35 Movies in 2 Minutes

Let this short below be your media interlude between watching last night’s Jon Stewart and the YouTube video of the guy moonwalking in WalMart.

There are 35 movies shown here in 2 minutes … go.

35mm from Felix Meyer on Vimeo.

Irish Movie recommendations from a French Canadian

Changing it up a bit.  Here’s two Irish movies I recommend. 

The first stars Brendan Gleeson, who I argue is a brilliant actor (any comments?).  It’s dark and not at all action-packed but the performances and the story are great.  A kid grows up in a Boston Irish family, plays ball, works at a Italian restaurant, basic stuff here.  Plus you have to respect movies where the lead watches Red Sox games.

The second has better action and takes place in Ireland.  The story of a kid who straddles the Protestant-Catholic line during the war.  Side character Ben Kingsley is very cool in a role where you completely forget he was Ghandi.  If you enjoyed The Commitments but need something more meaty like Three Kings, you’ll like this film.

Obama Anak Menteng

This summer’s big blockbuster won’t be Eclipse or The Last Airbender, but a little indy film adaptation of a book by Indonesian author Damien Dematra on Obama’s childhood in Indonesia (1967-1971).   

Love the poster.

Irony

Why do we study history?

The Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have finally found a great way to bring attention to their cause.  International waters, food and refugees and emergency supplies.   Strong tactics.  This is the perfect recipe to end oppression.  And much more effective than terrorism.  Where could the Palestinians possibly have learned this?

Oh yeah, from the Israelis themselves.  The Haganah  was the 1940s Jewish movement to resist the immigration restrictions to Palestine by the British after World War II.  100,000 Jews fought blockades and imprisonment in over 100 ships leaving from European ports (including Turkey). 

On passive resistance, there’s a great scene in the film Ghandi where an early Ghandi fights South African apartheid and which sums up everything. It’s one of my favorites – dedicate 3 minutes and 39 seconds to this. 

Mustache Gazette’s First Original Infographic

I can’t decide if the theme of this info-graphic should be that government is good and that we need to think outside of the Constitution …

… Or that the BP oil spill should, by Hollywood standards, have been stopped by now.

Info dug up on imdb and wikipedia.  Done in Photoshop.

Full size: http://www.flickr.com/photos/31677292@N06/4617063067/sizes/o/