MetaFilter posts tagged with celebrities and film

Peter Greenaway speaks

jayder — Mon, 30 Oct 2006 19:59:30 -0800

Peter Greenaway speaks (what follows are short Youtube excerpts of a lecture by Greenaway): on the tyranny of celebrities; on Martin Scorcese; on airport bookshops and culture; on notions of media; on his belief that Bill Viola is worth ten Scorceses; on why he goes on making films; on the notion of the frame in theater and cinema; on Dutch producer Kees Kasander; on why we have to get rid of the camera: "There's a way in which a camera is essentially a mimetic tool which tells us how the world exists, and what it tells us is always going to be less interesting than what's really happening out there. Also: interview about 8 1/2 Women.

For when you're dying to know...

dobbs — Sun, 18 Apr 2004 17:04:29 -0800

Cinemorgue - Proof that some people have way too much time on their hands.

Acne and cold sores and scars, oh my!

gottabefunky — Thu, 17 Jul 2003 09:10:40 -0800

Skinema. It's not what you think.

adrober — Sun, 11 Nov 2001 09:37:27 -0800

Roger Ebert on Steve Martin. "He published a novel last year that was touching and true, and he is an expert on modern art, and he is capable of hosting the Academy Awards and starring in a David Mamet movie and writing for the New Yorker and, no doubt, brooding a lot."

wackybrit — Sun, 22 Apr 2001 12:17:48 -0800

IMDB Charging Actors/Actress for Pictures The Internet Movie Data Base has provided an invaluable service to millions of Web users over the years. But now, the IMDB sees fit to charge actors and actresses to put a small 'headshot' pic on their pages.

What next? Will IMDB start charging studios to list their films? For an example of a page without a headshot, try the gorgeous Keira Knightley's page. Not so good without the pic, huh?