Happy Kubrickian Day

  On July 26th 1928, director Stanley Kubrick was born in New York. Today is his 83rd birthday (in case you were too lazy to do the math). Today he is revered as one of the greatest directors in film history even though he only directed 16 movies in his entire career. These are the 13 feature-length films of his:

• Fear and Desire(1953)-The story of four soldiers in a fictitious war that survive a crash landing in enemy territory, and wish to get back behind friendly lines. Their plans being sidetracked by a woman that spots them hiding in the nearby forest. This movie has no trailer so I'll instead show the film in it's entirety.

• Killer's Kiss(1955)-A Noir-film about some prize-fighter named Davy that intervenes when a woman's employer/lover Vincent attacks her. Davy and the woman who's name is Gloria get into a relationship, which displeases Vincent, who sends men to capture Gloria. This of course making Davy rescue her. Sorry about the trailer, it's kinda cliche and very cheesy.

• The Killing(1956)-A heist movie about a complex scheme to rob a horse track of two million dollars (it was worth a lot more back then), but things get a little...complicated. The trailer mentions the movie Scarface, that would be another movie from 1932; not the one starring Al Pacino

• Paths of Glory(1957)-An antiwar film during WW1 about Col. Dax (played by Kirk Douglas) who gets in trouble, because he has only 2/3 of his men leave the trenches against a futile attack of German troops. The Colonel is arrested and his fame-seeking superior, Gen. Broulard has the third killed for mutiny. The trailer really likes saying how good it is and stating the obvious; it shows the title three times in case you mite have forgotten.

• Spartacus(1960)-Kirk Douglas plays a slave turned gladiator who leads a revolt to Southern Italy where they will attempt to leave to their places of origin. Meanwhile, republican Gracchus and militarist Crassus try to use the rebellion to their own political advantage. The trailer just pretty much states the film's name and count-off the cast members; it kinda sucks.

• Lolita(1962)-Prof. Humbert Humbert (great name by the way) marries a widowed landlady in order to get close to her 14-year-old daughter, who he is infatuated by. This was Kubrick's first film after he left Hollywood, and the trailer shows it; it's just weird.

• Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb(1964)-A political satire on America and the USSR's "fail-safe" plans against each other during the Cold War. The movie centers around paranoid general Jack D. Ripper (get it) who tries to start a nuclear war with Russia, as the President and his cabinet frantically try to stop the attack. The trailer is sorta what the Lolita trailer tried to be, only more goofy.

• 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968)-Dr. Dave Bowman is sent to investigate a strange black prism on the surface of the moon. The prism or "Monolith" as it's called emits a signal, leading the Doctor on an expedition to one of the moons of Jupiter. Unfortunately, his ship isn't as eager to go on the trip as him. This trailer is just fine until the very end; it just seems out of place.

• A Clockwork Orange(1971)-The story of Alex (played by Malcolm McDowell) a delinquent who commonly BEATS old people and RAPES women (our hero, ladies and gentlemen). When he is finally caught by the police, he undergoes a treatment to "cure" him of his violent ways. As one may expect, this plan doesn't quite go as planned. Not much to say about the trailer admittedly.

• Barry Lyndon(1975)-An epic (3 hours long) tale of Redmond Barry, an Irishman that joins the British army, only to end up in the Prussian army. He becomes his captain's protege for saving him. Barry also becomes associated with the gambler Chevalier de Balibari until he decides to marry Honoria Lyndon. Remember when I talked about how the Spartacus trailer kept praising itself, well this trailer is NOTHING BUT SELF INDULGENCE!

• The Shining(1980)-A family is asked to be the care-takers of an isolated hotel during the winter months. The father uses the time to write his book, while the son has psychic powers that allow him to see events of the past and future. Overtime, the father's boredom turns into stress and perhaps something more. The trailer is just...bizarre.

• Full Metal Jacket(1987)-A war movie showing the dehumanizing effects of boot-camp and how excited America was about winning the Vietnam War even-though it was a complete disaster. The movie isn't a war-hero-flick, it's of the war. Aside from that, the trailer is just mediocre.

• Eyes Wide Shut(1999)-Dr.Bill Harford becomes sexually obsessive after his wife admits to almost cheating with someone else. Bill learns of a secret-sex-cult, and decides to attend. He finds that he's in over his head, and that his family is threatened.

Six days after the premiere of Eyes Wide Shut, Kubrick died at age 70.

Just in Case

If, for some reason Wurste falls through, at least I 'll have a back-up plan.

Filler Post

A music video of Nintendo Caprisun synced up to the song "Renegade" by Styx. I wouldn't really recommend anything else by the person that posted this on youtube but if you enjoy this song, well yeah. If you don't know who Nintendo Caprisun is, check-out his stuff.

Newer Würste Poster

  I'm not entirely sure if the names at the bottom will stay, since we haven't even started filming yet (hence the "PRE-PRODUCTION" label at the top. the only real difference between this poster and the older one is that since it's newer it's better that the proportions are correct for size (if it were actual size the poster would be about 27in/40in).

 I know I've just been saying "...we'll start filming when my friend comes back..." and have never given a date; that's because he's Hispanic. I don't make this up so I can stall the movie. Every summer, he's gone for about a month. He'll return from Cuba in 9-days (if I'm lucky). In all seriousness, I hope all goes as planned and I hope your time won't be as stressful as mine (until my week off in CA).

I Don't Know What to Say...

  At 3:30am, I wake-up and notice a prism like object sitting on my computer desk. I walk over to the item, and glance at the inscription on top. To my surprise, it was a box of  CIGARS. Baffled, I look on the sides to see if it were some kind of gag (if so, I don't get it) or if there was a post-it note anywhere. What I DID see was a sticker on top folded half over the side. It stated:

IMPORTED

Hand Made

We guarantee that these cigars

are hand made in the Dominican Republic

Se garanta que estos cigarros se hacen

a mano en la Republica Dominicana

Cigars

GUARANTEE

 Well it wasn't fake, but that being the explanation for why it's in the house is far from an acceptable reason. When my mom awoke two or so hours later, I had the cigar case placed on the coffee table. She said it was from her friend to me. She explained that the cigar box reminded her friend of me for some reason. How, I haven't a clue.

 It humbles me to know that people give me strange things, because they're reminded of a person that is equally strange. At least they were generous; I mean I got a 20-pack. Most are only 10-packs (how I know this may be the reason I was given the box in the first place).

Breaking News

  I have good news and bad news (obviously, because good can only be defined by bad). This has nothing to do with the site, so it's not that important.
 I'll start with the good, because the coin I flipped landed on tails. I finally got a-hold on a copy of the movie "The Screaming Skull." What's significant about it is that I'm planning on doing a riff (live commentary consisting of witty remarks recorded over the movie). A perfect example of this would be the show Mystery Science Theater 3000; the only difference is the silhouettes of people in a movie theater in front of the movie they're riffing. On August 5th, I'm going to visit my cousins in San Francisco for about a week and a half. I'll bring my camera, and hopefully film the trip.
 Because (yes I'm starting a sentence with because, what-of-it) I'll be in California, I won't be able to film Wurste at the time. I was hoping of being finished shooting by early September, but because of my absence, it may end sometime in late October.

Anyone for Doomsday?

By: Powerman 5000

Let Me Explain...

  You may be asking about the last post:

1. WTF is "Wurste"?
2. Is it just me, or does that picture look eerily  like a Nazi flag?
3. Why am I stuck to only these questions?

  I hope I can answer these without being too abstract. Going in order:

1. "Wurste" is the name of a movie that I've been working on. I almost have the first major draft completed. We'll begin filming when my friend returns from Cuba.
2. It's supposed to look that way. The movie mainly follows two German soldiers before through just after WW2. The W is actually based on a false flag used for a team that was competing in the Net Fest of 2003. I chose it, because it was the only "axis-ish" flag I could find that looked like a W.
3. That's an easy one; the person typing this post is very bias over what he believes others think.

Würste Poster

Brazil

Be warned to those that don't like them, this is an old song

Sorry about how the Z looks; it's hard to get a swirl effect in MSPaint

Internet Exile

 Six days ago, I noticed something I considered peculiar. I saw that my mouse was missing, so I checked under my desk. The plug wasn't even there. Confused, I asked mom who explained that I was in my room on the computer too long. Furious, I demanded the mouse in a passive-aggressive way. She said something along the lines of "It's for my own good." First getting up early and now THIS; I could only bitch and moan (which I didn't). On the up side, I could still watch TV (although I don't) and be on the family computer (if someone else wasn't).
The Good:I was quite productive in actual work. I almost finished the script for the WWII spoof and named it "Würste"(German sausage on a stick). Saw an absolute shit-ton of movies this week (about 30) not including the Star Wars movies that always seem to be on Spike TV. *NERD ALERT* I also got pretty far in Donkey Kong Country (no small task) which is one of the only long games I haven't beaten yet.

 The Bad:Because of my lack of friends, I only went out if my mom was going to the store. I must have been to five shops looking for fucking half-and-half. We bought a lot of movies too, if we weren't at home watching them. I hope everyone else's week was fine, 'cause mine wasn't without the computer. Speaking of which, 70% of what I wanted to do in the last post was basically aborted.