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Arthur Ryel-Lindsey

I use tildes liberally and have been known to bend over to tie other peoples' shoes. For more information about me, look here.

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Drop Frame

On the Art and Culture of Film

drop frame, n. (drop frām) 1. video production: the type of time-based signifier in editing that compensates for the NTCS (North American) color coding system, which runs at 29.97 frames per second rather than the identified 30, by removing or "dropping" two frames every minute save the tenth. The PAL (European) "colour" system runs at exactly 30 frames per second and thus requires neither drop frame nor non-drop frame distinctions; it's just editing over there.

From the Old English verb dropa, meaning "to traverse the abyss betwixt one's self and ye blessed Earthe," and the Old Norse verb frama or fremja, meaning "Stop your looting, Vikings, and get back on the freakin' boat!"

The Guns of Navarone (J. Lee Thompson, 1961)

14 June 2007

Getting behind in the summer months means I have to play catch up.

Recently in Slant Magazine: Bad-ass violence, hard-edged characters, little commentary. Navarone survives on its performances—and the sense that it is more than the moment in which it was made. A cold, hard caper.

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The Guns of Navarone (1961) ~ directed by J. Lee Thompson; written and produced by Carl Foreman; photographed by Oswald Morris; edited by Alan Osbiston; original music by Dimitri Tiomkin; with Gregory Peck, Anthony Quinn, David Niven and Stanley Baker ~ The Guns of Navarone: Collectors Edition DVD, in stores May 8.

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