[3]
By
Published: Aug 17, 2010
Category: Beyond Classification [4]
If a picture is worth l,000 words, what are videos worth?
Once I learned how to embed them in my pieces…..a lot.
A video is not just sherbet between courses, a palate cleanser when you’ve had enough of me.
It’s what Jean-Luc Godard called film --- “truth 24 times a second” --- only faster.
It’s the way you push the critic’s voice aside, see for yourself, decide for yourself.
As an experiment, skip my finely-tuned prose and just look at the videos. Then, if you like, see if your opinion is anything like mine.
Ten favorites. You’ll see why.
The Comic [5]
My first thought after watching this clip for the 50th time: I miss him.
Book videos could be the most unimaginative of them all. Not this.
Realism, humor, perspective, hope --- she touches every base.
The Style Seer [8]
“I’m looking for the suggestion of a shadow never seen before,” she said. Even here.
The Saint
[9]
[9]
A funny, heartfelt talk becomes bittersweet when you know his story.
The Shit-Stirrer [10]
You never see TV like this any more.
Mighty real.
Singer-Songwriter [12]
As you’ve never seen him before.
The Old Pro [13]
It’s ragged, in and out of tune. But it’s happening right in front of you, and when they're in synch ….oops, I was going to shut up, wasn’t I?
The Compelling Actor [14]
Those cheekbones!