Reel Adventures 9 - Recommendations

For each Reel Adventures at R.W. Norton Art Gallery in addition to the highlighted movie I provide a few other recommendations. Here are the recommendations from our 9th Reel Adventures.

Reel Adventures 9 - Trivia Questions

Here are the trivia questions from Reel Adventures 9 at R.W. Norton Art Gallery:

ROUND ONE
• What is the first name of the Soviet Premier?
• What type of cigar does the Ambassador turn down?
• Peace is our ________________ .
• What Star Wars character is voiced by Lieutenant Zogg?
• Where does Ripper keep his machine gun stored?

ROUND TWO
• What does Major Kong do as he says the line, “Well, boys, I reckon this is it.”?
• What is the most monstrously conceived and dangerous Communist plot we have ever had to face?
• Who are the three characters that Sellers plays?
• What drink does General Ripper ask Group Captain Mandrake to make him?
• What is the “name” of the two bombs?

ROUND THREE
• What is the best kind of start according to General Ripper?
• What are the three places Major Kong says he has been before he says, “that’s the stupidest thing I ever heard come over a set of earphones?”
• Ripper and Guano both emphasize the “pre” rather than the “per” when pronouncing a word. What are the two words (must be one from Ripper and one from Guano)?
• While Ripper stands in the bathroom, what are the two things Mandrake tells Ripper that we need?
• What does Major Kong say they would need if they was flying any lower?

BONUS
• What is the infamous typo in the opening credits?
• Who is the famous stepfather of Miss Scott?
• What’s the infamous use of ADR on Major Kong’s line? And why was the decision made to use ADR?

Reel Adventures 9 - Part 2

I gave a very short talk at R.W. Norton Art Gallery for Reel Adventures 9, after showing the first of two videos. Here's what I said:

"I just want to say a few words before the next round of trivia.

After that, we have a video I want to show with General Elder, our very special guest, who is here and will come take questions alongside me later on tonight.

98,99% percent of films you can discuss and do justice without ever talking about the director. But I don’t think you can do that with Dr. Strangelove.

In every field there is that name that rises to mythic proportions. The Beatles. Babe Ruth. Amelia Earhart. Miles Davis. Towering figures, the gold standard. The person that inspires and discourages because their work is so other level but also so seemingly impossible to match or equal.

It can be argued for film, that that person is Stanley Kubrick.

Although he only made 13 feature films in 48 years, you could say that Kubrick is responsible for making the greatest ever heist film, the greatest ever horror film, the greatest ever science fiction film, the greatest ever period film, the greatest ever war film and the greatest ever satirical film.

Kubrick is one of the most mysterious of filmmakers we’ve ever had so I’m certainly not going to set out to solve that in ten minutes. But I will leave you with this.

When we did Reel Adventures 6, I talked about the 17 different elements of film and gave you all a list of them as you were leaving. They were:

Camerawork, Editing, Lighting, Sound, Music, Acting, Storytelling, Color, Production Design, Wardrobe, Make-Up, Hair, Props, Special Effects, Locations, Direction and Shot Selection

If you are curious to see execution of the highest order of any of these 17 elements, all you have to do is look at Stanley Kubrick’s work.

I don’t use this word irresponsibly. Kubrick was a filmmaking virtuoso, simply one of the greatest talents ever to work in the medium.

Thank you."

Reel Adventures 9 - Part 1

It was a particularly special night last night at R.W. Norton Art Gallery for Reel Adventures 9, Dr. Strangelove! General Bob Elder joined us as well as a number of families who were gathering in town for the reunion of Operation Secret Squirrel.

I showed two videos, the one below, as well as an interview I conducted with General Elder, and then I gave a very short talk in between. Here is the first video I shared:

https://youtu.be/shci4NwtrMQ