Comments for Topanga Film Festival http://www.topangafilmfestival.com Where HeART and Technology Meet Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:34:00 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Feb. 19th & Feb. 25 Screenings by THRIVE/SURVIVE LOS ANGELES » Free Movie Screening: Jonna’s Body, Please Hold http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/feb-19th-feb-25-screenings#comment-1107 THRIVE/SURVIVE LOS ANGELES » Free Movie Screening: Jonna’s Body, Please Hold Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:58:32 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?page_id=5558#comment-1107 [...] event is FREE to the public. http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/feb-19th-feb-25-screenings Leave a [...] [...] event is FREE to the public. http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/feb-19th-feb-25-screenings Leave a [...]

]]> Comment on An Ode to Splendor in the Grass by John benson http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/an-ode-to-splendor-in-the-grass#comment-1089 John benson Sun, 20 Nov 2011 20:27:00 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?p=5282#comment-1089 I would like to thank Ms. Taylor for sharing her love of this classic film and enlightening us with her reflections on the character and impressions of a first love. She has a way with words which clearly indicate a talent for writing as she places the events of this film under her microscope. It is interesting to see how a woman looks at young love from the perspective of mature years. Perhaps some of the brilliance that was once there has dimmed, but the flashes of understanding which arrive in later years could prove to be the underpining that sustains the habit of loving after surviving some of life's inevitable disappointments as Wordsworth's poem intimates. The bloom does come off the rose but nature's cycles assure us that there will come another season when the opportunity to love again will present itself. However, our next love will never have the same inspiring and shattering effect as the first one does. As Ms. Taylor observes, love is not just a pursuit of carnal satisfaction - as titillating as physical attraction can be - but it is a quest to unite the dream and the desire and this combination takes us to places where the river runs deep. That first love inevitably yet indelibly takes its place as the first tentative steps on this quest for love which invigorates and sustains throughout the journey. This experience becomes not a consolation, but an orchestration of the complexity and richness of life fully realized. My thanks to Ms. Taylor for sharing her reflections. I would like to thank Ms. Taylor for sharing her love of this classic film and enlightening us with her reflections on the character and impressions of a first love. She has a way with words which clearly indicate a talent for writing as she places the events of this film under her microscope. It is interesting to see how a woman looks at young love from the perspective of mature years. Perhaps some of the brilliance that was once there has dimmed, but the flashes of understanding which arrive in later years could prove to be the underpining that sustains the habit of loving after surviving some of life’s inevitable disappointments as Wordsworth’s poem intimates. The bloom does come off the rose but nature’s cycles assure us that there will come another season when the opportunity to love again will present itself. However, our next love will never have the same inspiring and shattering effect as the first one does. As Ms. Taylor observes, love is not just a pursuit of carnal satisfaction – as titillating as physical attraction can be – but it is a quest to unite the dream and the desire and this combination takes us to places where the river runs deep. That first love inevitably yet indelibly takes its place as the first tentative steps on this quest for love which invigorates and sustains throughout the journey. This experience becomes not a consolation, but an orchestration of the complexity and richness of life fully realized.
My thanks to Ms. Taylor for sharing her reflections.

]]> Comment on Happy Guillotine Films – the Indie Leaders in Online Programming by Paul Sherwood http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/happy-guillotine-films-the-indie-leaders-in-online-programming#comment-1083 Paul Sherwood Sat, 22 Oct 2011 22:51:00 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?p=5429#comment-1083 This is a great piece and gives you a glimpse of the inner world of film-making. As great as this story is, the writer is equally impressive. I have read many of her articles and I'm genuinely impressed by this writer and I WILL NOT be surprised when she makes it big. This is a great piece and gives you a glimpse of the inner world of film-making. As great as this story is, the writer is equally impressive. I have read many of her articles and I’m genuinely impressed by this writer and I WILL NOT be surprised when she makes it big.

]]> Comment on God Damn It, Godard by Current News | chelseygrasso http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/got-us-again-godard#comment-1073 Current News | chelseygrasso Tue, 18 Oct 2011 06:05:31 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?p=5415#comment-1073 [...] Read it here. [...] [...] Read it here. [...]

]]> Comment on God Damn It, Godard by Jay Zabriskie http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/got-us-again-godard#comment-1072 Jay Zabriskie Tue, 18 Oct 2011 05:57:12 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?p=5415#comment-1072 I agree with your notion of the cut & paste commentary of JLG. But I translate the words differently and believe it fits more closely with the infuriating Godard. Des Choses is some things; some gold, some bastards, etc. I'm reading this as a little of this (some of this) and a little of that (some of that) makes the mash-up. Merci pour votre critique. JayZ I agree with your notion of the cut & paste commentary of JLG. But I translate the words differently and believe it fits more closely with the infuriating Godard. Des Choses is some things; some gold, some bastards, etc. I’m reading this as a little of this (some of this) and a little of that (some of that) makes the mash-up.

Merci pour votre critique.
JayZ

]]> Comment on Going Without Subtitles, and Then It’s Clear by Current News | chelseygrasso http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/going-without-subtitles-and-then-its-clear#comment-1011 Current News | chelseygrasso Sun, 09 Oct 2011 09:54:24 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?p=5386#comment-1011 [...] Check it out. [...] [...] Check it out. [...]

]]> Comment on Back to the Frat – The Story of a Frat House Den Mama by Anthony Lopez http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/back-to-the-frat-the-story-of-a-frat-house-den-mama#comment-993 Anthony Lopez Mon, 26 Sep 2011 00:34:06 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?p=5301#comment-993 Great Blog :-) Great Blog :-)

]]> Comment on What Makes a Good Documentary Film? by Documentary Production: Research « Aaron Cawrey Media Year 2 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/what-makes-a-good-documentary-film#comment-982 Documentary Production: Research « Aaron Cawrey Media Year 2 Wed, 07 Sep 2011 18:42:26 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?p=4201#comment-982 [...] Source: http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/what-makes-a-good-documentary-film [...] [...] Source: http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/what-makes-a-good-documentary-film [...]

]]> Comment on Q: Why is Fair Use critical to documentary films? by technology images http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/why-is-fair-use-critical-to-documentary-films#comment-980 technology images Thu, 01 Sep 2011 12:52:14 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?p=4173#comment-980 lol lol

]]> Comment on Schedule by Olif Spear http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/schedule#comment-975 Olif Spear Fri, 26 Aug 2011 04:14:38 +0000 http://www.topangafilmfestival.com/?page_id=4967#comment-975 I don't know! I don’t know!

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