Hi, all--
Not sure we can focus on much of anything until after the election.
We'll start with "Blood on the Mountain" and make our way down the list.
Keep us posted about the meeting.
Laurie
On 11/07/2016 01:06 PM, Joel Johnson wrote:
Laurie and everyone:
I’m glad to hear that the problems with being able to watch films on Vimeo in a preferred setting have been resolved. I’m sorry to hear that “COMING THROUGH THE RYE” did not make a more favorable impression upon you. I watched it both at the partial screening at Railroad Square and at home without the technical problems encountered at the group screening. It made a much better impression on me though I felt that it was possible that better familiarity with _Catcher in the Rye_ could have been helpful. *Has anyone else seen “COMING THROUGH THE RYE” in its entirety and would like to offer an opinion?*
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My suggestion would be “BLOOD ON THE MOUNTAIN.” I think it would be helpful to get an opinion out there. It could be that one or two opinions could be very helpful in knowing whether we want to keep it under consideration.
**
No decision has been made on a meeting time for this week. Bill has a busy week and suggested not having a meeting. Bob Stewart could meet on Wednesday, but not on Thursday. You and Clif could make Thursday, but apparently not Wednesday. Nancy is heading to Denmark. Abbott would be able to join us to give us another set of eyes if we have a group screening. I originally did suggest only Wednesday and Thursday as alternatives. After getting all the links I added *Friday* as a possibility putting *all three days potentially in play for a meeting and/or screenings*. So far no one has addressed their availability on Veterans Day.
I have not yet heard anything from Alan as to whether there are any problems with the links that would cause problems for a group screening or whether there are any scheduling issues related to any of the three days I mentioned.
I am hoping for some additional feedback before finalizing a plan for this week.
I’m sure there’s a fair amount of trepidation about this election. Looking forward to it being over and hopeful of the outcome, but fearful that it could herald something even worse. That probably covers everyone no matter what partisan allegiances they have.
Joel
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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
