History.com: 1895: First commercial movie screened and other stories from the past

December 28: General Interest 1895: First commercial movie screened On this day in 1895, the world's first commercial movie screening takes place at the Grand Cafe in Paris. The film was made by Louis and Auguste Lumiere, two French brothers who developed a camera-projector called the Cinematographe. The Lumiere brothers unveiled their invention to the public in March 1895 with a brief film showing workers leaving the Lumiere factory. On December 28, the entrepreneurial siblings screened a series of short scenes from everyday French life and charged admission for the first time... read more American Revolution 1781 : British post troops on John's Island http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-post-troops-on-johns-island Automotive 1938 : Silent-film star and inventor of mechanical turn signal dies http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/silent-film-star-and-inventor-of-mechanical-turn-signal-dies Civil War 1822 : Confederate General William Booth Taliaferro is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-booth-taliaferro-born Cold War 1973 : Solzhenitsyn's The Gulag Archipelago published http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/solzhenitsyns-the-gulag-archipelago-published Crime 1793 : An American hero is arrested in France http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/an-american-hero-is-arrested-in-france Disaster 1908 : Earthquake rocks Sicily http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/earthquake-rocks-sicily General Interest 1832 : Calhoun resigns vice presidency http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/calhoun-resigns-vice-presidency 1869 : America's first Labor Day http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/americas-first-labor-day 1908 : Worst European earthquake http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/worst-european-earthquake 1989 : Dubcek returns to public office http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/dubcek-returns-to-public-office Hollywood 1954 : Denzel Washington born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/denzel-washington-born Literary 1932 : Argentine novelist Manuel Puig is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/argentine-novelist-manuel-puig-is-born Music 1991 : Nine killed in a stampede outside a hip-hop celebrity basketball game http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/nine-killed-in-a-stampede-outside-a-hip-hop-celebrity-basketball-game Old West 1900 : Carry Nation attacks a Kansas saloon http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/carry-nation-attacks-a-kansas-saloon Presidential 1856 : Woodrow Wilson born in Staunton, Virginia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woodrow-wilson-born-in-staunton-virginia Sports 1975 : Central Red Army defeats New York Rangers at MSG http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/central-red-army-defeats-new-york-rangers-at-msg Vietnam War 1964 : South Vietnamese win costly battle at Binh Gia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-win-costly-battle-at-binh-gia 1972 : Hanoi announces return to the Paris peace talks http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hanoi-announces-return-to-the-paris-peace-talks World War I 1856 : Woodrow Wilson is born http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/woodrow-wilson-is-born World War II 1941 : Request made for creation of construction battalions http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/request-made-for-creation-of-construction-battalions

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True Crime

"True Grit" starring Clint Eastwood

February 15, 2011

I'm watching "True Crime" the mystery crime drama, released March 19, 1999, starring Clint Eastwood as a journalist, Steve Everett, an Oakland journalist recovering from alcoholism, with a less than desirable personality, covering the execution of prisoner on death row, who is about to be executed.

The movie is based on a 1997 novel by Andrew Klavan and the plot involves the newspaper writer, played by Eastwood, discovers that the inmate accused of the murder for which he is sentenced to be executed, is innocent.

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8th Annual Foreign Film Festival at the Carroll Arts Center in Westminster

Friday, February 04, 2011

Film/Art shows

8th Annual Foreign Film Festival

Every Friday evening in February award-winning foreign language films.

Friday, February 04, 2011 07:30 PM thru 09:30 PM

Carroll Arts Center

91 W. Main Street

Westminster, MD

For more info: 410-848-7272 www.carrollartscouncil.org

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Picnic at Hanging Rock

"Picnic at Hanging Rock," the 1975 classic Peter Weir Australian New Wave entrée movie based on Joan Lindsay's 1967 novel by the same name.

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Dorothy Gish 1923

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“Enchanted April” to be screened at Carroll Arts Center

“Enchanted April” to be screened at Carroll Arts Center

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MEDIA RELEASE: February 3, 2010 For Immediate Release CCAC Contact: Sandy Oxx (sandy@CarrollCountyArtsCouncil.org) 410/848-7272 FLICC Contact: Frank Baylor (baylorcad@comcast.net) 410/876-6201

All aboard for a mini-trip to the countryside of Italy without the hassles of airport security! Film Lovers in Carroll County (FLICC) has chosen the lavishly romantic film “Enchanted April” to be screened at the Carroll Arts Center on Friday, April 2 at 8 pm.

Since this Academy Award winning film is such a favorite with the ladies, it was scheduled to coincide with the annual Purse Auction sponsored by Seniors Keep in Touch (SKIT) that is also held at the Carroll Arts Center.

Set during post World War I, this gorgeously filmed story follows four women who rent a chateau on a remote Italian island to try to come to grips with their lives and relationships.

They explore the differences in their personalities, reassess their goals, and reexamine their relationships in a sisterly fashion. Together they find romance, hope and ultimately liberation during their month-long holiday.

It is described as a sumptuous “mini-trip” through the breathtaking countryside of Italy.

The 1992 film runs 95 minutes and is rated PG.

It stars Joan Plowright and Miranda Richardson.

Audience members are encouraged to arrive early to enjoy a glass of wine and shop at the Purse Auction.

Tickets are $6 for adults/$5 for Arts Council members, seniors 60+ and students 18 & Under.

The Carroll Arts Center is located at 91 West Main Street in downtown Westminster.

For more information or to purchase tickets with a credit card, go to www.CarrollCountyArtsCouncil.org or call 410/848-7272.

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'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominees

'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominees

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The science-fiction sensation “Avatar” and the war-on-terror thriller “The Hurt Locker” lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each, including best picture and director for James Cameron and ex-wife Kathryn Bigelow. For the first time the Oscars feature 10 best-picture contenders instead of the usual five. Read more at Herald-Mail.com »

'Avatar,' 'Hurt Locker' lead Oscar nominees (Tuesday 2 February 2010)BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — The science-fiction sensation “Avatar” and the war-on-terror thriller “The Hurt Locker” lead the Academy Awards with nine nominations each.

'Avatar' - Biggest movie in History of Ever? (Tuesday 26 January 2010)James Cameron films are in a league of their own, they deserve words all their own.

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Bardelys The Magnificent 1926 The Boat Ride

Bardelys The Magnificent 1926 The Boat Ride

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Theaterpalace wrote: This is an exclusive Valentine Special. John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman from King Vidor's long lost Silent Classic. Now Beautifully restored by David Shepard's group Film Preservation Associates, and Lobster of Paris. That is except for the missing Third reel.

Jack Gilbert was at the height of his fame and popularity. Reigning as MGM's biggest Star. Boardman the new "Mrs. King Vidor" was never more lovely as the "Lady Roxalanne"

Since this movie is coming out on DVD in the next few months from Flicker Alley, (not with this music by Antonio Coppolla), I won't be posting anything else from the picture anytime soon on these boards.

Hope everyone will buy the DVD! This two disc set is also expected to include another Lost and Found Gilbert feature MONTE CRISTO (1922) with Estelle Taylor!

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There are many great lines in the movie. The one that really made me smile was : “Roxalanne, my beloved – unworthy wretch that I am – I have no right to your love- - ” “Je suis tellement indigne d’un amour comme le votre!” John Gilbert and Eleanor Boardman from King Vidor's long lost 1926 silent classic, “The Boat Ride.”

Of course, this movie is not to be confused with “I’m on a boat” Hmmmm – please heed the strong language warning – NSFW! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7yfISlGLNU

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9 1/2 weeks

9 1/2 weeks - Kim Basinger - Mickey Rourke - Ayo - "Without You"

Retrieved August 3, 2009

The scene in the controversial February 1986 film version of Elizabeth McNeill’s short story, “9 ½ weeks,” where John Grey, played by Mickey Rourke, feeds a blindfolded Elizabeth McGraw, played by Kim Basinger, various fruits, honey and beverages from the refrigerator.

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Joe Cocker - You Can Leave Your Hat On
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Charles Theatre to show Kubrick’s “Lolita”

Charles Theatre to show Kubrick’s “Lolita”

Stanley Kubrick’s 1962 LOLITA plays three times this week in the revival time slots:

Saturday July 4 11:30 AM (please note the earlier-than-normal showtime); Monday, July 6 7 PM; Thursday, July 9 9PM.

Wild, marvellously enjoyable comedy, adapted from Nabokov's novel. James Mason is the lover of little girls, the smiling, obsequious, phony Humbert Humbert; Shelley Winters is Charlotte Haze, the culture vulture rampant; Sue Lyon is her sexy daughter, Lolita; and Peter Sellers (at his most inspired) is Quilty, Humbert Humbert's walking paranoia....

LOLITA is black slapstick and at times it’s so far out that you gasp as you laugh. An inspired Peter Sellers creates a new comic pattern--a crazy quilt of psychological, sociological commentary so “hip” it’s surrealist. (Pauline Kael)

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Charles Theatre 1711 N. Charles Street (410) 727-FILM

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

The final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (Final Scene)

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This is a final scene from George Roy Hills 1969 picture Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid.




Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, movie (video) trailer preview and review

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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid: "The fall'll probably kill ya!"

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The Graduate "One Word: Plastics"

The Graduate "One Word: Plastics"

Retrieved May 10, 2009

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McCabe and Mrs. Miller 1971

McCabe & Mrs. Miller

(Robert Altman directing Warren Beatty and Julie Christie in McCabe & Mrs. Miller. Photograph from Jerry Ohlinger's Movie Material Store)

(1971) Directed by Robert Altman. Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Rene Auberjonois, William Devane, Shelley Duvall. Music by Leonard Cohen (121 min.)

McCabe & Mrs. Miller (Robert Altman, 1971) Trailer

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Trailer for McCabe & Mrs. Miller directed by Robert Altman.The screenplay is by Robert Altman and Brian McKay from the novel McCabe by Edmund Naughton. The cinematography is by Vilmos Zsigmond and the soundtrack includes three songs by Leonard Cohen which had been issued on his 1967 album Songs of Leonard Cohen.

Cast:

Warren Beatty - John McCabe
Julie Christie - Constance Miller
Rene Auberjonois - Sheehan
William Devane - the Lawyer
John Schuck - Smalley
Corey Fischer - Mr. Elliot
Bert Remsen- Bart Coyle
Shelley Duvall - Ida Coyle
Keith Carradine - Cowboy
Michael Murphy - Sears




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McCabe & Mrs. Miller - McCabe (Warren Beatty) & Mrs. Miller (Julie Christie) meet for the first time

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McCabe & Mrs. Miller, the unconventional 1971 western directed by veteran Robert Altman, could maybe best be described as "what reality TV would have looked like, if TV had existed back then". It's a very natural, bare bones, approach to film making, as if the audience gets a peek at the normal, every day doings of settlers in a new town. Warren Beatty is excellent in one of his best roles as John McCabe, small time entrepreneur and card player, who is riding on the reputation of some McCabe who - as the movie informs us - according to myth, is a legendary gunman. The McCabe who seeks residence in the newly developing town, however, is a far cry from the cowboys that we know from more conventional westerns.

But his mistaken identity helps him become the big man around town and soon he sets up several businesses, a whorehouse with possibly the most unattractive "chippies" ever put on celluloid being one of them.

This is mostly an atmospheric movie, that is filmed in chronological order, unlike most films. So, the actual sets were being built as the movie progresses, meaning they double as the expanding town. Beatty and Christie are excellent in their unassuming roles and all the bit players and extras deserve special compliments, as many of them were not real actors, but set builders and locals.

The wonderful and oddly fitting songs by Leonard Cohen complete this uniquemasterpiece. Also starring John Shuck, Rene Auberjonois and William Devane.

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Estonian movie “Headwind Hall” – “ Vastutuulesaal” comes to Maryland

Estonian movie “Headwind Hall” – “ Vastutuulesaal” comes to Maryland

February 14, 2009

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Vastutuulesaal (2007) [Headwind Hall]
Estonia
Directed by Priit Valkna.
Cinematography by Rein Kotov (Somnambuul), Margus Malm, and Tauno Sirel.

Friends of Estonia,

Because Estonia is now in its final stages of being an official Sister State of Maryland, Estonia has been added to the list of being part of the State's International Art and Film events. In 2009, the first part of this is the showing of some international films around the state. An Estonian film, a documentary, will be shown at the following locations on the following dates at no charge: .

Monday, February 16 – Headwind Hall (Vastutuulesaal (Salisbury University, Caruthers Hall Auditorium);

Friday, February 27 – Headwind Hall (Vastutuulesaal ) (Towson University, Van Bokkelen Hall Auditorium);

Wednesday, March 4 – Headwind Hall (Vastutuulesaal ) (Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts, Annapolis); and

Tuesday, March 10 – Headwind Hall (Vastutuulesaal ) (Room 201) (Frostburg University, Lane University Center).

All shows are at 7:00 PM.

Producer and co-writer of Headwind Hall, Artur Talvik, offers a light-hearted summary of the film.

Headwind Hall is a documentary film about the conductor Tõnu Kaljuste and his crazy idea of building an opera house on the estate of the past inventor Schmidt in Naissaar; an island which even today has no regular ferry line, no electricity and only one permanent resident.

In order to carry his idea through, Kaljuste must face situations bordering on the absurd, involving potential investors, snobby bureaucrats, construction workers, and the general public.

He transports construction materials and other necessities to the island with his own small boat.

The press and the representatives of different institutions cannot refrain from gloating - what is he trying to prove? The idea is almost as crazy as inventor Schmidt's erstwhile headwind ship that used the energy of headwind in order to move ahead with double power. However, in the summer of 2006, the Nargen Opera is completed and the first performances are carried through.

This amusing and dynamic film follows the activities of Tõnu Kaljuste during a period of five years.

The building of an opera house may not strike most people as a subject for a very dramatic film. Notwithstanding, sometimes the most extreme circumstances can be the setting for the most compelling stories.

The charismatic conductor Tõnu Kaljuste resigned his position as music director and chief conductor of the world renowned Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir in late 1999 and set out on a quixotic quest to build an opera/concert hall on the island of Naissaar, located about 12 miles north of Tallinn (the Estonian capital).

Naissaar, also known as the Island of Nargen, was once the family home of world renowned telescope and optical lens inventor Bernhard Schmidt (1879-1935) among whose other theoretical inventions was a wind-powered sail/propeller boat which used the force of the wind to sail directly into the wind itself.

The idea of this "against the headwind ship" becomes the metaphor for Kaljuste's dream to realize the construction of his opera/concert hall despite all the forces of bureaucracy, financing, and common sense working against him. Naissaar Island had no electrical supply, a barely functioning harbor, and only one or two permanent residents at the time this story begins.

How Kaljuste overcame nearly endless adversity and ultimately achieved his goal is shown in this exhilarating film.

Headwind Hall ends with the pop hit Minu inimesed [My People] by the Estonian rap/dance-club performer Chalice (the stagename of singer Jarek Kasar) and provides a musical benediction to Kaljuste's efforts.

At the same time, composer Arvo Pärt declares on-screen that "the Estonian people can't begin to appreciate the trouble that Tõnu has gone through"

Thanks to director Priit Valkna's triumphant film, audiences get the chance to see it and appreciate it for themselves.

Headwind Hall was given standing ovations at the 2007 Nordic Film Days in Lübeck. The film runs 60 minutes.

Vastutuulesaal

http://eestiasi.co.cc/2008/11/27/vastutuulesaal/

“Vastutuulesaal” on dokumentaalfilm dirigent Tõnu Kaljustest ja tema hullust ideest rajada kunagise leiutaja Schmidti talumaadele ooperisaal. Idee pöörasus seisneb aga selles, et leiutaja Schmidti maad asuvad Naissaarel. Saarel, mis hiljuti oli Nõukogude Armee kinniseks sõjaväebaasiks ja millel tänaseni puudub regulaarne laevaühendus, kus pole elektrit ja kus elab aastaringselt ainult üks elanik. Kes seal ooperis käima hakkab? Mis mõte see selline on? Karismaatiline Tõnu Kaljuste aga tahab kõigi kiuste ja hoolimata üldsuse ning rahamaailma vastuseisust rajada sinna omanäolist kultuurikeskust, kus traditsioonid ja kaasaeg kohtuvad. Kus ooperi kõrgstiil kohtub looduslähedusega. Idee elluviimiseks peab Kaljuste läbima absurdseid situatsioone potentsiaalsete rahastajatega, üleolevate ametnikega, ehitajate ja laiema üldsusega. Ta veab oma isikliku väikepaadiga saarele ehitusmaterjale ja muud hädavajalikku. Laiem üldsus ja eri instantside ametnikud aga ei suuda oma muiet varjata – mida ta tahab sellega tõestada? Võiks öelda, et idee on sama hull, nagu omal ajal leiutaja Schmidti loodud vastutuulelaev, mis kasutas vastu puhuva tuule energiat topeltjõuga edasi liikumiseks.

Aga 2006. aasta suvel saab Nargen Opera valmis.

Lõbus ja hoogne film jälgib Kaljuste tegemisi viie aasta jooksul.

Režissöör: Priit Valkna
Idee autor: Artur Talvik,
Monteerija: Tambet Tasuja
Muusikaline kujundus: Priit Valkna
Operaatorid: Margus Malm, Rein Kotov, Tauno Sirel
Stsenaristid: Artur Talvik, Andri Luup, Priit Valkna
Produtsent: Artur Talvik
Tootja: RUUT
allikas: EFSA
Tags: dokumentaal, RUUT

20090216 SDOSM Headwind Hall Vastutuulesaal

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The French Trailer for Lili Marleen by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

The French Trailer for Lili Marleen by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Non-associative meanderings and musings from the sofa by Kevin Dayhoff

February 9, 2009

I had the music and art of “Cold Play” in my head all day. With that in mind, I was was roaming around YouTube this evening. While I was surfing, watching and listening, I came across “Coldplay_Trouble.” It can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwGHQ6WyQFU.

The clip immediately reminded me of Hans-Jürgen Syberberg’s “Requiem für einen jungfräulichen König,” (“Ludwig - Requiem for a Virgin King” – June 23, 1972) - - and other practitioners of the “New German Cinema,” such as Wim Wenders, Volker Schlöndorff, and Werner Herzog.

I settled upon looking for clips by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, May 31, 1945 – June 10, 1982. He remains one of my all-time favorite directors, in a list that on any given day, can be cluttered, complicated, and crowded.

Of course, when one thinks of Mr. Fassbinder, the words cluttered, complicated and crowded, come immediately to mind...

This is perhaps a better way of saying that he led a life of constant strife and controversy in which he managed to offend anything, everything and everybody on any given day.

Even saying that one likes the work of the Mr. Fassbinder is controversial. Oh well, sometimes art is art… Whatever.

Wallace Watson wrote in 1992, in “The Bitter Tears of RWF,” that Mr. Fassbinder “did little to discourage the personalized nature of the attacks on himself and his work. He seemed to provoke them by his aggressively anti-bourgeois lifestyle, symbolized in his black leather jacket, battered hat, dark glasses and perennial scowl.”

The prolific filmmaker died at the all-too-young-age of 36; after maintaining an impossibly frenetic pace in which he created over forty films in 15 years.

Among my many favorite Fassbinder movies, certainly “Love is Colder than Death” (1969); “The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant” (1972); “Berlin Alexanderplatz: (1980); “The Marriage of Maria Braun” (1978); “Ali: Fear Eats the Soul” (1974) and “Lili Marleen” compete for my most favorite.

The YouTube video pasted below is the French trailer from Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s 1981 classic “Lili Marleen.” (The movie is based upon the autobiography of Lale Andersen: “Der Himmel hat viele Farben.”

This movie showcases a stellar performance by Hanna Schygulla, which along with her performance in “The Marriage of Maria Braun,” is one of her best.

“Lili Marleen” also includes great performances by Giancarlo Giannini, Mel Ferrer,Udo Kier and Barbara Valentin.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hCAy2g9qWM



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Fassbinder's "Lili Marleene" French Trailer

20090209 1981 French Trailer for Lili Marleen by Fassbinder

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Journey of history, discovery - 'Legacy' is lesson in heritage for filmmaker

Thursday, January 8, 2009 Journey of history, discovery - 'Legacy' is lesson in heritage for filmmaker

Journey of history, discovery - 'Legacy' is lesson in heritage for filmmaker

Journey of history, discovery - 'Legacy' is lesson in heritage for filmmaker

By Bob Allen ballen@patuxent.com

Posted on http://www.explorecarroll.com/ 1/07/09

As it is with nearly every Maryland county, Carroll has its own list of historical "firsts."

In Carroll County, for instance, the first rural free delivery postal route in the nation was established (in 1899).

The very first reaping machine was invented and patented here (1839). And in 1764, the first Methodist congregation in North America met near present-day New Windsor.

Yet unlike Maryland counties such as Anne Arundel or Washington counties, Carroll did not host key events in the founding of the nation or endure the trauma of a major Civil War battle.

That's why veteran filmmaker and Westminster resident Marilyn Maguire assumed a more grassroots perspective in 2007 when she began mapping out "Carroll County's Legacy," her recently completed 58-minute-long video history of her adopted home county.

"Joe Getty (one of numerous local historians interviewed in 'Carroll County's Legacy') has the perfect line that you hear very early in the film," Maguire explains.

Getty, in recounting the various waves of English, Irish and Pennsylvania-Germans who comprised the county's earliest white inhabitants, notes:

"The history of Carroll County is the history of everyday life, of ordinary people doing ordinary things, and so when you talk about our history you're talking about the thread of everyday living in the patchwork of Carroll County's history."

[…]

Living 'Legacy'

The Carroll County Community Media Center will hold the premiere of the television documentary "Carroll County's Legacy" on Wednesday, Jan. 7, at 6 p.m., at the Community Media Center, 1301 Washington Road in Westminster. The screening will be followed by a question and answer period with the producer, Marilyn Maguire of Maryland Public Television. The premiere is free and open to the public, although reservations are requested. To RSVP, call 410-386-4415.

In addition, excerpts from "Carroll County's Legacy" can be viewed on the Carroll County History Project's Web site, http://www.carrollhistory.org/.

DVD copies of "Carroll County's Legacy" can be purchased for $30 by calling the Community Media Center, at 410-386-4415.

Read the entire article here: Journey of history, discovery - 'Legacy' is lesson in heritage for filmmaker

20090107 Journey of history discovery by Bob Allen

http://explorecarroll.com/community/1993/journey-history-discovery/

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20080605 “Pretty in Pink” and Massive Attack’s “Teardrop”

Untold - A Pretty in Pink Trailer

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5dSFgY7ro4Y

For fans of the movie, “Pretty in Pink,” this YouTube is a video about “Pretty in Pink,” with Massive Attack’s “Teardrop,” for the soundtrack.

The poster, fayzabeam wrote:

This is DEFINITELY the last Pretty in Pink video for the time being! I wanted to experiment with using some dialogue from the film in a video, to see if it actually was possible to represent a slash subtext using the actual script. I had to be creative here, but I think it works! The song, whilst not contemporary to the film, works well as a backing track; the footage itself was built around one long, slow clip of James Spader that I'd forgotten to include in the previous videos and I desperately wanted to give a home to! Oh, one thing - there is some *strong* language in this video, because it has dialogue - consider yourself warned!

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20080416 Today is Beatrice Dalle - French movie day

Wednesday, April 16, 2008

20080416 Today is Beatrice Dalle - French movie day

Today is Beatrice Dalle - French movie day

(17 fois Cécile Cassard) Pretty Killer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nTryJX7cn4

Scène de danse entre Beatrice Dalle et Romain Duris, tirée du film dix-sept fois Cecile Cassard (Christophe Honoré).

Now the party is over,

And I guess im over too,

The music is going slower,

I just cant take my eyes of you,

Pretty killer,

Little crime,

Dancing with another guy.

I have no chance to kiss you later,

I think I’ve lost too many times,

I am too drunk to be your lover,

You’re too sober to be mine.

Pretty killer...

There’s no more common eyedline,

no more djs to save my life,

what I could I do to froddon him,

I’ve forgot to take my knife...

Betty Blue - Last Scene

37°2 le matin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIaU1us81Ts

37,2 le matin – Rose

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1drrmSLOIdU

Scène du film de Jean-Jacques Beineix où Béatrice Dalle s'emballe et verse un pot de peinture sur la caisse du monstrueux proprio.

20080416 Today is Beatrice Dalle - French movie day

37°2 le matin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lR0rp__rRAk

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