Opening day 2008. My Toronto Blue Jays were rained out at Yankee Stadium, so I must wait one more day for the season to begin. Every spring the start of the baseball season is pretty significant for me, since it’s the only real professional sport that I follow consistently from beginning to end. It wasContinue reading ““It’s Iowa””
Monthly Archives: March 2008
Death of the Title Sequence
The main title sequence has all but disappeared from contemporary films.
“Did you feel that?”
From March 6-9th I attended the annual Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference, which was held in Philadelphia. In many ways it turned out to be a reunion of friends and family. Not only is Philly the city of brotherly love, but it also happens to be the town where my mother grew up.Continue reading ““Did you feel that?””
The Scream Heard ‘Round the World
A brief history of the Wilhelm Scream.
wright on film 