Monthly Archives: February 2011

The Great Train Robbery

The Great Train Robbery, which was released in 1903 is a film that really took the film industry on it’s back and took it into the right direction as far as where the future of films should go. It is … Continue reading

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House of Darkness

The film, “The House of Darkness,” is a film by G W Griffith, being released in 1913. This film was extremely creepy, and i thought that it used great imagery to relay that message to everyone that was watching the … Continue reading

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Sherlock JR and The Kid

I’m not a huge fan of slapstick humor, and i thought that maybe these two films from which i’ve heard alot of before would maybe be able to change my mind. However, they were not able too. They are both … Continue reading

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An Occurence at Owl Bridge

i was very excited to watch this film because of how much i loved reading the short story a few semesters ago. The film lived up to the expectations i had for it when i watched it. What i liked … Continue reading

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The Lonely Villa

The film, “The Lonely Villa,” was another film we watched by director D W Griffith. The story is about a bunch of theives that break into a house to try to rob a house once they get the husband/father of … Continue reading

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I’ll Wait for the Next One

The film is based around a sketch that is done on a subway with a man basically asking out any women on the train to step off with him at the next stop and go on a date with him. … Continue reading

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The Discipline of DE

This film by Gus Van Sant, was just about as odd as a film can get in my opinion. It took me a good 5 minutes to figure out if the director was being serious or not. The film was … Continue reading

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The Red Ballon

The Red Ballon is a short film which was released in 1956 by French Director Albert Lamorisse. The film follows a childs friendship with a ballon throughout the length of a couple days. As the other kids become jealous or … Continue reading

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Paddle to the Sea

Paddle to the Sea is a short film directed by Bill Mason, originally being released in 1966. The film follows the creation of/and floating of a small wooden boat named paddle that a little kid in Canada builds in hopes … Continue reading

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A Burglers Dilemma

This film was interesting to me because it shows the events that lead to before the burgalary was set up, while it was happening, after it happened and even further down the line when the arrested criminal was released from … Continue reading

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