{"id":4047,"date":"2012-01-05T15:04:51","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T20:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/wordpress\/?p=2774"},"modified":"2012-01-05T15:04:51","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T20:04:51","slug":"suburban-tales-iii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=4047","title":{"rendered":"Suburban Tales III"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preamble<\/strong><\/p>\n

Belated wishes for a Happy New Year, as we\u2019re finally rid of 2011 and it\u2019s now a fresh year! I did fulfill a few small resolutions this past weekend, and aim to scratch a few more the list, and among them will be a handful of short films that I\u2019ve been working on.<\/p>\n

One\u2019s in the script stage with a few test shots done, another is simple, & just requires a kind of visual simplicity to meet a looming deadline. I\u2019m also taking the plunge in upgrading my ancient gear with a new machine, so everything can be done under one roof.<\/p>\n

The manual for the fancy-schmancy i7 chip says it’s possible to fry an egg with an optional eYolk peripheral, but \u00a0I felt was unnecessary for my practical purposes, and some users in the Adobe forum have found slight conflicts when the butter filter heats up and increases the temperature of the CPU, knocking down any overclocking benefits.<\/p>\n

I don’t make these things up. They just exist.<\/p>\n

Why is this all relevant? Because I\u2019m reorganizing the way the updates are going to be done at the site, and may opt for 2-3 major review uploads per month so I can balance the two varieties of work – scribbling, and filming.<\/p>\n

The other reason: by saying in print I\u2019m working on some short films, you\u2019ll be expecting updates, perhaps clips, and I\u2019ll be obligated to meet your interest with meaty material instead of just talk.<\/p>\n

More than 5 years ago I had planned on getting a Mac, and had started shooting footage for \u2018an arty farty mixed media\u2019 short that remains frozen in time because the Mac funds went to more vital things, the camera died, and the writing drifted from scripts to film reviews as the site needed more content.<\/p>\n

None of the site’s content will diminish because I spent Xmas watching & reviewing a lot of eclectic material, but part of my 2012 resolutions (yes, plural) is to make a series of shorts, a short doc, and work on towards a feature.<\/p>\n

The 2005 project may well be resuscitated \u2013 part of the footage was shot on an obsolete format for which finding a working camera to transfer the material is tough \u2013 but that\u2019s after I get these scripted concepts from paper to 1080p.<\/p>\n

In any event, call this a Statement of Intention, where I\u2019ll have a short done within the next 30-odd days. It would be the best birthday present to myself after a long dry spell.<\/p>\n

Moving on.<\/p>\n

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Look! A movie poster that relies on original art in place of fat actor noggins!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Reviews<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest installment of Suburban Tales (Part 2<\/a> dealt with Poltergeist<\/strong>, and Part 1<\/a> with Durham County<\/strong>, Season 2.) is up, and features Tod Holland\u2019s classic 1985 shocker Fright Night<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (1985) which came and sold out on Blu-ray from indie label Twilight Time, plus two retro-suburban shockers: Joe Cornish\u2019s brisk & awesome hairy alien monster tease Attack the Block<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (Sony), and J.J. Abrams\u2019 ode to Steven Spielberg, Super 8<\/a><\/strong> [M<\/a>] (Paramount).<\/p>\n

Rue Morgue\u2019s January \/ February double issue is out now<\/a>, and you can read my review of Twilight Time\u2019s Mysterious Island<\/strong> (1961) Blu-ray edition in the bigger, longer, shinier Cinemarquee section.<\/p>\n

Coming soon: soundtrack reviews, more horror, and reviews of two long unavailable films by Jan Kadar: Adrift<\/strong> (1969), and Lies My Father Told Me<\/strong> (1976), the latter just released in a special edition from Ergo Media<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Plus: a profile of Twilight Time. The company’s first year anniversary is approaching, and there’s much to discuss and opine about whether home video is dead, dying, or moving into a niche market that still has some years of life in spite of what paid doomsayers keep saying.<\/p>\n

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Mark R. Hasan<\/strong>, Editor
\nKQEK.com <\/strong>( Main Site<\/a> \/ Mobile Site<\/a> )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blu-ray reviews of three takes on suburban paranoia: Joe Cornish’s Attack the Block (Sony), Tom Holland’s Fright Night (Twilight Time), and J.J. Abrams’ Super 8 (Paramount), plus some Editorius Blathorious regarding review updates + upcoming film projects (mine, not yours).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6,5],"tags":[977,97,972,973,975,971,978,979,108,980,981,974],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-13h","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4047"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4047\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}