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The Long Start to the Journey: A Review

Dec 16, 2015 Patrick King 1

The Long Start to the Journey begins with a quote, delivered in voiceover by Chris Gallaway, the film’s director. “I decided to walk the Appalachian Trail when I was beginning to love a girl named […]

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B-Roll: King Vidor’s TRUTH AND ILLUSION: AN INTRODUCTION TO METAPHYSICS (1964)

May 26, 2015 Nathanael Hood 1

By the 1960s, director King Vidor ’s star had largely faded. During his decades-spanning career, Vidor helmed a filmography at once both intensely personal and enthusiastically catered for mass appeal. His was a cinema of […]

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What’s Happening! Beatlemania, The Maysles, and the Importance of Direct Cinema

Feb 9, 2014 The Retro Set 3

Today marks the 50th anniversary of The Beatles’ historic appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. This watershed moment in American popular culture is being celebrated worldwide, and the Black Maria is delighted to be in […]

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