DVD Competition: Planet of Snail
One of our favourites from Sheffield Doc/Fest 2012, Planet of Snail is out on DVD on the 27th May, and we are pleased to be giving away two copies courtesy of the film’s distributor Dogwoof. …
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Deconstructing Dad: An Interview with Stan Warnow
Deconstructing Dad: The Music, Machines and Mystery of Raymond Scott is a documentary about the life and work of American electronic music pioneer and inventor Raymond Scott (1908-1994). Scott’s music has been widely used in Warner Bros’ cartoons such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, and sampled by artists such as …
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Review: Flatpack Film Festival 2013
A lot of the documentaries screened at this year’s Flatpack are contrived towards giving voice to forgotten histories or hidden lives, narratives and figures outside officialdom which still resist capitulation or are incompatible with the dominant account. The Lebanese Rocket Society is perhaps the one film to do this most …
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DVD Review: The Spirit of ’45
Ken Loach’s reaction to the death of Margaret Thatcher yesterday is as direct in its politics as his latest film The Spirit of ’45. “How should we honour her? Let’s privatise her funeral. Put it out to competitive tender and accept the cheapest bid. It’s what she would have wanted.” Weaving archive …
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DVD Competition: Ken Loach’s Spirit of 45 *CLOSED*
Asked if he would do an archive documentary, Ken Loach thought it apposite to make The Spirit of ’45 in the current political and financial climate, and to highlight a period of unprecedented community spirit in the UK through the voices of the working class who lived through post-Second World War Britain. …
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Documentary Barcodes
Here are a few documentary barcodes taken from moviebarcode.tumblr.com. Every film frame is compressed into a single line and arranged into a barcode
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