Global Wahrman
This is the personal journal of Michael Wahrman.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Is Roger Rabbit a Sequel to Chinatown?
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A few years after Who Framed Roger Rabbit came out, I read an article that suggested that it was a thinly veiled sequel or possibly a rem...
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
SIGGRAPH Conference Questions and Issues: What is the Purpose of the Keynote Speech
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The annual SIGGRAPH conference is almost here. As I grimly face another SIGGRAPH a series of questions comes to mind. Often these que...
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Does Zardoz Speak About Gun Control ?
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My friend Ken Cope brought up the idea recently that anti gun control legislation activists might have been influenced, consciously or unc...
Friday, July 27, 2012
The Baron, the Novitiate and the Submarine in American Musical Theatre
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This story is going to need a little buildup before it starts going, so please bear with me. It will all become clear, eventually. As ...
New Trailer for 2001: A Space Odyssey
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A new trailer for 2001: A Space Oddity in order to emphasize the action sequences. I give it an A for concept and maybe a B+ for executi...
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Visual Effects Humor and the Titanic Alternate Endings That Never Existed
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Generally speaking, visual effects people are more deadpan than animation people. Animation people are generally more wacky. For exam...
Did Escaped Nazis Settle in Richmond, Virginia ?
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Did escaped Nazis from Germany secretly settle in Richmond, Va and run a college prep school after the war? That may not sound very likel...
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Orion Slave Girls, Makeup Effects, Sexism and Color Timing
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Color timing has always been a part of the film making process, from the earliest days of color technology. It is the process used to see ...
The Ox-Cart Library
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Although of course we can always use another movie about giant robots beating the shit out of each other, which is a timeless theme in art,...
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
Ha ! Nevermind
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All controversial recent posts deleted. They never happened in fact. We now return to our eclectic mix of sarcastic film criticism, class...
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