I commited nerdery....

I am so beat from working this weekend. This morning, while I was sleeping in my comfortable bed, I received a disasterous phone call at 7:00 asking me if I would come into work earlier than my 10:00 scheduled time. I agreed to, but I have a bad tendency of agreeing to whatever the circumstances are if I'm woken up by a ringing phone. I have to have my wake up time and for the love of god, a person needs their morning cup of coffee. I actually love it when a certain person calls me and wakes me up. It's just as refreshing if not more than that cup of coffee.

And so work really put a hit on me. The good news is that I've been able to make quite a bit of money unintentionally. This way I can buy more things in Orlando. The selection of films at the Virgin Record Store is enough to turn any film buff on. In a related subject, this semester, someone called me a "film nerd." Of course this was fromsomeone who carries joy in sining along to mindless Broadway musicals like "Wicked" and "Legally Blonde the musical." But still, I find it insulting that my passion can be summarized in any form of nerdery. But then, I shouldn't care, because if it is what I like, then I shouldn't care about what anyone says. This conversation will evolve into a debate next semester when this person attempts to cite real cinema as "Mamma Mia!" Oh well, time to get back on track. Going to Universal will be a passionate rivival for me. Like I have boasted many times, it was Universal Studios where I visited and felt the true feelings of becoming a filmmaker. There is no way to describe the feeling of seeing Jaws' fin emerge from the water, King Kong's hand reaching out: the size of a bus, and seeing a 3D 35mm print of the murder scene in "Dial 'M' For Murder" which juxtaposes into the birds cutting through the screen and flying out in front of you. I'm including the video in this entry mainly because the Alfred Hitchcock exhibit was closed down to make room for Shrek 4-D. Fucking executive bastards. Maybe I should create my own production company and take a few business classes. Or maybe keep rejecting the system and keep making movies for myself. Sounds good to me. Here's the clip. The clip contains a nine minute, well cut, montauge of Hitchcock's films AND if you want to just see the birds attack, scroll to 8:35. It's awesome!



While at work yesterday, my grandmother announced my long awaited package has come. Sadly, no, it's not my Panasonic DVX cam, but something also great. It's the Warner Gangsters Collection Vol. 3. The set contains six gangster films that were released by Fox in between 1931 and 1940. One of which, "Lady Killer" has been an underrated Cagney film that has a rather contraversial scene that makes "The Public Enemy" grapefruit scene seem like Cloverfield (that by the way is insulting Cloverfield). In fact, I will have to stop blogging in order to go watch the film. There are also four retrospective reels digitally transferred to the special features section. I remember "The Roaring Twenties" special features contained film criticism from many scholars including two of my favorites: Martin Scorsese and Andrew Sarris. Hopefully they will be featured alongside many others that I can be introduced to and further read on. Well, that's all for tonight. Have a Happy Mother's Day. I know I will, because my father has purchased a wide flatscreen HD TV for my grandmother, whom I live with and can also enjoy. I meant her, not the TV.