coldcrashpicturesNo where is it writ that every single adaptation of The Lost World *HAS* to bend over backwards to reinforce a whole heap of racist colonial stereotypes. It's just that most of them tend to do exactly that.
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Saurian Cinema: Colonialism & The Lost Worldcoldcrashpictures2020-12-29 | No where is it writ that every single adaptation of The Lost World *HAS* to bend over backwards to reinforce a whole heap of racist colonial stereotypes. It's just that most of them tend to do exactly that.
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NOTE: YouTube blocked 33 previous versions of this video, due to the (fair) use of copyrighted content. I had to make 34 alterations to the video before it finally went through. As such, a lot of the footage in this video is not presented within my preferred timing/arrangement. Hopefully, you won't notice, but it bothers me enough to mention it here. Oh, well. If you want to see "my" preferred versions of all my videos going forward, feel free to subscribe to my Patreon.The Thing (Musical Number)coldcrashpictures2023-04-21 | "Norwegians? Swedes? Or Some Secret Third Thing!"
Music & Back-Up Vocals by Conrad Chambers @movieoubliette Lead Vocals & Lyrics by Serge Bodnarchuk @coldcrashpicsRanking Every Adaptation of The Thingcoldcrashpictures2023-04-21 | Yeah, yeah, yeah—John Carpenter's The Thing (1982) is great. No argument there. But how do the dozen-or-so sequels, prequels, re-tellings, and spin-offs compare? Has it been made into a musical yet???
Be sure to check out my Patreon in order to catch future streams: Patreon: patreon.com/coldcrashpicturesSpitballing the Future of Cinemacoldcrashpictures2022-10-03 | Because... what else are we gonna do???
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Special Thanks to my Patreon Producers! Allan Duncan, Birgit Matuolis, Christina Samurkas, Connor Steel, Conrad, Daniel Alfaro Sibaja, David Gill, Emma Wright, Jason Alexander Herrera, Javier Burgos, jugine, Laura B, Lisa Yuan, Loki, Mandy Seymour, Max Baker, Meg DiPaolo, Paul Hocker, Platypus_God, S1m0ne, Sam M, The Bog Queen, Uneducated & Enthused
Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLOSharknado (But Good) Fan-Trailercoldcrashpictures2021-07-18 | The original inspiration for this video was Item no. 318 on the 2015 UChicago Scav Hunt List: http://scavhunt.uchicago.edu/lists/list2015_final.pdf
Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLOSaurian Cinema: Learning from Bad Dinosaur Filmscoldcrashpictures2021-06-27 | Episode 3 of my ongoing "Saurian Cinema" series, in which we take a look at a bunch of "bad" dinosaur films and see if we can learn anything from them. This is definitely either the weirdest video I've ever made or, it's *holotypically* on brand.
Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLOcoldcrashpictures Live Streamcoldcrashpictures2021-05-22 | ...Top 10 Favorite Films of 2020coldcrashpictures2021-04-18 | Against all odds... 2020 managed to give us a whole heap of wonderful films to enjoy—just so long as you're subscribed to all the right streaming-services!
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Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLOThe 2020 Dumpster Fire Watchlistcoldcrashpictures2021-03-01 | 2020 was a hell of a year. We may not have had our health, or our loved ones, or material support from our duly-elected representatives... but dammit if we didn't have some great films to re-watch!
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Special Thanks to my Patreon Producers: Allan Duncan, Austin Shuman, Daniel Alfaro Sibaja, David Gill, Jack Jacobs, Jason Alexander Herrera, Jason Blodgett, Javier Burgos, jugine, Laura B, oz plays piano, Sam M, Sunil, Uneducated & Confused
Special Thanks to my Patreon Producers: Allan Duncan, Austin Shuman, Aziz Twaijri, Daniel Alfaro Sibaja, David Gill, Jack Jacobs, Jason Alexander Herrera, Jason Blodgett, Javier Burgos, Jeff Cramer, Jugine, Laura B, Sam M, Sunil
Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLOPatreon AMA Part IIcoldcrashpictures2020-07-23 | My external mic had a bad hiccup while I was filming and the audio turned out to be completely unusable, so I decided to use the in-camera audio, which suffers from horrible reverb but preserves the wholesome spontaneity of my answers!
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Resilience Rape Crisis Website: ourresilience.orgDoes The Prestige Duplication Machine Actually Duplicate Anything?coldcrashpictures2020-04-12 | Oh, boy... a film school grad has a fan-theory about a Chris Nolan film!
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Twitter: twitter.com/coldcrashpics Instagram: instagram.com/coldcrashpictures Patreon: patreon.com/coldcrashpictures Tumblr: http://coldcrashpictures.tumblr.com Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLOReviewing the Review-Proof Godzilla Showa Collectioncoldcrashpictures2020-02-10 | In trying to make a video about the first 15 films of the Godzilla series that both die-hard fans and the completely uninitiated can both watch, I thought I'd try and pinpoint the creative motivation behind each entry—the unique ways in which each film distinguishes itself within the larger framework of the series. Because even if they're not all great (that's for each individual viewer to decide), they're all certainly very *interesting!*
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A1: Godzilla (1954) B1: Godzilla Raids Again (1955) C1: King Kong vs. Godzilla (1962) A2: Mothra vs. Godzilla (1964) B2: Ghidorah, the Three-Headed Monster (1964) C2: Invasion of Astro-Monster (1965) A3: Ebirah, Horror of the Deep (1966) B3: Son of Godzilla (1967) C3: Destroy All Monsters (1968) A4: All Monsters Attack (1969) B4: Godzilla vs. Hedorah (1971) C4: Godzilla vs. Gigan (1972) A5: Godzilla vs. Megalon (1973) B5: Godzilla vs. Mechagodzilla (1974) C5: Terror of Mechagodzilla (1975)
Special thanks to my Patreon Producers: Richard Ashmore, Romenia Snowden, Sunil, and Raul Villalobos!What Even Is Masculinity? (According to Cinema)coldcrashpictures2019-12-01 | In which I make a good-faith attempt to explain my views on gender to a presumed anti-feminist audience. With special guest appearances by my all-time favorite actor!
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This is the first video I ever made with a bona fide bibliography. If you want to read more about the Alien series, I’d recommend the Alien Resurrection novelization by AC Crispin, and “Beautiful Monsters” by David McIntee—who really isn’t as bad a scholar as this video might make him sound. McIntee is a trivia-hound—just like me—and his production-narratives for all four films make for some really interesting reads.
There’s also Roz Kaveney’s anthology of essays, “From Alien to The Matrix,” which presents some really interesting interpretations of the Alien series, even if I don’t agree with every one of them. In fact, the first several drafts of this video wound up referencing a *lot* more of her writing—back when the video was going to open with like a ten-minute analysis of the series as a whole. If you ever happen to see Kaveney, please don’t show her this video—I want her to like me.
I’d also recommend “Framing Monsters: Fantasy Film and Social Alienation” by Joshua David Bellin, who pushes the Aliens-as-Reagan-era-propaganda theory even harder than Amy Taubin. See... whether you agree with that interpretation or not, it certainly makes for an interesting read.
And, finally, special thanks goes out to tumblr user nancykerrigan, who sent me a really cool essay by Elizabeth Hills called “From ‘figurative males’ to action heroines: further thoughts on active women in the cinema,” which, like so much else in this video, wound up getting cut, either because it ran too long or it didn’t tie directly into Alien Resurrection.
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Even as this video was uploading, I was already wanting to go back and clarify/amend some of my comments. Like how I say the Oscars are just "pageantry and politics." Well, yeah, but... politics are important! And fascinating! Even in Hollywood! All I meant by that statement is that the Oscars have no bearing on the artistic value of any given film. Anyhoot. In the end, I decided if I really wanted to go back and clarify every single statement that I had the urge to clarify, I should just sit down and script all my responses, but then that kinda defeats the purpose of a spontaneous Q&A, so in the end, I decided to simply speak, upload... and let the dialogue commence!
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Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLOShould we Still be Watching Gone with the Wind? Part 2coldcrashpictures2019-07-23 | 'Gone with the Wind' is considered an unmitigated masterpiece by millions of film-fans all over the world. But a lot of people also say it's racist. In this video series, we're going to take a look at the history of the Confederacy, and how the film presents the Confederacy to its audience, in order to try and come up with an answer to the question: should we still be watching 'Gone with the Wind?'
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Here's a link to the VOX video "How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump," which makes a brief appearance at the end of the video: youtube.com/watch?v=s8VOM8ET1WU&t=313s
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Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLOShould we Still be Watching Gone with the Wind? Part 1coldcrashpictures2019-06-16 | 'Gone with the Wind' is considered an unmitigated masterpiece by millions of film-fans all over the world. But a lot of people also say it's racist. In this video series, we're going to take a look at the history of the Confederacy, and how the film presents the Confederacy to its audience, in order to try and come up with an answer to the question: should we still be watching 'Gone with the Wind?'
Script Consultant: The Eponanonymous JP
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Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLORise & Grind Film Culture: A Rantcoldcrashpictures2019-04-15 | I like to think I'm not known for "rants." But I threw up a poll on Twitter and people said they wanted to hear one, so this is what I made. I like to think this video isn't criticizing any individual *people* so much as individual *ideas* that might get repeated by certain people at various times. Anyhoot. Wow. My "rants" are so apologetic!
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Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLORun by Gnarls Barkley ft. Mission Impossiblecoldcrashpictures2019-03-10 | This project started life as a music video for "Run" by Gnarls Barkley, featuring footage of people running from all my favorite movies. Then I realized... I really only needed footage of Tom Cruise. THEN I realized... I really only needed the "Mission Impossible" franchise....Top 10 Favorite Films of 2018coldcrashpictures2019-02-18 | Sometimes, a year of film is so fun & exciting that it almost feels disingenuous to try and rank them. I did my best with 2018, but ultimately, you can't go wrong with any of the films on this list -- or even several that didn't quite get a shout-out!
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Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLO20 Films That Helped Me Through My 20scoldcrashpictures2019-01-28 | I just recently turned 30… and I guess it’s got me more than a little ponderous. This is probably the closest thing to a “draw my life” video I’ll ever make. It’s not meant to provide a *complete* record of the last decade of my life—I’m just going to be using my life as a reference-point for the films I’m gonna talk about—instead of what’s usually the other way around. There won’t be a lot of film analysis in this video… but there WILL be a lot of honesty. If for nothing else… I hope it makes you feel something.
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The Full List: Cool Runnings (1993) Gattaca (1997) Nightcrawler (2014) Magic Mike (2012) Bicycle Thieves (1948) Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) Pacific Rim (2013) Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) Serenity (2005) Network (1976) Second Service (2017) The Martian (2015) Cast Away (2000) Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017) The Birdcage (1996) It Happened One Night (1934) Brooklyn (2015) Up in the Air (2009) Before Sunset (2004)
Amazon wishlist: amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/2R54ZO5M65RLOTop 10 Favorite Films of 2013 (RE-UPLOAD)coldcrashpictures2019-01-11 | This video was originally uploaded on Feb 23, 2014. I took it down after I realized one of the songs I used as a punchline was sung by disgraced pedophile R. Kelly. I've taken out the offending song and replaced it with something that doesn't make me so wildly uncomfortable.
This video is quite the time-capsule! Five years ago, I knew next to nothing about lighting, editing, focusing the camera, or how to source clips from anything other than YouTube. It's a wonder so many of you have stuck with me for so long! I almost have it in mind to remake the entire video from scratch, but... alas... time probably won't allow it.Candyman: Breaking all the Rules of Horrorcoldcrashpictures2018-11-01 | There's so much to talk about with "Candyman." I consider this video a mere introductory course -- basically just bringing up topics for future discussion. My favorite points-of-interest include the structure of the narrative itself (as it relates to GRUESOME KILLS), the implicit commentary about race & class in America, and the unique mixture of emotions it invokes -- all of which help it to stand head-and-shoulders above most other horror-films.
Special thanks to my Patreon Producer: Josh Frye!Best of the Jaws Rip Offscoldcrashpictures2018-08-26 | When "Jaws" broke box office records in the summer of 1975, the market was suddenly flooded with similar "Natural Horror" films -- everything from vengeful orcas to giant mutant bears savaged the silver screens of the late 70s & early 80s. I'm here to crown a winner... if I can only manage to track down copies of them all!
The Cold Crash Pictures logo is courtesy of geeksigner.com!Top 5 Favorite Feminist Film Tropescoldcrashpictures2018-07-11 | Sexist tropes tend to be easy to spot. They're all about overriding our default understanding of the equality of the sexes. They make us feel weird and out-of-sorts, even if we don't precisely know why. Feminist tropes, on the other hand, tend to be a lot HARDER to spot, because they're often all about NOT calling attention to the differences between the sexes (most of which I find to be pretty academic). This video is here to celebrate the films that remind us that everyone on the gender-spectrum deserves a place at the table.
The Cold Crash Pictures logo is courtesy of geeksigner.com!Thematic Retconning in Blade Runner 2049coldcrashpictures2018-05-15 | "Blade Runner" is one of my all-time favorite movies, but not just because of the art direction. I love the questions it seeks to answer about life... and death. "Blade Runner 2049" isn't necessarily a "bad" film... but it's not seeking answers to any of the same questions that "Blade Runner" was asking. It's retconning the THEMES of the original film.
The Cold Crash Pictures logo is courtesy of geeksigner.com!Headcanon, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love John Wayne (Films)coldcrashpictures2018-04-09 | "The Cowboys" (1972) is one of my all-time favorite westerns... not just because of how viscerally satisfying it is, but also because of my own personal headcanon, which considers the possibility that the last act is actually a figment of the audience's imagination.
Also featured in this video are special appearances by (1) an issue of Playboy, (2) a cameo by "Moulin Rouge," and (3) a bunch of my old baby photos!
The Cold Crash Pictures logo is courtesy of geeksigner.com!Don Drapers Greatest Ideacoldcrashpictures2018-03-10 | I always come up with the best memes three or four years too late.Second Service COMMENTARYcoldcrashpictures2018-03-09 | Do you love "Second Service?" Do you wish you knew some COOL TRIVIA about the production? Well, now you CAN! In this video, writer/director Serge Bodnarchuk and producer/star Matthew K. Lane sit down to discuss everything from subverting detective-movie tropes to whether or not Matthew was drinking REAL whiskey on-set.
The Cold Crash Pictures logo is courtesy of geeksigner.com!Top 10 Favorite Films of 2017coldcrashpictures2018-03-04 | 2017 was a great year for film -- filled with uncharacteristically good blockbusters and more than a few milestones for this YouTube channel!
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The Cold Crash Pictures logo is courtesy of geeksigner.com!Top 8 Favorite Chicago Filmscoldcrashpictures2018-01-10 | Where LA tends to import all of it's culture, and New York often just stands in for some generic megalopolis, CHICAGO only ever plays itself... except when it's Gotham.
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The Cold Crash Pictures logo is courtesy of geeksigner.com!Batmans Day Outcoldcrashpictures2017-12-26 | My brain told me to make this.4 Cinematic Victims of Hays Code Era Censorshipcoldcrashpictures2017-11-26 | The Hays Code was a system of self-censorship that Hollywood subjected itself to from 1934 to 1968, in an attempt to stave off legislative censorship by the government. In that limited sense, the Hays Code served its purpose, but some would argue that it did even more damage to artistic expression than the government was prepared to do.
In this video, I outline 4 cinematic victims of Hays Code-era censorship -- not to make fun of the past... but rather to learn as much as we can from it.