tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post4075195325397302906..comments2023-08-20T06:16:15.362-05:00Comments on Getafilm: Getafilm Gallimaufry: Catfish, Winnebago Man, and A Film UnfinishedDanielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-29220854145885351762011-03-31T12:42:27.250-05:002011-03-31T12:42:27.250-05:00Great minds think alike (meaning your wife and I, ...Great minds think alike (meaning your wife and I, of course). ;)Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-27921605964501955062011-03-30T15:12:40.912-05:002011-03-30T15:12:40.912-05:00Dang, my wife said the same thing about the redesi...Dang, my wife said the same thing about the redesign...I do have something a little cleaner in mind for the header. I don't know, maybe all the same stuff will come back in a different form!<br /><br />Cheers - DDanielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-64688670320666027162011-03-29T23:33:47.767-05:002011-03-29T23:33:47.767-05:00Well, I did get a friend to more or less take over...Well, I did get a friend to more or less take over the essential duties of the LAMB, so that helped immensely. The movie/blog life has been affected, but not all in bad ways. With a baby who needs feeding on a regular schedule, that leaves a lot of hurry-up-and-wait time in between, of which I spend most doing what I'm doing right now (i.e. being on the laptop). <br /><br />I was a bit surprised (and disappointed, to be honest) with the new changes, if only because it seemed like the last design suited (what I know of) your personality pretty well, while now it's much more generic. But I'm sure you have something up your sleeve.<br /><br />Hoping all is well with you and your bride as well. And if you blog more, all the better. :DFletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-37516612693996241622011-03-29T23:20:25.493-05:002011-03-29T23:20:25.493-05:00Glad to hear all is well. I just can't imagine...Glad to hear all is well. I just can't imagine how you keep an active movie and blog life (as well as everything else I know you busy yourself with), so congrats on maintaining a steady pulse through the last 4 months.<br /><br />And yes, another blog identity crisis on my end necessitated a redesign. Still planning on a more appealing header, but we'll see when that develops. It was kind of rash decision to repaint the walls last week when I sat down and realized the place was in serious need of some kind of jolt of energy. Were I still posting on any kind of regular basis I would have considered moving into the direction of your 21st century design; apparently I've gone back about 10 years with this look - go figure.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-89436312209279787742011-03-29T18:32:19.275-05:002011-03-29T18:32:19.275-05:00Uh-oh - you re-designed again...
I've no prob...Uh-oh - you re-designed again...<br /><br />I've no problem with the varied styles of docs - it's more interesting to have options. We have performance art disguised as a doc (I'm Still Here), horror thriller disguised as doc (Paranormal/Blair Witch), doc doc (Film Unfinished), heavy political-bent doc (Michael Moore), etc., etc. <br /><br />And yes, thank you - the new addition is doing quite well. Nearly 4 months old already (though they lie - it's been going by awfully slowly, if you ask me...)Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-31440879477886891452011-03-18T22:21:56.340-05:002011-03-18T22:21:56.340-05:00Hey Fletch, long time no chat - hope and the new a...Hey Fletch, long time no chat - hope and the new addition are well.<br /><br />Gift Shop could be a big joke, and I would buy it as a piece of art, but Catfish, yeah not so much. If they fabricated it, wow, I almost appreciate it just as much in some weird way.<br /><br />A Film Unfinished - "one of those docs that truly just documents" - ha! If that doesn't say where we are in 2011 with documentaries, nothing does. That's not a knock on your comment but you just reminded me how different Unfinished (a traditional doc, straightforward form, at times boring) is from something like Gift Shop (a questionable doc, half comedy/half mystery, stranger than fiction), yet both are considered documentaries by pretty much everyone. Just an interesting dynamic that I guess I haven't even fully realized yet.Danielhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222052132452709301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435253058176416288.post-90367834535748751942011-03-13T22:32:01.125-05:002011-03-13T22:32:01.125-05:00I think I can surely say that I'm with you in ...I think I can surely say that I'm with you in regards to the 'truthiness' of Catfish (and Gift Shop, for that matter). Are they fabrications, to some degree or a whole lot of degrees? Maybe, I guess, though I certainly don't think that they are in totality, and if they are, and if the makers of those films are making them just for kicks, then truly they have larger issues that they need to deal with.<br /><br />Better to take them at face value and enjoy them for the thought-provoking entertainment that they are than to get hung up on which angle might possibly be false. Either way, they serve as interesting docs.<br /><br />Make no mistake, A Film Unfinished is important and features harrowing footage. But even for one of those docs that truly just documents, I found it a pretty poor film that could have been cut in half and still been just as powerful. It was just...so...repetitive. I fell asleep. :\Fletchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17299302086449086987noreply@blogger.com