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Harry's DVD PICKS & PEEKS: 2nd wk of Oct 2010: Johnny Staccato & some other cool things, but nothings cooler than Cassavetes!
Hey folks, Harry here… and here's another week's DVD PICKS AND PEEKS column. It starts with something that I hope you open yourself up for. Seriously, JOHNNY STACCATO is just about one of the coolest things ever created on this planet – and as a reader of AINT IT COOL you deserve and have earned the right to be on the advance line of cool film geeks to know about JOHNNY STACCATO and to beat your friends to it. Trust me, you gain senior status on all so called filmphiles if you spring this on them. Besides – you really do need to know who the coolest detective ever was. Fuck SHAFT! Anyway – as usual the pics and titles are linked to AMAZON where if you go, you'll learn more on the title in question – and if so motivated, you can pick it up, which will help keep this column going. And seriously – JOHNNY STACCATO is the living end! Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
JOHNNY STACCATO starring John Cassavetes
There is a reason that this is at the top of this week's column. It's because you won't find it at the top of any other list of DVD & BluRays coming out today. And the reason is… Those people didn't have Nicky Katt passing them a copy of his VHS tapes of Johnny Staccato. Folks. Have you ever in your life felt like you needed the absolute definition of "COOL" – then you need look no further than the startling brilliance of JOHNNY STACCATO – a TV series that hit the antennas in 1959… If you've seen BORED TO DEATH – a show I love, but isn't a hair on the ass of the cooler than absolute zero JOHNNY STACCATO. You see… Johnny, the titular character was a Jazz Musician, who became a tougher than nails Private Dick for hire. He jams with his Jazz buddies in WALDO'S JAZZ CLUB – you will become obsessed with this place. Why? Well, you'll see 1959 era Johnny Williams (yeah, JOHN WILLIAMS) – along with some other jazz greats at the time. You'll see some of the typical Cassavetes characters rooting around – but folks like Martin Landau, Shirley Knight, Michael Landon, etc. There's just 27 episodes. I'd wager that a great many of you have never ever heard of JOHNNY STACCATO – if you have, you're buying this instantly. If you don't – and you're a Cassavetes maniac – well you've already bought this. BUT I AM TELLING THE REST OF YOU… ALL OF YOU… This is the good stuff. This is that thing you share with friends, you share with your parents, you share with everyone. This isn't some modern take on the pulpy detective – this is the distillation of the entire era of the tough as nails private eye. Cassavetes as a private dick that plays jazz is so fucking blistering your eyes and ears will boil and pop. I LOVE THIS SHOW! Now it is time to salute the absolute genius of this show. The utter brilliance of John Cassavetes – in 27 BRAND NEW TO MOST OF YOU – black & white John Williams playing along Jazz scored bits of the coolest thing that has EVER been on the boob tube. Seriously. This is it. If anyone can present something as frostbite cool as this – throw down. I've yet to see anything that has ever been on Television that is as cool as this. You tell me, after you see.
HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON (Blu Ray)
It is funny how many people thought I was absolutely crazy when I wrote my review praising HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON kicked unholy ass. I tried to explain why the initial advertising in no way properly reflected the absolute magic this film had. The real emotional bond between that kid and that dragon. How the kid had a very real story in the Viking village – or just how awesome the Viking village was. Everything about HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON worked – even the 3D was spectacular. Now we have it here at home. I haven't seen the Blu-Ray yet – but here's what's on it: Blu-ray includes: Legend of the BoneKnapper Dragon: Hiccup and the gang return to search for a mysterious dragon in this all-new adventure The Animators' Corner Enhances the Movie-Viewing Experience through Picture-in-Picture Storyboards, Behind-the-Scenes Footage and Insightful Interviews Uncover More Dragon Fun Facts through Pop-Up Trivia Three Deleted Scenes are Revealed Author Cressida Cowell Shares Her Inspiration Learn to Draw Toothless Take the Viking Personality Test Race for the Gold in the Viking Winter Games Build Your Own 3D Dragons And More Fiery Fun! DVD Disc: Filmmakers' Commentary Viking-sized Cast The Technical Artistry of Dragons
Man, don't ya just love Ingmar Bergman flicks? THE MAGICIAN is one of those films that feels authentically bizarre and wholly realistic. This is one of my favorite Bergman flicks, and watching it on Blu – it made me feel a kindred nature to THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR PARNASSUS… They're very different films, but that same vagabond/Elmer Gantry-esque existence, but back in this particular era… was fascinating. Magic Love Potions, that only work as an excuse for pent up sexual frustration being released… but you get why they'd pay what they could pay for it. It simply gave them the excuse to fuck. But that's a minor moment. The real show is with Max Von Sydow's Dr Vogler. I love how they are treated when they arrive. As being slightly above the status of SERVANT, but not exactly as Human Beings. By the time you're at the end of the film, your mind will be properly blown by the ultimate ultimate of it all. There's a class and an atmosphere that you can just bathe in while watching THE MAGICIAN. It is a very fine thing. Here's what Criterion cooked up for this release: New, restored high-definition digital transfer New visual essay by Bergman scholar Peter Cowie Brief 1967 video interview with director Ingmar Bergman about the film Rare English-language audio interview with Bergman New and improved English subtitle translation PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Geoff Andrew
I haven't seen it. Everyone that I know has seen it, kinda hates it at a pretty primal level. But I sense there's a possibility that I could go off reservation for this, when I finally check it out. But in my heart, I believe what I've heard. I just don't want to have to hate a JONAH HEX movie. First off – it is a bleeding miracle that the character of JONAH HEX got translated. From what I hear – it is a shame it got translated – because it unfortunately continues a belief in the death of the modern big budget western genre. A genre that when I was given my chance to Produce at REVOLUTION STUDIOS – I came up with my own take on the Western Genre with the great Paul Dini writing it. After the death of REVOLUTION, I've been holding off working to get it set up, until after some other projects that I've been quite aggressive with get done. So, I kinda have to buy this and watch it today. But… as Han Solo always says, "I've Got A Bad Feeling About This!"
THE DARJEELING LIMITED (Criterion Blu)
I love the weird world of Wes Anderson… I put this on while writing the last DVD column. I watched it 4 times that night. Why? Because it is just such a great movie to dedicate a devoted watching of – but then, the music, the imagery and the awesome banter – well, I find them inspiring as I work – Wes Anderson makes me wish I was smarter, makes me want matching luggage and to travel by train in India. And while I love my sister… this film kinda makes me wish I had brothers – but that's alright by me. Because I've had a series of life long guy friends – that I've got to con into going to India with me. Or maybe I'll hit a film festival there some day. Here's the Criterion Goodie list: New high-definition digital transfer approved by director Wes Anderson Anderson's short film Hotel Chevalier (part one of The Darjeeling Limited) Audio commentary featuring Anderson and cowriters Behind-the-scenes documentary by Barry Braverman Anderson and filmmaker James Ivory discussing the film's music Anderson's American Express commercial On-set footage shot by Coppola and actor Waris Ahluwalia Audition footage, deleted and alternate scenes, and stills galleries Original theatrical trailer PLUS: A booklet featuring an essay by critic Richard Brody
ARN: THE KNIGHT TEMPLAR (Blu-Ray)
This is incredible – but I didn't get this Blu Ray sent to me and the "ENGLISH" is scaring me, because that is not the native language, but SURELY they have the native Swedish track with Subtitles… But I don't KNOW that – if so, this is definitely one to add to the collection if you love CRUSADES style stories. This is way better than the theatrical release of KINGDOM OF HEAVEN. And personally, I like the film more than Ridley's Director's cut. Let me or a talkbacker find out for sure about the Language issues first. Unless you prefer dubbed movies… and then I owe you a lecture, and go ahead.
LOST BOYS: THE THIRST (Blu Ray)
Oh man – I would really love to tell you that this kicks unholy ass – but it doesn't. But it is kinda fun. And the more Corey Feldman was on screen, the more this film actually had a chance…. And it isn't a total disaster. It is tolerable – and will produce perhaps a few more smiles than screams of anguish. Honestly – if everyone around Feldman was better. This could've rocked. Cuz Corey has got the character down. The film does have the right kind of Frog Brother ridiculousness – but almost all the Vampires are just fucking lame in comparison to the Frog Brothers. Which, of course, shall always rule as Frog Brothers rule. So I'd say, if the cult of Corey is about you – you'll enjoy the shit out of this. There's a great "the Coreys" moment in this. Done right.
There's some things right about this set – You should own these cartoons. The only thing is – most of us already do. What I'm waiting on from Warner Brothers – is the same respect that Disney had when they started putting together the Mickey, Donald & Goofy sets. In fact Warners should just do Vol 1-however many – 25 cartoons a set, in order of their release for every Warner Character – beginning with the Black & White Porky Pigs – through Daffy & Bugs' entire careers. Do the classy COLLECTOR'S route. Just release them all in order – like ya do on iTunes. Ok. But like a BluRay or even just a DVD. Just do it right for once, ok. Here's what you get: Disc 1: * Elmer's Candid Camera (1940, Jones) * Excerpt from "My Dream is Yours" (1949) * A Wild Hare (1940, Avery) * How Bugs Bunny Won the West TV special (1978) * The Old Grey Hare (1944, Clampett) * Bugs Bunny Wild World of Sports TV special (1989) * Baseball Bugs (1946, Freleng) * Carrotblanca (1995, McCarthy) * Hair Raising Hare (1946, Jones) * Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas (2003 [unreleased], Kopp/Shin) * Haredevil Hare (1948, Jones) Disc 2: * 8 Ball Bunny (1950, Jones) * Rabbit of Seville (1950, Jones) * Ain't I A Stinker (2010 mini-documentary) * Rabbit Fire (1951, Jones) * Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers (1992, Ford/Lennon) * Show Biz Bugs (1957, Freleng) * Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over (1980, Jones/Monroe) * Knighty Knight Bugs (1958, Freleng) * The Carnival of the Animals (1976, Jones/Klynn) * What's Opera Doc? (1957, Jones)
This is actually the release of the week that has me most excited, as I haven't seen it, but I'm one of those drunk on the notion of LOVE kind of guys. Anybody that knows me will tell ya so. Hell, like you people need me to tell you. I am one of those people that is in love with every experience of life. The pain we feel, the loss we ache from, the angsty withdrawl we get in the shadowy valley between loves… I'm sick in the head with love. Yoko is a similarly inflicted person, thank god. As a result – this is the film we'll be buying tonight – when we come back from the club, we'll cuddle up and watch – and we bet we'll love it. When has Tilda not delivered?
WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN: THE COMPLETE SERIES (Blu Ray)
I watched the first disc of this and really really liked it. When I get a shallow week of releases, I plan on finishing it. It kind of serves to catch me up with some of the X-Men lore that came since the point when I had a complete run from X-MEN 1 to whatever the issues were that came out around 1995. Once I started AICN, I dropped a lot of my dedicated passions. I sold a lot of my X-MEN collection to pay the bills during the early days of AICN. I've only recently been trying to recapture that collection. At some point I'll devour the last 15 years of X-MEN. I've heard I've missed some of the best.
A film that should have seen at least 2000 screens. That should have seen more than festival screens – but it seems a new strategy in the modern era – is to use the festival circuit to market and build awareness – then instead of financing a theatrical campaign, they release straight to DVD for all intents and purposes – and I suppose that's alright at some level, most people seem to experience films at home anyways. But what sticks in my craw is that this is an AUDIENCE FILM. Audiences become part of the movie – and the film creates a great energy. I am incredibly impressed by Tim Blake Nelson's direction in LEAVES OF GRASS – and man – all those names on the box art… From Ed Norton to Susan Sarandon to Keri Russell to Tim Blake Nelson and especially RICHARD DREYFUSS – who is AWESOME in the film. Don't miss seeing this movie. It is really killer!
If anybody ever makes a movie about Tim League – I hope Spike Jonze gets cast to play Tim League. He's the only man that could be Tim. I base a lot of that thought upon this movie and Spike Jonze's performance. Not that Tim is anything like this character – from what I hear, Spike is much closer personally… But everytime I watch THREE KINGS – I can't help thinking Tim League. This is a fantastic film. This is one of those great Hybrid films. Every critic worth their salt can list off 4 or 5 movies that all the main elements of this film come from… but I don't fucking care. I love it still. There's 2 very entertaining commentaries on this. One from the always polite pushover David O Russell… and his Producers on this film in a separate commentary. I found the difference entertaining. Along with all the additional scenes, behind the scenes, Russell's personal Video Journal, a real look at Ice Cube's process as an actor, TWILIGHT director Catherine Hardwicke – who is the Production designer on this – she has a Tour of the Iraqi Village set – and then the DP Newton Thomas Sigel has his own special feature. This is a great Blu Ray of a great film.
This is my pick for the most erotic film ever made. The best ADULT story told that is about love, sex, tragedy, joy – and mostly it is about Lucia and that island that that light house is on. I don't thing there's a more erotic romantic film that at one level plays like a fantasy – but also feels so genuinely human and fuck all hot. This film is beautiful. I've watched it with a number of girl friends and I've yet to find one that didn't love it. And every single guy I know – starts to drool a bit when they talk about the film – and begin wondering a bit about Latin women and the fire and passion. But seriously – this is my nomination for being one of the bests ever made in this field. Just brilliant. And arousing.
Doesn't it comfort you, that the citizens of Eternia know that Jesus Christ, our lord and savior died also for their sins… not just here on Earth, but there on Eternia too. In fact, one could say that this video is proof positive that Jesus Christ died to redeem Skeletor's soul. I really must pick up a Battlecat and superglue a santa hat to his head. This is genius. A must for the cool Christmas household!
For $52 you get all 10 of the Astaire and Rogers films. If you'd been holding off – this is what you were holding off for. The complete collection. Astaire & Rogers is what is best in life. Watching these films – it just. It is magic. And not because of GREEN MILE. It is magic because they don't move like humans. They float – there's a grace and a power that is entirely their own. Humans don't move like that. They're mutants, fairies, vampires – they just can't be real people – because I've watched real people for the entirety of my 38 years and I've never seen a single soul, much less two souls be so perfect together. When you can honestly smile like Fred Astaire – you've reached a higher level of being. It's a genuine smile, sometimes tired, but always genuinely happy that he can still smile. It is an earned and confident smile. He also is quite aware of just how awesome Astaire is. As for Ginger. Swoon. I love Ginger, and I love her in FOOTLIGHT PARADE in the next set. But she's best with Fred. And honestly he was best with her. Here's what you get – and you'll never regret it… All 10 Astaire & Rogers Movies Restored and Remastered. Extensive Special Features on Each Movie Plus Bonus Disc Documentary Profile: ASTAIRE AND ROGERS PARTNERS IN RHYTHM FLYING DOWN TO RIO • Comedy Short Beer and Pretzels with Ted Healy and His Stooges • Classic Cartoon I Like Mountain Music • Theatrical Trailer THE GAY DIVORCEE • 2 Musical Shorts: Show Kids and Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove • Classic Cartoon Shake Your Powder Puff • Audio-Only Bonus: Hollywood on the Air Radio Promo • Theatrical Trailer ROBERTA • Musical Short Starlit Days at the Lido • Classic Cartoon The Calico Dragon • Audio-Only Bonus: Hollywood on the Air Radio Promo • Theatrical Trailer TOP HAT • Commentary by Fred Astaire's Daughter Ava Astaire McKenzie and Film Historian Larry Billman • Featurette On Top: Inside the Success of Top Hat • Comedy Short Watch the Birdie with Bob Hope • Classic Cartoon Page Miss Glory • Theatrical Trailer FOLLOW THE FLEET • Featurette Follow the Fleet: The Origins of Those Dancing Feet • Musical Short Melody Master: Jimmie Lunceford and His Dance Orchestra • Classic Cartoon Let It Be Me • Theatrical Trailer SWING TIME • Commentary by John Mueller, Author of Astaire Dancing • Featurette The Swing of Things: Swing Time Step by Step • Musical Short Hotel a la Swing • Classic Cartoon Bingo Crosbyana • Theatrical Trailer SHALL WE DANCE • Commentary by Songwriter Hugh Martin and Pianist Kevin Cole • Featurette The Music of Shall We Dance • Musical Short Sheik to Sheik • Classic Cartoon Toy Town Hall CAREFREE • Musical Short Public Jitterbug No. 1 • Classic Cartoon September in the Rain THE STORY OF VERNON AND IRENE CASTLE • Musical Short Happily Buried • Classic Cartoon Puss Gets the Boot THE BARKLEYS OF BROADWAY • Featurette Reunited: Astaire and Rogers Together Again • The Passing Parade Short Annie Was a Wonder • Classic Droopy Cartoon Wags to Riches • Theatrical Trailer ON EACH MOVIE: • Subtitles: English, Français & Español (Main Feature. Bonus Material/Trailer May Not Be Subtitled).
Like the above set of Astaire & Rogers – this is just a repackaging of the two separate previously existing sets. And unlike the Fred & Ginger set – this is not a complete collection, just two of the collections. There's still missing Berkeley flicks – and I want them all. That said – these are most of the highlights. Life smiles when watching 42nd STREET, FOOTLIGHT PARADE, DAMES, GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, 1935, 1937… And the others are pretty snazzy to. My favorite of all the Busby films is FOOTLIGHT PARADE – if only because Cagney trumps all. And that fucking Shanghai Lil number is probably responsible for my instant love for Yoko. Seriously, she's my Shanghai Lil. And I knew it instantly because I saw it here. I really want all this on Blu Ray. Or on Netflix HD
I dearly love this film. This film disturbs the hell out of me. Fats is the single most disturbing ventriloquist doll ever created. And I think anyone that has ever seen MAGIC wonders if Anthony Hopkins is actually sane. Or is he just fooling us most of the time? This also made me forever adore Ann-Margret as a woman. My god she's beautiful in this film. One of the great curl up by a fire beauties. Then there's William Goldman's blessed script – and the brilliant Burgess Meredeth. This Blu-Ray looks fantastic. You see Hopkins' sweat all the better. I can't watch the film alone. It freaks me out.
Next week we'll look at the 3 Blu Ray release of APOCALYPSE NOW, PREDATORS, PSYCHO Blu, ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW Blu, season one of THE BIONIC WOMAN, AGORA, SEVEN SAMURAI Criterion Blu, MOULIN ROUGE! Blu, Ultimate Edition BluRay of HARRY POTTER AND THE PRISONER OF AZKABAN & GOBLET OF FIRE, WALLANDER, NIGHT OF THE DEMONS, ROMEO + JULIET Blu, Pee-Wee's Playhouse Complete Collection, The Psycho Legacy, VAMPIRE GIRL VS. FRANKENSTEIN GIRL (Blu Ray), GIALLO, THE STRING, and much more!
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Oct. 12, 2010, 8:11 a.m. CST
You know...
by fimano
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:13 a.m. CST
Train Your Dragon
by Razorsox
Gotta agree! This was marketed completely wrong. Fell in love with this movie and it has a great score. 2nd favorite movie of the year for me behind Book of Eli.
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:16 a.m. CST
Magic scared the crap out of me as a kid.
by vic twenty
That damn doll. I hate ventriloquists to this very day due to that movie. So it WAS good for me in the long run.
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:18 a.m. CST
Johnny Stocatto vs Tony Soprano
by vic twenty
Tony can hit the high notes Cassavetes can only dream of. Cool show, though.
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:25 a.m. CST
Even the Magic TV spot terrified me as a kid.
by tonagan
I would run out of the living room the moment it started. "ABRA CADABRA..."
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:26 a.m. CST
by Secretagentnumber6
Check on Harry, the pod people have invaded and are releasing the DVD column on time for the second time in two weeks if I am not mistaken. Pretty good week this week, I will have to pick up a few myself.
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:35 a.m. CST
I'm always amazed
by Shalako
at what a terrible writer Harry is. Truly awful.
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:42 a.m. CST
by John_McClanes_Vest
Thanks Harry. Never heard of it. Buying and cant wait already!
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:54 a.m. CST
Sex and Lucia: any tits?
by Daniel2010
Just wondering if we get any tits or fullfrontal nudity in general? I'm dying for a wank. :)
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:59 a.m. CST
Johnny Staccato
by linwalrd
Disappointed Netflix isn't carrying this set for rental. Would have loved to have checked it out
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:05 a.m. CST
by keitha159
Lots of nudity, frontal, tits, you name it. Definitely one of the hotter films out there. Wank- away!
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:13 a.m. CST
So if you watched The Dareejing 4 times in a row, how many times
by coconutgroves
"Most erotic film ever made" ? You ol pervert, you!
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:13 a.m. CST
Johnny Staccato..just the name and concept
by skimn
sounds like an SCTV skit (Bobby Bittman IS Johnny Staccato....Johneee StaCAHtoooe..). "So whadaya say Captain, he fell from the fifth story roof..I guess he's B Flat...no, but seriously.."
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:22 a.m. CST
Harry are you claiming it takes hours to write this?
by CarmillaVonDoom
You watched Darjeeling Limited FOUR TIMES while writing the column?!? Huh?
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:46 a.m. CST
by THE_CHOPPAH_STRIKES_BACK
CHOPPAH with another scoop!<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>CHOPPED
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:47 a.m. CST
Paz Vega is insanely hot but Sex and Lucia is god awful.
by HoboCode
What an overrated piece this movie is. I think people who think this movie is any good have had all the blood in their bodies rushing away from their heads to their loins. It is spank-worthy but if you are expecting anything other than a stultifyingly boring movie you will be disappointed.
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:55 a.m. CST
"It is tolerable"...
by Phloton
...always sends me running to be first in line at the box office, or choose 1-Click Ordering from Amazon.
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:59 a.m. CST
Johnny Staccato is great
by Beezbo
Saw the entire series when they showed it on some obscure cable channel I don't get any more a few years back. Nice short episodes, all of them cool.
Oct. 12, 2010, 10:04 a.m. CST
He-Man and She-Ra's mom is from Earth
by Tacom
as I remember. She was like an astronaut or something. That's why they celebrate X-mas in Eternia.
Oct. 12, 2010, 10:08 a.m. CST
What's the little Harry animation at the top of the scren from?
by Righteous Brother
I normally get them, but this one has me completely baffled.
Oct. 12, 2010, 10:10 a.m. CST
by skimn
You beat me to admitting it, but I haven't a clue either.
Oct. 12, 2010, 10:29 a.m. CST
Just to clear it up
by theheavy
Jesus was born on Christmas.
The little Harry animation is from Puppetmaster. It's the part where the couple gets all kinky and the creepy ass leech woman vomits leeches on the guy who's tied up in the bed. http://www.weirdwildrealm.com/filmimages/puppetmaster1-leech.jpg
Oct. 12, 2010, 10:34 a.m. CST
I've watched it with a number of girl friends...
by wolfman30
Somehow I don't believe it when Harry wrote this down. I'm just saying...
Oct. 12, 2010, 10:38 a.m. CST
Hello, kids, this is He Man
by Abominable Snowcone
and I'm here to tell you about a guy who was even manlier than I am. His name was Jesus, and he was nailed to a cross. That's right, Roman soldiers nailed him with railroad spikes and everything. And three days later, he CAME BACK TO LIFE! I am very powerful, but I have never been a zombie. So just you remember that, kids, when you give your mother a hard time about eating your vegetables. He-Man kneels only to Jesus Christ!
Oct. 12, 2010, 10:43 a.m. CST
He-Man and She-Ra Christmas special...
by HordePrime
Queen Marlena (He-Man's mother) is from Earth however, they don't celebrate Christmas on Eternia. Orko crashes on Earth and meets two kids who teach him about Christmas. Skeletor and Hordak are summoned by Horde Prime to bring the children to him and destroy Christmas. Naturally, Skeletor is touched by the spirit of Christmas and doesn't pull the trigger. It's more awesome than it sounds.
Oct. 12, 2010, 10:56 a.m. CST
Where the Wild Things Are vs. Johny Satacto
by ShavedLeatherPig
Which one do you think you overhyped more ?
Oct. 12, 2010, 11 a.m. CST
What's Opera Doc already makes this set better than
by jimbojones123
The previous Loony Tunes collection. It is THE essential Bugs Bunny short. Heck, it is THE essential Fudd short too.
Oct. 12, 2010, 11:06 a.m. CST
So let me get this straight...
by cinemixtape.com
You *literally* watched The Darjeeling Limited 4 times in a row? If so, there's nothing else anyone can ever say to insult you, Harry. You've done all the work for us.
Oct. 12, 2010, 11:24 a.m. CST
"I am one of those people..."
by skimn
"... that is in love with every experience of life."...including wasting 8 plus hours watching the same movie four times in a row. I don't care in its Citizen Kane..that's EIGHT hours watching ONE movie.
Oct. 12, 2010, 11:39 a.m. CST
Lost Boys 3
by Bouncy X
well it cant possibly be worse than Part 2 so i'll cross my fingers and wish. though i am curious about that "the coreys" moment Harry mentioned. since the original plan was to bring back Haim in an eventual Part 4, i wonder if that moment is their way of explaining his absence after the tease in Part 2.
Oct. 12, 2010, 11:40 a.m. CST
Harry's animation is from Puppet Masters
by Bouncy X
to whoever asked.
Oct. 12, 2010, 11:46 a.m. CST
Re: Puppetmaster
by skimn
Thanks guys.
Oct. 12, 2010, 11:51 a.m. CST
by LLcruize2
I had totally forgotten about that movie. Definitely going to pick that up.
Oct. 12, 2010, noon CST
Second-Best Ventroliquist Dummy Violence
by Aquatarkusman
"East Coast vs. West Coast Ventriloquist Wars" on Mr. Show
Oct. 12, 2010, 12:32 p.m. CST
by shiekybaby
That movie broke my mind all the way back in 1978. No shit. I saw a trailer for it on TV at the age of 4 and it scared the fuck out of me to my core. I was unable to have a ventriloquist dummy, or anything remotely resembling one, for the remainder of my childhood. I cant believe I am saying this, but I cant wait to get this now. I'm gonna go down to my basement all alone on Halloween night, in the dark...and put this on my home theatre. Me and Magic are finally gonna have it out this year.
Oct. 12, 2010, 1:42 p.m. CST
I was hoping their was some "Jonah Hex" director's cut
by The Reluctant Austinite
to explain what ended up on screen. At only about 73 minutes long, it feels like some evil producer cut the movie up with a pair of rusty scissors. Frigteningly, you could easily cut out the Meagan Fox character all together since she is only in around three scenes and doesn't do anything at all to forward the plot, leaving the movie with less than 60 minutes of runtime. It's a shame. Josh Brolin is pretty good as Hex; if only the rest of the movie could have stepped up to his level.
Oct. 12, 2010, 2:27 p.m. CST
by Sailor Rip
"Professor Murder, Kill or be Killed, what do you think of all this?" <p> "I don't know, I mean these mother fuckers got their dolls and shit." <p> And <p> "The east coast is the better of the two coasts. We don't like the west coast." <p> It really makes you see how stupid and childish the whole west coast/east coast thing is.
Oct. 12, 2010, 2:53 p.m. CST
I aint no professor pickles!
by MelGibsonsRacialTirade
Oct. 12, 2010, 3:40 p.m. CST
Seen a few eps of Johnny Staccato
by seppukudkurosawa
Fucking Stoked that it's finally on DVD. You can tell it inspired Cassavetes to make the movie Shadows.
Oct. 12, 2010, 3:44 p.m. CST
by THE_CHOPPAH_STRIKES_BACK
On Twitter: @iamchoppah
Oct. 12, 2010, 4:07 p.m. CST
David O Russell = Average and overrated.
by Knuckleduster
Flirting with Disaster was okay, but pretty mediocre. Three Kings was okay, but really nothing special. And I Heart Huckabees was okay, but more than anything it makes me want to watch a real Charlie Kaufman movie. I do not get the hype about this guy. <p> And yes, Johnny Staccato is very cool indeed.
Oct. 12, 2010, 4:29 p.m. CST
Magic made me terrified of Howdy Doody...
by StrokerX
and all other ventriliquist dolls. I used to have nightmares Howdy Doody was standing in my doorway just looking at me. Magic scared the piss out of me. I don't even think i watched the whole movie...just bits and pieces.
Oct. 12, 2010, 4:39 p.m. CST
Serious Three Kings Question
by VirginiaGent
When I saw "Three Kings", my first thought was, "Eh, 'Kelly's Heroes' did it better. For that matter, Sgt. Bilko did it better!". Then everyone went nuts saying how great "Three Kings" was. So what am I missing?
Oct. 12, 2010, 5:05 p.m. CST
Johnny Staccato ...
by Yer_Maw
... ran on Channel 4 in the UK about 20 years ago, I think I saw the whole run. Loved it. <p><br>I only ever got 1 episode taped. It had a Japanese/cod-martial arts theme Cassavetes' stunt double fought another stunt double who I'm pretty certain was Gene LeBell. All shot through a bamboo screen and at a distance so as we wouldn't know there were stuntmen involved, in a Star Trek stylee. Brilliant. Can't wait for the DVD.
Oct. 12, 2010, 7:46 p.m. CST
Sex and Lucia is as terrible as everyone is saying...
by LaneMyersClassic
except Harry. Truly bad piece of filmaking. How can you make Paz Vega un-erotic? This movie succeeded with flying colors! I felt embarrassed for everyone uninvolved.
Oct. 12, 2010, 7:58 p.m. CST
This week aint as good as last week.
by Oprah_Duke
Fuck who I offend!!
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:01 p.m. CST
I really can't believe...
by MandrakeRoot
...that Harry - or anyone for that matter - would watch The Darjeeling Limited four times in a row. Not that it's a bad movie, but still...four times??? I'm not sure if I've ever watched the same movie twice in a row let alone four. If a movie really warrants a second viewing, I'm at least gonna wait til the next day. I just can't fathom how someone could put that movie in watch it, replay it, and continue to do this two more times, just sitting there and watching one movie for 8 hours. And if I ever did watch a movie that many times, it would sure have to be a lot better then TDL Seriously Harry, we know your a major film geek, but that is just kinda sad.
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:23 p.m. CST
"Lost Boys: The Thirst" shockingly didn't suck!
by The Reluctant Austinite
I just watched "Lost Boys: The Thirst" with no expectations going in. "The Lost Boys" is a geek era favorite of mine that came along at just the right time in my life to stick with me forever, and just like most of you, I pretty much hated "Lost Boys: The Tribe." Now, this is still a direct-to-DVD budget affair, but it improves greatly on the first sequel where it counts: story and character. Wisely, Corey Feldman is moved to front and center this time, not playing second banana to new teen characters that nobody cares about, and he kind of rocks it. He knows this character and seems to be having a good time revisiting him. The addition of Jamison Newlander as Alan Frog is a nice touch and there are plenty of nostalgic references to the original film, including "Cry Little Sister." This film actually made me laugh a couple of times, cheer for the good guys once and even surprised me with a twist at the end which made a lot of sense. The jabs at "Twilight" were also welcome. Maybe most of all, I actually appreciated the fact that this film wraps up the story for the most part without leaving a gapping hole for another sequel. Perhaps it's not the great, theatrical "Lost Boys" sequel we'll never get, but it's a nice little Halloween treat for those that might still care.
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:42 p.m. CST
I believe Harry's "Coreys" moment
by The Reluctant Austinite
involves Batman issue #14 (a reference to the first film), and yes, it's a nice, touching moment, but I won't spoil it here.
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:43 p.m. CST
Sex and Lucia
by Smack_Teddy
Don't knock that movie. That movie got me laid. Twice infact come to think of it, if i remember correctly. I remember that being a good movie... I honestly have managed to seduce a woman without getting them horny by putting on Y Tu Mama or something but.. if THAT girl ever does finally walk into my life one day then 'Baise Moi' is going on straight away, as a litmus test of sorts before belting out Etta James. <p> Johhny Saccato sounds like lube, clock, towell, and alot of Jazz though.... my kind of thing, looking forward to it!
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:46 p.m. CST
The first episode of Johnny Stacatto
by seppukudkurosawa
is on Youtube, if anyone wants to see if it's their cup of noir.
Oct. 12, 2010, 8:55 p.m. CST
Darjeeling Limited
by Smack_Teddy
I dont know about four times in a row, but ive seen it back-to-back many times. Its a film for people who are completely in love with cinema, it does asked to be watched again. Whats wrong with that?
Oct. 12, 2010, 9 p.m. CST
Don't buy the Bugs Bunny DVD's
by Chesterfield Slacks
The new Essential collection is 16:9 hard cropped, and literally hides some of the 4:3 gags. WTF?
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:18 p.m. CST
Magic has a brilliant Jerry Goldsmith score
by Nasty In The Pasty
Who knew a harmonica could sound so sinister?
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:32 p.m. CST
76 Days
by Countdown_to_Vader
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:39 p.m. CST
skimn: SCTV
by lynchmob17
SCTV did a spoof of "Johnny Staccato" called "Vic Arpeggio: Private Investigator". It's pretty hilarious whether you've seen the original or not.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klb1-UeESRs
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:54 p.m. CST
Seriously - that animation - WTF is it?
by Bot-Bot
I'm baffled too - I know sometimes there are obscure references in the corner animations, but I usually get them. This one...enlighten me please.
Oct. 12, 2010, 9:54 p.m. CST
Richard Dreyfuss...
by Ageoffroyi
HATES Bill Murray.
Oct. 13, 2010, 3:40 a.m. CST
Have none of you 'film buffs' (ha) seen 'Dead of Night'.?
by workshed
'Magic' is just a drawn-out, poor relation of Michael Redgrave's segment. If you haven't seen the classic portmanteau then do it. Seek it out. It's truly (cough) magic.
Oct. 13, 2010, 3:50 a.m. CST
don't forget DEXTER'S LABORATORY
by 7-zark-7
.. previously only available on Region-1 DVD as a short-lived Columbia House subscription series; it's hard to believe this 15+ year-old modern classic is seeing a wide home video release in stores for the very first time.
Oct. 13, 2010, 3:51 a.m. CST
One more thing... "I have watched this yet"
by workshed
Harry, WTF!!! Are you a reviewer or nay..? If you can't be bothered to see the films you get sent for free why not let other long-time readers contribute to the DVD review column.? I'm sick of seeing you write that and then proceed to give an opinion; it makes you look so amateur and gives YOUR critics mucho ammo (which is sad because I know that anyone who likes Douglas Sirk has good taste). Why not just leave 'Johah Hex'/'I Am Love' out of the review altogether until you've had time to give an appraisal. Or is it ALL ABOUT THE FUCKING MONEY..?
Oct. 13, 2010, 3:52 a.m. CST
Sorry... "I haven't watched this yet"
by workshed
C'mon Harry, an edit button would bring AICN into the 21st Century.
Oct. 13, 2010, 4:29 a.m. CST
Utamoh its from the Puppet Master movie
by KilliK
check it out,its a good,horror flick.
Oct. 13, 2010, 7:35 a.m. CST
Harry watching a movie 4 times....
by shiekybaby
ok I do have to get one thing off my chest Harry. How can you constantly tell us how you were unable to review this movie or that movie, because of work, cons, lack of sleep, etc. But then turn around and tell us you watched a single movie....and an old movie at that.....4 times in a fucking row? You realize you could have watched 3 other movies....THREE...in that time span. We could have had additional reviews, details, something...anything. But all we found out was you spent about ten hours watching one fuckin movie. Get over yourself bro.....start taking this job seriously.
Oct. 13, 2010, 8:21 a.m. CST
by yodalovesyou
You can see the outline of Megan Fox's tit implants on the Jonah Hex cover. Talk about a botch job.
Oct. 13, 2010, 8:37 a.m. CST
"I...managed to seduce a woman without getting them horny"
by RosemarysBabyDaddy
I'm not sure, but I think that's called "rape".
Oct. 13, 2010, 9:16 a.m. CST
Gamera/Gamera 2 is out on Blu???
by Gojira_X
That's what Amazon says...
Oct. 13, 2010, 9:50 a.m. CST
"I'm not sure, but I think that's called "rape". "
by jim
Or simply indifference<p>"Uh, yeah, sure, what the hell, this movie's boring and maybe it'll kill like 10 minutes or so"
Oct. 13, 2010, 10:02 a.m. CST
I think when Harry says he watched a movie
by jim
4 times in a row it means he let it play 4 times while he puttered around the house doing stuff. He's not really watching, it's playing in the background and he catches a scene or two here and there. By the fourth playing he's probably seen all the scenes at least once. That I can understand. Otherwise, I can not fathom taking 6 to 8 hours to sit and watch the same movie four times when I could use that time to watch four different movies.
Oct. 13, 2010, 10:57 a.m. CST
by Smack_Teddy
...taken out of context, and without the last part to finish that sentance...yes it very well might be. Editing. It does wonders.
Oct. 13, 2010, 11:03 a.m. CST
the magician
by mynamesdan
really slow and long, but amazing use of lighting and tone. now i'm just off to disappear up my own arse
Oct. 13, 2010, 11:45 a.m. CST
Vic Arpeggio
by Caruso72
Much better Private eye than Johnny Staccato.
Oct. 13, 2010, 11:57 a.m. CST
Better than up someone elses arse
by Smack_Teddy
who you don't even know, thats for sure.
Oct. 13, 2010, 12:24 p.m. CST
"HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON" blu-ray = A+
by JDanielP
Not only is it great family entertainment, the disk is reference quality from what I'm reading/hearing. Can't wait for our family gathering to watch on the big screen, along with buckets of stove-popped popcorn. <P>Family movies of this quality make special moments, in life. THANK YOU, Dreamworks.
Oct. 13, 2010, 1:51 p.m. CST
Vic Arpeggio...OMG, no wonder I thought Johnny Staccato
by skimn
sounded like an SCTV skit..it was.
Oct. 13, 2010, 6:08 p.m. CST
If the intent was to sell Leaves of Grass as a
by The Cable Nazi
DVD, then why is the box art so fucking hideous?
Oct. 13, 2010, 6:29 p.m. CST
75 Days
by Countdown_to_Vader
Oct. 13, 2010, 7:37 p.m. CST
"Ladies and Gentlemen, The Rolling Stones"
by Chaztastic
The DVD and Blu-ray of this rarely seen Stones live film has been remastered and is out now. Best Buy has the DVD for only 7.99 and the Blu-ray for only 9.99! Don't know how Harry missed this?
Oct. 13, 2010, 9:54 p.m. CST
went to a friends house once -
by frank cotton
about 5pm on a weekday, the day after PREDATOR 2 hit video. he'd rented it the night before, and he was just starting it from the beginning when i got there. his girlfriend told me it was the 8th time they'd watched it
Oct. 14, 2010, 7:18 a.m. CST
the 8th time?
by shiekybaby
only one explanation, they were completely stoned.
Oct. 14, 2010, 10:44 a.m. CST
Harry, I'm looking forward to your blu-ray review of ALIENS
by JDanielP
Reviews coming in are saying, along with James Cameron himself, that the blu-ray looks even better than the original theatrical release!!! Cameron IS the MAN!!!
Oct. 15, 2010, 2:32 p.m. CST
by Shalako
just announced The Naked Kiss, Shock Corridor and Army of Shadows for blu-ray release in January. Sucka yeah.
Oct. 15, 2010, 6:50 p.m. CST
8 Diagram Pole Fighter...
by samuraiyao
I guess Harry missed this one, came out this week and a treasure of a film!!
Oct. 16, 2010, 7:09 a.m. CST
Jonah Hex is gloriously bad!
by The_Motorcycle_Boy
Probably the most enjoyable comedy that I've seen all year. It was as though they just made it up as they went along. The film just throws you in with a random scene and then, realising that they forgot to film a bunch of scenes, it has an animated scene to fill in some exposition. <p> There's this bizarre fight scene with Malkovich on this weird Mars looking landscape that intermittently pops us throughout. And, my favourite, Megan Fox as a hooker who can write calligraphy! <p> Honestly, I'm not one to champion crap films, but I had a Jokerised grin on my face for this one! It's a brisk 70 minutes as well.
Oct. 16, 2010, 6:09 p.m. CST
I Have Not Watched a Blu-Ray
by Autodidact
In two months....
Oct. 16, 2010, 6:21 p.m. CST
Last Movie I Watched Twice in a Row..
by Autodidact
Knocked Up. Can hardly think of another one. Have watched the same movie two days in a row lotsa times though.
Oct. 16, 2010, 11:49 p.m. CST
by frank cotton
Oct. 17, 2010, 6:38 p.m. CST
MAGIC is an absorbing movie
by Redmond
Unfairly sold as a horror movie, when it's really a psychological movie about a guy having a mental breakdown. It's not great. The plot is very derivative of the DEAD OF NIGHT episode, but it's well made and acted by Hopkins and Meredith.
Oct. 17, 2010, 10:43 p.m. CST
Arn is great! Has the girl with the dragon tattoo guy.
by antonphd
and a bunch of other actors i recognize and really like.
Oct. 17, 2010, 10:43 p.m. CST
Arn is great! Has the girl with the dragon tattoo guy.
by antonphd
and a bunch of other actors i recognize and really like.
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i haven't played minecraft in a couple months but last night and tonight i was in the mood to build a bit so i started on a shire like town and made a Hermits grotto. The last image is a map of my world, the red circle is where the grotto is located, the shire like town would be in that foresty bit in the lower right hand corner.
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When re-blogging becomes slacktivism: thoughts and solutions
Tumblr is a great resource to build awareness, find community and promote your projects. However, one thing that troubles us is a new form of "slacktivism" unique to Tumblr, but also present in variations on other social platforms: Someone will post a call for support (access to a resource, assistance with fundraising, information about a topic, etc.) and many people - sometimes hundreds - will re-blog that call … but won't do anything else. They read the headline and want to support, so they re-blog … but don't do anything else.
This is problematic.
If you truly want to help an individual, project or movement that you find through Tumblr, you need to do more than re-blog.
Read the call for support, not just the headline. See how you can tangibly help out. It will take more than two seconds to do this - it might take five minutes, or an hour (between your other tasks). That's OK. Being part of a community and supporting something means contributing in ways that make sense for you.
Re-blogging - on its own - does not provide solutions. If everyone just re-blogged calls for support, nothing would change. Many grass root movements such as ours work on a shoestring budget and utilize as many free ways as possible to build community, as well as to access resources.
Don't just re-blog. Pause. Consider options. Connect the dots. See if there is anyone in your network who can help if you don't think you can. Make suggestions. Do email intros. Reach out. This is all within your power.
Don't just re-blog. Don't just "love." These are nice gestures but to make real change, we need more than gestures. Re-think how you view your own personal power and then put that power to work to support communities and endeavors your care about.
You can be a "real" activist online. People who say that the only activism that counts is IRL are sorely mistaken. But in order to be a real change agent and to transform your world and the lives of others, you have to do more than re-blog.
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Alliance Theatre chief Susan Booth is back from summer vacation (at Club Med!) and talking about the theater's finances, losing two members of her leadership team, and the world premiere of "Come Fly With Me," a Twyla Tharp dance show set to the songs of Frank Sinatra. Previews begin Sept 15.
On her Vacation: Booth and husband Max Leventhal, the Alliance's general manager, and daughter Moira, 5, chilled at a Club Med in Florida, near West Palm Beach. "We haven't had a vacation, the three of us, in like forever. It was heaven."
On staff attrition: Associate Artistic director Kent Gash left in March to take a job leading a new musical-theater program at New York University. Earlier this month, managing director Tom Pechar was let go as part of administrative restructuring and belt-tightening. Neither position is being filled, at least in the near future.
"It is a really difficult landscape," Booth said.
She called Gash's opportunity in New York so "perfect and logical." "Do I miss his presence? Absolutely." But her artistic staff helps: "They're really smart, really lippy."
Regarding Pechar's dismissal, she said, "We are by necessity figuring out every place we can operate more leanly, more strategically."
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On "Come Fly With Me": Booth called choreographer-director Twyla Tharp (above, with vocalist Dee Daniels at a Decmeber workshop, photo courtesy Gene Carl Feldman) "kind of a rock star. She created a new art form with 'Movin Out' [the Billy Joel musical], and now she's doing it with as iconic a singer as there is, and doing it with us.
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Trade Liberalisation and factor Price Convergence
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Length: 22 pages
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Related researchKeywords: TRADE LIBERALIZATION; PRICES;
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- Falvey, Rod, 1999. "Trade liberalization and factor price convergence," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 49(1), pages 195-210, October.
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- Falvey, Rodney E & Gemmell, Norman, 1996. "A Formalisation and Test of the Factor Productivity Explanation of International Differences in Service Prices," International Economic Review, Department of Economics, University of Pennsylvania and Osaka University Institute of Social and Economic Research Association, vol. 37(1), pages 85-102, February.
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"Factor Trade and Goods Trade,"
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"Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Factor Price Equalization,"
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Wiley Blackwell, vol. 60(2), pages 413-34, April.
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- Ethier, Wilfred J., 1984. "Higher dimensional issues in trade theory," Handbook of International Economics, in: R. W. Jones & P. B. Kenen (ed.), Handbook of International Economics, edition 1, volume 1, chapter 3, pages 131-184 Elsevier.
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"Trade in Goods and Factors with International Differences in Technology,"
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1101, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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- Gary Burtless, 1995. "International Trade and the Rise in Earnings Inequality," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 33(2), pages 800-816, June.
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"The Possibility of Factor Price Equalization, Revisited,"
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- Falvey, Rod & Kreickemeier, Udo, 2005. "Globalisation and factor returns in competitive markets," Journal of International Economics, Elsevier, vol. 66(1), pages 233-248, May.
- Ngo Van Long & Raymond Riezman & Antoine Soubeyran, 2007.
"Trade, Wage Gaps, and Specific Human Capital Accumulation,"
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Wiley Blackwell, vol. 15(1), pages 75-92, 02.
- Ngo Van Long & Raymond Riezman & Antoine Soubeyran, 2003. "Trade, Wage Gaps, and Specific Human Capital Accumulation," CESifo Working Paper Series 911, CESifo Group Munich.
- Rod Tyers & Yongzheng Yang, 1997. "Trade with Asia and skill upgrading: Effects on labor markets in the older industrial countries," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer, vol. 133(3), pages 383-418, September.
- L. Alan Winters & Neil McCulloch & Andrew McKay, 2004. "Trade Liberalization and Poverty: The Evidence So Far," Journal of Economic Literature, American Economic Association, vol. 42(1), pages 72-115, March.
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Modelling Italian potential output and the output gap
AbstractThe aim of the paper is to estimate a reliable quarterly time-series of potential output for the Italian economy, exploiting four alternative approaches: a Bayesian unobserved component method, a univariate time-varying autoregressive model, a production function approach and a structural VAR. Based on a wide range of evaluation criteria, all methods generate output gaps that accurately describe the Italian business cycle over the past three decades. All output gap measures are subject to non-negligible revisions when new data become available. Nonetheless they still prove to be informative about the current cyclical phase and, unlike the evidence reported in most of the literature, helpful at predicting inflation compared with simple benchmarks. We assess also the performance of output gap estimates obtained by combining the four original indicators, using either equal weights or Bayesian averaging, showing that the resulting measures (i) are less sensitive to revisions; (ii) are at least as good as the originals at tracking business cycle fluctuations; (iii) are more accurate as inflation predictors.
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- Michele Caivano & Lisa Rodano & Stefano Siviero, 2010. "The transmission of the global financial crisis to the Italian economy. A counterfactual analysis, 2008-2010," Questioni di Economia e Finanza (Occasional Papers) 64, Bank of Italy, Economic Research and International Relations Area.
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The ride Isabel Medina was waiting for never arrived.
She and her husband, Felipe, both live in the United States illegally they came from Mexico in 1996 and one night eight years ago Isabel was in the hospital, waiting for Felipe to pick her up. He didnt show. She eventually made her way home to find that Felipe had been pulled over for a traffic violation. The car was impounded, the couple had to pay $1,500, and they never got the car back.
However painful, the incident has not prevented them from once more taking to the roads.
After that, even though we are scared to drive without a drivers license, we still drive because it is a necessity, said Medina, who lives in East Los Angeles. We have to drive to get to school and work.
Soon, they could do so legally. After a decade of failed attempts, California appears poised to join the small but growing number of states that offer drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants.
Assuming Gov. Jerry Brown signs legislation on his desk, as he has said he would, California will move down a regulatory road to determine what, exactly, drivers licenses for undocumented immigrants look like. It is a question that fueled skepticism around the legislation, Assembly Bill 60, compelling the bills author to briefly pull the measure as the 2013 session dwindled to its final hours.
Central to those concerns was how blatantly the licenses would identify their carriers as being here illegally. Stringent new federal requirements, adopted in 2005 in response to the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, require applicants for government-issued IDs to submit information, like a Social Security number and evidence of lawful status, that undocumented immigrants by definition lack.
So the immigrant licenses must bear markings distinguishing it from full licenses and a disclaimer that the card cannot be used for federal purposes a troubling proposition to critics. By allowing immigrants to drive legally, skeptics asked, are we opening them to exposure and, potentially, deportation?
It really sort of put a target on immigrants because if the entire discretion for what the marks were was to be left up to the DMV at the behest of the administration, and you had an anti-immigrant Pete Wilson type in office, theres nothing to prevent them from putting a big red immigrant across the license, said Steve Smith, a spokesman for the California Labor Federation.
Ultimately, Assemblyman Luis Alejo, D-Watsonville, managed to allay those concerns with amendments prohibiting discrimination and suggesting what the licenses might look like they would be very discreet, Alejo said. The opposed groups dropped their resistance.
The concerns that I heard were the activist leaders who were concerned this is some kind of labeling of a class of folks, some imprint, said Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez, D-San Diego, who voted for the bill. I got those calls, she added, but it was the calls from people who have desperately wanted a license for the last 17 years that weighed heavier.
Asked about the new licenses potentially flagging her as undocumented, Medina sounded unfazed. She hopes Brown will sign a separate bill, known informally as the Trust Act, designed to limit deportations stemming from minor violations like traffic infractions. She also has been volunteering with an immigrant rights organization, the Coalition of Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles, and has acquired a new perspective.
What I really think is that its not time to be afraid, Medina said. If you know your rights, she added, you will be safe and have your family together here in the United States.
Next steps
The Legislature has concluded its work; once Brown signs the bill, the agencies take over.
First, the Department of Motor Vehicles would collect input on what the licenses would look like and come up with a prototype. They would then submit the design to the federal Department of Homeland Security to ensure the licenses comply with federal rules.
Proponents of the bill project confidence that, in its final form, the legislation bars the DMV from crafting the type of scarlet-letter licenses immigrant advocates fear.
The cards would need to bear language stipulating that they cant be used for federal purposes, to seek employment, to obtain public assistance or to register to vote. The bill also says the cards front must display a recognizable feature and suggests something subtle, such as the letters DP (for driving privilege) rather than DL preceding the license number.
Marva Diaz, a spokeswoman for Alejo, acknowledged that the bills provisions about how the licenses will look are really just guidelines, with the ultimate authority resting with the DMV. But Alejo said he is confident about the final project given the time his office office had put in working with the DMV.
Unless they totally do the opposite of the commitment I got from them, its going to comply with the intent of what we put into the bill, Alejo said.
The agency also must determine the documents applicants can use to prove California residency. The bill lists utility bills and leases as possible pieces of evidence.
Then there is the question of logistics in particular, whether the California Department of Motor Vehicles is equipped to handle a surge in new applications. An analysis of the legislation by the Senate Appropriations Committee estimated that some 1.4 million immigrants could put in for the new licenses, at a cost of $140 million to $220 million over three years.
Browns office declined to discuss specifics, saying to do so would be premature.
In the final analysis, the bill drew few official detractors. While most Republicans voted against it, the California State Sheriffs Association took no formal position and the California Police Chiefs Association lent its support.
Brown, who had rejected the idea while running for governor in 2010, pivoted to a support position after criticizing the lack of action on immigration reform in Congress. That reflected other states taking matters into their own hands: When Colorado passed a similar law earlier this year, Democratic governor John Hickenlooper also said a federal lag motivated his signature.
To proponents, that reflects the common-sense, public safety-oriented logic that brought both law enforcement and the insurance industry on board: Undocumented immigrants are already driving, particularly farm workers who live in rural areas where public transportation is effectively nonexistent, so it makes sense to bring them into a formal system.
Its axiomatic that highway safety is enhanced if everybody is licensed, they have to pass a driving proficiency test and theyre insured, said John Lovell, a lobbyist for the California Police Chiefs Association.
Trouble in other states
On the subject of law and order, New Mexico Republicans have a different set of concerns.
One of several Western states with a booming Latino population, New Mexico has offered licenses to undocumented immigrants since 2003. The state acted before federal restrictions took effect, and issues full licenses rather than immigrant-specific cards of the kind California has approved.
Gov. Susana Martinez, a Republican, has fought vigorously for a repeal and campaigned on a vow to eliminate the law, saying the measure encourages non-residents to travel to New Mexico in search of licenses.
Demesia Padilla, secretary of the states Taxation and Revenue Department, said fraud rings offering to sell counterfeit documents have flourished, overburdening the New Mexico Motor Vehicle Division and straining the states capacity for fraud enforcement.
What we have seen is just a criminal element that has arose around this law, Padilla said.
Washington faced a similar issue. The state has never distinguished legal residents from immigrants in giving out drivers licenses and passed a bill barring the use of state funds to comply with the federal identification law.
In recent years, officials at the states Department of Licensing noticed an influx of out-of-state immigrants trying to secure licenses, in some cases with the aid of handlers who accepted payment to help people present themselves as Washington residents. In response, the Department of Licensing tightened its rules around proving residency.
The DMVs authority to craft new regulations around the application process, coupled with the possibility of follow-up legislation, should safeguard against the law being exploited, Alejo said. He added that his office researched the experience of other states when drafting the California bill and incorporated what they learned.
I think what we passed, Alejo said, is the best bill out of all of those that have been enacted across the country.
Call Jeremy B. White, Bee Capitol Bureau, (916) 326-5543.