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Choosing a Wedding Videographer
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I receive numerous inquiries requesting information. First, I understand that the average person is gathering information to try and make an educated decision that is right for them. I'm sure many people only know what...
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Not long ago, I was doing the dishes and railing at my husband. I was holding forth on how important it is that we create deep, meaningful lives so that our nine-year-old daughter, Lillian, knows a spiritual way of living is possible and while I’m...
Film Review: The Hours
Paula Bardell gives her verdict on one of the most daringly unconventional movies to hit the big screen in many a long year.
I long ago concluded that mainstream cinema had slipped in to a shallow, stagnant pool of tedious wishy-washiness,...
Free Satellite TV -- Is It Really Free?
You've seen the online and offline ads -- "Free satellite TV!" "Get a 4-room Satellite TV System Free!" and "Satellite TV Dish and Receivers Absolutely Free!" But is satellite TV really free? The answer to that question is yes ... and no. Yes,...
History of the Camera
The camera and photography are an important part of the communication history of the world. The history of the camera is indelibly linked to the understanding and development of optics. Optics is the study of physical properties of light in terms...
Home Entertainment At Its Best--Your Private Home Theater
You LOVE watching movies, but don't always have the time to roundup the family and journey to the local theater, or can afford to shell out the money for the cost of the tickets and the criminally priced greasy popcorn. So, you often resort to...
Home Theater Audio Setup
Your home theater audio setup will depend on the space available to you, what kind of signal your receiver can carry, and the number of speakers you have. With proper setup, it doesn't matter if you have a simple stereo audio setup or a complex...
Selecting the Perfect Big Screen TV
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The Great Guitar Playing Secret
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Vertigo - a masterpiece?
Vertigo, a 1958 suspense film, was directed by Alfred Hitchcock. Many people beleive that this film is Hitchcock's masterpiece.
The movie tells the story of a detective in San Francisco. The detectives name is Scottie who is played by James...
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Hollywood Hoax
Everyone has been talking about the Machiavelli Hangman (http://www.hangmanmovie.com) but no one seems to have the slightest clue about its release date or when or where or why or how? The internet and newspapers are plastered with stories revolving around this great film and how it going to revolutionize the face of Hollywood because it is so unconventional.
There is an element about this whole Machiavelli Hangman project that reminds me so much of the Blair Witch Project. No one really knew why they went to see it or why they were talking about it, they just did. The ingenious thing about Blair Witch was how producers presented it to the public as a documentary and not a fictional piece. Audiences therefore were drawn to the theatres to see what all the buzz was about.
Of course, some were disappointed and others got what they were expecting. A low-budget, low-production value film with some comedic moments.
The main curiosity revolved around the filmmakers and how they were lost in the woods and especially around the actual Blair Witch. As a dedicated moviegoer, I did go see the Blair Witch Project and I completely understand why it drew such a high number of people to the box office.
What I don't understand is what the Machiavelli Hangman offers that creates such an amazing buzz in the industry? It seems to be that the buzz on this movie is the buzz itself, but what on God's green earth is the buzz? So they say many executives and professionals call it the next Pulp Fiction and how it's going to blow the Sixth Sense out of the water. Who are these executives? They could be Ticky and Mickey, my next door neighbor's
obnoxious kids, sitting in the garage making up these stories.
So I researched Machiavelli Hangman and other than the hundreds and thousands of message boards raving about the film and countless articles on the crew, I did not find an inkling of what this movie was about and why it is so great. Is the Machiavelli Hangman a big joke that the "industry professionals" have created to experiment on the poor cinema-loving citizens of America? Is this their way to calibrate the amount of following a certain type of buzz can create?
Some rumors say that Machiavelli Hangman is a mixture of Pulp Fiction and Lord of the Rings. Could they have picked two films that are more opposite? Some rumors circulated that QT wrote Machiavelli Hangman under a pseudonym because he wanted to cast a star who would not be in the film otherwise. Some people said that the filmmaker is so obsessive compulsive that he would not start filming until there were three mega-stars attached to the film. All in all, Machiavelli Hangman is still a mystery and while the buzz circulates more, the mystery seems to be getting bigger. Everyone seems to know something about it, but no one knows the fundamentals. Everyone talks about it like it's oh so amazing, but they have nothing to base their words on. I will admit, I'm one of them and it's driving me crazy!
About the author:
Michael Burns is a student in Los Angeles and an editorial writer. Michael is among the dazed and confused, wondering what this Machiavelli Hangman is all about. http://www.hangmanmovie.com
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