Albert Maysles first documentary Psychiatry in Russia completed in 1955. Although he is best known for his work in direct cinema, Albert did not begin his career as a filmmaker; he got a Master of Arts degree from Boston University where he taught psychology for three years before making the switch to film. He took a trip to Russia to photograph a mental hospital, and returned the next year with a camera gifted to him from CBS to film his first documentary, Psychiatry in Russia.
Month: May 2015
Freaky Deaky
According to this article at Smithsonian Magazine’s website,
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, the heir to Vanderbilt everythingness, cancelled his ticket on the Titanic at the last minute. Now what makes this interesting is that he died three years later on the Lusitania. Was this guy meant to die at sea or what?? That’s crazy.
What do these people think an AMA is exactly?
Woody Harrelson’s AMA earned legend status when he wouldn’t answer any questions about anything other than the current movie he was promoting, and another snafu in the AMA world just happened again recently with the lead investigator for the Jon-Benet Ramsey case. This got me thinking….do these people know that Reddit’s AMA stands for Ask Me Anything? Do they understand what the word “anything” means? Are they not familiar with the internet? Are they not familiar with trolls? Do they not understand that everything on the internet is imminently public? The Ramsey incident was an issue because he thought he was speaking to a small group of people and didn’t know it would be posted on the newspaper of the internet, which is, frankly, ridiculous. Google “Reddit” for five seconds before you agree to do an AMA! Literally five seconds. I wonder what Woody Harrelson thinks of the fact that he’s gone down in history as one of the worst AMA’s ever. Does he still not get it? Does he think he is just misunderstood? Does he even understand what happened? It surprises me how absolutely out of touch people can be.
Jerks!
Something I was really looking forward to Congress doing has failed and I’m peeved. The passing of H.R. 2003 (113th): Gluten in Medicine Disclosure Act of 2013 in Congress should have been a given, though I’m sure big pharma lobbied hard to keep a cheap filler like gluten off the chopping block. Here’s info about it if your curious. Someone’s going to pass this eventually, right?!! It’s not as if they have to stop using gluten, but they should have to tell people that they are using gluten, and should be required to label products with ingredients!!! God damn that seems so obvious.