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Write or Die by Dr Wicked

Write or Die by Dr Wicked

I know you can DO IT

But will you?

http://www.ncte.org/awards/student/nmwa

"Norman Mailer produced extraordinary works in many genres, including the category of this year’s award: creative nonfiction. Students may submit work in any of the many subgenres of creative nonfiction: memoir or autobiography, essay, literary journalism, profiles of people or places, and so on. Whatever its type, the best work will be true material presented with compelling literary merit. Entries accepted April 1–April 29, 2010, Noon CST. "

We Have Decided Not To Die

I saw this not too long ago. It was really late at night and I couldn't get to sleep. The television was on and I found myself participating in the common act of channel surfing. I can't remember what station I finally bother to stop on, but it had been showing various short films. I decided that I could watch worse things and decided to give the short movies a try. What I ended up watching blew me away.

I was utterly entranced by what I saw on my screen. People. All in white. And they were... I couldn't be sure of what I was seeing. It confused me greatly. Confused, yet at the same time I understood what was taking place. It made sense in a surreal way, I could see the logic in this thing that confounded me. But this made it all the more perplexing. What was this thing I was seeing?

I would later come to find that I was watching what can probably be considered one of the greatest short films of all time: Daniel Askill's We Have Decided Not To Die. A highly decorated Australian, Daniel Askill's film has aired in multiple film festivals world wide and has won several awards including (but not limited to) Flickerfest's Best Australian Film, Brooklyn Film Fest's Best Experimental Film, and the South by Southwest BAFTA Award. And it isn't hard to see how Askill could gain so much recognition.

We Have Decided Not To Die is a powerful picture despite its almost ten minute run time. The cool tones and colors create an almost distilling effect on his characters and locals, making the images on the screen come to life yet keeping them uncomfortable and dead. There's an air of unease, of pondering through out the film and one can't help but feel the surreal chill that appears to waft from the screen and into one's chest. And though strange, it feels a little too familiar.

Hopefully, you'll understand once you watch it for yourself.

Link to the short film: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSO-PJXnj7o

Link to list of awards: http://www.wehavedecidednottodie.com/

But Where are The Muppets?

Brilliant... Jim Henson circa 1965. Nominated for an Academy Award: Best Short Subject, Live Action Subjects

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A MOVIE THAT OUGHT TO BE SEEN

The Oscars are finally over as is all the hubbub for the supposed "best films of the year." But I can't help but find it really amusing that despite all the glamour and show casing these elect films receive, it seems a little misplaced. Sometimes it is the smaller, forgotten films that should be sitting in the starlight.

Case and point: Carriers.

Carriers opened in 2009 to a limited showing and was only aired in two theaters for about a week. Everyone who's seen the movie believes that this was a mistake. I am among them.

Starring Chris Pine (now popular thanks to his role as the captain of the Star ship Enterprise,) Carries takes a realistic look at the possible results of the legendary 'viral outbreak' theory. Inspired by the recent pandemic scares brought about by the Avian Flu, Carriers follows a select group of four uninfected teens trying to survive in a desolated world ruled by death and disease where you can't rust anyone, not even friends and family.

And before you ask it, No- this is not some revamp zombie flick. There are no zombies. Period. This is a completely realistic approach to the popular viral craze that seems to have swept the horror and suspense genre. And as a result has won a valuable place in my heart.

Carriers is currently available on DVD for any one interested. I know someone ought to be...

Trailer at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOELwBxjkgY

for more information check out http://www.carriersmovie.com/