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Category Archives: Autobiographical

Beowulf in Lego: Clip of the Day

November 15, 2007 – 3:45 pm

A young boy teaches Robert Zemeckis the true meaning of animation.

By Kevin Buist | Also posted in Clip of the Day | Comments (0)

Ultimate Blogger: World’s First Web Reality Show?

October 16, 2007 – 1:28 pm

Kevin offers an insider’s look at UrbanHonking’s “Internet Cage Match,” ULTIMATE BLOGGER 3.

By Kevin Buist | Also posted in Awards, Community, Culture/art, Innovation, Technology & Web | Comments (2)

What we want

October 16, 2006 – 12:13 pm

More than perhaps anything, we long for shared experiences.

By Kristin | Also posted in Community, Everyday life | Comments (0)

Entertainment guilt

July 14, 2006 – 9:25 pm

Feeling guilty about which films we do and don’t watch is apprently prevelant enough to deserve its own term: “Netflix guilt.” How sad is that?

By Kristin | Also posted in Culture/art, Editorial, Everyday life | Comments (2)

Treasure in the basement

June 20, 2006 – 12:31 pm

What’s a huge collection of old 16mm films worth? What should be done with them? And what are the odds of finding gold on the beach or a Van Gogh in the attic?

By Paul Moore | Also posted in Community, Culture/art | Comments (2)

Infinite Choice Leads to Oz

November 22, 2005 – 4:43 pm

There are some stories I never tire of. Stories told through books, stage or film that I go back to over and over. Now that I’m performing in the stage version of The Wizard of Oz for 26 performances, I’ve been thinking about why I don’t seem to mind this particular repetition. In fact, the [...]

By left_blank | Also posted in Spout.com | Comments Off

Why Watch?

November 21, 2005 – 4:01 pm

All of the dialogue around Kristin’s post, Why Write?, has gotten me thinking.
I’m at the point in my life when two whole hours back to back is far more rare than it used to be. My baby girl has created a bottle neck in my film watching queue. I have so many films passing through [...]

By Paul Moore | Also posted in Everyday life | Comments (1)

Why Write?

November 15, 2005 – 3:16 pm

(The following is a story from Kristin, she’s a friend of Spout. I heard this story and thought she put into words something I’ve been trying to put my finger on for some time now. I asked her to share it on the SpoutBlog.)
One of the most common complaints people have when films “don’t quite [...]

By Paul Moore | Also posted in Culture/art, Everyday life | Comments (8)

An homage to THE SOUND OF MUSIC at 40

November 15, 2005 – 12:01 am

(Joy is the newest member of Spout and, currently, in the evenings she performs in the stage version of THE WIZARD OF OZ)
Growing up in a more stage-focused than film-focused family, I saw The Sound of Music on stage for the first time at age five. By all accounts, it made me crazy. I went [...]

By left_blank | Also posted in Everyday life | Comments (2)

My Front Porch

November 1, 2005 – 9:43 am

Yesterday was Halloween. A day when it is acceptable to have perfect strangers knock on your door and ask for candy. I love it. My wife and I had so much fun handing out candy last year, we decided to take the experience one step further and move to the front porch. We set up [...]

By Paul Moore | Also posted in Community, Everyday life, Spout.com | Comments (4)