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2015 Reading Challenge, short review blurbs for a bunch of books
Alright, let's see here. Clearly I've fallen behind on writing reviews for the reading challenge. Hardly a surprise, right? That means it's time for a catch-up post.
The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
Science fiction romp where a soldier goes back and forth between Earth and fighting placements against some alien enemy. He's in stasis on every trip, so centuries pass between every visit to Earth, highlighting the way society changes for every visit. Overpopulation leads to legislated homosexuality, etc. It was okay, but boring here and there. The ending was shrugworthy. Might have been because the narrator of the audiobook was boring.
Finished it on February 13th
Grade: 3 out of 5
Category: A book set in the future
Sex Criminals, Volume 1: One Weird Trick, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
This is a comic book where the two main characters discover, on their own, that they can freeze time by having an orgasm. Then they meet and make sweet love and get the idea to rob banks with the help of this strange ability. It's funny, it's thoughtful and the art is beautiful. At some point I'm going to read the parts that follow volume 1.
Finished it on February 15th
Grade: 4 out of 5
Category: A graphic novel
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by J.K. Rowling
The first Harry Potter book. Doesn't really need an introduction. I had stayed away from these books for some reason. I really loved this first one, the great adventure of it all. So much so that I found a way to add books number two and three to my list. I listened to it as an audiobook and it was narrated by Stephen Fry who did a fantastic job.
Finished it on March 1st
Grade: 5 out of 5
Category: A book with magic
Five on Finniston Farm, by Enid Blyton
I used to read a whole bunch of Famous Five books when I was a kid. I found three at my local library and picked this one to read, but I don't think it would have mattered which one I read, because these follow a set intrigue. The four kids are almost disgustingly proper and friendly. Everyone is friendly and hearty, except for the obvious bad guys and they are obnoxious to the extreme. It has some friendly parts, some exciting parts, the dog barks a bit, there's a big setback and then they squeeze through a win in the end. Same thing in every book.
Finished it on March 3rd
Grade: 3 out of 5
Category: A book from your childhood
The Disaster Artist: My Life Inside The Room, the Greatest Bad Movie Ever Made, by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
I love good bad movies. The Room is the best of the bunch. It's so bad that it defies belief, but somewhere it twists around so that it becomes entertainingly bad. It was made by the enigmatic Tommy Wiseau. Greg Sestero is the guy who plays the best friend in the movie. This book is part Greg's tale about how he got to know Tommy in acting class and part how the movie shoot went down. It's mindboggling. I challenge you to find a stranger guy than Tommy Wiseau. Watch the movie and then read the book. Or listen to it as an audiobook because Greg himself narrates it and his Tommy impression is spot on!
Finished it on March 9th
Grade: 5 out of 5
Category: A memoir
Food: A Love Story, by Jim Gaffigan
Jim Gaffigan is a stand-up comedian who talks a lot about food. This book has a lot of stuff he already talks about in his various comedy specials, but there's also new stuff and I listened to him narrating his own audiobook, which turned it up a notch. He knows exactly how to read his own act, when to pitch his voice a certain way and whatnot. Had some slow patches, but also some damn funny stuff. I especially liked the part where he goes through the geography of the US and what food specialties you can find in different parts of the country.
Finished it on March 11th
Grade: 3 out of 5
Category: A funny book
The Birthday Party, by Harold Pinter
At first I was a bit apprehensive about reading a play manuscript. It's just not the same thing as watching a play or reading a book. You have to do a lot of mental gymnastics to visualize what's happening between the lines, how long the pauses are, what the characters are doing physically, the way they're saying things, and so on. But I really liked The Birthday Party. It's entertaining and sinister and the characters all have their own thing going on.
Finished it on March 12th
Grade: 3 out of 5
Category: A play
Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
This was a looooong book. If at least a third of it was edited out it would have been a lot better. It had a lot of slow, cumbersome parts that felt redundant. Which is a shame, because the parts that felt fresh were very good and enlightening. It's about how our brains work in different ways, how they take shortcuts and how we can sidestep the laziness of our brains. Listened to it as an audiobook.
Finished it on March 27th
Grade: 3 out of 5
Category: A book with antonyms in the title
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling
Second one of the Harry Potter books and so far it's the only one that hasn't been a slam dunk 5 out of 5 for me. It's still very good, but it felt like it took way too long for the main plot to get going. The Harry Potter books should have a bunch of things going on, sure, but the main plot still needs to be clear and it just wasn't in this one. It felt tacked on and that dragged the book down. Stephen Fry was fantastic as a narrator, just like for the first one.
Finished it on March 31st
Grade: 4 out of 5
Category: A book by a female author
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling
Now we're talking. This book really had me from the first moment on to the very end and I was crying a lot at the end of it. This was exciting from beginning to end. Not much more to say, really. Solid adventure with, again, excellent narration by Stephen Fry. I kind of lost it whenever Harry's family was the center of the story. It was after I read this book that I had to make room for the rest of the seven Harry Potter books in my challenge list plan.
Finished it on April 6th
Grade: 5 out of 5
Category: A book that made you cry
A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens
This was a wonderful read. A true classic. I've watched the Disney animated version before and I know how this one goes, but I've never really read the original until now. Dickens' language is short but very vivid. It hits all the right notes and paints a very clear picture. The book I read also had wonderful illustrations that enhanced the writing. I think everyone should read this, but perhaps not in April, because it felt pretty strange to be reading about Christmas in the middle of spring.
Finished it on April 12th
Grade: 3 out of 5
Category: A book set during Christmas
Red Rising, by Pierce Brown
This book was a real surprise. I listened to it as an audiobook and the narrator Tim Gerard Reynolds is Irish, which he uses to great effect. He switches between his Irish accent and a more posh British one depending on what character is talking. The Irish makes the lower-class people sound a lot more gritty to me. Red Rising is about Darrow, a mine worker (a Red) on the planet Mars who loses everything and becomes a sleeper aristocrat (a Gold) and the goal is for the Golds to have their power usurped and for all the other colors to be part of a new, interstellar democracy. It's raw, it's violent, it just screams bloody, sinister revenge on every page and it's damn satisfying. The only reason it's not 5 out of 5 is because the military academy parts read like it's ancient Rome and that just wasn't my cup of tea. But it's still a damn good book. After reading it I made room for the sequel Golden Son on my list.
Finished it on April 12th
Grade: 4 out of 5
Category: A book written by someone under 30
Samlade tankar för natten: 2010 – 2013, by Emil Jensen
Emil Jensen is a Swedish jack-of-all-trades artist and about a month ago I got concert tickets as a birthday gift from my girlfriend. They were for this guy called Emil Jensen. I'd listened to a few songs of his before, but didn't know too much about him. The show was fantastic and wasn't just music. He also does some spoken word and poetry and he's right up my alley with his political leanings. After the show I bought his book, but he was out, so I gave him money and wrote down how he should sign it for me and my girlfriend. A few weeks later I got it and read it. It's pretty short and consists of everyday thoughts about everyday life, although he puts a funny spin on most of it.
Finished it on May 3rd
Grade: 3 out of 5
Category: A book with a number in the title
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling
Again a slam dunk by J.K. Rowling. Stephen Fry is again excellent and the adventure turns pretty grim in the fourth book. I was getting really angry at Cornelius Fudge for being so fucking thick-headed about Voldemort's return. Goddamn idiot. One thing that became very apparent in this book, that is a lot longer than the first three books, is just how much gets cut from the movies. My girlfriend is a total Harry Potter nut, so we've gone through the movies a few times each and now that I'm actually reading the books, it's astounding to me how much is left out or changed. The movies are still good, but the books are just so much more rich. Shocker, right?
Finished it on May 3rd
Grade: 5 out of 5
Category: A book with more than 500 pages
The Information Diet: A Case for Conscious Consumption, by Clay A. Johnson
This book has the same issue that Thinking, Fast and Slow does. It just goes on for too long about some things. The last third of the book could also be cut, because it's only about the American political landscape back in 2011. But before that, the book is very interesting. Or rather, the part that explains how our information processing works. The part that suggests an "information diet" for you doesn't really do anything for me. Obvious stuff. But it was a quick read and funny at times. The first proper ebook I finished for this challenge. The other was Sex Criminals, but since that was mostly artwork, it's not the same thing.
Finished it on May 4th
Grade: 3 out of 5
Category: A non-fiction book
Golden Son, by Pierce Brown
The sequel to Red Rising and this book takes it to another level. The boring Roman stuff is gone and now there's some proper sci-fi going on with space ships and whatnot. Arms get cut off, people die in George R.R. Martin-like fashion and Darrow is still an interesting protagonist. If there is something I could possibly complain about, it's that Darrow is just too perfect for most of the time, so much so that it almost gets boring. But the ending was a big kick in the pants and I can't wait for the third book in the trilogy that will be released next year. Again the narrator was excellent.
Finished it on May 10th
Grade: 5 out of 5
Category: A book with a color in the title
The Road, by Cormac McCarthy
A punch in the gut. That's the best way to describe this book. Holy hell, it's depressing. It's pure misery on pretty much every page and Cormac McCarthy's short and unique narrative style is so very fitting for this story. I've always loved post-apocalyptic stories and settings and I love the Fallout games and a bunch of movies, but this one took it to a new level. I've avoided the movie version of The Road because I wanted to read the book first and it's been a long time since I read a book that gave me such a vivid image. Close to a perfect novel.
Finished it on May 17th
Grade: 5 out of 5
Category: A book that scares you
How about some numbers? According to my spiffy spreadsheet for this challenge I've gone through roughly 6500 pages and I have about 10900 pages left to read this year. I'm on pace to clear 50% of the pages before June is out, so still on pace. I need to read about 33 pages per day the rest of the year but that doesn't include the audiobooks, but I will get through the rest of the audiobooks no problem. The average grade for my books so far is 3.67, but considering that I've gone through most of the books I wasn't exactly thrilled about reading early on, I expect that average to go up before this challenge is over. I started out at a very low pace in January and February and since then I've picked it up, but I still have another gear or two with the paper books. It's going to be very interesting to compare the final list with the one I wrote on this blog at the start. A lot of books have been switched out for different reasons.
2015 Reading Challenge, first quarter done
It's been three months and I'm still going strong. I'm 14 books in and I'll probably finish number 15 tonight when I finally get done with A Christmas Carol. I really haven't had the motivation to read that one, because come on, it's a book about Christmas and we're in the middle of spring. But I want to get it done while I have borrowed it from the library, so I'll just have to get through it. It's the same with Northanger Abbey and Lady Chatterley's Lover. Not exactly motivated to read them, because they were books outside of my usual reading preference that I added just because they fit a few categories. I've been putting it off week after week, but I should just get it done and read them.
Here's some stat-wanking, courtesy of my overly ambitious excel chart for this challenge. :)
One problem is that I've read a bunch of shorter books, averaging about 260 pages. That means that I'm ahead in the number of books but behind in the number of pages. Apparently I have about 13700 pages left to read in nine months. About 8700 of those will be ordinary paper books. About 4100 will be in audio books, unless I make more switches. Then there's about 900 left in ebook format. I just messed around a bit more and apparently I've read 23% of the total pages, so there's 77% left.
Speaking of switches. My current list looks a lot different from the one I originally posted on this blog. A few of the changes have been to get a few books I wasn't really excited about off the list, replacing them with more exciting books I've discovered. That's probably the most annoying thing with this whole challenge and books in general. I constantly find more books I'm excited about. Oh well… The biggest change, though, has been that I happened to discover the Harry Potter books. I've listened to three of them so far and they're excellently narrated by Stephen Fry. A pure joy to experience the story of the young wizard.
Also, speaking of audio books. According to my ridiculous excel sheet, I've "read" 2783 pages in audiobooks so far, while I'm only at 974 in paper books and 337 in ebooks. I need to pick up the pace with the paper books. But it's also pretty obvious that I probably wouldn't make this challenge without the audiobooks.
Time to get done with A Christmas Carol. I'm also 10 reviews behind. Need to get on that. :) Here's a list of the books I need to write about:
The Forever War, by Joe Haldeman
Sex Criminals #1, by Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, by J.K. Rowling
Five on Finniston Farm, by Enid Blyton
The Disaster Artist, by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell
Food: A Love Story, by Jim Gaffigan
The Birthday Party, by Harold Pinter
Thinking, Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling
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2015 Reading Challenge, "Old Man's War" Review
Audiobooks have become quite the help for me in this challenge. I started listening to them with this book, because I figured I could get some "reading" done in the car to and from work and whenever I was walking somewhere. I used to listen to audiobooks all the time a few years ago, but then I got turned onto podcasts and just kind of forgot about the books. Now I'm at it again and it's made up for like half of my books at this point. I don't think I would be keeping up with the pace without them, to be honest.
Old Man's War, by John Scalzi
This was the first book this year that I was really excited to read. I've been looking at John Scalzi for a while, been following him on Twitter and whatnot. He's a cool, thoughtful, funny guy and it seemed like his books would be right up my alley. That was correct. Classic space action is something I've read dozens of books about already, mainly in the BattleTech universe. It felt good to go back to that genre. I put the book in the category called "A book by an author you've never read before" after going back and forth a few times.
The quick rundown of the story is that John Perry turns 75 and enlists in the Colonial Defense Forces. He gets a new and heavily improved body and has all sorts of adventures. It's written in first person and there are no slow parts in the narrative. The story is always moving forward, either with action or witty banter. Perry has good things and bad things happen to him and I think Scalzi does a good job conveying the wisdom of a man who's lived a full life already, while also discovering a new world outside of regular, old Earth. He covers the sci-fi, nerdy stuff like space travel in a way that's easy enough to understand, making Perry not have "enough math" to understand the hardcore facets of it. And there's aliens in it, several different species too!
The main character is likeable and you sympathize with him through his ordeals. It's sad when it has to be, funny when it has to be and serious when it has to be. It strikes the right balance. The action parts of the books are descriptive and paints a good picture. I was never confused about what was happening. At the same time the emotional parts of the book are really spot on.
As I said, I listened to this as an audiobook and the narrator was spot on. That's really important for me. I actually removed another book from my originally planned list just because the audiobook version I had of it had a really bad narrator with an even worse audio quality.
This book has gotten a few sequels, with at least one more planned for release, and I'm definitely going to read them at some point in the future. I also got myself Scalzi's new book Lock-in recently just because this was such a good experience.
I rated this 5 out of 5 on Goodreads. Finished it on February 7th.
2015 Reading Challenge, "Söta pojkar är bara på låtsas" Review
For those of you who don't happen to know Swedish, the title translates into "Cute boys are only make-believe" and I guess that's a fitting title. This book was interesting in several ways for me personally, but that's mainly because of the reading challenge and the category this book is in. Other than that, it's fairly unremarkable.
Söta pojkar är bara på låtsas, by Moa Eriksson Sandberg
Now, let's get some basics done first off. This is a young adult novel and considering that I've read quite a few of those, it just doesn't stand up to its competition very well. Just like in Affektion, the protagonist girl just isn't very sympathetic. Again it's too much selfishness and whining for my taste. I know that's just how a lot of teenagers are, but it doesn't make for a good reading experience.
What made this an interesting read for me was two things. Firstly, I was reading this for the category "A book that takes place in your hometown" and it really fits the bill for that. The book is based on diary entries from the author's time in upper secondary school, which means that I recognize and visualize most of the locales in the novel when I read it. There's parties going on at pubs and nightclubs I've set my foot in. Here's the second interesting thing, or should I say VERY interesting thing: The author went to school in the same class as my best friend back then. I actually brought out my old school yearbook from that time and found her. I didn't hang out with his classmates all that much, but I know that I've met her at some point. That made things VERY interesting and transformed the book into a real pageturner. Sadly, I couldn't find any dirt on my friend.
It's a basic girl-coming-of-age story with various teenage drama bits sprinkled in here and there. She meets a handful of guys and there's drunken escapades, regretful sexcapades and plenty of "oh my god, is HE at this party???" moments. It doesn't focus a lot of friendships. They come in here and there, but the main focus is the protagonist and her crushes. Most of it was forgettable, because if it weren't for the fact that I've met the writer and the book is set in my hometown, the book is mostly a massive shrug.
I had another fairly strange experience after I finished this book. I had to check out what else Moa Eriksson Sandberg had written and found a couple of novels and a few erotica short stories. I had to read those, because the sex in this book was pretty tame and I wanted to see where she can go if she goes all out. Well, they were a couple of weird experiences as well (mythical semi-human creatures, etc), but mostly forgettable.
I rated this 2 out of 5 on Goodreads. Finished it on January 25th.
2015 Reading Challenge, "9-11″ Review
Sometimes I go to the library and just browse aimlessly. I do this even though I already have MANY unread books at home, books that I really want to read. I'm just curious, I guess, and I figure that I will still have my own books after I'm done with the library ones. I don't always read all of them either. I bring them home to taste them.
9-11, by Noam Chomsky
This was one of those books that I didn't really plan on borrowing, but it caught my eye and then I just buzzed right through it, making it fit into the "A book you can finish in a day" category.
It's a collection of transcribed interviews with Noam Chomsky over the weeks immediately after the terrorist attack on the Twin Towers, Pentagon and the plane that crashed in a field in Pennsylvania. Chomsky tries to talk about the attack, what led up to it, how and if it could have been prevented, but mostly why it happened. I've read other books by him and I've seen plenty of him talking and I know that he's a, from a US point of view, VERY leftist guy. He's quite open about his criticism of the US government and how it conducts its business around the world. To be fair, I agree with most of his viewpoints, but I also understand how he ruffles a lot of feathers in his homeland.
But yeah, his core argument is that as long as the US is all over the world, putting their hands all over everything, meddling in everyone's affairs, then there will be backlash and that backlash will come in a form that they can't really control. He makes this argument over and over in the book, because it consists of plenty of different interviews where he says a lot of the same things. I think it would come across more effectively and better articulated if it were an actual, written book, instead of just a transcript.
Basically this comes down to whether or not you're a fan of Chomsky. If you're a conservative, you're not going to be reached by this book. He's a bit heavy-handed, but that's a style I appreciate. So it's kind of preaching to the choir, at least in hindsight. That hindsight is also pretty interesting. He hits on a lot of points that were later on discovered to be correct, so Chomsky's world view has a lot of merit.
I rated this 3 out of 5 on Goodreads. Finished it on January 18, 2015.
2015 Reading Challenge, "Affektion" Review
It's almost two months into the new year, which means that it's time to get a few reviews up, otherwise I'm not going to do it when I have a pile of 15 books to review. I'm doing this chronologically, so let's start with the first book I read this year.
Affektion, by Martin Jern
This is a Swedish novel that I picked up at the library because I like reading young adult fiction as a way to be able to recommend stuff to students. They're most often quick and easy to read, so they pass me by quickly and that suits me just fine. Affektion is obviously the Swedish spelling of the word "affection" and I picked up the book before I knew that I was going to do this challenge. After I started the challenge I finally filed this under the category "A book with a love triangle".
It's about a girl who is kind of a broken soul. Her mother and father aren't really there in her life and she has a lot of attitude. The book jumps back and forth in the narrative and we learn pretty quickly that this girl and her best friend use their sexuality as a way to manipulate men and get what they want. It starts when they're twelve years old and our main character Kate Mess (taken name, obviously) starts drinking and exploring more adult stuff. That's in the flashbacks. In the "current day" narrative we learn that she's running from something traumatic and that this experience put a wall between Kate and her best friend. The author also uses Facebook comment threads sprinkled in here and there, mainly by the girls' circle of friends, to give us an idea of how the others look at them.
I had a hard time reading this book because Kate is just so very unsympathetic. I didn't care about her at all. Maybe it's because I've worked with my share of broken kids and know how frustrating it can be to see them slip away in whatever chaos they're in. I know that sounds contradictory, but this girl was the kind of kid who doesn't even try and who brings it on herself. It's difficult to explain, but there are kids who try and kids who don't try, who actively seek out chaos despite having every opportunity to avoid it. She's like that and therefore, all the bad shit that happens to her in the book doesn't really make my sympathetic to her. She wasn't the only broken character in the book. It was a parade of people living on the other side of society.
I also had a hard time reading this book because the narrative was all over the place, in different ways. The time aspect was weird. It wasn't really clear when the different chapters played out or when the Facebook comments happened. You had to piece that together for yourself and sure, I appreciate novels that don't hold your hand, but there's good writing and there's bad writing as far as that goes. Jern didn't pull it off with this one. The other confusing thing was that, after some time of reading the book, it became obvious that not only does Kate lie to other people, she's also lying to the reader, and quite possibly also herself. That made some things pretty inconsistent. I appreciate the creative decision to do that, but considering that the book's audience is teenagers, I highly doubt many of them will understand it.
It's a depressing read from start to finish, with unsympathetic characters all over the place, and the narrative choices by the author are annoying. It felt like a waste of time to read this.
I rated this 1 out of 5 on Goodreads. Finished it on January 3, 2015.


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We offer a record 16 courses. All but one of the Fall teachers return, with After the War retitled American Issues to reflect the evolved interest. Returning after a hiatus is WBZ's David Caruso's Financial Planning. New are two courses on life in New England: Our Evolving Lifestyle, and Triggers for Change in New England, 1800-Modern Times.
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Q: This is a photo of an antique treadle sewing machine that I inherited. The machine is decorated with gold filigree designs and has the name "Minnesota" on the front. The cabinet is oak and stands 32-inches tall and 49-inches tall when it is open. Except for a good cleaning, it is in good condition and the cast-iron treadle still works. My sewing machine has been in our family for a long time, and I hope you can tell me about its history and value. Any information you can provide will be appreciated.
A: The Davis Sewing Machine Co., sometime between 1900 and 1913, made your sewing machine. Job Davis founded his company in the 1860s in Watertown, N.Y. They made the "Minnesota" for Sears Roebuck and Co. Richard Sears chose the name to honor his home state. The gold filigree decal decoration is typical for sewing machines made in the early 1900s. Some even had inlaid pearl and silver plated parts. Since the gold decals can be fragile, avoid using any harsh chemicals or cleaners. Use a soft cloth and a small amount of mild soap and water. Always test an area first. Sewing machine oil will help lubricate moving parts.
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No one wants to reverse the course of technology. But when it comes to digital photo manipulation, less really may be more.
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In 2003 Chris Kentis and Laura Lau's no-budget, man-against-nature thriller Open Water rocketed to worldwide success. The film had been a passion project for the married couple/creative team, one they spent painstaking years shooting and editing on available weekends. In the time since its initial sale and release they have worked on a variety of projects in the early script and development stages, but this weekend's horror release Silent House represents their first completed film since they dove into the ocean with sharks.
We recently had the opportunity to speak with the co-directors about working with star Elizabeth Olsen, the reasons that the film's ending was altered and how they accomplished Silent House's unique visual style.
When the film was originally marketed (following its debut at Sundance) it was hailed as a one-shot movie, an impressive cinematic accomplishment. Indeed the original Uruguayan film was one continuous take, and the American remake is designed to appear as if it is one extended shot, but is in reality, several sequences "stitched" together. As a result, there was a bit of a backlash against the film following the initial PR and marketing blitz.
Chris Kentis addressed those who have criticized Silent House for "faking" the effect:
"You know it is a single shot movie. It's a movie that as the story unfolds you are experiencing it in a single shot. Now that's an illusion that we created, but Gollum isn't real in 'The Lord of the Rings,' but he works great. It isn't a matter of how we achieved it, it's a matter of the effect of the single-shot and giving audiences this unique experience."
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"I think once an audience sits down to experience a movie, and they lay down their money, they have certain expectations. And if the movie is successful, then they get involved in the story and the characters and go on this ride. They're not thinking about one-shot, two-shot or anything else because I don't think they really care. I think what we're trying to do and what we were excited about when we took this project on was a chance to present the story cinematically in a very different way than any other film that I can think of, especially a genre film in this country."
"I think the whole film is really about Sarah's reality and Sarah's experience of what's going on," Lau adds. Keeping the camera diligently trained on their actress in what appeared to be one 88-minute take serves to evoke a feeling of claustrophobic connection with her character.
In order to achieve the illusion Laura Lau wrote the script and then, once they had a location, went back in to tailor it to the house they would be working in. They broke the script down into long but manageable sequences with distinct edit points.
"And Chris and I would start running the whole movie — literally," Lau recalls. "I would play Sarah's part and he would be filming and we would work out the choreography."
Once they had a clear idea of what they wanted to do they brought cinematographer Igor Martinovic in. Martinovic worked with the directors for a week in the house, designing the shots and crafting different rigs for the Canon 5D. They then went into a two week rehearsal period. One week off set with the actors and one week in the location working out the technical details with the entire team. The film was shot in just one week.
With such a tremendous focus on the technical aspects of the production Kentis and Lau needed a lead who could be trusted to deliver the emotional intensity that the role required under the rigorous demands of the shoot.
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Other filmmakers would perhaps consider breaking the one-shot illusion at a certain point in the film, in order to highlight particular shifts and moments of significance but, for Kentis, that was never an option.
"We talked about that and we decided that to do that would be falling back and a let down. We created a certain kind of language and when we tried to play with those things it broke that language in a way that was negative and took you away from the character. And suddenly it was a different movie because then things were presented in a much more typical fashion. Again, for the ending of this to work, for the whole movie to work, this is Sarah's journey and we realized that this is all about discovering as she discovers."
The ending has indeed been a point of contention for some. We will not reveal anything that would spoil the film here but we did speak with the directors about their decision to re-shoot the conclusion of the film – following the Sundance premiere.
Lau explains:
"I think the main reason that the ending changed was that it didn't communicate what it was that we needed it to communicate. People saw the film and they came up with conclusions that were not what we intended. And so we had an option to go back and clarify that."
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You can experience the new Silent House ending for yourself beginning today. Take a look at what star Elizabeth Olsen has to say about the film HERE, read our final review HERE, and stay tuned for a post-opening spoiler filled discussion of the film with the filmmakers about a week from now.
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BREAZE is a locally formed group of energetic, forward thinking people who believe that there are more sustainable ways of living on our patch of the planet. If you are concerned about climate change and want to actively reduce greenhouse emissions in and around Ballarat, then JOIN US! Get involved, contribute ideas, show your support. Together, we can make a difference.
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After a fantastic effort from Joe Boin, and many other BREAZE volunteers, Smart Living Ballarat is up and running again in the Ballarat Library. Here is the Ballarat Courier article about the launch event.
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Last week brought disappointing news for all of us who want to see solar and renewables thrive. The Renewable Energy Target is sinking in political quicksand and despite the efforts of thousands of supporters across Australia, there's no rescue in sight from Canberra.
The latest offer on the Target - which was a proposed enormous cut from 41,000 gigawatt hours to 33,500 gigawatt hours - was quickly rejected by the Government and the dead end debate continues*.
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That's right, there really is another inquiry on wind farms happening right now. Submissions close next Monday and its critical that people who believe in wind power are represented.
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The board, and members of BREAZE want to support the Renewable Energy Target (RET) and have our voices heard as this important legislation passes through the parliament. We can join the Australian Conservation Foundataion and Solar Citizens by championing the RET and having our point of view heard in the Australian media.
To this end, the letter, below, was published in The Courier on 3 March 2015, under Paul Duggan's name - with no mention of BREAZE unfortunately.
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Skip to comments.Taliban leader says attacks were to avenge US 'cruelty'
Posted on 09/25/2001 12:32:26 PM PDT by kattracks
ISLAMABAD, Sept 25 (AFP) -
The attacks on the United States were to avenge US "cruelty" toward Muslim countries, the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar said Tuesday in a message to the American people.
"The American people must know that the sad events that took place recently were the result of their government's wrong policies," he said in the message, delivered through Pakistan-based private news agency, the Afghan Islamic Press.
"Your government is perpetrating all sorts of atrocities in Muslim countries. Instead of supporting your government's policies you should urge your government to reconsider their wrong and cruel policies," he said.
"The recent sad event in America was the result of these cruel policies and was meant to avenge this cruelty," he said, without claiming to know who was responsible.
Omar again defended alleged terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, named by the United States as the prime suspect for the September 11 attacks.
He reiterated that bin Laden, the Saudi-born dissident who has been living under Taliban protection in Afghanistan since 1996, was incapable of planning the sort of sophisticated suicide hijackings which levelled the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon two weeks ago.
"You must think of where the attack took place and who was behind it, but Afghanistan is being made the target and preparations are being made to attack Afghanistan," he said.
"What will be the consequences?
"You accept all just or unjust statements from your government but why can't you judge whether Osama bin Laden is involved in this? Can he do this in America?
"It is better for you to consider this seriously and act with wisdom."
Wisdom is to kill the snake before it kills again. So it shall be.
Seriously, these guys are too much. They claim to know the exact motive behind the attack, but not who did it.
"Uh, I don't know who did these attacks, umm, but I know exactly what their motivation was!"
Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar = A Liar Going to Hell REAL SOON!
Okey-dokey. One smart bomb coming right up...
Looks like Omar's getting his Christmas presents early.
The future sad event in Afghanistan is the result of cruel Taliban policies and is meant to kill you and your cowardly followers.
I do, and I think the current FBI/JTF operation needs to develop a little more before we go.
Then the rest of the article says absolutely nothing about these "atrocites." I wonder why.
You haven't begun to see U.S. cruelty...
These words of wisdom would've been best passed on to bin Laden in early September.
Now, I must admit that I don't know Afghanistan; is the "Taliban leadership" distinct from the "government of Afghanistan", and if it's distinct, who is the real Afg. government and what are they saying/doing?? If there is no difference between the Taliban and the government, why are we hesitating to bring them into the Atomic Age?
Yeah, our boys and the SAS should give the bastards as much mercy as the pigs gave to those poor flight attendants who throats were cut.
Terminate with extreme prejudice!
In the immortal words of a true American patriot, Let's ROLL!
Maybe so, but wait 'til you see your first (and last) fuel air bomb...
He reiterated that bin Laden, the Saudi-born dissident who has been living under Taliban protection in Afghanistan since 1996, was incapable of planning the sort of sophisticated suicide hijackings which levelled the World Trade Center and part of the Pentagon two weeks ago.
Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar went on to say that Bin Laden is such a dumba$$, that he could not pour pi$$ out of a boot, even if the instructions were written on the heel. "And did I mention again that Bin Laden is missing, hmm, did I? Well, he is! He's really, really, really, missing." "Omar went on to say that "Bin Laden is missing, you know. We really don't know where he is, because he's missing!"
On a more serious note, the United States was put on notice that Bin Laden and the Taliban have a secret fleet of submarines, which at this very minute could be patrolling waters just off the coast of the U.S. "Do not trifle with these craft, they are the most modern, technologically advanced craft available, and include luxuries for the crew such as screen doors and sun roofs," he stated.
"We have not neglected armaments on these craft either," he went on to say. "These craft are bristling with .16 inch flintlock guns," Omar said proudly. "And for long range warfare, they utilize the latest, state of the art, deck mounted trebuchets," he beamed.
"Let me go on record as saying that the U.S. and coalition forces will meet their doom at the hands of our fierce fighting force, which we refer to as "fierce fighting force." "Our soldiers possess the highest moral for the upcoming conflict, due to their daily training, consisting of chanting "We are a fierce fighting force! Yes, we really are!"
When contacted for comment on this stunning information, a spokesman at Janes Defence Weekly grimly stated "Yes, the information is true." "We have recently discovered the theft of many strategic items from the "Junkyard Wars" supply depot."
"All signs point to the ever nearing conflict as being a turkey shoot." "It appears that the Taliban may be completely obliterated from existence."
In the States, an ever increasing chant of "Let's Roll!" is becoming deafening, and American troops have had to be restrained from showing how anxious and ready they are to kick some major a$$.
Let's Roll!
Perhaps because he knows WE will not have to.
Hmmmm? Since he is telling Americans just WHY this act of cowardly animals was instigated, he must be a direct link to these atroscities:
Are they now implying that maybe THEY did it?
Is he making a CONFESSION?
Sounds like it to me!
It is time to act and act decisively.
American & "Western" Muslims NEED to get a FIRM GRIP on Those who use their ethnic & religious "fronts" to plot the Murder of Americans (INCLUDING American Muslims)!
SOME of these psychopaths hide within the Muslim & Arab & "MiddleEastern" communities in America. Most Americans understand the "Dilemma" faced by Americans in these Communities.
NEVERTHELESS, Americans need to expose these "Sleepers" to save the lives of MANY others.
The MOST Patriotic Act Arab-& "Muslim" Americans could NOW perform is to EXPOSE these "Phoneys," & SAVE the lives of MANY of their fellow Americans!
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Friday, June 19, 2015
Super Saver colt equals sale record at OBS
A son of Super Saver consigned by Bobby Dodd, Agent, went to The Three Amigos for $575,000 to top the third session of the Ocala Breeders' Sales Company's 2015 June Sale...
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Saturday, June 06, 2015
Pioneerof the Nile: A Triple Crown sire
Zayat Stables' homebred superstar American Pharoah made history on Saturday, winning the Belmont S. (G1) to become racing's 12th Triple Crown winner...
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Drosselmeyer and Sidney's Candy, a pair of Grade 1-winning millionaires new to the WinStar Farm stallion ranks for 2012, each had their first respective mares pronounced in foal.
Blue Orleans, a half-sister to multiple Grade 1 winner Pico Central (Brz), and Brilliant Disguise, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Jersey Town, are the first two mares pronounced in foal from the first book of Drosselmeyer. Sidney's Candy also had two mares pronounced in foal from his first book, including multiple stakes winner Lawanda and stakes winner Dance Hall Days, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Cat Moves.
Drosselmeyer and Sidney's Candy both retired to WinStar after a 2011 season that ended with Drosselmeyer's impressive win in the $5 million Breeders' Cup Classic (G1). The son of Distorted Humor was also a classic winner at three after triumphing in the Belmont Stakes (G1). He stands his first season for a fee of $17,500 stands and nurses.
Sidney's Candy is a multiple track record-setting son of Candy Ride (Arg) who scored his biggest career win in the form of a blowout victory over champion Lookin At Lucky in the Santa Anita Derby (G1). A winner of six total graded stakes on turf, synthetics and dirt, Sidney's Candy stands his first season for a fee of $15,000 stands and nurses.
Friday, June 26, 2015
WinStar promotes Wilson to Stallion Seasons Director
Kyle Wilson has been promoted to Stallion Seasons Director to oversee that department at WinStar Farm, and he has brought on Caroline Walsh to join the Nominations team...
Sunday, June 21, 2015
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Thursday, June 11, 2015
G1 winner Gemologist shuttling to Chile
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Speightstown's Rock Fall crushes foes in True North S. (G2)
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Thursday, June 04, 2015
Drosselmeyer, Belmont S. & Breeders' Cup Classic winner, sires first winner
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Do you carry your own bags to the store?
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I have reusable bags!
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Yep. I do. Starting on the 1st. My county will no longer offer plastic bags and paper bags will cost between a nickle and a quater each depending on the store.
So I either have to remember my bags or carry everything in my hands... not convieniant.
So I either have to remember my bags or carry everything in my hands... not convieniant.
by Brian's Lil Vixen on Apr. 28, 2013 at 7:42 AM
I'm starting too..I have 6 I think..I need more..
I need to get some our city is going to charge for plastic bags soon.
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No but I reuse the plastic ones for diapers.
I used to, but haven't unpacked them since the move. I need to though!
No. I've tried to remember but I just can't.
by Carissa on Apr. 28, 2013 at 8:19 PM
I have them and have every intention of using them but sadly they get left in the car a lot.
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Quite possibly the most fun thing to happen to summers in Alaska since the invention of the float plane and the fly rod has to be the Alyeska Bike Park which just so happens to be starting up its fifth summer of operations June 19, 2015! The 2015 season in ...Read More
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Peter Rowan Headlines Fiddlehead Festival and Sitzmark Concert Mark your calendars for June 6 & 7 and plan on being at the hotel courtyard for Alyeska's FREE annual Fiddlehead Festival event celebrating the beginning of another fantastic Alaskan summer. The Fiddlehead Festival takes place from 12 p.m. to 8 p.m. ...Read More
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May Packages Make it Easy to Enjoy Alyeska The month of May is great. It's a changeover period between the hecticness of the winter season and the beginning of summer tourism, fishing season and outdoor activities under the midnight sun. Yes, May can be a little bit of a slower ...Read More
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