lee_eisenberg
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Ron Ellis's and Sarah Pillsbury's Oscar-winning "Board and Care" looks at a pair of Down's Syndrome-afflicted youths trying to connect with each other. There's probably no way for us to imagine what it must be like to live with this condition, but these youths make an effort to connect, despite people wanting to keep them apart.
Obviously this isn't the most readily available documentary, but you can find it on Vimeo (a lesser-known version of YouTube). Ellis posted it to his account there, preceded by footage of him and Pillsbury winning the Oscar for it and bringing Laura with them to the stage.
I should note that while this is a documentary, some of the characters are people playing roles. One is Luana Anders, who co-starred in "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1961) and "Easy Rider" (1969).
Definitely check it out.
Obviously this isn't the most readily available documentary, but you can find it on Vimeo (a lesser-known version of YouTube). Ellis posted it to his account there, preceded by footage of him and Pillsbury winning the Oscar for it and bringing Laura with them to the stage.
I should note that while this is a documentary, some of the characters are people playing roles. One is Luana Anders, who co-starred in "The Pit and the Pendulum" (1961) and "Easy Rider" (1969).
Definitely check it out.
I guess that Abel Ferrara (best known for "Bad Lieutenant") wanted to make a movie addressing concerns about civil liberties, but "Zeros and Ones" is one of the most incoherent movies out there. Ethan Hawke plays a soldier wandering across Rome during the COVID lockdown, encountering numerous unsavory characters, and quoting the US Constitution. That was the closest that I could identify to a plot. Taking place entirely at night with grainy filming, it definitely favors form over content.
If you're looking for a movie addressing concerns about civil liberties, then stick with "Steal This Movie".
If you're looking for a movie addressing concerns about civil liberties, then stick with "Steal This Movie".
When you think of Disney, you most likely think of Mickey Mouse. You might not know that the most famous cartoon character of all was not that studio's first creation. Prior to him, Disney created a character called Oswald the Lucky Rabbit, who looked a bit like Mickey. He starred in a number of shorts but eventually disappeared as Mickey became Disney's number one star.
One of Oswald's shorts was 1927's "Oh Teacher", wherein he has a series of zany adventures on the way to school. By which I mean that this cartoon's idea of physics would give Neil deGrasse Tyson a heart attack. The wackiness in this cartoon makes it all the more surprising that over the next decade, ol' Walt would try to make the cartoons more lifelike. Either way, it's a fairly entertaining short, if nothing special (my favorite cartoon characters are the Looney Tunes).
Available on Wikipedia.
One of Oswald's shorts was 1927's "Oh Teacher", wherein he has a series of zany adventures on the way to school. By which I mean that this cartoon's idea of physics would give Neil deGrasse Tyson a heart attack. The wackiness in this cartoon makes it all the more surprising that over the next decade, ol' Walt would try to make the cartoons more lifelike. Either way, it's a fairly entertaining short, if nothing special (my favorite cartoon characters are the Looney Tunes).
Available on Wikipedia.