Oh yeah!

On May 10, 2008 Cairo, Kigali, London, Los Angeles, Mumbai, and Rio de Janeiro will be linked to produce a 4-hour program of films, music and speakers. The program will be broadcast live at the same time across the world. According to the festival organizers, "Pangea Day plans to use the power of film to bring the world a little closer together."
( more: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangea_Day )
http://www.videosift.com/video/Pangea-Day-Trailer-Global-VideoFilm-Experiment
http://www.videosift.com/video/TED-Prize-wish-Unite-the-world-on-Pangea-Day
http://www.videosift.com/video/Tank-Man-See-the-World-Through-Someone-Elses-Eyes
http://www.pangeaday.org/

MAS8705 here and I have once again ran into a problem in which I need to ask about...

For the sake of what I want to post, i'm not going to say the movie for if I do, someone may post it before me...

I know we are allowed to post up movie clips in the sift, but I hasn't seen any movie endings... Are we allowed to post up movie endings?

Also another reason why I ask is not only for old movies, but new movies as well, and when I say new, I mean just barely released in theaters (Darn I may have blown my cover with that remark, but only way to get my point across) for as we all know, there is that one Moron who loves to record the whole movie from a camcorder, or camera, or however they do it and there is usually one part that is either mind boggling or can actually set up the next movie (I really need to stop while I'm ahead ><)
What would the policy be on that?

This is one of the funniest, realest flicks I've seen in a great while. It seems that The 40-Year-Old Virgin really opened the gateway into a new marvelous era of film.

That movie, followed by Superbad, Knocked Up, Forgetting Sarah Marshall, and soon, Pineapple Express, is a series of pure magnificence. These new flicks are really deserving of their own sub-genre that's focused around sweet, good-hearted people living (mostly) real life situations sharing deep connections with one another while bursting up the audience with nonstop hilarity and avoiding most typical movie cliches.

From start to finish, Forgetting Sarah Marshall is a laugh-a-second riot that leaves you walking out of the theater with a warm feeling in your belly. It truly lives up to all the hype. In fact, Charms and I saw it yesterday and we're heading back out this evening for another helping because we just can't get enough.

Also, if you haven't seen the trailer for Pineapple Express, it's clear that is going to be another insanely spectacular feature starring Seth Rogen and James Franco. Our first glimpse at a full trailer was during the previews for Sarah Marshall and it had us welling up with tears we were laughing so violently.

So, in summary, go see Forgetting Sarah Marshall. You must. It's a mandate from the Flying Spaghetti Monster and yours truly. If you've already seen it, what did you think?

Yeah, it’s a shameless ad for M&Ms Dark chocolate, but this is a pretty good time-waster to keep you entertained for a bit.

Go here to begin your search

Move around with the mouse, “z” to zoom in and “x” to zoom out. Click on an area of the painting and enter the title; if you’re correct the answer will light up green, if not, red (spelling counts!). Some are pretty easy: click on the birds for, well, “The Birds” others require a bit more creativity. As of this writing I found 35, can you find them all? You can save your progress if you wish.
Happy hunting…

Car chases are ubiquitous in films, and they're usually terrible. A really good car chase can lift a mediocre film into acceptability and can make a good film great.

Best car chase ever? Discuss.

Blankman's favorites:

Ronin- Seeing how it must have been for Princess Diana cruising through the streets and tunnels of Paris at supersonic speeds.
The Italian Job (original)- greatest rooftop car circus ever!
The French Connection- White knuckle terrifying race to beat an elevated train- filmed with no permit, and no insurance!
The Blues Brothers- Just how many Chicago police cars can be destroyed in one film? Apparently all of them.
Bullitt (natch)

Crazy, talentless filmmaker Uwe Boll hit back against the internet petition demanding that he stop bastardizing film and videogames for his own amusement. In this video he not only succeeds in making himself look like a lunatic, but sets up a counter-petition asking for one million votes in favor of him continuing his works of "genius". So far, a whopping nine people have sounded off in defense of Uwe at their forums, but nobody has actually started a counter-petition. Uwe Boll fans are as lazy in supporting him as he is when it comes to filmmaking apparently.

Edit: Ooooh! They made the counter-petition and it has a whopping 96 votes so far, to the 139,000 the anti-Boll petition has generated.

I just saw this on Digg:

To: Dr. Uwe Boll

We, the undersigned, respectfully ask that Uwe Boll give proper weight to the wishes of the video game community, the horror community, and the film going community in general and stop directing, producing, or taking any part in the creation of feature films. His distasteful handling of the subject matter and lack of acknowledgement of his failures simply cannot be abided any longer.

Mr. Boll has repeatedly shown a complete lack of comprehension regarding the videogames he has dragged, kicking and screaming, to the silver screen and his ham-fisted approach to horror has soiled future possibilities for anyone else who may attempt to bring videogames to film.

Sincerely, ...


If you are fortunate enough not to be familiar with his opus, let me refresh your memory.

source: slashfilm.com

http://www.collegehumor.com/article:1752468 from http://digg.com/comedy/Seven_Jokes_That_Came_True ...

"Some jokes are funny because they're true. Here are seven jokes that were funny because they weren't true, yet."

Feel free to submit these CollegeHumor videos if not on VS already.

We say goodbye today to one of Hollywood's legendary leading men, Charlton Heston. As manager of the Vintage Channel, I'm asking fans to post some Chuck moments for us to enjoy and promote.

I was going to create a Heston playlist after there were a lot of sifts for it, but I went ahead and started one today.
http://www.videosift.com/playlists/swampgirl/Charlton-Heston-A-God-Among-Men
It needs many more!

Please use this thread to self promote your sifts and I'll happily add it to my playlist and shamelessly plug it all week.

I'm sure this week fans will be adding Heston content everywhere. Lets show some love for Chuck!

The star of such superlative and influential movies such as Omega Man, Ben Hur, El Cid, The Ten Commandments and of course the Planet of the Apes series, he was always a huge screen presence. My personal favorite role for him was as Miguel "Mike" Vargas in Orson Welles "Touch of Evil"- a great, great film by any measure.

While his politics were certainly controversial, we should not forget that he marched in many of the very early civil rights marches in the early 60's, and following the assasination of Bobby Kennedy he actually supported President Johnson's gun-control initiatives! He also actively opposed McCarthyism and the Vietnam War.

His views may have evolved later in life, but as backward as some of his later opinions may have been he will be remembered for the pleasure he brought to those who watched him on the Silver Screen.

Rest in Peace, Mr. Heston.

Story

May be old news but first i ran across it.

Apparently "When it launched in 2007, developers boasted it would not be cracked for 10 years." which was a really REALLY dumb claim. Seriously. 48k is enough for everyone though.

I notice this is becoming popular. Here's the whole collection (only saw a few):

http://www.youtube.com/results?search=related&search_query=%20be%20kind%20rewind%20joshua%20freya%20elliott%20willy%20wonka%20wonker%20chocolate%20factory%20swede%20sweded%20jack%20black%20parody%20spoof%20short%20fil&v=dOwNwsxaW5k

This could be interesting. Who are your five favourite directors? I was thinking about making this a top 10, but I think that makes it too easy. If you have to narrow it down the just five, you really have to think hard about who makes the cut. I'll get the ball rolling:

1) Stanley Kubrick -- Because he is the master.
2) Paul Thomas Anderson -- I think if he makes a few more films of the same caliber as his previous efforts, he could give even Kubrick a run for his money.
3) Alfred Hitchcock -- Quite possibly the most important director of all time. I don't think there's a single director out there who isn't influenced, directly or indirectly, by Alfred Hitchcock.
4) Woody Allen -- He's made his fair share of duds, but considering his massive filmography, it's kind of hard to hold it against him.
5) Zhang Yimou -- if anyone can come close to Kubrick in terms of framing and the composition of his shots, it's Zhang Yimou. Raise the Red Lantern is one of the most beautiful and haunting films that I've ever seen.

this movie is going to blow you away. watch this english subtitled trailer for this powerful brazilian flick