and Pink Floyd’s The Wall. I’m not sure Pump Up the Volume or Velvet Goldmine would make mine, but they are definitely worth watching. Thanks to Patrick Stafford for the tip.
Mark over at Docsider also pointed to a recent Vanity Fair list of their Top 25 Documentaries. I feel bad for publications that are mass market fare trying to delve into a complicated topic like documentary. There is no way they can win with movie people, but if you are wondering what docs should be in your Netflix queue, this is a good place to start. Take their audience award poll while you are at it.
In Plain English=For Dummies
I guess they couldn’t use “for dummies” but these In Plain English vids seem to be the same idea. I’m not sure if folks who read this blog need this kind of thing, but they could be helpful tools in explaining ideas and software to clients or parents (How to explain film blogging to my mom? Still haven’t figured it out). Thanks to Brian Newman & Mark Wynns for the tip.
Leftover Matzah?
Shot by the lovely Jesse Epstein. Enjoy!
Clearly not Twittering enough, Agnes! 
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