Bob Dylan - Don't Look Back

So much has been written about DA Pennebaker's seminal 1967 documentary, Don't Look Back, it's nearly impossible for someone, especially this someone who wasn't even alive when Bob Dylan was really stirring things up, to write something that hasn't already been said. Fortunately for me, earlier this past month the film was lovingly remastered and...

Irrational Anthem

A recent post over on Adfreak combined with the revelation that companies with DoD contracts are now basically exempt from standard SEC filings got me to thinking about all of the crappy corporate anthems I have heard over the years. You know what I'm talking about. You work as some cubicle drone for mega global corporation...

(without)soundtrack

Filmmaker Magazine has selected its 20 Essential Movie Soundtracks - seminal scores that tell a story. The list runs the gamut from Hitchcockian suspense (Vertigo) to French New Wave (Contempt) to scifi noir (Blade Runner) to visceral junkie movie (Requiem for a Dream). I agree with many of these choices, but off the top of my...