Thanks Lisa for linking Fresh Air's old Sondheim interview. (I gave up looking for it as it wasn't up the day it aired, nor was the original interview in their archives.) Despite my fandom, I didn't realize Sondheim thought his lyrics for West Side Story were "embarrassing". Also interesting is the unrelated radio essay on "sarcasm" and "irony" later in this show.
On-Line Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. (Thanks Lark Farm.)
I've rated 753 movies at MovieCritic to date, and I think I've exhausted its library of good films. It seems to think that My Dog Skip will be one of my all-time favorite films, with their highest confidence rating. But I haven't seen it, so maybe... If you wanna try the "Movies for Two" with my set, my login is "dsanders". (In case you don't know: MovieCritic uses a gigantic database of everyone else's ratings of movies to determine what movies you might like, based on your own set of ratings. The more ratings you enter, the more accurate it supposedly gets. At least it reminds me I still haven't seen Tokyo Story. See the MovieCritic FAQ.)
Drew Carey
stars as the title character in Gepetto, a new made-for-TV musical of
Pinocchio. I think it's great that he can get that kind of work given
his limited acting range, but decent singing voice. (Though I thought
they did get to explore his range a little
on his show. A little.) Also at the
fan stories about
Drew. Nothing fascinating, just people from Cleveland and people
who went to high school with him.
The
Bug's Life: Collector's Edition DVD is truly cool. The
straight-digital transfer is beautiful. The absolute coolest thing:
the demonstration of "how the film was recomposed from its original
widescreen presentation to a full-frame presentation for home video
release". Not your typical pan-and-scan, but an actual
restaging of the entire film to suit the TV aspect ratio. As
in, they moved characters closer together, and even extended the
height of some shots (as opposed to cropping). For the first time
ever, the full-screen video actually has more material in some
places than the theatrical release. (Good thing both versions are on
the first disc. ;)
"
the Heck Is 3:2 Pulldown?" is a question you're probably asking
right now, having just read that. When you're done with that, check
out
supplementary notes. For DVD tech geeks only.
Perfect.co.uk. A URL a day, plus a handy reference menu!
