Hi, all--
I am happy to report that thanks to Daughter Dee's help, we can now
watch Vimeo movies on our television, and last night we watched "Coming
Through the Rye." Or at least part of it. Unfortunately, this movie was
two thumbs down for both Clif and me. For us, the acting was too broad
and amateurish, more appropriate for a Nickelodeon crowd than for the,
ahem, very mature audience of Cinema Exploration.
Tonight, we will sample one of the movies from the links below. Is there
one you would like us to watch first?
Tomorrow night, we will be watching with hope and horror as the election
unfolds.
Is the meeting on Wednesday or Thursday? If it's Thursday, then we can come.
Laurie
On 11/06/2016 03:11 PM, Joel Johnson wrote:
As much as it might simplify some things for everyone this coming week, we do have quite a few films to watch and quite a few other films on our list to consider so I’m not convinced that skipping a week is a good idea. If we do that, we would definitely need to commit to using the links to stream the films and watch them at home. Obviously some folks may need to watch some or all of the films that way depending on their personal schedules. I’d like to have people address when they would be available next week to see if we can find one or two days when we would likely have a fairly representative turnout for screenings/meetings.
I’m not sure how it would for the meeting, but we were working on being able to set something up so that Bill could attend a meeting remotely from home. Bill, that might not resolve your scheduling issues, but hopefully that would help.
Thanks,
Joel
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I'm doing a vet's day tradition Thursday & Friday - push back against "patriot" scoundrels. Will probably be too exhausted on Wednesday - unless the results are clear early, which is looking doubtful. Anybody feel O.K. With skipping a week? (I promise to do my homework.)
Bill
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On Nov 6, 2016, at 8:14 AM, Joel Johnson <joel_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:joel_johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Ken has been very helpful and we now have five links with which to
stream films. We also have learned that “COMMAND AND CONTROL” does
broadcast on PBS as an “American Experience” in January and is
unavailable. I have removed this from our lists. We have four
films from Abramorama. One is a new film called “BEST WORST THING
THAT EVER COULD HAVE HAPPENED...”. The IMDb synopsis: “This film
from acclaimed theater director Lonny Price charts the journey of
the original cast of Stephen Sondheim's "Merrily We Roll Along" in
the 30-plus years since the musical debuted on Broadway at the
Alvin Theatre in 1981.” I have added this to our lists. We also
now have a link for “THE ANTHROPOLOGIST.” We have also inquired
about “OFF THE RAILS.” We are waiting for a return e-mail from them.
I don’t know if we may encounter similar problems if we try to
project the streaming onto the big screen that we experienced with
“COMING THROUGH THE RYE” or not. Five films and possibly one more
is quite a bit to schedule for group screenings. Alan, can you
check their suitability for a group screening. I don’t know what
else may be going on at the Square this week, but who would be
available Wednesday, Thursday, and/or Friday (There’s almost a
tradition for us to screen something on Veterans Day) mornings.
Probably the best advice would be to watch them on your own at
home if you are comfortable doing that since there are so many.
Here are links:
Blood on the Mountain
https://vimeo.com/157243346
pw: carbonhilltop
Disturbing the Peace
https://vimeo.com/161806779
Rec0nsider
Uncondemned
https://vimeo.com/185720634
password: unc0nd3mned
Best Worst Thing…
https://vimeo.com/177117110
password: atlas89
The Anthropologist
https://vimeo.com/129448096
Password: mead