I'm making several lists of suggestions/call fors - the things that an audience would call out at an improv show. Help me, hive mind!
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posted by booksherpa
on May 14, 2013 -
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We are a couple in our mid-50's and are looking for some specific things in our next move; more temperate weather than the North East where we are now; progressive thinking people, good food and a thriving food scene, ability to buy a house for less than $350K, low property taxes ( less than $5K) within driving distance (45 minutes is the max) to a major airport and open-minded people.
We are both entrepreneurial and active, love the outdoors and nature and want a small yard for a garden and to be near some kind of water be it a large lake, river or coast.
We are considering Portland Ore. or Durham NC. We are still working and work for ourselves.
Anyone have an opinion on either or both?
posted by privatechef
on Apr 29, 2013 -
19 answers
Is there a scene in a Sergei Eisenstein film where goods are unloaded from a truck/rail car and passed out or passed down a line? I thought I remembered one in "The General Line," but I can't find it-- of course the film is two hours long and I saw it once 15 years ago. Or perhaps there's a scene from another black and white movie from a different filmmaker that I might be thinking of? Thanks.
posted by Mayor Curley
on Nov 6, 2012 -
2 answers
I remember a scene from Batman Begins when Wayne is putting together the costume down in the cave. At one point he is working on the cowl and turns it over in his hands and you see two white dots near where his neck would be when he wore it. When I saw it and then I heard the voice in the movie I immediately thought they were voice modulators. I've watched the DVD, I've looked at deleted scenes, I've hunted through the internet, and I can find no reference to this scene.
Was it possible I saw a miscut of the movie with a scene that wasn't supposed to go out?
(Or more likely) Is it my faulty human memory playing tricks on me?
Has anyone else seen this scene?
posted by Ikazuchi
on Aug 7, 2012 -
14 answers
I have an idea for an amateur film project I'd like to try out, only I've never so much as held a video camera. Where should I start learning? Ready to jump in with both feet.
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posted by Urban Winter
on Jun 28, 2012 -
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Boston Late 90s Fliter: Looking to find out what happened to a fantastic musician by the name dahlia? He was extremely popular with the first job out of uni crowd, then all of sudden disappeared. Amazing original stuff and covers of strong female artists like Ani Difricanco and more - this was 1996-1998?
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posted by Funmonkey1
on Mar 31, 2012 -
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Going to a VnV Nation concert TONIGHT! Suggestions for clothes/etiquette/hidden easter eggs? I'd like to get the most out of it I can! (Fun holiday question.)
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posted by aarwenn
on Nov 23, 2011 -
14 answers
SadisticCinemaFilter: Film scenes in which person A deliberately and for no apparent reason hurts person B when person B obviously poses no threat whatsoever to person A.
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posted by gauche
on Nov 21, 2011 -
33 answers
How do you deal with the haters - especially when you're outnumbered and they've got more power than you? Anon due to possible personal/career risks.
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posted by anonymous
on Oct 31, 2011 -
29 answers
Teaching an on-camera acting class to kids age 8-12. Looking for interesting TV and film scenes featuring kids.
Can you suggest scenes, ideally as YouTube links or online scripts?
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posted by pseudostrabismus
on Sep 21, 2011 -
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I want to get down to good electronic music. How do I get into the SF Bay Area club/electronic music scene.
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posted by BlackBox
on Jan 10, 2011 -
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Whats a good college with a good engineering program and is close to a large EDM (electronic dance music) scene?
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posted by NotSoSiniSter
on Dec 28, 2010 -
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Name-that-movie time! Bumbling dad switches on over-the-top Christmas lights, causing the house to go up in flames and massive disappointment. A colleague and I were discussing Christmas movies and we both thought of this scene but we can't remember the movie it came from. It's probably a well-known US comedy (like
Home Alone or
Honey I shrunk the kids) from the 1980-1990s. This should be a piece of cake but my Google/IMDb/Tvtropes-fu fails me.
posted by elgilito
on Dec 8, 2010 -
22 answers
Help me identify a movie or tv show based on a half-remembered scene involving a bar patron ordering whiskey and water.
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posted by 1f2frfbf
on Oct 26, 2010 -
21 answers
A friend asks about a movie scene: The Guy and The Girl are sitting on the roof of a movie theater, smoking and talking, under a huge marquee or sign, and with spotlights all around. Can you name the film?
posted by Silky Slim
on Oct 25, 2010 -
10 answers
What 70s or 80s television show or televised movie featured a scene with an angled room, a hallway containing a light source, and a man walking through the hallway into the room? Crude pixel drawing of the scene included.
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posted by germdisco
on Sep 19, 2010 -
9 answers
What was the name of this movie? Martial arts-themed/action (think JCVD-style). Cheesy scene description - the only one I can remember - inside.
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posted by aberrant
on Nov 19, 2009 -
9 answers
Can you recommend some blogs that focus on the music scene in Washington, DC? I'm interested mainly in hip-hop/funk/soul and indie rock (but not rap).
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posted by bluefly
on Aug 31, 2009 -
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ID-the-scene-source: Someone watches a neighboring woman through a window as the neighbor carefully prepares for her lover to come visit. The lover comes in, gets it done with, leaves, and she cries.
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posted by NikitaNikita
on Aug 14, 2009 -
4 answers
People like
scene queens or
lady bloggers who seem to be more famous for their personality and style than anything they
do specifically: how did they get famous in the first place? Is there a term for that, aside from "famous for being famous"?
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posted by divabat
on May 30, 2009 -
17 answers
Does anyone know of any cool small independent artist run centers in Paris, France?
Searching "Paris" and anything to do with art is overwhelming and not helping me find what I am looking for.
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posted by smartypantz
on May 11, 2009 -
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Scene Suggestions Filter: Please suggest scenes from modern movies or plays, for two female characters, where one or both have an "impediment"- cognitive handicap, physical disability, or intoxication. More specifics included.
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posted by pseudostrabismus
on May 4, 2009 -
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I need to find a scene in an old film (preferably really old, like pre-1923) that shows a bunch of stuffy men sitting in an audience, listening intently, as if to a lecture. The only catch -- it has to be set in the late 19th century. Anything pop to mind, oh great collective brain? [more inside]
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posted by rough
on Mar 5, 2009 -
12 answers
How do you make a town more local-music-friendly? What things can individuals, businesses, and cities do to encourage a better local music scene?
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posted by Miko
on Oct 27, 2008 -
20 answers
Looking for scenes with dialogue in G-rated movies, shows or cartoons that have hidden references for adults.
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posted by iamkimiam
on Oct 19, 2008 -
43 answers
My turn: what movie have I been thinking about for the past 15 years or so? The only scene I can remember is some guy getting his hand chopped off in a cave or dungeon.
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posted by Venadium
on Jul 28, 2008 -
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I've been watching
BBS: The Documentary and just finished the "scene" episode. I was struck in particular by
Metalhead / Shaggy from iCE. He seemed much, much cooler (my standards, obviously. I also liked Jed from ACiD) than anyone else interviewed. I was kind of into ansi art and demo stuff in high school and college (though not as a participant) and it was refreshing to hear someone kind of deflate the hubris surrounding it. I'd like to see what he's up to now, if anything, but google is failing me. Current work. Websites. Even just his real name.
posted by apetpsychic
on Mar 26, 2008 -
9 answers
Is there a formal name for a part of a movie that shows the same scene 3 or 4 times, sometimes from different angles or in slow motion (or both)?
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posted by Addlepated
on Jan 24, 2008 -
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What is this 'live photograph' called? I'm forgetting what this experience/event is called. The basic idea is actors posing in a scene - they're not moving, and I believe the 'audience' can move around and through these posed people. It is kind of like a real life diorama; I believe it was from the late 19th century; the term itself may be French; I'm making myself crazy trying to find this.
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posted by barnone
on May 1, 2007 -
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I'm completing a lighting design for a play called "Last Train to Nibroc". The play's first scene takes place on a train heading east across the United States, just before dawn on December 28, 1940. In doing my research, I'm looking for movies that include interior scenes on trains of around this period.
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posted by dbarefoot
on Mar 1, 2005 -
11 answers
Scene rattling around in my head I can't place... I saw/read/heard a movie/tv show/rock video/sand painting/book/story/radio show/erotic poem wherein someone, a bad guy I think, is talking about super heros, and he says Superman is his favourite... [something inside, could it be "more", yes, it could very well be]
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posted by Capn
on May 3, 2004 -
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