Sunday, November 8, 2009
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Friday, November 6, 2009
Fractured Fairy Tales; Three Little Pig(g)s, Jay Ward, 1961
From the show Rocky and his Friends. Narrated by Edward Everett Horton.
Labels:
1960s,
Saturday morning every day,
television
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Omodaka, Teppei Maki, 2007
Music video for Kokiriko Bushi. (My cat hates this music.)
Labels:
2000s,
Japan,
music video
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
Freedom River, Sam Weiss, 1971
Narrated by Orson Welles.
Screenwriter Joseph C. Cavella tells this tale:
Freedom River is getting more attention now than it did in 1971 when I wrote the screenplay. Here's the genesis of the film: For several years, Bosustow Productions, a small studio for which I wrote several films, had asked Orson Welles, then living in Paris, to narrate one of their films. He never responded. When I finished the Freedom River script, we sent it to him together with a portable reel to reel tape recorder and a sizable check and crossed our fingers. He was either desperate for money or (I would rather believe) something in it touched him because two weeks later we got the reel back with the narration word for word and we were on our way. IMDB
Screenwriter Joseph C. Cavella tells this tale:
Freedom River is getting more attention now than it did in 1971 when I wrote the screenplay. Here's the genesis of the film: For several years, Bosustow Productions, a small studio for which I wrote several films, had asked Orson Welles, then living in Paris, to narrate one of their films. He never responded. When I finished the Freedom River script, we sent it to him together with a portable reel to reel tape recorder and a sizable check and crossed our fingers. He was either desperate for money or (I would rather believe) something in it touched him because two weeks later we got the reel back with the narration word for word and we were on our way. IMDB
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
How a Bill Becomes a Law, Tom Warburton, 1975
They make the entire process look so peaceful. Bill looks sufficiently beleaguered, but his optimism seems poigniant and tragic in light of the terrible fate that surely awaits.
Labels:
1970s,
learnin',
Saturday morning every day,
USA
Monday, November 2, 2009
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