Tag Archives: Blade Runner

Watching The Pawnbroker and Blade Runner back to back

By Mark | February 26, 2021

I’ve been trying my best not to obsess about the news lately, which is why I’ve been spending less time here. (Blogging and obsessing about the news have always gone hand in hand with me.) On the plus side, this reallocation of bandwidth has given me more time to spend time with my family, take […]

Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life, Uncategorized | Also tagged emotions, holocaust, humanity, pawn shop, replicant, Rod Steiger, Roy Batty, Rutger Hauer, Sol Nazerman, Spanish Harlem, stigmata, The Pawnbroker | 71 Comments

Designing the Curriculum for an Awesome High School Film Class: Part One

By Mark | August 1, 2019

An old friend of mine who teaches at a public high school in Minnesota just got word that he’s inherited a 12-week elective course on film, and he’s reached out to me, asking if I might help him design the curriculum. All that he’s been given to work with thus far is a list of […]