AU Professr Russell Williams Returns to Oscarland

Twenty years after becoming the first African American to win two Oscars, Russell Williams, SOC/BA ’74, returned to Hollywood for the 83rd Academy Awards to commemorate that historic occasion. Williams won Oscars for his sound work on Glory and Dances with Wolves. Since 2002, he’s been an artist in residence at American University’s School of […]

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Selected New Home Use Titles

Inception – HU DVD 8000And Now for Something Completely Different – HU DVD 8001Word is Out – HU DVD 8002Broadcast News (Criterion) – HU DVD 3501 copy 1Broadcast News – HU DVD 3501 copy 2Brooklyn’s Finest – HU DVD 7991The Town – HU DVD 7992Alligator – HU DVD 7988True Grit – HU DVD 7989Space Jam […]

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Minimal Movie Posters

Zombieland – HU DVD 7980We do in fact have Zombieland avaiable for Home Use, so you should check it out. Another thing you should check out is this cool blog dedicated to Minimal Movie Posters like these. Toy Story 3HU DVD 7770HU BLU-RAY DVD 7770 Inception – HU DVD 8000 Amelie – HU DVD 401

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Were the Nazis First to Develop 3D Movies?

Australian filmmaker Philippe Mora is at the Berlin International Film Festival this week to talk about his planned 3D biopic about surrealist artist Salvador Dali. That film sounds quite interesting (Alan Cumming is set to star), but while discussing 3D in general, the director dropped a bigger bombshell: He has discovered two short, 3D propaganda […]

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Star Wars Economics

Via: Personal LoansIllustrator Adolfo Arranz of Guardo, Spain puts a humorous twist on serious issues with his new “Tower Graphics-Data Visualization” series. His Star Wars themed tower graphic (created for Personalloans.org) gives us a look at how George Lucas’ net worth is around $3 billion. (As seen on the Laughing Squid blog)

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