NFB Friday #3 - 21-87
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Published: September 26, 2024 14:13
21-87, 1964 OK, I was planning on posting something like The Cat Came Back or The Snit. You know, the kind of NFB short that shows up on every VHS and DVD compilation and that most people recognise. However, I was introduced to the live…
NFB Friday #2 - Pas De Deux
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Published: September 20, 2024 14:50
Pas De Deux, 1968 CW: Strobing visuals, intense and repetitive audio You know, The National Film Board of Canada is renowned for entertaining shorts, the kind of thing that's fun to watch no matter your age. Light, universal entertainment. Of course,…
This is a test
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Published: September 18, 2024 15:23
With Cohost shuttering soon, I suppose it's time to finally start creating a proper blog for longer form writing. I enjoyed writing stuff on sites like Mastodon and such, but slowly over the past number of years, I realised I was writing as a reaction…
NFB Friday #1 - Begone Dull Care
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Published: September 17, 2024 02:44
Begone Dull Care, 1949 There was a time when I considered the animated shorts of The National Film Board Of Canada to just be minor entertainment. I watched them a lot as a child but I never really considered them to be any kind of…