In the 1940s, as World War II forced Walt Disney to shift his focus to the war effort, he began to produce “package films”, features that consisted of two or more linked stories. Fantasia falls under this category, although that was from intent, rather than necessity. Others include Make Mine Music […]
Viewed September 7, 2006
Looking at Lisbon is one of a series of travelogues created by James A Fitzpatrick that give quick, but informative overviews of various parts of the world.
One of the interesting thing about watching old travelogues is noting how much has changed since it was made. In the case of Lisbon, I’m […]
Viewed July 11, 2006
I don’t care that it’s comedy. I don’t care that he’s a cartoon walking around in the real world. I don’t even care that the material is basically advertising for American Express. The two short films that make up The Adventures of Seinfeld and Superman portray a viable, legitimate […]
Viewed May 2, 2006
Fresh off the experience of watching Assignment: Venezuela, I thought it would be fun to spend a week watching movies available for free download from the Internet Archive. So I began looking through the archives to find something to watch. When I do this, I usually browse by subject and […]
Viewed May 1, 2006
Okay, I only know about Assignment: Venezuela because it was the subject of a never-aired riffing for Mystery Science Theater 3000. But, since I still haven’t seen that segment (created for a never produced CD-ROM and only available on VHS from Best Brains), I decided to watch it when I spotted […]