January 3 movie: Man With a Movie Camera. I can't believe it's been two years since I watched this. I'm feeling low (it's been a bad day for Thirteen, a really bad day) and this movie was just what I needed. Really nice to stop worrying and focus on something beautiful for an hour.
I found out about this movie when we got the soundtrack at the radio station a few years ago. I love the album so much that sometimes I put it on repeat and listen to it over and over while I'm working. The liner notes said the Cinematic Orchestra had toured with the movie, and I'm so crushed that I didn't find out in time. I would have traveled anywhere on the East Coast to see it.
I had a DVD of the movie with the other soundtrack (by Alloy Orchestra) which isn't that good, and I used to watch it on mute and try to sync up the soundtrack album. Which never, ever worked, because as I found out later the movie starts with 3 minutes of silence. Anyway, I kept an eye on Amazon Marketplace and eventually a copy of the Cinematic Orchestra DVD turned up. It cost $30 and I didn't realize how lucky I was: I haven't seen it again for sale anywhere until tonight, and now they want $150! This is a great movie but that's a little ridiculous.
I was trying to get a good screen cap of the DVD, and fretting because the movie's appeal is so hard to capture in a still, when I remembered that thing called Youtube. Duh!
Digitizing for Youtube was not kind to this film, which was a bit grainy to begin with. But if you like that clip, I'll be more than happy to bring the DVD to your house. Or you can just watch the whole thing on Youtube if you don't care about the blurriness.
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