We find it fascinating how many of the WLBOTT communal ideals intersect with The Shakers. Radical equality between the genders and the races. Communal living. Compassion and a joy for life. This morning the editorial staff was pleasantly surprised to find a review of a new movie in The Guardian. The movie, The Testament of […]
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The other day, Elder DZ asked me what was the saddest movie I’d ever seen. Two movies came to mind immediately: Dancer in the Dark and the recent Swedish sci-fi movie Aniara. Both movies present a situation with no hope, not even a path to hope. Today I was reflecting on the saddest movie question, […]
Elder KM provides us with our first WLBOTT screenplay! The natural Ukrainian folktale would be Kolobok, or “fried ball of dough” who escapes into the forest from his owners and outwits several predators only to ultimately be tricked by a fox, reimagined as a ball of twine 🙂 Elder KM What a wonderful idea! The […]
Today, WLBOTT’s esteemed film critic, Clementine DuCinema, is looking into her favorite movies filmed in and round Austin, Texas. Blood Simple Blood Simple is a 1984 American independent neo-noir crime film written, edited, produced and directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, and starring John Getz, Frances McDormand, Dan Hedaya and M. Emmet Walsh. Its plot […]
Due to popular demand, film critic Clementine DuCinema has added a Soviet-era children’s matinee to the upcoming WLBOTT film festival. Plow Now, Red Cow Plow Now, Red Cow is exactly the kind of film that leaves children teary-eyed, confused, and deeply committed to collectivist agriculture. Elder G 🎬 Children’s Matinee Feature Plow Now, Red Cow […]
Clementine DuCinema received her MFA and PhD in filmology from the University of Petrochemical Fumes and Fine Arts in Baytown, Texas. She specialized in Soviet-era cinema, and her dissertation was titled “Boy Meets Tractor: Boy meets tractor. Boy falls in love with tractor. Tractor represents collective hope.” Today, she brings her razor-sharp wit and velvet-gloved […]
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The Weight, Part II
Yesterday we looked at the 1968 song The Weight, by The Band. We learned that the song’s author, Robbie Robertson, was influenced by surrealist director Luis Buñuel. Luis Buñuel’s best know film is L’Age d’Or (Age of Gold, or Golden Age), released in 1930. L’Age d’Or (French: L’Âge d’Or, pronounced [lɑʒ dɔʁ]), commonly translated as […]
Movie Tie-Ins As cheese becomes sentient, a whole new audience is available for movie enjoyment. Lactose Intolerant: Judgment Dairy The Dairyminator: The Whey of Destruction T-99 Movie Posters For Jane Austen Fans! Pride and Provolone “The genteel world of regency romance… now with extra dairy.” Brie and Prejudice “When love and lactose mix, society will […]
Jason Pargin is becoming our go-to guy for a voice of reason on Facebook. Hard truths and reality checks. Mostly apolitical, but an astute observer of culture. I recently came across one of his videos that inserts some reality into content creation. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1D2ptjh638 You can check out his videos here: https://www.facebook.com/watch/jasondavidwongpargin For some reason, this […]
Instead of asking, “Is AI becoming human-like?”, perhaps we should be asking “Are humans AI-like?” Let’s work with this set of assumptions: It is a deterministic universe, rigidly governed by the laws of physics. Humans are incredibly complex state machines, obeying biochemical responses. We have no free will, no consciousness, but due to the incredible […]