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Recently started a movie review blog, come on down and enjoy a bit of my scattered thoughts on films of the past, present, indie, blockbuster, obscure, classic, cult classic - it's all fair game.

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The Movie Gestapo: My Night at Maud's (1969)

http://moviegestapo.blogspot.com/2011/11...

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Ready Freddy Films has launched its official website. Check it out!

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Whalestails at 11/2/11 5:08 a.m.

www.readyfreddyfilms.com

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P.P.S. If you're interested in joining up with a small film crew for steady projects through the next few months, let us know. We can always use a few extra hands in terms of peripheral technical stuff (holding lights, PA, etc) and actors/actresses.

Keep in mind that this is not a paying situation, but it is a chance to collaborate with fellow filmmakers and make a few humble but solid connections.

You can email me at michaeltenz@gmail.com or Dustin Puehler (the head hancho) at dustin.puehler@gmail.com. Just remember to say what it is regarding in the subject line and in the message. General info is good as well, including name, address, phone, email and schedule. Thanks!

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You can vote for our film "Caleb" (Ready Freddy Films) on the Windie City Shootout's voting page. We have a chance to win $1000 if we get the most votes:

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You can also follow us on Facebook (we'll have an official website soon) if you're interested in future projects of ours:

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Here is Ready Freddy Films submission for the Windie City Shootout. We had three days to make write, shoot and edit a short film. Check it out:

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Whalestails at 8/28/11 5:41 p.m.

Thanks Mike. We'll let you know about the upcoming film that we're going to work on soon. Just think of Toddler's in Tiaras with a horror twist.

Mike at 8/28/11 3:47 p.m.

It's a good short. Nice work.

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Ready Freddy Film has finished it's short for the Windie City shootout. We,along with 35 others, have made it into the competition. Knock on wood that we'll win! I'll post our short film once we upload to the web.

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Alamo Drafthouse knows what's up when it comes to proper theater etiquette. I honestly wish more movie theaters had a stiff-arm policy against those being loud or illuminated in movie theaters, you know, instead of it just being a nice ideal.

A movie theater is not an amusement park, a daycare center or a crazy kegger, people have pay to sit in silence and watch a movie without distraction. Why pay to sit and talk or text in a dark room when you can do it...basically anywhere else for free? Why not take the chance to teach your kid restraint and respect? 

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She texted. We kicked her out. : Blog : Austin : Alamo Drafthouse Cinema

http://cf.drafthouse.com/she_texted_we_k...

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Added a new blog to My Life in Headphones. I review "No Wow" by The Kills.

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My Life in Headphones: The Kills - No Wow

http://mylifeinheadphones.blogspot.com/2...

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Hey Justyn, welcome to Cinefile!

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Movie Review

Enter the Void

If you've seen Gaspar Noe's Irreversible, then you know the director isn't shy about sex and violence. In fact, he lays them on so thick that your liable to choke. While brutality is pulled back in Enter the Void, sexuality is doubly pervasive, managing to find it's way into practically every nook and cranny of the film. I'm all for liberating sexual identity and action in film, but there were many times where I felt the sex actually got in the way of telling the -story-. You know, like porno.

Of course, the main draw of the film is it's epilepsy-enduing, kaleidoscopically lush visuals. Never have I seen a film before that so consistently (and effectively) incorporates swaths of lights, colors, computer animation, and luminous set pieces throughout the entire experience. From start to finish, the movie is an unforgettable drug trip. From the first-person and omniscient camera angles to the muffled sound to the endless parade of flashing lights and swirling colors, Enter the Void launches into a deep, prismatic space of it's own. 

In this space you're forced to contemplate the long journey of Oscar, from his death in a club bathroom to his supernatural observation of his sister. The film goes into full flashback mode for a good 30 to 40 minutes, then resurfaces at the present, tacking on another 45 minutes to finish out the story. 

Frankly, it's just too long. The visuals are fantastic but they don't justify the slogging pace that the film adopts halfway through. This is also the point where the overabundance of blatant, sleazy-cool sexuality kicks in. It makes the movie almost tiring to watch.

It's a shame that the pace and subject matter can't match the absolutely brilliant visual design of the film. Otherwise, Enter the Void could have been a full-blown classic, rather than just a special effects benchmark.

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