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Analysis & Commentary and News Rick on 10 May 2008

Wherefore Art Thou, Blu Ray?

For cinephiles, the news last week from Criterion that they were coming out with thirteen Blu-ray titles was a mixed blessing at best. With four-hundred-some Criterion titles and counting, the question becomes how many titles will come out in the format and how fast? What will the announcement do for sales of their [...]

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News Rick on 16 Jan 2008

Up on Coosa Creek, 01-16-08

There’s a fine piece in Jonathan Lapper’s Cinema Styles on The Day After Trinity, a 1980 documentary on the Manhattan Project. Jonathan writes
“What sets The Day After Trinity apart from most if not all documentaries on the nuclear age is the attitudes, the mannerisms and the odd behavior on display by all the participants, [...]

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