In association with dutch movieblog “De Protagonisten” (who inspired me to do this) I want to present the Six degrees of Separation blogathon:
There is a theory that in only six steps you can link anyone to any other person in the world, which I thought would be an awesome idea for a blogathon. Continue reading
Last year Terrence from The Focused Filmographer and myself started the Movie Jail relay race. To refresh your minds:
It’s time to put some movie people in jail. The object is to give a prosecutor’s argument as to why these movie people belong in “Movie Jail” whether it be for violating the integrity of the content source of one their films, or being a sell-out, just making bad movies overall, getting worse as time goes on or not being in a good movie for many years.
The baton will be passed to another blogger who will have to do the following:
In order to free someone from Movie Jail they have to do 2 things
1 – Give a defense attorney argument defending the plaintiff
2 – Pay bail: the cost of which is another case for the court and a prosecutor’s argument against the actor/director of their choice that will replace the one set free.There must always be 10 people in Movie Jail.
Terrence and myself jailed: M. Night Shyamalan, George Lucas, Clint Eastwood, Jennifer Aniston, Tom Cruise, Michael Cera, Robert De Niro, Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, Sam Worthington and Kristen Stewart. Here you can find out why.
A lot of blogs have been taking part in this relay race and currently you can visit the following ones to find out which actors/actresses and directors have been released and which are still in jail for crimes against cinema:
Cinematic Corner
And So It Begins…
Surrender to the Void
Cinematic Paradox
The Cinematic Spectacle
Being Norma Jean
Defiant Success
…let’s be splendid about this
Lime Reviews and Strawberry Confessions
It’s been a while since I’ve started another blogathon/relay race (as I’m still brainstorming, trying to find cool concept), so I was happy when my friend Terrence from The Focused Filmographer approached me with the concept for this new relay race: The Movie Jail.
I thought it was an awesome idea (a lot of you may not know this but I actually have a master degree in law), so I decided to host this one in cooperation with Terrence.
So what’s the idea behind this one?
It’s time to put some movie people in jail. The object is to give a prosecutor’s argument as to why these movie people belong in “Movie Jail” whether it be for violating the integrity of the content source of one their films, or being a sell-out, just making bad movies overall, getting worse as time goes on or not being in a good movie for many years.
The baton will be passed to another blogger who will have to do the following:
In order to free someone from Movie Jail they have to do 2 things
1 – Give a defense attorney argument defending the plaintiff
2 – Pay bail: the cost of which is another case for the court and a prosecutor’s argument against the actor/director of their choice that will replace the one set free.There must always be 10 people in Movie Jail.
So now that the idea and rules are set, let’s open the door to our newly opened movie jail and fill it with 10 inmates. Continue reading
Another week passed and again there have been a lot of updates to the various relay races. Enjoy all the new entries and please make sure to leave a comment at their blogs, they’ve put in a lot of work! Continue reading
A week further and there have been several updates to the best actors list. Are your favorites still in there?
Find out on these blogs:
Another update in the best actors relay race courtesy of Amiresque with the addition of a comedic actor. Who was removed to make place for this actor? Find out here:
Yes, we have another update to the best actors list, this time courtesy of Okinawa Assault. The choice has fallen on a character actor. Who? Find out here:
Wow, I was stunned when I found out that this blogathon has quickly gained speed as I had missed several updates. There have been some big changes to the list and you can check them out (in order) below. Next week I’m planning to also start this for the best actresses of all time, so keep an eye out for it. For now enjoy (or be frustrated by) the changes that were made by these fine bloggers:
The updates in this relay race seem to come faster by the week, with Alex from And So It Begins… already having posted his changes to the list of best actors of all time. He has added a very interesting foreign actor. Want to know which one? Head on over to his site now!
Pacino was born in 1940 and grew up in the Bronx. He dropped out of school at 17 and did a lot of small jobs to finance something he wanted to do, acting. He joined the Herbert Berghof Studio where he learned a lot from Charlie Laughton. With his experience there he applied to the Actors Studio and was admitted. He did some plays before making the jump to movies.
The first film he appeared in was Me, Natalie in 1969, with only a small role. He got noticed and his big breakthrough came when he played Michael Corleone in The Godfather (which was only his third movie role), which got him a nomination for Best Supporting Actor. He later received other Oscar nominations for his roles in Dick Tracy, …And Justice for All, Glengarry Glen Ross, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon and Scent of a Woman. It was for his role in the last movie he received the statue. Continue reading