Bohemian Cinema By Jonathan Pacheco

Carnival of Cinema: Feels Like the First Time

Tags: BlogCarnival, Reviews, Links

Welcome one and all to this humble abode. As your substitute carnival host for this week, for those who don’t know me, you can call me Jonathan, pacheco, or something else really pretentious. Or perhaps we can skip with the pleasantries altogether and get right down to the carnival because, believe me, there are plenty of links to get to this week.

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Starting things off, Missy at Observations from Missy’s Window beats me to the punch on a post I’ve been thinking about writing for a while. It deals with Movie Companions.

Many people like background noise, something to keep them company while they perform chores or menial tasks. Music and television are the most common methods of background noise, but movies can also fill the role of companion.

Let’s keep things going with a little bit of over-achieving. Jean Brunet of SizzlingPopcorn.com provides a bevy of links:

• The Incredible Hulk - New Movie Stills
• The Babysitters - Babysitting In Select Homes May 9th
• What Are You Going To See This Weekend? - May 2 Edition
• Lions For Lambs - Roars Like A Lion But It’s Only A Lamb
• Dan In Real Life - Reality Movies
• Iron Man - The Blockbuster Season Begins!
• New York City - Day 1
• The Great Debaters - On DVD May 13th
• What Are You Going To See This Weekend? - May 9th Edition
• Baby Mama - Who’s Your Surrogate?
• Reprise - Coming Soon In Select Theatres

Whew! Here’s Jean in reference to Dan in Real Life:

Carell goes a little too overboard when trying to create humor, which results in a very dry and boring film.

Linda presents The Korean project : Duelist posted at Mes crazy expériences.

As most of the Korean movies I have seen, the music is absolutely wonderful.

Scott Nehring, the usual purveyor of this here Blog Carnival, chimes in with some thoughts on No Country For Old Men (2007), over at Good News Film Reviews. Needless to say, he dug the film:

It is a rare thing to be presented with characters so intensely interesting that there’s a sense of loss when long scenes of dialog end.

Gautam Valluri takes a good look at the Iranian film A Few Kilos of Dates for a Funeral, over at Broken Projector.

It is one of the rare instances in film where I can assure you every single frame of the print is a beautiful photograph on its own.

At Tall Bodybuilding Actor, Conan Stevens presents the Som Tam Movie Trailer, a trailer for a film he made. Kudos to Conan on his accomplishment:

Finally 1 decent movie I have done makes it to the big screen in Thailand.

Shlomi Ron takes a look solely at the soundtrack of Light of My Eyes - Luce dei miei occhi (Giuseppe Piccioni - 2001), and you can find that at cafe Pellicola - window to fine italian cinema.

The haunting score uses minimalist piano pieces layered over occasional mounting violin crescendos - opens up a rich world of expression and depth. No wonder it won best sound track at the 2002 Italian music awards.

And Gracchi’s in-depth look at The Manchurian Candidate (1962) can be found over at Westminster Wisdom.

Of course trust opens the way for the Manchurian candidate. But that trust is tempered by understanding, by an effort to sympathetically reach inside someone’s brain and understand the logic of what they do and why they do it.

Wait, what’s this? Can it be our favorite rotund postal employee? Not quite, but this particular Newman has got some favorable words for 2008’s Iron Man posted at Newman’s Own Movie Corner.

It doesn’t rely on in-jokes that would only be understood by fans, nor is it too broad in a vain attempt to appeal to everyone. Instead, it tells a solid story with a surprising injection of real-world drama and finely-tuned comedy.

Sounding like a man after my own heart, Joe of Intermission at Work explains the Top 5 Reasons I don’t want you at My Theatre! In reference to underaged kids whose parents buy them tickets to R-rated films:

Not every theatre is like mine, but we check ids, and don’t let these kids into those rated R movies, just like we’re supposed to. Then these kids usually try to sneak in, and when we catch them, they call their parents. Then comes the fun.

Kevin Fleming decides to go the handy route and shows us How To Convert Videos For Your iPhone over at Satellite TV Guru. Next week, Kevin will show me how to afford an iPhone to begin with.

In order to enjoy watching movies and videos on your iPhone, they need to be converted to the proper format. Unfortunately, this small hurdle left a lot of iPhone owners stumped.

Linda catches the romantic comedy My Little Bride, and you can read her take at Mes crazy expériences.

It’s the story of two people trying to show that they are not related in front of the judging eyes of the world as they really deeply like each other.

There are some concerns over some regulations regarding the use of minors for scenes of “simulated sex” in films, and Lisa Vandever of CineKinkster is there to make us aware of it with Um. Pornography is in focus?.

For all, it is critical to know both the rules and the risks - and to work together in protesting their chilling presence.

Todd Howard presents Indiana Jones Fan Tribute Song, We’re Makin’ This Up As We Go, along with an explanation of how the song was created. It can be found at Zoom In Online. No, I’m not makin’ this up.

On the heels of watching Raiders of the Lost Ark and Julie Taymor’s Beatle-centric masterwork Across The Universe on DVD for inspiration, Glen and I put nose to grindstone on March 29, 2008 in my Mac-based home recording studio in the Berkshires of northwestern Massachusetts, for an exhaustive 18-hour, non-stop session, where we wrote and recorded the entire song in one epic sitting.

Christina M. Rau gives us a little bit about her film-going experience and a lot of bit about Prom Night in Yeah, Man, That Prom Was Killer, posted at Livin’ The Dream (One Loser At A Time).

However, since this is a PG-13 horror flick, not a lot of gore is involved. Instead of pools of fake blood, there’s a red smear or maroon dot here and there. Ah, the glory of dying from a flesh wound.

And finally, over at Zee Says=Film Addict + Teen Librarian, Lindsey gives us a Movie Review: Thumbsucker.

What follows is similar to what happens to Solomon in the book of Ecclesiastes in Justin’s life. He tries multiple things to make his life more meaningful: achievement, love, sex, drugs, and therapy. In the end, it’s all meaningless. None of the things he tries ends up being the magic button that sticks.

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That wraps things up for this week. Once again, thanks to Scott for letting me host this thing.

Until next time, friends.