The two films we watched on Monday were Hamilton and i think the other was called Notes on the Circus. The first one, about the circus, was alright. It had like a folky sounding song going along with quick cuts of the circus. It at least kept my attention throughout, and i felt that the song went well with the images of the circus. I kind of enjoyed all of the images of the circus and the way they were presented. The second film, Hamilton, i didnt like at all. I couldnt pay attention for longer than about five minutes and then i would doze off or just look around and think of other things. I couldnt really follow the plot, if there even was one, because i couldnt hold my attention long enough. The only thing that i enjoyed about that film was the ending, because for some reason the filmmaker chose to play the song "Winter's Love" by Animal Collective, and i actually like their music a lot. I thought that was weird as well because i dont really remember there being much music, if any, throughout the entire film until that one end scene, but that managed to grab my attention.

thislife.org

I listened to the audio called Nice Work If You Can Get It. it was pretty much just about astronauts. I think i picked a pretty bad audio clip to lsiten to because it doesnt really relate to film in anyway i can think of, but ill still talk about it. It was fairly interesting because i learned more things about astronauts than i had previously known. According to this, i guess that astronauts hardly ever go into space, and if you are an astronaut that doesnt even mean youll ever make it to space. So, i guess being an astronaut isnt even that cool of a job because you hardly ever get to go to space, and if youre a lucky enough astronaut to be able to make it to space, odds are youll only go there once, possibly twice. The lady being interviewed also said that she rarely gets to do astronaut related things that she enjoys, such as simulating space walking. They then talked to that guy who plays the PC in those annoying apple commericals. It seemed like he didnt have much to say, and just rambled on about some story. For some reason it would only load ten minutes adn thirteen seconds, so his story got cut off but i wasnt really interested in it anyways. The part about the astronauts was way more interesting. So, i guess being an astronaut isnt nearly as cool as i thought it was going to be, and i guess that it wouldnt even be that fun.

April 2nd

The first film we watched today in class was Jean Genet in Chicago by Frederic Moffet. I thought that film was somewhat interesting. The old footage of the riots in Chicago were entertaining, and the fact that the characters all wore masks made the whole thing a little more unique and interesting than if it was just the real people doing this in more of a documentary style. Although some of it was interesting, I don't think i quite understood the whole meaning of the film. This is probably because of my little knowledge on the subject, as well as little interest. Another film we watched was More than Meets the Eye: Remaking Jane Fonda by Scott Stark. I really didnt like this one. It seemed like the whole thing was just that one guy doing her aerobic excercises while strange or political sentances or phrases would scroll down the screen. In all honesty, i stopped paying attention after about 10 minutes because i found it so boring, so i'm not sure if the film changed much. I just really didnt understand what was so good, interesting or entertaining about that guy doing aerobics accompanied with text. The last video we watched was Stranger Comes to Town by Jacqueline Goss. I kind of liked this one actually, probably due to its weirdness. i didnt understand why the characters were all video game characters, but i found that made the film more interesting and funny. I especially liked the lady from Toronto who was talking about that giant envolope that she recieved. I also thought that the animation was pretty cool at some points, and those video game characters made it more entertaining for me.