In what cartoon does Foghorn Leghorn say, "Kids coming up nowadays don't even know how to tie down their pumpkins"? [more inside]
posted by Joe Beese on Dec 3, 2009 - 2 answers

Four years ago, I asked if there was a way to get Eduardo Paolozzi's short film The History of Nothing on DVD, but there wasn't an obvious answer. I was wondering if things have changed. [more inside]
posted by eschatfische on Sep 1, 2009 - 2 answers

I just got a diana f+ camera. I have shoten? shot, 3 rolls of film and none of them have turned out well. All of the images are extremely blurry. We have tried out the fish eye, the telephoto and the wide angle lenses as well as the color gels and the long exposures. So far only the long exposures seem to be turning out at all. None of the other pics display the attributes of the accessories used. There are no color changes or changes in the clarity. SO my question is...what am I doing wrong? [more inside]
posted by madmamasmith on Mar 10, 2009 - 16 answers

I'm looking for film recommendations. Films (of any length) that use approach their subject matter in abstract or otherwise unusual ways. Some of my favorites in that vein are Koyaanisqatsi and Baraka, Outside In, Powers of 10, Gantz Graf, Der Lauf Der Dinge, C'etait un Rendezvous, Fast, Cheap, and out of Control, and The Fourth Dimension. Things like this that, in their own weird way, impart some understanding. Bonus points for no dialog.
posted by phrontist on Feb 7, 2009 - 24 answers

I am big movie buff and I'm looking for some art which has some connection to movies. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by coolin86 on Feb 2, 2009 - 27 answers

Where can I find this poster from the movie 'Qui etes vous Polly Magoo?' without paying $900? Also can you recomend any movie posters that have similar design (in terms of style)?
posted by barrakuda on Dec 19, 2008 - 1 answer

Looking for recommendations on films (documentary or dramatic) or books (nonficiton or novel) about Agitprop or Agitprop Theater, specifically as it was practiced in Boshevist Russia/USSR. [more inside]
posted by brain cloud on Nov 15, 2008 - 1 answer

Where can one get prints/reproductions of Russian Constructivist film posters in Los Angeles?
posted by mykescipark on Sep 16, 2008 - 1 answer

What are some examples of great slow motion in narrative cinema and experimental video? [more inside]
posted by serial_consign on Jul 10, 2008 - 18 answers

Recursion filter: I recently came across the phrase 'Mise en Abyme' and have become fascinated by recursion in literature, language and film. What writings have used these themes in their form to address the questions they posed? [more inside]
posted by 0bvious on Apr 2, 2008 - 20 answers

Why is Judy Garland such a gay icon? [more inside]
posted by Melismata on Feb 18, 2008 - 20 answers

Having asked this already, and having followed some of that really great advice, I've found that I'm only 50% Hollywood compliant. So I want to do my own film, here in San Diego. Any advice for getting funding for a couple of cameras and some sound? [more inside]
posted by snsranch on Jan 13, 2008 - 2 answers

A number of years ago I had an MRI of my head to help explain sudden onset headaches I was experiencing. Thankfully, the problem went away, never to return, but I find myself in possession of a number of very nifty looking MRI negatives. So my question is, how to use them in an artistic manner? [more inside]
posted by mjbraun on Nov 8, 2007 - 6 answers

What are tomorrow's avant-garde art/film/writing monuments that are being done today? [more inside]
posted by jayder on Oct 2, 2007 - 17 answers

What is happening in Foley Square, Manhattan (the asphalt "park" near the courthouses)? First, there were lots of small brightly-colored rabbits. [more inside]
posted by Mavri on Aug 9, 2007 - 8 answers

I'm looking for the best little low-budget movies that few people you know have seen, but ought to have. [more inside]
posted by melissa may on Jul 9, 2007 - 67 answers

Searching for famous scenes from movies where the camera pans out across a vast distance in a single shot... [more inside]
posted by Gankmore on May 16, 2007 - 31 answers

How do I analyze the film "the rules of the game"? [more inside]
posted by njb on Oct 19, 2006 - 14 answers

How to produce and direct an collaborative, actor-created work? [more inside]
posted by Sticherbeast on Mar 15, 2006 - 6 answers

Twins of the world! This is a question for you: what media (books, movies, documentaries, poems, photographs, paintings etc), fiction or non, do you feel best expresses your own experience as a twin? All lengthy anecdotes welcome :-) [Here's your opportunity to deny or confirm the suspicion that all twins love the Polish Brothers.]
posted by ibeji on Nov 29, 2005 - 22 answers

I will be in Venice during the first week of September, and would like recommendations for things to see during the Biennale. [more inside]
posted by Marquis on Aug 1, 2005 - 5 answers

I remember back in the 70s seeing a story on TV about an artist who filmed himself punching a timeclock every hour 24/7 for a whole year. At the end of the year he had a short time-lapse film of himself punching a clock 365 times. He had shaved his head at the beginning of the year, so you could see his hair growing over the duration of the film. He described how he had to structure his life in order to be able to do the filming every hour and how his mind began to short circuit from not getting enough REM sleep from sleeping in only hour-long stretches at a time. I'd like to see that film again. Does anybody else remember this story and/or who this guy is?
posted by wsg on Feb 19, 2005 - 5 answers

I just saw an amazing short film/music video on the Arts network called "Stairway to Lenin," by director Zbig Rybczynski, and am considering buying one or more of his DVDs. Any Mefites familiar with his work?
posted by swift on Nov 25, 2004 - 4 answers

What is method acting? [mi] [more inside]
posted by alidarbac on Jul 2, 2004 - 18 answers

Artfilter - seeking cross-medium (music/literature/art/film) creativity. More inside. Of course. [more inside]
posted by amandaudoff on Feb 25, 2004 - 14 answers