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SF Silent Film Festival – Saturday

The first feature on Saturday was John Ford‘s 1917 “Bucking Broadway” starring Harry Carey. It was remarkable to see how advanced the Ford’s techniques were in his fourth film at his age of 24. Close-up was often used to so … Continue reading

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SF Silent Film Festival Opening Night

I was with a friend of the family from Romania showing her around Stanford — one of the Colleges she wants to go to when she finishes High School. Well, I left too late from Palo Alto — 7 pm … Continue reading

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11th S.F. Silent Filim Festival

The Eleventh San Francisco Silent Film Festival is happening this weekend, July 14-16 at the Castro Theatre. I’ve attended three in the past and always loved them. There’s something about the quality of the monochrome nitrate film, music and evocation … Continue reading

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Andrew Baron At CaseCamp – III (9:51)

Play Quicktime version Andrew Michael Baron at CaseCamp July, 2006. This is part 3 of 3. Andrew talks about the challenge of satisfying the audience for the upcoming show. This video comes from thechickentest‘s youtube video. I cleaned up the … Continue reading

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Andrew Baron At CaseCamp – II (9:27)

Play Quicktime version Andrew Michael Baron at CaseCamp July, 2006. This is part 2 of 3. Andrew talks about the transition to restarting Rocketboom. This video comes from thechickentest‘s youtube video. I cleaned up the video and audio. In converting … Continue reading

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Andrew Baron At CaseCamp – I (8:24)

Play Quicktime version Andrew Michael Baron at CaseCamp July, 2006. This is part 1 of 3. Here Andrew gives his view leading up to Amanda Congdon’s video on her not being a Rocketboom. This video comes from thechickentest‘s youtube video. … Continue reading

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Tommy Pallotta On re-animating “A Scanner Darkly” (2:05)

Play Quicktime version Tommy Pallotta producer of the film, "A Scanner Darkly", talked at the 49th San Francisco International Film Festival on their re-animation technique. During the Q&A, the son of the science fiction writer, Avram Davidson, read a letter … Continue reading

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