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...entrance was preceded by half a dozen men in dark suits, armed not with weapons but with antique Panaflex movie cameras and handheld spot lamps. As the massive wooden doors opened, Kim walked in to the noise of the Panaflex shutters clattering like enormous insects. A short man--slightly topping Albright's 5 ft. 3 in.--with a potbelly, he wore well-shined shoes that formed triangles below his trademark khaki trousers and zip-front jacket. His skin looked pallid and his eyes slightly puffy, but he smiled as he strode toward Albright. She grinned back and said...
...even when it's not Christmas. I like Scratcher so much, in fact, that my friends refuse to go there with me anymore. The way I see it, I need either another group of friends or some other places to drink. That's where the new--and increasingly popular--handheld city guides come...
...city guide is a program that runs on a handheld PDA, such as a Palm or a Pocket PC, and works like an electronic travel guide. You download it from the Web, install it on your PDA, and the next time you need to find the nearest Thai food or Irish pub or French boutique, you whip it out and look up the location. Suddenly, you're the guy who knows what's going on. You're an instant hipster. (Not that PDA and hipster are phrases that necessarily belong in the same paragraph...
...Dogma 95, the filmic manifesto equal parts mocking and serious, he created a mission statement to scale down cinema and bring an honesty, directness,and more personal style that was previously found in filmmaking giants such as Bresson, Dreyer and Ozu. This decree has spawned the use of handheld video over 35mm film, as well as bizarre filmic experiments such as julien donkey-boy, Mifune and The Celebration...
...category. A melange of melodrama, pastiche, and musical, the film tries one's patience and pushes viewers to a breaking point, much like Selma. But if we hold on under this mounting tension, then the rewards are almost transcendental. Many people have complained about the shaky shooting of handheld video, the nervous pans and haphazard frames. Also the jump cutting and discontinuity in time also make for an unsettling feeling. But this adds to the experience, the fragility and excitement, as if the film might fall apart at any moment. It makes one edgy in one's seat, creating...