Unexplained Cinema

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2011-03-01T18:23:00.004-05:00

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Nothing of him that doth fade...

2010-12-28T21:42:00.005-05:00

But doth suffer a sea-change
Into something rich and strange.

Above is the Zaca, a yacht once owned by Errol Flynn.

Methinks another change is in order. Unexplained Cinema does what it does until that time arrives when it feels it can do so no more. That time has happened twice before and, now, happens a third time. The only constant is that Unexplained Cinema remains unexplained. Except for these words, posts will continue to be free of them. Soon, a new Unexplained Cinema will appear. Until then, be well.

10 Frames: Cutter's Way

2010-12-04T15:39:00.004-05:00

Settings: New York, New York

2010-12-02T22:17:00.003-05:00

The Eyes Have It, #4

2010-12-02T22:14:00.003-05:00

The Sub-Culture: Empire of the Ants

2010-11-30T22:48:00.002-05:00

Quiet Camaraderie

2010-10-25T22:30:00.001-04:00

Parallels, #1

2010-10-10T16:57:00.003-04:00

The Eyes Have It, #3

2010-10-02T08:32:00.004-04:00

Pre-Code Titillation

2010-09-26T17:00:00.001-04:00

... when suddenly

2010-09-12T21:28:00.006-04:00

Kevin McCarthy, 1914 - 2010

Heading into the head

2010-09-07T21:21:00.003-04:00

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This is a re-post for the David Cronenberg blogathon being held at Cinema Viewfinder, hosted by Tony Dayoub.

The Eyes Have It, #2

2010-08-31T22:35:00.001-04:00

Two Shot Variations: Overlord

2010-08-29T12:40:00.001-04:00

Overlord: Writing Home

2010-08-29T12:35:00.001-04:00

Overlord: Vision of Death

2010-08-29T12:30:00.001-04:00

The Eyes Have It, #1

2010-08-26T22:27:00.004-04:00

Battle

2010-08-23T23:00:00.004-04:00

Max Cherry meets Jackie Brown

2010-07-28T22:40:00.019-04:00

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For more on the performance of Robert Forster in Quentin Tarantino's Jackie Brown see The Wanderers: Robert Forster at Cinema Styles, put up in tandem with this post for Unexplained Cinema.

Dovzhenko's climactic Earth montage

2010-07-22T23:29:00.018-04:00

7 frames

2010-07-16T14:46:00.011-04:00

The Center Cannot Hold...

2010-07-14T21:57:00.010-04:00

Unexplained Cinema Logo

2010-07-07T17:55:00.012-04:00

This is the logo that will appear before my short films in the future, whenever they get finished that is. Unexplained Cinema, the title, doubles for both my production company, such as it is, and, of course, this very blog. As for the logo film, I animated it from several old public domain photos that I stitched together (for instance, the seated man and the abandoned building interior are two separate photos put together). The idea is that we see the outside of the abandoned building first, as we hear the click of the projector turn on and rev up, lighting up its surroundings, and then go inside to see the man seated on a makeshift bench, waiting for the film to start. Then, of course, it dissolves to the logo.

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This blog is cross-posted at Cinema Styles.

Popeye Waves.

2010-06-16T08:30:00.003-04:00

Quiet Town, Empty Road: Mad Max (1979)

2010-06-09T22:43:00.006-04:00

More, much more, at Cinema Styles.

Mad Love

2010-05-22T23:18:00.008-04:00

Silhouetted Seduction

2010-05-03T13:16:00.006-04:00

Linda and Christina: Two Worlds

2010-04-23T08:28:00.002-04:00

Wages of Fear: Truckin'

2010-04-23T08:26:00.002-04:00

Wages of Fear

2010-04-23T08:24:00.003-04:00

Jeanne Dielman,23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles

2010-04-14T12:36:00.002-04:00

Carole Cook

2010-04-06T23:00:00.008-04:00

Claire Bloom: The Illustrated Man

2010-03-25T13:39:00.002-04:00

Mon Oncle

2010-03-22T12:20:00.008-04:00

In Memoriam: Carol Marsh 1929 - 2010

2010-03-19T18:01:00.006-04:00

The Craft: Celia JohnsonBrief Encounter

2010-03-19T07:38:00.012-04:00

Stroszek

2010-03-16T07:59:00.007-04:00

Fashion Statement: Tura Satana in The Astro-Zombies

2010-03-15T09:12:00.007-04:00

A Streetcar Named Desire

2010-03-11T08:19:00.010-05:00

Solaris, doppelganger suicide

2010-03-08T22:49:00.007-05:00

Simple Action: Solaris

2010-03-08T22:47:00.005-05:00

The Endless Summer

2010-03-05T09:39:00.014-05:00

Scanners

2010-03-02T11:44:00.015-05:00

Diabolique

2010-02-26T11:37:00.013-05:00

The Craft: Maggie SmithThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

2010-02-23T08:20:00.008-05:00

Fashion Statement: La'Jetee

2010-02-18T22:02:00.012-05:00

Intertitles: The Crime of Carelessness

2010-02-17T11:02:00.005-05:00

Chumlum

2010-02-16T11:28:00.003-05:00

The Godless Girl

2010-02-15T01:00:00.031-05:00

Battle of the Sexes

2010-02-09T11:00:00.001-05:00

Fashion Statement: Them!

2010-02-08T01:10:00.009-05:00

Endings: Invasion of the Body Snatchers

2010-02-05T09:37:00.005-05:00

Persona

2010-02-03T13:53:00.003-05:00

Fail Safe

2010-02-02T11:39:00.014-05:00

The Sub-Culture: Strait-Jacket

2010-01-28T18:00:00.000-05:00

Strait-Jacket

2010-01-28T09:00:00.002-05:00

The Sub-Culture: Invaders from Mars

2010-01-26T10:23:00.001-05:00

Intertitles: Nosferatu

2010-01-25T09:44:00.000-05:00

The 400 Blows

2010-01-23T12:18:00.001-05:00

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore

2010-01-22T08:42:00.016-05:00

The Alley Cats

2010-01-19T07:45:00.014-05:00

The Craft: Victor Sjöström, Smultronstället

2010-01-18T06:51:00.003-05:00

La Grande Illusion

2010-01-14T12:44:00.010-05:00

Fall of the House of Usher (1928)

2010-01-13T16:21:00.009-05:00

Lot in Sodom

2010-01-13T10:00:00.004-05:00

The Craft: Luise Rainer, The Good Earth

2010-01-12T00:08:00.002-05:00

In Memoriam: Eric Rohmer 1920-2010

2010-01-11T14:06:00.003-05:00

The Craft: Christopher Walken, The Dead Zone

2010-01-11T07:42:00.006-05:00

How Green Was My Valley

2010-01-09T18:35:00.016-05:00

Intertitles: Broken Blossoms

2010-01-08T08:17:00.006-05:00

The Marketing Dept: Gomorrah Must be Crazy

2010-01-07T00:15:00.005-05:00

3:10 to Yuma

2010-01-06T07:45:00.004-05:00

The Sub-Culture: 4-D Man

2010-01-05T17:15:00.008-05:00

???

2010-01-04T16:00:00.001-05:00

No, it's not the end, only a new beginning for Unexplained Cinema.