Film and Digital Media @ Messiah

Ah, James Cameron — a biblical scholar he ain’t — but a hi-tech leader in the film industry he is. In some ways he tries to out-Lucas George Lucas by praising the latest and greatest film gadgetry, primarily as a way of promoting his upcoming movie using that gadgetry (whatever it may be, Avatar, […]

Director/EP Mike Figgis, DP W. Mott Hupfel Said ‘No Way’ to HD
By David Heuring
April 24, 2008 Source: Film & Video
Director Mike Figgis may be best known for the acclaimed hit Leaving Las Vegas, which ushered in a continuing renaissance in Super 16 film production that began in the mid-1990s. Figgis has earned […]

We recently completed the First African Film Series (on the late Ousmane Sembène — January 1, 1923 to June 9, 2007) ever held at Messiah College. Sembène’s influence on African filmmaking has often led him to be called “the Father of African film.” Perhaps this is not quite accurate, at least if it […]

Here is a brief report about continued attacks seriously affecting the Dominican Sisters and Friars in Mosul, Iraq. Please keep them in your prayers.
As I am writing this message for you two explosions took place close to Mosul university which is nearby the [Christian] Spiritual Centre. Thank God nothing happened to the Convent. All […]

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Windows Media Video - A test of using WMV files on a Messiah College blog

As I pointed out in my 4/15/2008 presentation to the ETC, less than 28% of all the mobile media devices can play Windows Media files. Since it’s safe to assume that the Messiah community (students and faculty) are typical […]

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Here’s a couple of bon mots from a great essay by David Bordwell, the leading film historian and theorist:

When Žižek tries to be serious and dismantle an argument critically, the results are vague, digressive, equivocal, contradictory, and either obviously inaccurate or merely banal. This might explain why he so seldom tries to be analytical. Vagueness, […]