Veterans Day - Best War MoviesNovember 11, Armistice Day. In the US, November 12, Veterans Day.The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Official cessation of hostilities in the First World War, the Big One, the Great War. The War to End All Wars. At least in Europe, and...for only twenty years or so."Once, all the Germans were warlike and mean,but that couldn't happen again.We taught them a lesson, in Nineteen-eighteen,and they've hardly bothered us since then."-- Tom L... Read Full Story

Filmmaking - There Was A Man Dept.Soupy Sales was so funny and so talented. I loved him as a kid, and still remember many of his great jokes. "If you brush your teeth twice a year, you'll see your Dentist three times a day!"I remember seeing his tv show in black-and-white (tape or kinescope, it wasn't live in Seattle). He did his noon show "Lunch with Soupy" from Detroit, and later an evening show from KABC in Los Angeles, with occasional big-name drop-ins.Soupy was a regular panelist on lo... Read Full Story

Who Sings Chrysler 300c Ad With Dean Martin?It nagged me all night, so I looked it up. It's definitely Dino. Nobody else sounds that smooooth. Dean Martin's voice oddly mixes with the husky voice of...lovely Julie London.Mix done by Matt Haines, wonderful photographer.Matt grouses he was only paid a flat fee long ago, but hey Matt your work is in a national ad.I do agree though - getting paid would be better! You can read about it here. Listen to the mixed song.And here is Dean Martin &a... Read Full Story

The Firesign Theatre - And Why I Love ThemThey are the very best. Funny, witty, persistent, disciplined, weirdly cool. I know they're primarily radio comedians, but they have done video and movies. ("Everything You Know Is Wrong" is my favorite). They have affected my filmmaking profoundly, so I'm posting about them in my filmmaking pages.I remember first hearing them in high school, they were so much funnier than the other new comedians of the early 1970s. Not standup, not sketches real... Read Full Story

Film Production - The Best Movie Ever?A German friend compiled this list,I'm not sure if it's even near a true "100 best,"as there are several films on it I think are only "okay,"but this is not my list. This is Franz List.So ponder it, or...just enjoy the clips...Here's a great idea, carried to its logical extreme, because..."Anything worth doing is worth overdoing."-- Sam LongoriaCountdown of numbers in your favorite 100 movies.I may have posted this before. I don't care. It's great.Anot... Read Full Story

Film Production - There Was A Man - Karl MaldenHe was sooo good, in "On The Waterfront,"and "A Streetcar Named Desire," and many others.What great technique, so committed.What a magnificent career, and a good, long life.And here, with another perspective, is a reallygood writer with two minutes for rebuttal.film schoolfilmmakingfilm financingfilm productionpassion for cinemadigital filmmaking handbook© 2009 Sam Longoria, All Rights Reserved Read Full Story

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