Long Island Masterworks 2010/2011 Appeal

The Barber of Kigali

Integrity Films debuts at Toronto this month with THE BARBER OF KIGALI. The short will screen at Toronto’s National Film Board Cinema on December 20th. The Barber of Kigali is about a Rwandan barber who must decide whether to kill or not to kill his next client, the dreaded Colonel who murdered his father fourteen years ago in the Genocide. CLICK HERE and listen to an interview with Director, James Cohen.

GERALD McBOING BOING

WHAM host, Joe Lomonaco writes on his radio blog, “In 1950, Dr. Seuss wrote a book called GERALD McBOING BOING. It was based on an Academy Award winning short subject animated film. It’s the story of a boy who becomes a star on radio because of his unique “talent”. Check out the film for a visual demonstration of what we in the business call Theatre of the Mind.”

My favorite line- “From Public School 7 to Mrs. McCloy, Your little son Gerald is a most hopeless boy. We cannot accept him for we have a little rule – that pupils must not go *BEE* *BAP* in our school!”.

Free Movie Wednesday

I posted this video to highlight the pre movie short film, “The Crimson Permanent Assurance”. Props to hulu.com for posting this up for FREE.

From Wikipedia: The Crimson Permanent Assurance, a lengthy introductory film directed by Terry Gilliam. In a satire on globalization, elderly office clerks rebel against their cold, efficient corporate masters at ‘The Permanent Assurance Company’, commandeer their building and turn it into a pirate ship, raiding financial districts in numerous big cities before falling off the edge of the world. Originally conceived by Gilliam as a 6-minute animated sequence in the middle of the film (at the end of Part V), it was later expanded to a 16-minute live-action piece, to the point where it no longer fit into the framework of the film and became a pre-movie short film in its own right.

Monty Python’s Meaning of Life
The British troupe’s sketches include gluttony, birth control and total insignificance.
Release Date: March 31, 1983

Graham Chapman
John Cleese
Carol Cleveland
Patricia Quinn
Michael Palin
Mark Holmes
Eric Idle
Andrew MacLachlan
Simon Jones
Judy Loe
Valerie Whittington
Terry Jones
Terry Gilliam

Director
John Goldstone