http://metaphilm.com/index.php/ See Through Cinema en read@cleave.com Copyright 2013 2013-03-19T06:25:00-05:00 http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/lukes-change-an-inside-job/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/lukes-change-an-inside-job/#When:06:25:00Z We’ve always known there was something fishy about Star Wars… but we didn’t know until recently that it went this deep. We’ve always known there was something fishy about Star Wars… but we didn’t know until recently that it went this deep.

]]> phlog 2013-03-19T06:25:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/what-does-hollywood-have-to-do-with-jerusalem/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/what-does-hollywood-have-to-do-with-jerusalem/#When:14:05:00Z Interesting story on a nun who works to reconcile the medium to the mediator. Interesting story on a nun who works to reconcile the medium to the mediator.

]]> phlog 2013-01-29T14:05:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/there-are-only-fourteen-books-worth-reading-each-year/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/there-are-only-fourteen-books-worth-reading-each-year/#When:07:15:01Z This is one of them. This is one of them.

]]> phlog 2012-12-01T07:15:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/detail/pirates-of-the-caribbean-2/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/pirates-of-the-caribbean-2/#When:16:47:01Z The Law of the Sea Davy Jones administers the trade in the souls of men. Davy Jones administers the trade in the souls of men.

(Read the article) ]]> philms 2012-10-31T16:47:01-05:00 Snodgrass http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/why-are-foreign-films-so-foreign/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/why-are-foreign-films-so-foreign/#When:03:58:00Z McSweeney’s feigns interest in the movies we genuinely love. McSweeney’s feigns interest in the movies we genuinely love.

]]> phlog 2012-10-30T03:58:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/tree-of-life-shooting-locations-in-smithville-texas/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/tree-of-life-shooting-locations-in-smithville-texas/#When:03:42:00Z If you ever get down to Waco or Austin, drive on down to Smithville where Terence Malick filmed most of the childhood scenes of Tree of Life. If you ever get down to Waco or Austin, drive on down to Smithville where Terence Malick filmed most of the childhood scenes of Tree of Life.

]]> phlog 2012-10-26T03:42:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-movie-theater-is-officially-dead/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-movie-theater-is-officially-dead/#When:03:39:00Z No amount of 3D, popcorn, cathedral-like architecture or any of the other gee-wiz gizmos of modern moviegoing in public will compete with home theater set-up plus an endless source of free content. No amount of 3D, popcorn, cathedral-like architecture or any of the other gee-wiz gizmos of modern moviegoing in public will compete with home theater set-up plus an endless source of free content.

]]> phlog 2012-10-26T03:39:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/if-2001-came-out-in-2012/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/if-2001-came-out-in-2012/#When:04:10:01Z Here’s what the trailer would look like if Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey came out in 2012 instead of 1968. Here’s what the trailer would look like if Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey came out in 2012 instead of 1968.

]]> phlog 2012-09-18T04:10:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/apples-new-iphone-best-explained-by-the-movie-the-prestige/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/apples-new-iphone-best-explained-by-the-movie-the-prestige/#When:18:18:00Z Christopher Nolan’s 2006 movie The Prestige is the best metaphor for understanding the iPhone’s success.  Christopher Nolan’s 2006 movie The Prestige is the best metaphor for understanding the iPhone’s success. 

]]> phlog 2012-09-13T18:18:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/you-know-youve-seen-star-wars-too-many-times-when/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/you-know-youve-seen-star-wars-too-many-times-when/#When:13:18:01Z ...this happens to you in church.  ...this happens to you in church. 

]]> phlog 2012-09-06T13:18:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/when-search-engine-metrics-get-awkward/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/when-search-engine-metrics-get-awkward/#When:12:42:00Z Surely this is not the best keyword search for the Googlebots to be associating with this.  But the ad for the movie Ted shows up on the right side of the page pretty much 1 out of 6 times when you go to the first story.  This is an ongoing problem in online advertising: the bots can get the demographics right, but the psychographics call for human judgment.  Surely this is not the best keyword search for the Googlebots to be associating with this.  But the ad for the movie Ted shows up on the right side of the page pretty much 1 out of 6 times when you go to the first story.  This is an ongoing problem in online advertising: the bots can get the demographics right, but the psychographics call for human judgment. 

]]> phlog 2012-06-16T12:42:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-cinema-is-the-new-cathedral/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-cinema-is-the-new-cathedral/#When:01:36:01Z We’ve said this before, but here’s another piece of compelling piece of evidence in the long list of associations between cinema and cathedral, or in this case, drive-in movie theater and megachurch.  We’ve said this before, but here’s another piece of compelling piece of evidence in the long list of associations between cinema and cathedral, or in this case, drive-in movie theater and megachurch. 

]]> phlog 2012-06-10T01:36:01-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-truman-show-as-dsm-v-category/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/the-truman-show-as-dsm-v-category/#When:15:14:00Z 1998:  The Truman Show. 2000:  Life, The Movie. 2012:  The Truman Show Delusion:  Psychosis in the Global Village Conclusions:  “Cultural studies of delusion have important contributions to make to the cognitive theory of delusion.” Rewind to March, 1969:  “If we understand the revolutionary transformations caused by new media, we can anticipate and control them.  But if we continue in our self-induced subliminal trance, we will be their slaves.” 1998:  The Truman Show.
2000:  Life, The Movie.
2012:  The Truman Show Delusion:  Psychosis in the Global Village
Conclusions:  “Cultural studies of delusion have important contributions to make to the cognitive theory of delusion.”
Rewind to March, 1969:  “If we understand the revolutionary transformations caused by new media, we can anticipate and control them.  But if we continue in our self-induced subliminal trance, we will be their slaves.”

]]> phlog 2012-06-02T15:14:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/when-you-have-to-run-and-pee-during-the-film/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/when-you-have-to-run-and-pee-during-the-film/#When:19:04:00Z Yeah, now there’s an app for that, to tell you what you missed. Yeah, now there’s an app for that, to tell you what you missed.

]]> phlog 2012-05-31T19:04:00-05:00 publisher http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/true-grit-and-canada/ http://metaphilm.com/index.php/comments/true-grit-and-canada/#When:16:26:00Z Remember when we said that “True Grit is the latest film to convincingly demonstrate that the fate of humanity lies in the hands of 14-year old homeschooled girls?” Here’s further proof, now with 12-year old girls helping out as well. Remember when we said that “True Grit is the latest film to convincingly demonstrate that the fate of humanity lies in the hands of 14-year old homeschooled girls?” Here’s further proof, now with 12-year old girls helping out as well.

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