Cinemetrics

Date: 2010-08-28 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from the second half of August. We have new names (welcome aboard!) and new titles on the database.

First, a number of films submitted by Barry Salt using his usual slow but frame-accurate method: Angela's Ashes: 7 ASL 3.9 ; What Lies Beneath: 7 ASL 7.1 ; The Sixth Sense: 7 ASL 8.6 ; Signs: 7 ASL 10.1 ; It: 7 ASL 4.1 ; Sevent Heaven: 7 ASL 5.9;

A Wife Among Wives: 7 ASL 21.3 submitted by Andy Rice;

Fritz the Cat: 7 ASL 5.6 ; Desiderio: 7 ASL 11.7 ; All Together: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Any Bonds Today?: 7 ASL 20.1 ; Blitz Wolf: 7 ASL 11.9 ; Commando Duck: 7 ASL 3.2 ; Elm Chanted Forest, The (Fantasy Forest): 7 ASL 4.2 ; Ministry of Fear: 7 ASL 9.5 ; Feng Gui Lai De Ren (All the Youthful Days): 7 ASL 18.8 ; Europa'51 (rest of the film): 7 ASL 11.1 ; Europa'51 (excerpt): 7 ASL 9.5 ; Xiao Cheng Zhi Chun (Spring in a Small Town): 7 ASL 24.2 ; Day After Trinity, The: 7 ASL 9.6 ; Vivere in Pace (30 min.): 7 ASL 9.3 ; Bahia de Todos os Santos: 7 ASL 8.9 ; Vivere in Pace (last hour): 7 ASL 6.6 ; Hasta Despues de Muerta ('Til After her Death): 7 ASL 11 ; La Vita Semplice: 7 ASL 5 ; Secret Ceremony: 7 ASL 11.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Madame Tutli-Putli: 7 ASL 4.7 ; Meme les pigeons vont au paradis : 7 ASL 4.3 ; Changeling (The): 7 ASL 7.9 ; Bringing Up Baby: 7 ASL 9 ; Knife in the Water: 7 ASL 19.5 ; Niagara Motel: 7 ASL 6.3 ; Without Rockets: 7 ASL 8.9 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Women without Men (Zanan-e bedun-e mardan): 7 ASL 10.8 ; Syndromes and a Century (Sang Sattawat): 7 ASL 36.4 ; Sanctuary: 7 ASL 44.5 ;

Bezzaknie (The Lawless): 7 ASL 15.4; Abschied: 7 ASL 15.6 submitted by me;

New COMMENTS under: Blackmail [silent version]: (7) ASL 6.8; Abschied.

Date: 2010-08-15 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from mid-August.

Let me reverse the usual order and start with one important Comment item.

There is, it turns out, a way of comparing and evaluating the statistical validity of two (or more) submissions of the same film with varying degrees of accuracy, as Nick Redfern shows this in his eye-opening comment under Blackmail [silent version]: (7) ASL 6.8. Click and take a look. Thanks, Nick!

Owing to the unusual heat in Eastern Europe I missed previous week's submissions, but you can always look them up sorting the database by "date" and seeing what has been added by whom between August 1 and 7. These are last week's submissions, by old hands, new ones and one anon. Welcome aboard!

John and Mary: 7 ASL 9.3 ; Febbre di Vivere: 7 ASL 8.4 ; Il Mulino del Po (The Mill on the Po): 7 ASL 8.8 ; I, Robot (excerpt): 7 ASL 3.4 ; Scipione, L'Africano: 7 ASL 7.4 ; Le Corbeau: 7 ASL 12.7 ; L'Onorevole Angelina: 7 ASL 9.2 ; Flags of Our Fathers: 7 ASL 5.2 ; L'Idee (The Idea): 7 ASL 7.8 ; 13th Letter, The: 7 ASL 16.3 ; Fritz the Cat: 7 ASL 5.6 ; Le Nez: 7 ASL 10 ; Band Concert, The: 7 ASL 8.7 ; Dream Doll: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Aeg Maha (Time Out): 7 ASL 3.3 ; A Gentlemen's Duel: 7 ASL 3.6 ; Little Matchgirl, The: 7 ASL 4.6 ; Lo Sbaglio di Essere Vivo (My Widown and I): 7 ASL 19.8 ; Lo Sbaglio di Essere Vivo (My Widow and I): 7 ASL 19.8 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Sweetgrass: 7 ASL 39.5 submitted by Andy Rice;

Lethal Weapon 2: 7 ASL 3.9 ; Die Hard 2: 7 ASL 3 ; Commando: 7 ASL 2.8 ; The Last Boy Scout: 7 ASL 2.9 ; Predator : 7 ASL 4 ; Road House: 7 ASL 4.4 ; Predator 2: 7 ASL 3.5 submitted anonymously;

Fallen Idol (The): 7 ASL 5.4 ; Mouchette : 7 ASL 8 ; Helmer & Son: 7 ASL 4.1 ; Binta and the Great Idea: 7 ASL 4.7 ; Spy WhoCame in from the Cold (The): 7 ASL 12.9 ; Flame & Citron: 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin.

Date: 2010-07-31 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from the last 2 weeks of July:

We have NEWCOMERS (welcome aboard!) and new FILMS:

Talented Mr. Ripley, The: 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by Barry Salt in his usual frame-accurate way;

Questa e la vita: 7 ASL 9.4 ; Taking Woodstock: 7 ASL 5.8 ; Caccia Tragica: 7 ASL 10 ; Il Treno Crociato: 7 ASL 10.4 ; Billy Boy: 7 ASL 5.8 ; Les Visiteurs du Soir (20 first min.) (The Devil's Envoy): 7 ASL 11 ; Cuckoo Clock, The: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Shooting of Dan McGoo, The: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Les Visiteurs du soir (The Devil's Envoy) (rest of the film): 7 ASL 11 ; Piccolo Mondo Antico: 7 ASL 12.2 ; Letters from Iwo Jima: 7 ASL 5.4 ; Letters from Iwo Jima: 7 ASL 5.4 ; Fra' Diavolo (The Adventures of Fra Diavolo) (20 first min.): 7 ASL 8.9 ; Fra' Diavolo (The Adventures of Fra' Diavolo) (last hour): 7 ASL 8.7 ; L'oeil de Vichy (Eye of Vichy): 7 ASL 3.4 ; Processo Alla Cita (The City Stands Trial) (68 min.): 7 ASL 11.4 ; Processo alla Citta (The City Stands Trial) (last min.): 7 ASL 9.8 ; Underground (39 min.): 7 ASL 9.8 ; Das Weisse Band (The White Ribbon): 7 ASL 19.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Movie Crazy: 7 ASL 12.7; Sunrise: 7 ASL 9.3 ; Song of Songs: 7 ASL 10.8 ; Behind Office Doors: 7 ASL 10.7 ; Animal Crackers (3rd try): 7 ASL 20.5 ; Black Watch, The: 7 ASL 16.1 ; Kept Husbands (2nd try): 7 ASL 10.2 ; Emperor Jones, The: 7 ASL 15.2 ; Bas-fonds, Les: 7 ASL 21.8 ; Partie de campagne, Une: 7 ASL 11.4 ; Lost Patrol, The: 7 ASL 9.5 ; Paramount on Parade: 7 ASL 15.2 ; Mummy, The: 7 ASL 9.6 ; Skin Game, The (2nd try): 7 ASL 17.3 ; Mata Hari (2nd try): 7 ASL 10 ; Scarlet Pimpernel, The : 7 ASL 6.7 ; Love Parade, The (3rd try): 7 ASL 13 ; Blackmail [silent version]: 7 ASL 6.8 ; Hollywood Revue of 1929, The (2nd try): 7 ASL 19.1 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Home Alone 2: 7 ASL 4.5; Jurassic Park: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Forrest Gump: 7 ASL 8.9 ; Star Wars I: The Phantom Menace: 7 ASL 3.6 ; Lord of the Rings: Return of the King: 7 ASL 3.9 ; Independence Day: 7 ASL 3.4 ; How the Grinch Stole Christmas: 7 ASL 3.8 ; Back To The Future: 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Andrew Haentjens;

Eastern Westerner (An): 7 ASL 4.9 ; Reprise: 7 ASL 4.4 ; Man Hunt: 7 ASL 11 ; Man Hunt (2nd try): 7 ASL 11.1 ; 8 1/2: 7 ASL 10.7 ; Stepford Wives (The): 7 ASL 7.1 ; 12:08 East of Bucharest: 7 ASL 34.4 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Black Sabbath: The Telephone: 7 ASL 19.8 submitted by Sean Smalley;

"My Wife & Kids" Sex Talk: 7 ASL 5.3; "My So-Called Life" Sex Talk: 7 ASL 4 submitted by J. Lupo.

COMMENT under: Blackmail [silent version].

Date: 2010-07-20 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from mid-July.

While in Moscow, I was gladdened to learn that?� this recent commentated edition of Sergei Eisenstein??�s October (1928) for which I authored parallels and comments won one of the 2010 Best DVD Awards from ???IL CINEMA RITROVATO??? in Bologna "for innovative handling of printed and illustrated commentaries." Congratulations, Bologna, you know a good thing when you see it!

An update. Three taped lectures given by by Chris Atherton, James Cutting and Charles O'Brien in June at the 2010 conference of the Society for the Cognitive Studies of Moving Images are now available here, in the "articles" section of this site.

There is a bunch of new films and new names (welcome aboard!); I missed a weekful of submissions while at libraries in Moscow and Petersburg, sorry, but you can always see new additions by sorting out the database by "date."

Shadows and Fog: 7 ASL 32.7;?� Take the Money and Run: 7 ASL 7.6 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Maddalena, Zero in Condotta: 7 ASL 11.7 ; Anni Difficili: 7 ASL 7.9 ; The Wabbit Who Came to Supper: 7 ASL 12.1 ; The Wabbit Who Came to Supper (2nd try): 7 ASL 12 ; Tokio Jokio: 7 ASL 8.4 ; Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips: 7 ASL 10.5 ; A Great Big Bunch of You: 7 ASL 12.8 ; Bushi Hare: 7 ASL 8.9 ; Questa e la vita: 7 ASL 9.4 ; Taking Woodstock: 7 ASL 5.8 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Rear window: 7 ASL 10.5; Rear window: 7 ASL 10.5; rear window : 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Fabio Francener Pinheiro;

Manxman, The : 7 ASL 6 ; Cafe Elektric: 7 ASL 6.1 ; Murder! (2nd try): 7 ASL 13.2 ; Choral von Leuthen, Der: 7 ASL 7.5 ;?� Lost Squadron, The: 7 ASL 8.2 ;?� L'age d'or: 7 ASL 5.8 ; M: 7 ASL 13.4 ; Just Imagine! (2nd try): 7 ASL 10.5 ; Movie Crazy: 7 ASL 12.7 ; Sunrise: 7 ASL 9.3 ; Song of Songs: 7 ASL 10.8 ; Behind Office Doors: 7 ASL 10.7 ; Animal Crackers (3rd try): 7 ASL 20.5 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Mi piace lavorare (30 min): 7 ASL 5.1 submitted by Simone Starace;

Home Alone: 7 ASL 5 ; Grease: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Kramer vs. Kramer: 7 ASL 7.1 ; Star Wars V: A New Hope: 7 ASL 4.2 ; Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Last Ark: 7 ASL 5.3 ; E.T.: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Star Wars VI: Return of the Jedi: 7 ASL 3.7 ; Ghostbusters: 7 ASL 4.9 ; Top Gun: 7 ASL 3.5 ; Three Men and a Baby: 7 ASL 6.9 ; Rainman: 7 ASL 7.3 ; Spiderman 2: 7 ASL 4.3 ; Spiderman: 7 ASL 3.6 ; Saving Private Ryan: 7 ASL 9.3 ; Batman: 7 ASL 4.4 ; Batman Forever: 7 ASL 3.9 ; Terminator 2: 7 ASL 3.6 submitted by Andrew Haentjens;

Go Fish: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Tokyo Godfathers: 7 ASL 6.1 ;?�?�?�Mirror (The): 7 ASL 23.5 ; Cabaret : 7 ASL 5.9 ; Haunting (The): 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin.

There are interesting shot-scale related COMMENTS by Barry Salt and Eric T. Jones under: The Purple Rose of Cairo: (7) ASL 11.4 and color-related ones by Charles O'Brien under Conspiration sous Henry III, Une: (7) ASL 27.1 Ali Baba en de veertig rovers : (7) ASL 26 and Romeo and Juliet: (7) ASL 37.

Date: 2010-07-04 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from the beginning of July.

Let me present to you the third talk I taped about a month ago at the 2010 conference of the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image in Roanoke, Virginia. This talk was by one of cinemetric's most productive contributors Charles O??�Brien. Its title is "Singers, Gestures, and Musical Films", and I was proudly surprised to discover how many things about music and gesture can be established by using this site and its tools coupled with Charles patience, passion and his knowledge of music and film. Take a look (sound is not too good, but one can follow). The small-screen version is this, for a larger screen with faster internet connection try this.

Another thing. We have new grounds broken in terms of measurement methods. The number of people willing to submit "frame-accurate" (either hand-counted or automatically detected) data is increasing. Barry Salt always does this; we have a few frame-accurate films submitted by Olenina/Pozdrovkin, by Apra/Starace and by Heide Heftberger (have I forgotten any?) Typically, except for Heftberger's, these submissions are in "simple" mode. This week Eric T. Jones submitted a frame-accurate count The Purple Rose of Cairo: (7) ASL 11.4 in an advanced mode, counted according to 7 frame scales. Take a look! ?�

As usual, we have new films:

The Curse of the Jade Scorpion: 7 ASL 17; The Purple Rose of Cairo: 7 ASL 11.4; Bananas: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Uomini sul Fondo (20 first minutes): 7 ASL 5.5 ; La Grande Speranza (Torpedo Zone) (first 20 minutes): 7 ASL 6 ; Grande Speranza, La (Torpedo Zone): 7 ASL 5.5 ; T Uomini Sul Fondo (100 first shots): 7 ASL 5.4 ; Uomini sul Fondo (shots 101 to 200): 7 ASL 2.9 ; Uomini sul Fondo (last 63 min.): 7 ASL 4.2 ;?�Jud Suss (Jew Suss) (first 60 min.): 7 ASL 8.6 ; Capas Negras (excerpt): 7 ASL 8.6 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Fistful of Dollars (45 minutes): 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Rodrigo Carreiro;

Ali Baba en de veertig rovers : 7 ASL 26 ; Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves (2nd try): 7 ASL 25.1 ; Amour d'esclave: 7 ASL 53.6 submitted by Charles O'Brien;?� La belle au bois dormant; Conspiration sous Henri III, Une: 7 ASL 25 ; Romeo and Juliet: 7 ASL 37.9 ; Niagara: 7 ASL 12.5 ; Recolte du riz au Japon : 7 ASL 10.9 ; Culture de caoutchouc en Malaisie: 7 ASL 16.7 ; Culture de caoutchouc en Bali : 7 ASL 22.7 ; Album magique, L': 7 ASL 77.4 ; Industrie de l??�abaca l??�ile de Cebu, L. : 7 ASL 11.3 ; Danses cosmopolites: 7 ASL 14.1 ; Les oiseaux dans leurs nids, Les: 7 ASL 9.6 ; Liebeskommando: 7 ASL 12.2 ; Traummende Mund, Der: 7 ASL 15.7 ; Ariane: 7 ASL 19.2 ; Nie wieder Liebe: 7 ASL 6.8 ; Sonnenstrahl: 7 ASL 5.1 ; Frau, nacht der Man sich sehnt, Die: 7 ASL 5.2 ; Blaue vom Himmel, Das: 7 ASL 11 ; Page vom Dalmase-Hotel, Der: 7 ASL 11.7 ; Gefahren der Brautzeit: 7 ASL 3.8 ; Voyage sur Jupiter, Le (2nd try): 7 ASL 15.5 ; Recolte et industrie de la canne a sucre: 7 ASL 11.3 ; Amour d'esclave: 7 ASL 53.6 ; Belle au bois dormant, La (2nd try): 7 ASL 17.7 ; Excursion dans la lune: 7 ASL 17.9 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Philco Television Playhouse: "The Rich Boy": 7 ASL 47 submitted by Jonah Horwitz.

Comments under: Fistful of Dollars.

Date: 2010-06-25 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from two pre-Midsummernight weeks.

I left Chicago, USA, for Jurmala, Latvia (the homeland of Cinemetrics) and will stay here for the summer, and do some sailing with Gunars if he has time.

Those who looked at the news prior to this one, may have also watched my amateur video recording of the talk given by Chris Atherton et al at the recent Conference held by Society for Cognitive Studies of Moving Images in Roenoke in the beginning of June. The talk, called "Cinemetrics: The Next Step and Why it Matters..."

The good news is, I have taped two more. The bad one, they are not as good in terms of sight and sound (larger and darker room, I guess), still, I have the speaker's permission to make them public.

Here is one of them, and I'll announce the third one in my next news in one or two weeks. This instalment is devoted to James Cutting's keynote speech ???Attention, intensity, and the evolution of Hollywood film???. In it, Cutting explains his and his collaborators' methods and goals in their recent statistical analysis of shot length's fluctuations seen against fluctuations observed in human attention. This is not just an oral version of what we have read in Cutting et al. recent study . Cutting goes one further and explains how ebbs and flows in our attention relate to our visual activity in the shots. While I was taping the talk David Bordwell was taking notes, so you will find a more detailed account on Bordwell's recent blog about what happened in Roenoke.?� Cutting also responded to Barry Salt's thoughts about this theory refining his own latest reply to Salt on Cinemetrics.

Once again, the talk was great, but the recording is not too clear, so -- IF THERE ARE VOLUNTEERS TO DECIPHER AND TRANSCRIBE HIS LECTURE, THE TEXT CAN BE LATER ADDED AS SUBTITLES. ANY TAKERS? Here it is, in two versions. If you have faster internet connection and want to see Cutting and his slides at the size they deserve click this: https://mahimahi.uchicago.edu/admin/pcast/pcastpreview.php?podcastid=336&version=high; if you find, however, the image and voice a little jerky, this means your connection speed is too slow, then choose the lower version and click here: https://mahimahi.uchicago.edu/admin/pcast/pcastpreview.php?podcastid=336&version=low

Another news. There is also a new question on our Discussion board about the techniques of frame-accurate sobmissions from Eric T. Jones, our regular user, plus Gunars' explanation about how to do it. It's a slower process, but then, it pays off, for you and others can safely rely on the results. Barry Salt usually submits frame-accurate measurements (he just did two more, see below) and you can look up his own explanation of how to do it here

We also have new films, newcomers and a lot of detailed shotnotes Cid Vasconcelos has added to Rossellini's pre-neorealist L'uomo dalla croce (1943), see for instance LHDC: (7) ASL 9. The 1st 100 shots of the film has been carefully annotated as to their shot parameters and their visual and acoustic contents. Take a look.

True Story of Jesse James, The: 7 ASL 7.8; Wild River: 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Barry Salt in his usual frame-accurate way;

Luciano Serra Pilota: 7 ASL 6 ; La Nave Bianca (shots 301 to 400): 7 ASL 2.9 ; Un Pilota Ritorna (100 first shots): 7 ASL 6 ; Un Pilota Ritorna (shots 101 to 200): 7 ASL 3.4 ; Processo e Morte di Socrate: 7 ASL 16.7 ; Processo e Morte di Socrate (60 min.): 7 ASL 16.7 ;?� Alfa Tau (100 first shots): 7 ASL 4.7 ; Fantasia Sottomarina: 7 ASL 3.6 ; Volti e Immagini del Neo-Realismo: 7 ASL 4.3 ; Ettore Fieramosca (200 first shots): 7 ASL 7.1 ;?� Ettore Fieramosca (rest of the film): 7 ASL 6.7 ; L'Uomo dalla Croce (100 first shots): 7 ASL 9.2 ; LHDC: 7 ASL 9.2 ; LHDC (shots 101 to 200): 7 ASL 6.8 ;LUDC (shots 101 to 200): 7 ASL 6.9 ; I 3 Aquilotti: 7 ASL 6.9 ; Maciste all'Inferno (Maciste in Hell): 7 ASL 4.4 ; Alfa Tau!: 7 ASL 4.3 ; Maciste: 7 ASL 13 ; 4 Passi Tra Le Nuvole: 7 ASL 9.5 ; 4 Passi Fra Le Nuvole: 7 ASL 9.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

"Legs" (ZZ Top Music Video): 7 ASL 1.2 ; "The Boys of Summer" (Don Henley Music Video): 7 ASL 8.3 ;?�everything you always wanted to know about sex - #3: why do some women have trou: 7 ASL 13.2 ; everything you always wanted to know about sex - #4: are transvestites homosexua: 7 ASL 8.5 ; everything you always wanted to know about sex - #5: what are sex perverts?: everything you always wanted to know about sex - #6: are the findings of doctors: 7 ASL 6.5 ; everything you always wanted to know about sex - #7: what happens during ejacula: 7 ASL 4.7 ; Hannah and Her Sisters: 7 ASL 24.5 ; 7 ASL 10 ; Mighty Aphrodite: 7 ASL 34.6 ;?�Everyone Says I Love You: 7 ASL 32.9 ; Alice: 7 ASL 40 ; Deconstructing Harry: 7 ASL 16.9 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Suspicious River (Colour): 7 ASL 6.3; One Missed Call: 7 ASL 3.6 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Fistful of Dollars: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by Rodrigo Carreiro;

jungle 2 jungle: 7 ASL 5.6; un indien dans la ville: 7 ASL 5.8 ; mon pere, ce heros: 7 ASL 8.9 ; la cage aux folles: 7 ASL 8.5 ;?�the birdcage: 7 ASL 8.9 ;?� la cage aux folles: 7 ASL 8.6 ; my father the hero: 7 ASL 6.6 submitted by kari hanet;

Sanshiro Sugata Part II (aka Judo Saga II / Zoku Sugata Sanshiro): 7 ASL 10.4 ;?� Drunken Angel: 7 ASL 12.3 ; Bwana Kitoko: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Rashomon: 7 ASL 13 ; ?� I Live in Fear (Ikimono no kiroku): 7 ASL 24 submitted by Christophe Verbiest;

Bomben auf Monte Carlo (2nd try): 7 ASL 11.1 submitted by Charles O'Brien;?�?�?�

Monsieur Vincent: 7 ASL 15.9 submitted by Colin Burnett.

Date: 2010-06-16 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Arno Bosse, Head of Humanities Computing and the old friend of Cinemetrics, posted my amateur video recording of the talk given by Chris Atherton et al at the recent Conference held by Society for Cognitive Studies of Moving Images in Roenoke. The talk, called "Cinemetrics: The Next Step and Why it Matters..." can be accessed in two identical versions. Those with slow internet connection will look at a smaller-size picture is they click here: https://mahimahi.uchicago.edu/admin/pcast/pcastpreview.php?podcastid=337&version=low

If you have faster internet connection and want to see Chris and his slides at the size they deserve https://mahimahi.uchicago.edu/admin/pcast/pcastpreview.php?podcastid=337&version=podcast ; if you find, however, the image and voice a little jerky, this means your connection speed is too slow, then choose the lower version.

The links work on my Mozilla Firefox browser. It may have problems with some old version of Internet Explorer -- then, instead of a moving image you will see Chris frozen in an ugle negative-ad-like attitude, with a windmill-like "wait" icon endlessly rotating. But, as Arno tells me, it should work just fine with IE unless you're using the very (very) old IE6 browser. IE7 and IE8 should be fine. Google Chrome works, as does Safari. Thanks, Arno, for your expertise. Let's try.

The talk is around half an hour long with around as much for questions and answers. I taped as much as my camera battery had patience for, sorry for the abrupt ending. If you do not have time for the whole talk, just look at the still picture David Bordwell made before the beginning of Chris' talk (thanks, David!). The standing group, right to left: Chris Atherton, the speaker, Charles O'Brien, James Cutting (future speakers at other panels) and Yuri Tsivian (in the shadow). The vampire who shouts "Cinemetrics: The Revenge!" is apparently from the poster of the 1958 "The Brain Eaters." For the abstract of the talk, see under the picture (News of 2010-06-13).

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Date: 2010-06-13 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from early June.

In the first days of June I went to the 2010 Conference of the Society for Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image in Roanoke, Virginia. The program featured a number of talks related to cinemetrics, I taped three of them, and if the result is tolerable (it's being digitized as we speak) I'll ask the speakers for a permission to put these on youtube for all us to listen to and to see. One of those was Charles O'Brien's piece "Singers, Gestures, and Musical Films," another James Cutting's Keynote Address “Attention, intensity, and the evolution of Hollywood film,” and last but not least the talk that opened the conference. Here is its abstract. Wait for the tape to see and hear more.

New FILMS. Sorry, I was away from my laptop last weekend so I skip the entire set of submissions of the last days of May and first days of June. Let me just mention Grapes of Wrath, The: (7) ASL 9.8submitted by Barry Salt using his frame-accurate method and various versions of La Nave Bianca submitted by Cid Vasconcelos complese with a meticulous annotations of shot contents in shotnotes. This is the first time in the history of Cinemetrics that the shotnote option has been used on such a systematic scale. Take a look.

This week's submissions:

La Nave Bianca (first shots): 7 ASL 5.7 ; La Nave Bianca (prologue): 7 ASL 6.5 ; Uomini e Cieli: 7 ASL 6 ; L'Uomo dalla Croce (100 first shots): 7 ASL 9.2 ; La Nave Bianca (shots 101 to 200): 7 ASL 4.6 ; La Nave Bianca (shots 201 to 300): 7 ASL 4.1 ; Gli Uomini, Che Mascalzoni!: 7 ASL 5.5 ; Ladri di Biciclette (excerpt): 7 ASL 7.1 ; Gente dell'Aria (48 min.): 7 ASL 7.9 ; Gente dell'Aria (rest of the film): 7 ASL 7 ; Rotaie (Rails): 7 ASL 5.9 ; Luciano Serra Pilota: 7 ASL 6 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Polarities (Atwood Stories): 7 ASL 5.5; Man From Mars (The) (The Atwood Stories): 7 ASL 5.1 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

everything you always wanted to know about sex - #1: do aphrodisiacs work?: 7 ASL 7.9; everything you always wanted to know about sex - #2: what is sodomy?: 7 ASL 10.3 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Strange Illusion: 7 ASL 9.9 submitted by Simone Starace;

Inglourious Basterds ("Operation Kino" sequence): 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Jonah Horwitz;

Uski Roti/ Our Daily Bread: 7 ASL 15.7; L'Enfance nue: 7 ASL 16.8 submitted by Colin Burnett.

Nedw COMMENT under: Pobeda: (7) ASL 5.8

Date: 2010-05-30 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of last week:

Arno Bosse and Keith Brisson recently attended and presented at MIT HyperStudio's humanities+digital visual interpretations conference on data visualization in the humanities. This is what Keith reports:

We provided a brief overview of Cinemetrics and how it presents data and then discussed the project from the computing perspective. Specifically we talked about some ideas we have regarding easing communication between humanists and statisticians with Mathematica. The presentation generally went well, although we were slightly off-topic for this conference. Questions centered around why Cinemetrics does not use automatic shot detection, which we believe we answered well. Lev Manovich later mentioned Cinemetrics in his keynote and talked about his ideas on presenting aggregate data. We had very useful conversations with him on the last day and he expressed interest in collaborating.

New FILMS:

Imitation of Life: 7 ASL 10.1 submitted by Barry Salt using his usual frame-sharp mesurement techniques;

The Hart of London (excerpt): 7 ASL 4.7 ; Hart of London, The (excerpt #2): 7 ASL 8.8 ; Heart of London, The (last minutes): 7 ASL 5.7 ; Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learning to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb: 7 ASL 8 ; Mary, Queen of Scots (65 min.): 7 ASL 7.4 ; Brazil: A Report on Torture: 7 ASL 23.2 ; Elgar (last 40 minutes): 7 ASL 10.8 ; Un Pilota Ritorna: 7 ASL 5.9 ; Oliver!: 7 ASL 7.3 ; Music Lovers, The: 7 ASL 8.8 ; L'Uomo dalla Croce: 7 ASL 7.1 ; Room at the Top: 7 ASL 12.1 ; Billion Dollar Brain: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Wonders of Magnetism, The: 7 ASL 27.1 submitted by Oliver Gaycken;

Peking Opera Blues (Do Ma Den): 7 ASL 3.1; Fong Sai Yuk: 7 ASL 2.6 submitted by Jonah Horwitz;

Avatar: 7 ASL 3.9;?�M: 7 ASL 13.2 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Sorcerer: 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by J.D. Connor;

Odishon (Audition): 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Kissed: 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin.

COMMENTS under: Zero de conduite, Love Parade, The (2nd try), Peking Opera Blues (Do Ma Den), Pobeda.

Date: 2010-05-22 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of two weeks:

As we speak, Arno Bosse and Keith Brisson are giving a talk about Cinemetrics at Methods, and Critiques of Information Visualization in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences conference at MIT in Boston. Please keep your fingers well crossed!

And, as usual, we have a bunch of new films submitted by old and new comers (welcome aboard!):

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring (excerpt): 7 ASL 2.8 submitted by Paul Monticone;

Legend of the Mousedeer: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by azahar harun;

The Phantom Of Liberty: 7 ASL 20.3 submitted by Luke Harwood;

American History X: 7 ASL 3.6; American History X: 7 ASL 2.1 submitted by Max Zilker;

Pobeda: 7 ASL 5.8 submitted by Viktorija Eksta;

Isadora: 7 ASL 9 ; Street, The: 7 ASL 13.5 ; Metamorphosis of Mr. Samsa, The: 7 ASL 14.4 ; Owl Who Married a Goose: An Eskimo Legend, The: 7 ASL 37.5 ; Fugitive Futurist, The: 7 ASL 9.9 ; Refuge England: 7 ASL 6.1 ; Snob, The: 7 ASL 15.2 ; Toward Emotional Maturity: 7 ASL 6 ; A Journey by a London Bus: 7 ASL 7.8 ; Glasgow Belongs to Me: 7 ASL 8.5 ; Mademoiselle: 7 ASL 7.8 ; Blowup: 7 ASL 10.6 ; Influence and Controversy: Making 'Perfomance': 7 ASL 3.3 ; It All Comes Out In the Wash: 7 ASL 23.7 ; Hetty King: Performer: 7 ASL 11.6 ; Arabeskebi Pirosmani Temaze (Arabesques on the Piramani Theme): 7 ASL 5.2 ; Tom Jones: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Dzveli Qartuli Simgera (Georgian Ancient Songs) (extract): 7 ASL 8.1 ; O Lucky Man!: 7 ASL 7.1 ; Women in Love (last hour): 7 ASL 8.6 ; Night of the Living Dead (Remake): 7 ASL 5.4 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Poor Little Rich Girl (last minutes): 7 ASL 243.5 ; Go-Between, The: 7 ASL 12.4 ; Night Must Fall: 7 ASL 10.4 ; Sunday Bloody Sunday: 7 ASL 6.4 ; Performance: 7 ASL 5.2 ; A Hard Day's Night (first 40 minutes): 7 ASL 5.2 ; Ned Kelly (20 minutes): 7 ASL 8.1 ; Age of Consent: 7 ASL 7.3 ; Frenzy: 7 ASL 7 ; Petulia: 7 ASL 6.7 ; Zabriskie Point: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Poor Cow: 7 ASL 13.4 ; Kes: 7 ASL 16.6 ; Medium Cool: 7 ASL 11.2 ; Something for Everyone: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Tetro: 7 ASL 5.5 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

This Gun For Hire: 7 ASL 7 ; The Road to Morocco: 7 ASL 8.5 ; The Seven Year Itch: 7 ASL 24.5 ; Ace in the Hole: 7 ASL 17 submitted by Tim Vochten;

Vampyr: 7 ASL 9.1 ; Zero de conduite: 7 ASL 9.2 ; Eternal Love: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Au Bonheur des dames: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

La spada di Damocle (scena 1): 7 ASL 26.3 ; Sette piccole croci: 7 ASL 23.6 ; La cittadella (ep. 1, 30 min): 7 ASL 7.4 ; Cime tempestose (episode 1): 7 ASL 19.8 ; Casa di bambola: 7 ASL 23.9 ; Via Belgarbo (50 min): 7 ASL 32.5 ; I figli di Medea: 7 ASL 20.9 ; Kaii Utsunomiya tsuritenjo (The Ceiling at Utsunomiya): 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Simone Starace;

Jeanne Dielman, 23, quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles: 7 ASL 53.4 ; Jeanne Dielman - Sequence: 1st John to Sylvain's arrival: 7 ASL 40.7 ; Jeanne Dielman - Sequence: 2nd John to Sylvain's arrival: 7 ASL 26.5 submitted by Ian Jones;

Mass Effect Cutscene: Geth Attack Shepard on Therium: 7 ASL 4 ; Mass Effect Cutscene - Meet Liara T'Soni: 7 ASL 5.8 ; Mass Effect Cutscene - Pyrric Rescue of Liara: 7 ASL 5.4 ; Mass Effect Cutscene - Krogan's Ultimatum to Shepard on Therium: 7 ASL 5.2 ; Mass Effect Cutscene - Meeting with Liara and Council Report Post Thereum Missio: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Kevin Johnson;

eXistenZ: 7 ASL 4 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin.

Comments under: Pobeda, Au Bonheur des dames, The Go-Between, Night of the Living Dead (Remake), Zero de conduit, Vampyr, We from Ural (Mi s Urala).

Date: 2010-05-08 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of last two weeks. I was in Madison last weekend as one of 4 invited speakers at a symposium in honor of Kristin Thompson (Kristine was the fifth speaker herself). It was a compressed and intense event -- see its summary and pictures by David Bordwell on his and Thompson's blog.

A new DISCUSSION TOPIC "BUSINESS CYCLES AND MOVIES" was opened by the World Bank economist Karlis Smits at our Discusiion board, see http://www.cinemetrics.lv/topic.php?topic_ID=351. Karlis proposes a new way of looking at cinemetrics data borrowed from economic analysis and prediction methods. Barry Salt discusses Karlis' method, take a look.

New film and newcomers these two weeks:

Night World: 7 ASL 11 ; That Certain Thing: 7 ASL 6.8 ; Vagabond King, The (2nd try): 7 ASL 10.8 ; Rouletabille aviateur (second try): 7 ASL 6.4 ; Madchen in Uniform: 7 ASL 9.1 ; Roman Scandals: 7 ASL 6.7 ; His Private Secretary: 7 ASL 11 ; Passion de Jeanne d'Arc, La: 7 ASL 3.1 ; Private Life of Henry VIII, The (2nd try): 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

James and the Giant Peach: 7 ASL 4.2 ; 7 ASL 3.1 ; Corpse Bride: 7 ASL 3.7 ; Coraline: 7 ASL 4 ; The Fantastic Mr. Fox: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by AMC;

Compasso de Espera: 7 ASL 9.6 ; Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: Na Boca do Mundo: 7 ASL 23.4 ; Rhapsody in Blue: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Georgy Girl (first 45 minutes): 7 ASL 6.1 ;?� Arrival of Emigrants, Ellis Island: 7 ASL 51.5 ; Far from the Madding Crowd: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Morgan: A Suitable Case for Treatment: 7 ASL 6.9 ; Asesinato y Entierro de Don Jose de Canalejas: 7 ASL 9.7 ; Stara Praha (Old Prague): 7 ASL 17.3 ; A Kind of Loving: 7 ASL 10.8 ; Colour on the Thames: 7 ASL 12 ; Thursday's Children: 7 ASL 5.2 ; Snow: 7 ASL 2.2 ; O Dreamland: 7 ASL 4.4 ; We Are the Lambeth Boys: 7 ASL 8.5 ; The Loved One: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Midnight: 7 ASL 10.1; The Great McGinty: 7 ASL 9.7; The Strange Love of Martha Ivers: 7 ASL 9.7; The Heiress: 7 ASL 15.6 submitted by Tim Vochten;

Chicken Run: 7 ASL 3.1 submitted by Andrea Comiskey;?�

?�Se, jie (Lust, Caution): 7 ASL 5.6; Bad Lieutenant: 7 ASL 14.7; Tokyo monogatari (Tokyo Story): 7 ASL 10.5; Iran: Voices of the Unheard: 7 ASL 5.4 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;?�

Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring: 7 ASL 3.1 submitted by pm;?�

Onna kyuketsuki (Lady Vampire): 7 ASL 9.3; Vita di Dante (part III): 7 ASL 10.5 Il giglio di quell'amore: 7 ASL 9.9 Cristoforo Colombo (part I): 7 ASL 21.2 Cristoforo Colombo (part II): 7 ASL 12.2 Ghost Cat of Otama Pond (40 min): 7 ASL 13.4 Avanzi di galera (segment I): 7 ASL 15.2 Missione Wiesenthal: 7 ASL 9.7 La paura delle botte: 7 ASL 19.1 ?� La folie Almayer: 7 ASL 11.6 submitted by Simone Starace;

Iraq in Fragments: 7 ASL 4 submitted by Jonah Horwitz;?�

?�Stolz der Nation: 7 ASL 2 submitted by Stuart Bender;?�

news01: 7 ASL 4.6; news02: 7 ASL 4.5; news03: 7 ASL 5.1; news04: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by elleshar;?�

A Doll with Millions (Kukla s Millionami) : 7 ASL 5.5; Young Mr Lincoln (Licoln visits Clays' Farm sequence): 7 ASL 12.9 submitted by me.

New COMMENT under: We from Ural (Mi s Urala)

Date: 2010-04-25 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of last week:

1) Arno Bosse and Keith Brisson's proposed talks about Cinemetrics has been acceptied at Methods, and Critiques of Information Visualization in the Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences conference to be held at MIT in May. Congratualtions, we'll keep fingers crossed.

2) An updated and integrated version of Barry Salt's thoughts about Cutting et al. recent study appeared in a Danish on-line journal. Note bene: Salt finished this piece before Cutting's latest reply to Salt appered on Cinemetrics, so this may not be the last word in the ongoing discussion, but this latest edtion of Salt's thoughts contains a useful clarification of how autocorellation works and what it shows.

3) NEWCOMERS and new FILMS were submitted to our Database. Welcome aboard!

De Valse Noot (The False Note): 7 ASL 4.8 ; Chromophobia: 7 ASL 4.8 ; Atraksion: 7 ASL 5.9 ; Goldframe: 7 ASL 6.8 ; Siren: 7 ASL 4.7 ; To Speak or not to Speak: 7 ASL 11.1 ; Operation X-70: 7 ASL 5.4 ; Pegasus: 7 ASL 4.8 ; Papillons de Nuit: 7 ASL 4.3 ; A Playground for Babousch: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Seasons, The: 7 ASL 4.7 ; Moy Zelenyy Krokodil (My Green Crocodile): 7 ASL 5.2 ; Zhil-byl Kozyavin (There Lived Kozyavin): 7 ASL 5.7 ; Uchitel Peniya (Singing Teacher): 7 ASL 13.3 ; Rusalka (Mermaid): 7 ASL 7.8 ; Svet Khleba (The Bread's Light): 7 ASL 5.6 ; Rock Haven: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Descent in vulcano (Sluchaj v vulkane): 7 ASL 6.5 ; We from Ural (Mi s Urala): 7 ASL 9.8 ; Klyatva Timura: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Viktorija Eksta;

Chun gwong cha sit (Happy Together): 7 ASL 9.3 ; Schlos Vogeloed (The Hunted Castle): 7 ASL 9 ; GO: 7 ASL 4.4 ; Mongol: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Amours de Pergolese, Les: 7 ASL 9.5 ; Revue des revues, La: 7 ASL 8.1 ; Spies: 7 ASL 6.7 ; Behind Office Doors: 7 ASL 10.6 ; Matinee Idol, The: 7 ASL 5.2 ; Sally in Our Alley: 7 ASL 9.7 ; Menschen am Sonntag: 7 ASL 5 ; Rich and Strange: 7 ASL 7.1 ; Red Headed Woman: 7 ASL 10.9 ; Verkaufte Braut, Die: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Blackmail [sound version]: 7 ASL 10.9 ; Ich kusse Ihre Hand, Madame (2nd try): 7 ASL 4.9 ; Downhill: 7 ASL 5.4 ; Dracula [Spanish version]: 7 ASL 10.4 ; Big Trail, The: 7 ASL 10.4 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

True Romance: 7 ASL 1.5 submitted by N.Feiten;

War of the Worlds: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Tim;

Ciske de Rat: 7 ASL 15.4 submitted by Laura van der Vlis;

Hearts and Dollars: 7 ASL 3.4; Young Mr Lincoln: 7 ASL 11.2 submitted by me.

COMMENTS under: We from Ural (Mi s Urala).

Date: 2010-04-17 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good new of last two weeks.

On the THEORY front, there is a new instalment to the conversation about posible psychological underpinnings of the ASL changes across time to be found under "Cinemetrics studies" in our Movie Measurement Artices section. It is James Cutting second reply to Barry Salt's second set of comments on his and his collaborators' paper in Psychological Science. Aside from specific details given in response to Salt's queries, Cutting gives a brief and lucid account of the methods used in their study and of the psychological implications of what they found out. Good for non-specialists like me, now I got it all.

Barry Salt, in his turn, has just posted a new bit of research taking up the “ASL or Median?” issue raised by Nick Redfern a while ago. Having examined 1706 films from our database, Salt has established that the average ratio of their Median to their ASL is relatively fixed, but differs with respect to silent and sound films. See more under Discussion topic "Intro to statistics" on the Cinemetrics Discussion board.

On the empirical front, there are new FILMS and NEWCOMERS (welcome aboard!):

39 Steps, The: 7 ASL 8.6; Sunset Blvd.: 7 ASL 14.9 submitted by Barry Salt using his patent slow frame-sharp method.

Love in the Afternoon: 7 ASL 18.4 ; Five Graves to Cairo: 7 ASL 10.9 ; Sunset Boulevard: 7 ASL 15.8 ; The Spirit of St. Louis: 7 ASL 9.4 ; Irma La Douce: 7 ASL 16.1 submitted by Tim Vochten;

Dans les rues: 7 ASL 8.2 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Tu m'oublieras: 7 ASL 20.7 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Monsieur de minuit: 7 ASL 10.8 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Poignard malais, Le: 7 ASL 11.2 submitted by Charles O'Brien;Dactylo: 7 ASL 11.9 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Paris la nuit: 7 ASL 13.4 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Grand jeu, Le: 7 ASL 14.9 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Peau de peche: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Bric et brac et cie.: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Mystere de la chambre jaune, Le: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Mi manda Picone (30 min): 7 ASL 6.7 ; La discoteca (40 min): 7 ASL 8.5 ; Viaggio con Anita (40 min): 7 ASL 8.8 ; La congiuntura (40 min): 7 ASL 12.5 ; Complessi, I (segment "Una giornata decisiva"): 7 ASL 13.3 ; Endgame (40 min): 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by Simone Starace;

Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (last part): 7 ASL 6.6 ; Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (first 38 min.): 7 ASL 7.9 ; Aviation Vacation: 7 ASL 16.5 ; Detouring America: 7 ASL 12.2 ; Dixie Fryer, The: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Brazil. Directors cut: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Harry Tuttle;

Pauw Witteman Gongrijp: 7 ASL 7.8 ; pauw witteman femke halsema: 7 ASL 10 ; Pauw Witteman Plasschaert: 7 ASL 8.2 ; Pauw Witteman Dolf Jansen: 7 ASL 8 ; Pauw Witteman Hans Teeuwen: 7 ASL 9.7 ; Jurk bij Pauw en Witteman: 7 ASL 7.8 ; mike bodde pauw witteman: 7 ASL 6.9 ; kaderabdolah bij pauw en witteman: 7 ASL 9 ; victorlamme pauw witteman: 7 ASL 8.3 ; nicolien sauerbreij Pauw Witteman: 7 ASL 9.2 ; jan jaap van der wal in pauw witteman: 7 ASL 6.5 ; tijs verwest pauw witteman: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Michiel Bouwmeester;

Exorcist, The (Irak Sequence): 7 ASL 6.4; Exorcist, The: 7 ASL 3.8; Exorcist, The (First Exorcism seance): 7 ASL 3.8 submitted by Julien Proulx;

Shivers: 7 ASL 6.9 ; Rabid: 7 ASL 7.3 ; Suspicious River: 7 ASL 6.3 ; Shinjuku: 7 ASL 10.5 ; HAPPINESS OF THE KATAKURIS, THE (@nd try): 7 ASL 7.3 ; House of the Devil (The): 7 ASL 8 ; Dead Ringers (Colour): 7 ASL 7.2 ; Dead Ringers (2nd try): 7 ASL 7.2 ; Lost in Translation: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Because I said so: 7 ASL 4 submitted by Kim Weiler;

24 (0309 - "Day 3: 9:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m"): 7 ASL 3.5 submitted by Eric T. Jones; 24 (0310 - "Day 3: 10:00 p.m. - 11:00 p.m.): 7 ASL 3.4 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

news: 7 ASL 4.6 submitted by elleshar;

Top Hat: 7 ASL 10.4 submitted by Aidan; Shall We Dance: 7 ASL 10.1 submitted by Aidan;

Lola Rennt: 7 ASL 3.4 submitted by Kim Weiler; 2012: 7 ASL 3.2 submitted by Kim Weiler;

Japon: 7 ASL 27.1 submitted by Elina Reitere;

Labour of Love - The Housewife: 7 ASL 6.6 submitted by Charley Leary;

Honor [Chest] : 7 ASL 9.4 ; City Lights: 7 ASL 8.5 ; Enthusiasm: 7 ASL 6.3 ; Wings of a Serf [Krylia Kholopa]: 7 ASL 2.9 ; Cities and Years [Goroda i gody]: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by me.

COMMENTS under:

Sunset Boulevard: (7) ASL 15; Sunset Blvd.: (7) ASL 14.; 39 Steps, The: (7) ASL 8.; Cities and Years [Goroda i gody]: (7) ASL 4.; Dans les rues: (7) ASL 8.; Monsieur de minuit: (7) ASL 10.; news: (7) ASL 4.

Date: 2010-04-07 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Another good new is, the conversation about the possible psychological undepinnings of the ASL changes across time suggested in the recent essay by James E. Cutting, Jordan E. DeLong and Christine E. Nothelfer continues. A brief recap: last week or so Barry Salt sent us his "Comments on Attention in Hollywood Films" to which James Cutting responded with "In Reply to Barry Salt On Attention And The Evolution Of Hollywood Film". Another instalment, Salt's "Some More Thoughts On The Cutting Article" is now available in our Movie Mesurement Articals section.

In addition, the type of analysis Cutting et al. use has moved Nick Redfern search the web and come with a couple of suggestions. This is what Redfern writes on our Discussion Board:

"If anyone wants to do a spectral analysis or autocorrleation of shot length data the following resources can be used free of charge: PAST: a general statistics programme with lots of very useful features, and under its 'Time' menu it has options for both spectral analysis and autocorrelation. Download it for free here:http://folk.uio.no/ohammer/past/. Wessa.net: This website has a set of online calculators that cover pretty much everything you could wish for in describing a dataset (the modules for central tendecy and dispersion are a pedant's joy). Under the 'Time Series' menu there are options for autocorrelation/partial autocorrelation, spectral analysis, and some ARIMA models. To use the features of this website you just need to cut your data from a spreadsheet and paste it into the box and press compute: http://www.wessa.net/stat.wasp. A good introduction to time series analysis (and this also relates to the separate thread on moving averages on the discussion board) can be found at the NIST website: http://www.itl.nist.gov/div898/handbook/pmc/section4/pmc4.htm.Being aimed at engineers, it's a little bit technical; but it rewards perseverance and provides examples to explain a wide range of topics so you can get the theory behind the methods you use. The NIST website is a very useful resource for statistical methodolgy in general and is definitely worth having in your bookmarks."

Date: 2010-04-03 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of last two weeks:

We have NEWCOMERS, welcome aboard, and we have a lot of new films, from Metal Gear to Shakespeare:

Romeo and Juliet: 7 ASL 3.3 ; Love's Labours Lost: 7 ASL 5.3 ; Hamlet: 7 ASL 5.5; High Fidelity: 7 ASL 6 ; The Usual Suspects: 7 ASL 5.4 ; submitted by Aidan;

Fontamara (45 min): 7 ASL 6.4 ; Kleinhoff Hotel (30 min): 7 ASL 7.2 ; La casa del tappeto giallo (50 min): 7 ASL 7.4 ; Mamma Ebe (30 min): 7 ASL 4.7 ; Un'isola (35 min): 7 ASL 7.2 ; Caro Gorbaciov (30 min): 7 ASL 6.2 ; Cattiva (30 min): 7 ASL 5.7 ; Celluloide (30 min): 7 ASL 6.3 ; Hotel Meina (30 min): 7 ASL 3.4 ; Caccia tragica (35 min): 7 ASL 9.1 ; Il marchio di Kriminal (30 min): 7 ASL 9.5 ; Quinta colonna (TV, episode 1, 40 min): 7 ASL 11.2 submitted by Simone Starace;

Tommy (rest of film): 7 ASL 5.9 ; The ? Motorist: 7 ASL 7.8 ; ZeZero: 7 ASL 7.2 ; En Lektion i Karlek: 7 ASL 23.4 ; A Day at the Zoo: 7 ASL 16.2 ; Innertube Antics: 7 ASL 6.8 ; Jungle Jitters: 7 ASL 5.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Night of the Living Dead: 7 ASL 5.4 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Chakushin ari: 7 ASL 9 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Dawn of the Dead (DC): 7 ASL 2.5 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Naked Lunch: 7 ASL 5.9 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Imprint: 7 ASL 9.8 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Scanners (ASD): 7 ASL 4.9 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Land of the Dead: 7 ASL 2.6 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Transformers: 7 ASL 3; Collateral: 7 ASL 3.9 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

The Major and the Minor: 7 ASL 12.1 submitted by Tim Vochten;

Mohammed Enait in Pauw en Witteman: 7 ASL 4.9 ; pauw en witteman Freek 3e verk. conf.: 7 ASL 4.7 ; pauw witteman hirsi ali 17-03-10: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Michiel Bouwmeester;

Smrt na cukrovem ostrove: 7 ASL 13.2 submitted by Michal Vecera;

Napoleon-gas [Napoleon-gaz]: 7 ASL 4.1; Ten: 7 ASL 27.4 submitted by me.

Date: 2010-03-25 Posted by: Gunars Civjans

New article

James Cutting has sent in a reply to Barry Salt's recent article! See them both in the?�movie measurement articles section under cinemetrics studies.

Metadata done

Thanks to everyone's collaboration we have completed the addition of filmography data to the database. In just one month the cinemetrics community has filled the director, country, and IMDB data for 1682 films. Congratulations and thanks to everyone!

I have thus removed the ADD METADATA link from the database page. It will still appear under recently submitted movies. After a submission feel free to add missing things to your data by clicking the ADD METADATA link on the movie page.

Date: 2010-03-22 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of last week.

Gunars has changed the looks and improved the performance speed of the Cinemetrics lab. The film history chart looks like a star map now. See how Simone Starace's "Italian films" constellations looks like now.

Barry Salt's response to Cutting e.a. essay ATTENTION AND HOLLYWOOD FILMS.

We have NEWCOMERS. WELCOME ABOARD!

FILMS:

Mussolini ultimo atto: 7 ASL 6; The Night of the Generals (40 min): 7 ASL 11.8; San Babila ore 20: un delitto inutile (50 min): 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Simone Starace;

Hana yorimo naho: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Benjamin Vogt;

Graduate: 7 ASL 5.7; Casablanca: 7 ASL 2; Casablanca: 7 ASL 2 submitted by MAB;

City of Last Souls (The): 7 ASL 7.7 ; Clockers: 7 ASL 6.1 ; Dawn of the Dead: 7 ASL 3.1 ; Diary of the Dead: 7 ASL 14.2 ; Happiness of the Katakuris, The: 7 ASL 7.5 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Let It Be: 7 ASL 10.4; Tommy (first 20 min.): 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Romeo and Juliet: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Aidan;

On with the Show: 7 ASL 9; My Weakness: 7 ASL 9.1 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Death of a Sensation [Gibel Sensatsii]: 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by ME.

COMMENTS under: KShE (Komsomol -- Shef Elektrifikatsii).

Date: 2010-03-15 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of last week.

We have NEWCOMERS (welcome aboard!) and new films:

La Celestina p..r.. (50 min): 7 ASL 10 ; Byleth - Il demone dell'incesto (45 min): 7 ASL 10.5 ; Barbagia (30 min): 7 ASL 4 ; 7 ASL 5.1 ; Crazy Joe (65 min): 7 ASL 4.9 submitted by Simone Starace;

These Three: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Armin Jaeger;

Torino nera (40 min): The Importance of Being Earnest : 7 ASL 12.8 submitted by Tom Ryall;

Away We Go: 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

DISTANCE: 7 ASL 32.1; Maboroshi no hikari: 7 ASL 25.7 submitted by Benjamin Vogt;

Butchers: 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by Claire McGuinness;

KShE (Komsomol -- Shef Elektrifikatsii) [Communist Union of Youth as Promoter of: 7 ASL 5.9 submitted by me.The missing part of the title (too long!): "of Electrification"

COMMENTS under: KShE (Komsomol -- Shef Elektrifikatsii) [Communist Union of Youth as Promoter of: 7 ASL 5.9

Date: 2010-03-07 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last week: There is a topic concerning the Moving Average Shot Length to be found on our Discussion Board. Also: we have new films submitted by newcomers (welcome aboard!) and old hands:

Banditi a Milano: 7 ASL 4.8 ; Per qualche dollaro in piu' (30 min): 7 ASL 4.4 ; Esterina: 7 ASL 9.9 ; L'amante di Gramigna: 7 ASL 4.2 ; Requiescant (40 min): 7 ASL 4.2 submitted by Simone Starace;

The Emperor Waltz: 7 ASL 13.9; Avanti: 7 ASL 17.9 submitted by Tim Vochten;?�

l cage aux folles: 7 ASL 8.6; ?�birdcage: 7 ASL 12.2 submitted by kari hanet;

Counsellor at Law: 7 ASL 13.2 ; The Good Fairy: 7 ASL 8.9 ; The Gay Deception: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Armin Jaeger;

The March of Time: 7 ASL 5 ; The March of Time (2): 7 ASL 3.8 ; Roadways: 7 ASL 4 ; Big Money: 7 ASL 3.3 submitted by Martin Stollery;

Vida de Menina: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Noite Vazia (last 33 minutes): 7 ASL 9 ; Balloon Land: 7 ASL 6.1 ; Stratos-Fear: 7 ASL 6.8 ; Hell's Fire: 7 ASL 7.4 ;?� Mary's Little Lamb: 7 ASL 15.5 ; Sky Scrappers: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Arctic Antics: 7 ASL 25.6 ; Cinderella: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by Hilde D'haeyere.

COMMENT under: Hindle Wakes.

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Date: 2010-03-03 Posted by: Gunars Civjans

New graph tool

Following up Barry Salt's new study, we have a new graphing tool available. You can now plot a moving average line on the graph. Select the range of the average in the selection under the graph and click 'Redraw'. The range stands for how?�widely from the shots the average is to be calculated. For example, choose 10 for the average to be calculated using 11 shot length values: the shot being plotted and 5 shots before it plus 5 shots that follow.

Date: 2010-03-02 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Another good news, this time about the brain. Many of you may have read the sensational article in NYT about ASL and human brain. See detail in my newly opened topic at our discussion board, called "THE NEW YORK TIMES ON ASL & HUMAN BRAIN"

Date: 2010-03-01 Posted by: Gunars Civjans

New study

Barry Salt has sent in another cinemetrics study, which offers a moving average graph as an alternative to the trendline graph. Expect an addition to the graph toolset as a result of this study.

Date: 2010-03-01 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

To summarize the good news which Gunars reported a few days ago (see earlier "news" items below for details). We have more statistics options now: the median average number and raw data access have been added. Thanks, Gunars. Also: "Add metadata" call for help (see below!) has proved more productive than we had hoped. Thanks, everyone. Also, the new design. Thanks, Sandra and Gunars.

Other good news. New films last week.

The Love Trap: 7 ASL 7.9; A House divided: 7 ASL 8.3; Tom Brown of Culver: 7 ASL 8.9 submitted by Armin Jaeger;

Chapaev: 7 ASL 6.9; Koroshi no Rakuin (Branded to Kill): 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

In nome del Papa re (30 min): 7 ASL 6.9 ; Il Gobbo: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Controsesso (segment "Cocaina di domenica"): 7 ASL 6.6 ; Il Carabiniere a cavallo: 7 ASL 8.3 ; Gli indifferenti (60 min): 7 ASL 8.7 ; L'oro di Roma: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Il processo di Verona: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Storie di vita e malavita (35 min): 7 ASL 7 ; Svegliati e uccidi (55 min): 7 ASL 8.5 ; W la foca (30 min): 7 ASL 6.7 ; Un fiume di dollari: 7 ASL 5.5 submitted by Simone Starace;

[REC]: 7 ASL 57.1 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

l'appartement: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by kari hanet;

letzte Mann (Der)- Restored German Version: 7 ASL 10.8 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Koroshi no Rakuin: 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Seijun Suzuki;

Hindle Wakes: 7 ASL 8.2 submitted by me.

COMMENTS UNDER: Hindle Wakes (1927); Hindle Wakes, roller coaster sequence; Day with the Gypsies of England.

Date: 2010-02-26 Posted by: Gunars Civjans

Thanks

First of all I would like to thank Sandra Ribowski for drawing the current site's design. Sandra created it almost two years ago and it has been sitting ever since waiting to be implemented.

Thanks to everyone participating in the addition of metadata. Your response has been unexpectedly generous and the number of entries with missing data has been halved in just one week. Keep it up!

New feature

I have added a button named 'Show raw data' under the shot length graph. Click on it to open a window with a table of shot length data. It should be easy to select all and paste to a spreadsheet. Thanks to?�Nick Redfern and his article on how to crack cinemetrics. Keep the good ideas coming, and next time just ask!

Date: 2010-02-23 Posted by: Gunars Civjans
THE BEST NEWS OF THE WEEK REMAINS THE NEW LOOK AND THE NEW MUSCLES NEWLY ADDED TO CINEMETRICS(SEE MORE ON THIS AN EARLIER NEWS REPORT BELOW)

ALSO: New statistics

We have added Median shot length data to the database. It can be seen in the database table and movie data page as MSL.

New sorting options

The database table can now be sorted in both ascending and descending order. Just click on the column headings again to reverse the sort order.

BOTH ADDITIONS ARE THE RESULT OF A DIALOG BETWEEN NICK REDFERN, ERIC JONES AND YURI TSIVIAN FOUND UNDER A NEW TOPIC ON OUR DISCUSSION BOARD -- TAKE A LOOK AND TAKE PART!

Date: 2010-02-19 Posted by: Gunars Civjans
IMPORTANT:

We have finally updated the site's design!

Not only is the site prettier, but the menu items are now all on top of the page in two levels, so there is more room for content at the bottom. Also, the shot length graph will adjust its length to fit the screen, so if you have a wide screen, you won't need to use scrollbars to see the whole picture.

The site should work on all modern browsers, only my suggestion is to stay away from Internet Explorer, it is unforgivably slow compared to the rest of them and the lab graph doesn't work on it.

I hope you like the new look, but if you want to still use the old site you can find it here. The database, news and discussions will be updated on the old site as well, but I will not be adding new articles or cinemetrics studies to it.

We need your help!

You may have noticed that lots of entries (1682 to be precise) are missing director and country data, as well as the IMDB link. We have fallen behind in updating these for you. Now is your chance to help! If you can spare a few minutes and update a couple of entries, we will be most thankful.

Here is how to do it:

One click away is the Cinemetrics database (click?�above?�on?�'MEASUREMENT DATABASE')
To see a list of all entries needing additional data, click on 'ADD METADATA'.?�
To add the data for a specific movie, find it in the database, click on it and use the 'ADD METADATA' link that is within the movie data page.
Further instructions on how to add data are on the metadata addition page.
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Date: 2010-02-13 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last two weeks.

Barry Salt's new edition of his Film Style and Technology just came out. Congratulations, Barry, from Cinemetrics.

Nick Redford writes on our Discussion board: I've just come across a most useful resource for people interested in applying statistical methods in film studies. It is a Wiki based on the book Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology: Success in Your Psychology Degree by Jeremy Miles. As the title suggests, it is aimed at Psychology students but it is clear and straightforward and provides a good overall introduction. It is written for first year undergraduates and so it is of a goos standard without being overly complicated. It has a series of useful tips throught covering research methods and experiment design, statistical analysis, and the presentation of results. As ever, it is free to access. The main page of the wiki is here: http://www.researchmethodsinpsychology.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page.

We have newcomers, one of them Caitlin McGrath, University of Chicago graduate student. Welcome aboard!

Films:

They Came to Cordura: 7 ASL 9.6; Panic in the Streets: 7 ASL 24.3 submitted by Barry Salt using his usual frame-accurate hand-picked method;

Hindle Wakes, roller coaster sequence: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Caitlin McGrath;

Land of Midnight Fun: 7 ASL 8.8 ; Shop Look & Listen: 7 ASL 10.1 ; Fresh Fish: 7 ASL 13.2 ; Little Blabbermouse: 7 ASL 7 ; Cookie Carnival, The: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Egyptian Melodies: 7 ASL 9.8 ; Fox Hunt, The: 7 ASL 8.7 ; Daffy Duck and the Dinosaur: 7 ASL 17.2 ; Daffy Duck in Hollywood: 7 ASL 6.3 ; Draftee Daffy: 7 ASL 8.4 ; Once Upon a Wintertime: 7 ASL 8.4 ; Dog Gone Modern: 7 ASL 10.8 ; Little Orphan, The: 7 ASL 6.9 ; Sovietskie Igrushki: 7 ASL 8.4 ; Ave Maria: 7 ASL 3.8 ; Hot Rod Huckster: 7 ASL 4.4 ; A Mouse in the House: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Porky and Teabiscuit: 7 ASL 8 ; Tell-Tale Heart, The: 7 ASL 8.2 ; A History of Violence: 7 ASL 5.3 ; World Trade Center (first 93 min.): 7 ASL 5.5 ; World Trade Center (last minutes): 7 ASL 6.7 ; Last Year in Viet Nan: 7 ASL 7.3 ; Zero Hour!: 7 ASL 7 ; Airplane!: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

The Hunger: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Chevalier loic;

Kiss Me, Stupid: 7 ASL 19.2; Fedora: 7 ASL 14.6 submitted by Tim Vochten;

Atonement: 7 ASL 6.5; Atonement: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Milou Grefkens;

Lady Vanishes (The): 7 ASL 7.7; Wicker Man (The) *remake*: 7 ASL 3.7 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Still Life [Sanxia haoren]: 7 ASL 37.9; The Mission [Qianghuo]: 7 ASL 6.4; Hana-bi: 7 ASL 10.4 submitted by Charley Leary;

Spun: 7 ASL 2; Magnolia: 7 ASL 12.1 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Cronache di poveri amanti: 7 ASL 12.4 submitted by Simone Starace.

Date: 2010-01-31 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last week. We have a number of newcomers (welcome aboard!) and backcomers like the cinemetrics veteran Charley Leary (welcome home!). We also have a new Dutch class coming in (judging be the names). Welcome all.

Films submitted:

Blind Trilogy, The: Blind/Old Parliament House/Capitol Cinema: 7 ASL 50 submitted by Charley Leary;

Domino: 7 ASL 1.7; The Room: 7 ASL 5 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

My Blueberry Nights: 7 ASL 11.3; My Blueberry Nights: 7 ASL 4.2 submitted by Alejandra Garca-Riego Arias;

Oatsurae Jirokichi Goshi (Jirokichi, the Rat) (30 first minutes): 7 ASL 5.8 ; Three Little Pups, The: 7 ASL 5.7 ; Counterfeit Cat, The: 7 ASL 9.5 ; Melody: 7 ASL 5.3 ; Pigs is Pigs: 7 ASL 5.2 ; Social Lion: 7 ASL 4.5 ; Lambert the Sheepish Lion: 7 ASL 4.9 ; Hurt Locker, The: 7 ASL 3.6 ; A Wild Hare: 7 ASL 12 ; Chilly Willy: 7 ASL 4.9 ; Frosty the Snowman: 7 ASL 5.6 ; Confederate Honey: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Hollywood Steps Out: 7 ASL 8.3 ; Russian Rhapsody: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Bars and Stripes Forever: 7 ASL 9 ; Rookie Bear, The: 7 ASL 8.8 ; Homeless Hare: 7 ASL 3.9 ; Busy Bakers: 7 ASL 7.2 ; Kureopatora (Cleopatra, Queen of Sex) (last minutes): 7 ASL 4.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

En busca de la felicidad: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Daniel Canada Garcia;

The Forsyte Saga: 7 ASL 93.1; The Forsyte Saga: 7 ASL 57.7 submitted by Ron Visser;

Paura in citta' (40 min): 7 ASL 4.6 submitted by Simone Starace;

Le vent Nous Portera: 7 ASL 2 submitted by Mireia ;

La Madrastra: 7 ASL 2.1; Pennies from Heaven: 7 ASL 3.8 submitted by Annemarie van Uden;

The Waltons: 7 ASL 8.8 submitted by Peter van Osch;

Pennies from Heaven (episode 2): 7 ASL 8.5; Pennies from Heaven (episode 2): 7 ASL 6.6 ; La Madrastra: 7 ASL 5.8 ; La Madrastra: 7 ASL 3.2 ; La Madrastra : 7 ASL 3.1 submitted by Aniek Gaveel ;

Hana Yori Dango- Tsukushi: 7 ASL 5.8; Hana Yori Dango - Rui: 7 ASL 4.8 ; Hana Yori Dango - Domyoji: 7 ASL 4.5 ; Brideshead Revisited- Julia: 7 ASL 4.9 ; Brideshead Revisited - Charles: 7 ASL 4.5 ; Brideshead Revisited - Sebastian: 7 ASL 4.9 submitted by Judith vd Zande;

Forsyte Saga: 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by Joran Heimering;

The Man of the Vineyard: 7 ASL 5.8; The Man of the Vineyard(2): 7 ASL 6.5 ; The Singing Detective: 7 ASL 3 submitted by Johanneke van Sambeek;

Ten Brothers: 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Peter van Osch;

Twin Peaks S01 E02: 7 ASL 6.5; Taiyou no Uta S01 E03: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Julie Sonneveld;

The Conversation: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Pius Meyer.

New COMMENS under: The Milky Way, Quantum of Solace.

Date: 2010-01-25 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Just arrived in Chicago from 3 weeks in Paris. Reporting last week's good news just as the submissions went in -- in order of appearance.

The Milky Way: 7 ASL 10 submitted by Simone Starace; Shonen (Boy) (73 min.): 7 ASL 14.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Shonen (Boy) (last 13 minutes): 7 ASL 13.6 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Mulatto, Il (30 min): 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Simone Starace; Chanson d'une nuit, La (2nd try): 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Shuga: 7 ASL 13.2 submitted by Alyssa DeBlasio; General Idi Amin Dada: Autoportrait: 7 ASL 19.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Last King of Scotland, The (first 60 minutes): 7 ASL 3.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Last King of Scotland, The (2nd part): 7 ASL 3.8 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; The Awful Truth: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Simone Starace; Brave Engineer, The: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; A Cowboy Needs a Horse: 7 ASL 5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; In the Bag: 7 ASL 3.7 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Hooked Bear: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Flea Circus, The: 7 ASL 4.9 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Magical Maestro: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; reservoir dogs: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by david garcia; To Catch the Uncatchable: 7 ASL 53.6 submitted by Ron Visser; To Catch the Uncatchable: 7 ASL 46.5 submitted by Ron Visser; Missione d'amore (30 min): 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Simone Starace; Luci del variet: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Gamer: 7 ASL 2 submitted by Eric T. Jones; Nihon no Yoru to Kiri (Night and Fog in Japan): 7 ASL 140.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; From Dime to Dime: 7 ASL 4.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; In the Nicotine: 7 ASL 4.6 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos.

Date: 2010-01-10 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Happy New Year.

Good news from Paris where I will spend another 2 weeks teach at the University of Chicago Paris Center.

I only have a minute to submit this desorderly unedited raw list of movies submitted by our contributors, old and new, in the 1st week of 1910. Busy time, will be more at leasure when back to Chicago.

Blind Husbands: 7 ASL 7 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; la meglio gioventu: 7 ASL 11.5 submitted by Eva; Minamata Revolt: A People's Quest for Life dir. by Noriaki Tsuchimoto : 7 ASL 28.1 submitted by junko; Mio Dio, come sono caduta in basso! (35 min): 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Simone Starace; Liquirizia (35 min): 7 ASL 9.6 submitted by Simone Starace; Giovannona coscialunga disonorata con onore (30 min): 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Simone Starace; Furyo Shonen (Bad Boys) dir. by Susumu Hani: 7 ASL 12.7 submitted by junko; 24 (0218 - "Day 2: 1:00 a.m. - 2:00 a.m."): 7 ASL 3.4 submitted by Eric T. Jones; Annie Hall: 7 ASL 14.5 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Crimes and Misdemeanors: 7 ASL 25.8 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Mum's the Word: 7 ASL 5 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; By Indian Post: 7 ASL 5.4 submitted by Simone Starace; Hell's Hinges: 7 ASL 6.2 submitted by Charles O'Brien; 200 Motels (first 15 minutes): 7 ASL 4.2 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; "Flirty Birdy": 7 ASL 5.4 submitted by Stinkinmink; The Cat above and the mouse below: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by Stinkinmink; 'Jerry's Diary": 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Stinkinmink; The Cat's Me-Ouch: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Stinkinmink; Killer: 7 ASL 15.2 submitted by Alyssa DeBlasio; Roma bene (30 min): 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by Simone Starace; La meglio gioventu : 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by Eva; Umiliati e offesi (part IV): 7 ASL 20.5 submitted by Simone Starace; Nynke: 7 ASL 6.6 submitted by Valerie van Acquoij; la meglio gioventu: 7 ASL 4.6 submitted by Eva; L'arcidiavolo (30 min): 7 ASL 6 submitted by Simone Starace.

Date: 2009-12-27 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Back from Saint Petersburg, good news from the last full week of the year:

Vita Violenta, Una: 7 ASL 11.1; Naniwa Ereji (Osaka Elegy): 7 ASL 22.7; Hanagata Senshu (last 11 minutes): 7 ASL 11.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 7 ASL 5.8 ; Vals Im Bashir: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Boutique: 7 ASL 8.7 ; Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde: 7 ASL 6.7 ; Half a Man: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Orlacs Hande: 7 ASL 10.1 ; Navy Blue Days: 7 ASL 8.7 ; Postage Due: 7 ASL 5.7 ; Snow Hawk (The): 7 ASL 5.5 ; West of Hot Dog: 7 ASL 4.9 ; Sleuth (The): 7 ASL 11 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen: 7 ASL 3.4; Transformers:Revenge of the Fallen - IMAX: 7 ASL 3.4 submitted by Regressor;

Riso amaro (65 min): 7 ASL 8.3 submitted by Simone Starace;

The Mummy: 7 ASL 10 submitted by Lauren Vogel;?�?�?�?�

A Clockwork Orange: 7 ASL 11.3 submitted by Joran Heimering;

Whoopee! (2nd try): 7 ASL 12.3; Palmy Days (2nd try): 7 ASL 8.4; Looking on the Bright Side (2nd try): 7 ASL 8.1; Les miserables, Part 1: 7 ASL 13.6 submitted by Charles O'Brien.

COMMENTS under: Moulin Rouge, Orlacs Hande, The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Date: 2009-12-20 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of last week.

I had to skip a week of good news, sorry: I was at Cambridge, at the Department of Architecture, to give a viva exam (their equvalent of dissertation defense) to Stavros Alifragkis whose work on Man with a Movie Camera is much in line with what we do at Cinemetrics. This is an extraordinary dissertation -- and I am happy to report that the defense was unanimously a success. Congratulation, Stavros!

Meanwhile, new films have been submitted by a number of hands, old and new.

Queen Kelly: 7 ASL 5.7; Todake no Kyodai (The Brothers and Sisters of the Toda Family): 7 ASL 13.3; They Live by Night: 7 ASL 12 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Tatakau Heitai (Fighting soldiers) : 7 ASL 11.4; Kodomo Gikai (Child Council) dir. by Shoji Maruyama: 7 ASL 8.5; Tsukinowa Kofun dir. by Hideo Arai: 7 ASL 6; Kyoshitsu no Kodomo-tachi (Children in the Classroom) dir. by Susumu Hani: 7 ASL 8.3; E o Kaku Kodomotachi (Children Who Draw Pictures) dir. by Susumu Hani: 7 ASL 8.6; Aru Kikanjoshi (Engine Driver) dir. by Noriaki Tsuchimoto: 7 ASL 8; E o Kaku Kodomotachi (Children Who Draw) dir. by Susumu Hani: 7 ASL 8.7 submitted by junko;

Quantum of Solace (full-length): 7 ASL 1.8; Titanic: 7 ASL 4.2 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Madame Bovary: 7 ASL 22.5 submitted by Simone Starace;

Fedora: 7 ASL 13; Maurin des Maures: 7 ASL 9.3; Cagliostro: 7 ASL 4.8; Funf verfluchten gentlemen: 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

The rest of films last week have been submitted by the Dutch class students (I apologise if some of the below are not students or Dutch):

Good Morning (Ohayo): 7 ASL 7 submitted by K. van den Heuvel; :Dancer in the Dark: 7 ASL 5.1 submitted by Tom in 't Veld; Barry Lyndon: 7 ASL 13.8 submitted by Trevor Leslie; Sholay: 7 ASL 102.3 submitted by Shraddha Matai; Il Bidone: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Benno Veenis; Mulholland Drive: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Julie Sonneveld; Friend: 7 ASL 7.5 submitted by Oscar M. Polak; Night on Earth: 7 ASL 11.2 submitted by Milou Grefkens; love bakery: 7 ASL 8.9 submitted by Nhung Le Nguyen; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring: 7 ASL 85.2 submitted by Nick van Leersum; 2046: 7 ASL 9.1 submitted by Anne van der Poel; Last Tango in Paris: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Silvester Broekhuizen; Secrets Of Women: 7 ASL 15.6 submitted by Annemarie van Uden; Nostalghia: 7 ASL 58.2 submitted by Simon Boots; Francesco, giullare di Dio (The Flower of St. Francis): 7 ASL 9.9 submitted by Peter Doebler; 8 Femmes: 7 ASL 8 submitted by Naomi; Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli: 7 ASL 14.3 submitted by Stijn Huijgen; Die Ehe der Maria Braun: 7 ASL 12.9 submitted by Chiel Versteeg; Lost Highway: 7 ASL 5.8 submitted by Karen Peeters; Europa: 7 ASL 18.9 submitted by Zowie Bindels; 1900 part 2: 7 ASL 11.3 submitted by M.J.Offringa; The Dreamers: 7 ASL 80 submitted by Peggy Bisschop; Sitcom: 7 ASL 33.4 submitted by Walther van den Berg; Cloud-Capped Star, The: 7 ASL 19.8 submitted by Jorien Bijkerk; submitted by junko; Wild at Heart: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Judith vd Zande; Nostalghia: 7 ASL 30.9 submitted by Noel Hamer; Minamata repoto: jitsuroku kochoi (Minamata Report: the Central Pollution Board): 7 ASL 16.7; Dogville: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Misha; Broken Flowers: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Peter van Osch; Brotherhood of War: 7 ASL 3.1 submitted by Joris Zomerdijk; land of plenty: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Eline Bots; 8 Femmes: 7 ASL 8 submitted by Naomi; Dune: 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Frank van der Meer; Don't come knocking: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Kevin Pilasky; Persona: 7 ASL 15.3 submitted by Marthe Voorn.

COMMENTS under: The Tall T, Inglorious Basterds, Back to the future, Moulin Rouge.

Date: 2009-12-12 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Haslty good news from last week, unordered: I am leaving Chicago for Cambridge (England) t take part in the dissertation defence which has to do with what we do here on Cinemetrics. More on this later, meanwhile see last week's crops as is, in the order of appearance. Bye-bye, all!

International House (2nd try): 7 ASL 8.2 submitted by Charles O'Brien; If I Had a Million (2nd try): 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Don Quichotte: 7 ASL 8.6 submitted by Charles O'Brien; 1900 part 2: 7 ASL 12 submitted by M.J. Offringa; Don't come knocking: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Kevin Pilasky; land of plenty: 7 ASL 5.9 submitted by Eline Bots; land of plenty: 7 ASL 7 submitted by Eline Bots; Indian Massacre, The (aka The Heart of an Indian): 7 ASL 28.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Paris, Texas: 7 ASL 12.2 submitted by Kevin Pilasky; Framed Cat, The: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Tristan Mentz; His Mouse Friday: 7 ASL 9.3 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Ces messieurs de la Sante: 7 ASL 22.5 submitted by Charles O'Brien; White Zombie (ASD): 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Invasion of the Body Snatchers (ASD): 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Back To The Future: 7 ASL 56 submitted by Chris Penny; Heineken H.E.L.L.O Commercial: 7 ASL 1.2 submitted by Bas; Drummer of the 8th, The: 7 ASL 10.7 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Tennis Chumps: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Little School Mouse: 7 ASL 7.6 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Puppy Tale: 7 ASL 9.1 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Idiots, The: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Sandra Timmerman; axe touch: 7 ASL 0.9 submitted by Naomi; Autumn Sonata: 7 ASL 17.6 submitted by Manderley Wolterinck; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Part 2: 7 ASL 6.6 submitted by Andrea Wrobel; Dead man: 7 ASL 8.1 submitted by Milou Grefkens; V proudech: 7 ASL 0 submitted by Ales V. Matejka; V proudech: 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Ales V. Matejka; Drummer of the 8th, The (2nd try): 7 ASL 10.9 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Angel: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Anne Pennings; Blues Brothers: 7 ASL 4.8 submitted by Oliver J. R. Cartledge; 42nd Street: 7 ASL 12.5 submitted by Sandra Doig; 42nd street: 7 ASL 13.5 submitted by ; 42nd Street: 7 ASL 12.9 submitted by Sandra Doig; "Bad Romance" (music video): 7 ASL 1.4 submitted by Charles O'Brien; "Womanizer": 7 ASL 1.3 submitted by Charles O'Brien; : 7 ASL 1.9 submitted by ; "Paparazzi": 7 ASL 1.1 submitted by Charles O'Brien; The Wizard of Oz: 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Emily Turner; singin' in the rain-solo sequence: 7 ASL 28.5 submitted by katie; Things Have Changed: 7 ASL 2.5 submitted by Chad Lawson; Things Have Changed: 7 ASL 2.6 submitted by Chad Lawson; The Wizard of Oz: 7 ASL 30.9 submitted by Emily Turner; Daytime Drinking: 7 ASL 12.2 submitted by Marc Raymond; Straight Shooting: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Struggle, The: 7 ASL 13.9 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Zoot Cat, The: 7 ASL 7 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Unwelcome Guest, The: 7 ASL 5.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Kairat: 7 ASL 9.1 submitted by Alyssa DeBlasio; Tout contre Leo: 7 ASL 13.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Torch Singer: 7 ASL 9.3 submitted by Charles O'Brien.

Date: 2009-11-30 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last week:

Down Beat Bear: 7 ASL 7.2 ; Egg and Jerry, The: 7 ASL 8.2 ; Flying Sorceress, The: 7 ASL 7.9 ; That's My Mommy: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Tom and Cherie: 7 ASL 12.6 ; Pup on a Picnic: 7 ASL 7.8 ; Southbound Duckling: 7 ASL 6.9 ; Touche, Pussy Cat!: 7 ASL 9.7 ; Pet Peeve: 7 ASL 9.4 ; Cat Concerto, The: 7 ASL 7.2 ; Kitty Foiled: 7 ASL 5.6 ; Truce Hurts: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Old Rockin' Chair Tom: 7 ASL 5.8 ; Professor Tom: 7 ASL 6.9 ; Mouse Cleaning: 7 ASL 7.2 ; Polka-Dot Puss: 7 ASL 7.1 ; Hatch Up Your Troubles: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Little Orphan, The: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Mice Follies: 7 ASL 7.4 ; Jerry and the Lion: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Flying Cat, The: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Mouse: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Invisible Mouse, The: 7 ASL 7 ; Part Time Pal: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Neapolitan Mouse: 7 ASL 8 ; Mouse Comes to Dinner, The: 7 ASL 6.7 ; Mouse in Manhattan: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Springtime for Thomas: 7 ASL 6.1 ; Trap Happy: 7 ASL 5.5 ; Pecos Pest: 7 ASL 11.5 ; Designs on Jerry: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Smitten Kitten: 7 ASL 8.3 ; Johann Mouse: 7 ASL 8.9 ; Two Little Indians: 7 ASL 5.8 ; Baby Butch: 7 ASL 9 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

Menilmontant: 7 ASL 4.9 ; Noah's Ark: 7 ASL 4.4 ; Now You're Talking: 7 ASL 5.9 ; Dream, The: 7 ASL 26.3 ; One Good Turn: 7 ASL 8.5 ; Just Rambling Along: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Die Welle: 7 ASL 4.2 ; Die Welle (last minutes): 7 ASL 5 ; Civilization: 7 ASL 6 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Murder at the Vanities: 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Inglourious Basterds: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Marc Raymond;

The Road (Zhol): 7 ASL 14.4 submitted by Alyssa DeBlasio;

Dokyumento Rojo (Document: on the Road): 7 ASL 10.1; Dokyumento Rojo (Document: on the Road): 7 ASL 10.1; Shiranuikai (The Shiranui Sea): 7 ASL 22.1 submitted by junko;

Stalker: 7 ASL 64.5 submitted by Simon Boots;

The Bad Sleep Well: 7 ASL 15.9 submitted by Paul Kanter;

The Dutch and Czech student submissions (sorry if a number of newcomers turn out being not actually from their class):

Persona: 7 ASL 15.3 submitted by Marthe Voorn; Good Morning (Ohayo): 7 ASL 7.1 submitted by K. van den Heuvel; Dogville: 7 ASL 7.1 submitted by Tom in 't Veld; The End of Summer (Kohayagawa-ke no aki): 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by K. van den Heuvel; Mystery Train: 7 ASL 21.2 submitted by Aniek Gaveel ; Raise the Red Latern: 7 ASL 9.6 submitted by Claartje Vogel; Broken Flowers: 7 ASL 8.9 submitted by Peter van Osch; Last Tango in Paris: 7 ASL 13.8 submitted by Peggy; The Dreamers: 7 ASL 8 submitted by Peggy; Dancer in the Dark: 7 ASL 5.1 submitted by Tom in 't Veld; Happy Days: 7 ASL 21.5 submitted by Charles O'Brien; axe touch commercial: 7 ASL 0.9 submitted by naomi; Lady on the Tracs: 7 ASL 11.6 submitted by Kristina Aschenbrennerova; Lolita: 7 ASL 16.7 submitted by Johanneke van Sambeek; : 7 ASL 10.4 submitted by ; Night on Earth: 7 ASL 10.9 submitted by Milou Grefkens; Dreamers, The: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Melle Offringa; Wild at Heart: 7 ASL 7.5 submitted by Judith vd Zande; A Clockwork Orange: 7 ASL 11.4 submitted by Joran Heimering; The White Sheik: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Cris van Wolffelaar; Sitcom: 7 ASL 10.6 submitted by Walther van den Berg; Paths of Glory: 7 ASL 8.9 submitted by Joran Heimering; Il Bidone: 7 ASL 7 submitted by Benno Veenis; Autumn Sonate: 7 ASL 20.4 submitted by Manderley Wolterinck; Drifting Clouds: 7 ASL 20.6 submitted by Ron Visser; Lifeline: 7 ASL 4.9 submitted by Stijn Huijgen; Swimming Pool: 7 ASL 12.7 submitted by Naomi den Hollander; Boccacio '70: 7 ASL 10.4 submitted by Stijn Huijgen; Mandi: 7 ASL 11.1 submitted by Shraddha Matai; Last Tango in Paris: 7 ASL 13.1 submitted by Silvester Broekhuizen; Winter Light: 7 ASL 18.1 submitted by Manderley Wolterinck; I Vitelloni: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Eva; Rocco E I Suoi Fratelli: 7 ASL 14.6 submitted by Stijn Huijgen; Angst essen Seele auf: 7 ASL 15.1 submitted by Chiel Versteeg; Taegukgi(Brotherhood of War): 7 ASL 2.8 submitted by Oscar M. Polak; Yojimbo (The Bodyguard): 7 ASL 13.5 submitted by Paul Kanter; The Seventh Seal: 7 ASL 11.2 submitted by Annemarie van Uden; Mulholland Dr.: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Julie Sonneveld; Sholay: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Shraddha Matai; In the mood for love: 7 ASL 12.3 submitted by Claartje Vogel; Kagemusha: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Rutger Korstjens; The Five Obstructions: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Misha; Mulholland Drive: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Julie Sonneveld; El La Nave Va: 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Cris van Wolffelaar; Secret of Women: 7 ASL 18.3 submitted by Annemarie; The Last Emperor: 7 ASL 8.5 submitted by Silvester Broekhuizen; Back to the future: 7 ASL 37.2 submitted by -; Cat and the Mermouse, The: 7 ASL 11.4 submitted by Tristan Mentz; 2001 A Space Odyssey: 7 ASL 13 submitted by Johanneke van Sambeek; Wild At Heart: 7 ASL 7.5 submitted by Julie Sonneveld; Boccaccio '70 (2): 7 ASL 11 submitted by Stijn Huijgen; Querelle: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Chiel Versteeg; High and Low: 7 ASL 17.5 submitted by Emily Simpson; Nostalghia: 7 ASL 61.8 submitted by Noel Hamer; Friend: 7 ASL 7.1 submitted by Joris Zomerdijk; 8 Femmes: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Naomi den Hollander; : 7 ASL 3.2 submitted by ; Red Sorghum: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Anne van der Poel; Spartacus: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Jos Grootjans; Novecento (Atto 1): 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Wouter Huijse; Novecento (Atto 2): 7 ASL 13 submitted by Wouter Huijser; Kardiogramma: 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Alyssa DeBlasio; 2046: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Anne van der Poel; Ran: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Rutger Korstjens; Smarty Cat: 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Mouse for Sale: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Downhearted Duckling: 7 ASL 9.6 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Hic-cup Pup: 7 ASL 10.8 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Posse Cat: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Life with Tom: 7 ASL 6 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Mirror: 7 ASL 22 submitted by Simon Boots; Kagemusha: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Tim van Velzen; Friend: 7 ASL 8.2 submitted by Nhung Nguyen; Blue Velvet: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Frank van der Meer; Rashomon: 7 ASL 12.8 submitted by Tim van Velzen; Lost Highway: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Karen Peeters; : 7 ASL 0.9 submitted by ; Brotherhood of War: 7 ASL 2.9 submitted by Joris Zomerdijk; The man without a past: 7 ASL 10.1 submitted by Ron Visser; Friend: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Oscar M. Polak; Dune: 7 ASL 4.9 submitted by Frank van der Meer; Ran: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Emily Simpson; Love Bakery: 7 ASL 8.9 submitted by Nhung Le Nguyen; Sous le Sable: 7 ASL 12.3 submitted by Walther van den Berg; Dogville: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Misha; Wonder Boys: 7 ASL 4.1 submitted by Chad Lawson; The Straight story: 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Karen Peeters; La Dolce Vita: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Benno Veenis; The Idiots: 7 ASL 6.6 submitted by Zowie Bindels; Search for Beauty: 7 ASL 7.5 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Dune: 7 ASL 4.9 submitted by Judith vd Zande; Barry Lyndon: 7 ASL 13.2 submitted by Trevor Leslie; Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Part 1: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Andrea Wrobel; Cobweb, The: 7 ASL 23.2 submitted by Pam Reisel; Solyaris: 7 ASL 27.7 submitted by Noel Hamer; Paths of Glory: 7 ASL 8.8 submitted by Trevor Leslie; Don't come knocking: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Eline Bot.

COMMENTS under: Happy Days, Don Quichotte.

Date: 2009-11-23 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news this week:

We have NEWCOMERS, mostly from the Dutch and Czech classes, but also independent researches, as Sandra Timmerman, apparently studying Lars von Trier, submitted Idiots, The: 7 ASL 7.1 and Dancer in the Dark: 7 ASL 4.9; All welcome aboard!

Other films:

Mustalaishurmaaja: 7 ASL 6 ; Sexto Sentido, El: 7 ASL 8.1 ; Sangue Mineiro: 7 ASL 8.1 ; Morte Camina in La Lluvia, La (1948) (50 min): 7 ASL 8.6 ; Muerte Camina la Lluvia (last minutes): 7 ASL 7.6 ; Tui Shou (Pushing Hands): 7 ASL 11.2 ; High and the Mighty, The: 7 ASL 10.6 ; Carmen: 7 ASL 7.7 ; House of Bamboo: 7 ASL 14.4 ; Party Girl: 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Chu Chin Chow: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Flirtation Walk : 7 ASL 7 ; Thin Man, The: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Night Nurse: 7 ASL 8.5 ; Maybe It's Love: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Lonesome Mouse, The: 7 ASL 7 ; Northwest Hounded Police: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Senor Droopy: 7 ASL 6.3 ; Wags to Riches: 7 ASL 7.4 ; Out-Foxed: 7 ASL 7 ; Chump Champ, The: 7 ASL 7.3 ; Sweet Kitty Bellairs: 7 ASL 8 ; Soldier's Plaything, A: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

My Uncle Napoleon (Episode1): 7 ASL 11.8 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

The Dirk Diggler Story: 7 ASL 13.9; Gilmore Girls (#101 - Pilot): 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Student submissions:

Dokter Pulder zaait papavers: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Sanne Bouwman; Zavrat: 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by Michal Svoboda; Op Hoop van Zegen: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Seth van Kleef; Starci na chmelu: 7 ASL 12.8 submitted by Mirek Knourek; Sous le sable: 7 ASL 12.9 submitted by Maayke van Berkum; Shadows in Paradise: 7 ASL 9.1 submitted by Claire van der Meer; Bringing Out The Dead: 7 ASL 9.1 submitted by Andreas Krempel; Cloud-capped star, The: 7 ASL 20.4 submitted by Bijkerk, Jorien; Night on Earth : 7 ASL 11.6 submitted by Aniek Gaveel; Huit femmes: 7 ASL 8.1 submitted by Maayke van Berkum; Philco Television Playhouse: The Late Christopher Bean: 7 ASL 15.6 submitted by Jonah Horwitz; Angel: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Anne Pennings; Pahts of Glory: 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by Jos Grootjans; Ariel: 7 ASL 9.6 submitted by Julia Nuesslein; Sitcom: 7 ASL 10.1 submitted by Anne Pennings; De Jurk: 7 ASL 7.1 submitted by Danielle Rietveld; Ariel: 7 ASL 9.8 submitted by Claire van der Meer; Sous le sable: 7 ASL 12.3 submitted by Maayke van Berkum; Sholay: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Bijkerk, Jorien; Bin-Jip: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Nick van Leersum; The Man Without a Past: 7 ASL 10.7 submitted by Koen van Vliet; Shadow in Paradise: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Koen van VLiet; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Nick van Leersum; Down by Law: 7 ASL 53.8 submitted by Peter van Osch; La Strada: 7 ASL 8.3 submitted by eva; reklama: 7 ASL 3.2 submitted by Matysova; Reklama2: 7 ASL 3.1 submitted by Matysova; pulky: 7 ASL 17.3 submitted by Matysova; Two Solutions for One Problem: 7 ASL 4.9 submitted by Atoor Lawandow; Match Factory Girl, The: 7 ASL 16.2 submitted by Julia Nuesslein; The Devils Eye: 7 ASL 13.4 submitted by Marthe Voorn.

Date: 2009-11-16 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good new from last week:

Another reference to an introductory web-text has been posted on the Intro to statitics topic Discussion Board by Nick Redfern.

We have newcomers both from and outside the Dutch class students. Welcome aboard!

The May Lady: 7 ASL 11.6; Under the Skin of the City: 7 ASL 13.9 submitted by Damiana Dodd;

Dead man: 7 ASL 7.9; Dead man: 7 ASL 7.7; Broken flowers: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Mara Jonker.

Dumb-Hounded: 7 ASL 6.5; Shooting of Dan McGoo, The: 7 ASL 8.2 ; Wild and Woolfy: 7 ASL 7.8 ; Swing Shift Cinderella: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Busy Buddies: 7 ASL 5.9 ; Bright Lights: 7 ASL 8 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

Mamma Mia! (Voulez-Vous): 7 ASL 1.4 submitted by J.D. Connor;

The Speed Kings: 7 ASL 4.8; Mabel's Strange Predicament: 7 ASL 7.3; Mabel's Busy Day: 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Simone Starace;

Back to God's Country: 7 ASL 6.1 ; Duel d'une Monsieur Myope, Le: 7 ASL 25.6 ; Premier Cigare d'un Collegien: 7 ASL 24.1 ; Debuts de Max au Cinema, Les: 7 ASL 17.6 ; Palwolui Christmas: 7 ASL 25.8 ; Legende de Polichinelle, La: 7 ASL 24.6 ; Alladin and the Wonderful Lamp: 7 ASL 12 ; Jack and the Beanstalk: 7 ASL 6.7 ; Hittin' the Trial for Hallelujah Land: 7 ASL 9.4 ; By Indian Post: 7 ASL 5.4 ; Flapper, The (50 min.): 7 ASL 5.9 ; Flapper, The (30 last minutes): 7 ASL 5.7 ; 3 Bad Men: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Bride of Frankenstein: 7 ASL 4.3; Henry Fool: 7 ASL 11.7 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Blonde Venus (2nd try): 7 ASL 9.8 ; Aunt Sally: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Child of Manhattan: 7 ASL 15.9 ; It Happened One Night: 7 ASL 8.5 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Minamata: The Victims and their World (Minamata - Kanja-san to Sono Sekai) 2 hr/: 7 ASL 16.5; Nihon Kaiho Sensen: Sanrizuka no Natsu (Summer in Narita): 7 ASL 21 submitted by Junko;

Philco Television Playhouse: The Joker: 7 ASL 32.2 submitted by Jonah Horwitz;

le ballon rouge: 7 ASL 9.7 submitted by Guido Kirsten;

The Dutch class submissions:

Nynke: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Floor Botden; Soldaat van Oranje: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Famke Ouborg; Ciske de rat: 7 ASL 14.5 submitted by Sjoerd Kuijten; De Avonden: 7 ASL 15 submitted by Sharon Brilman; De kleine blonde dood: 7 ASL 7.5 submitted by Merle Bemelmans; Turks Fruit: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Liv Krake; Zaak M.P., De: 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by Weiler; Ciske de Rat: 7 ASL 12.7 submitted by Sjoerd Kuijten; Wan Pipel: 7 ASL 12.9 submitted by Saphira van der Meulen; Een Koninkrijk voor een Huis: 7 ASL 13 submitted by Sandra van der Keur; Udoli vcel: 7 ASL 12 submitted by hermitek; Spoorloos: 7 ASL 11.9 submitted by Daan de Kleijn; Zaak M.P., De: 7 ASL 11.6 submitted by Weiler; Komedie om geld: 7 ASL 11.7 submitted by Sanne Heijnen; Turks Fruit: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Jelle Pothoven; Pastorale 1943: 7 ASL 13.2 submitted by Aline Kornet; Max Havelaar: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Roy Merkelbach; Dood Water: 7 ASL 15.9 submitted by Lisa Weeda; Op hoop van zegen: 7 ASL 14.3 submitted by Marjo van den Akker; De Avonden: 7 ASL 11.4 submitted by Coen Haver; Soldaat van Oranje: 7 ASL 6.6 submitted by Thomas van Vessem; spoorloos: 7 ASL 12 submitted by ceva; Van geluk gesproken: 7 ASL 10 submitted by Rutger Frissen; Mensen van morgen: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Joerik van Ditmarsch; Max Havelaar: 7 ASL 7.1 submitted by Wieteke Kluiwstra; De Lift: 7 ASL 7 submitted by Marijn van Haaster; Van geluk gesproken: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Ali Al-Difaie; Malle gevallen: 7 ASL 26.9 submitted by Helen Tamminga; Udoli vcel: 7 ASL 12 submitted by hermitek; Ciske de Rat : 7 ASL 14.6 submitted by Duco zur Kleinsmiede; Wat zien ik: 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Jaime Wijdh; Op Hoop van Zegen (G. Pieters): 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Joy Possel; Dokter Vlimmen: 7 ASL 9.8 submitted by Michiel Bouwmeester; De Zaak MP: 7 ASL 5 submitted by Jules Spekman; Morgen gaat 't beter: 7 ASL 6 submitted by Lopke Ubbels; Monte Carlo: 7 ASL 7 submitted by Niels Janssen; De zaak M.P.: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Olivier Alberts; De stilte rond Christine M.: 7 ASL 10.7 submitted by Shukri Abdulkadir Hassan; Van de Koele Meren des Doods: 7 ASL 11 submitted by Rohan Brouwer; Op Hoop van Zegen: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Seth van Kleef; De Illusionist: 7 ASL 8.2 submitted by Seth van Kleef.

A COMMENT under: Henry Fool.

Date: 2009-11-09 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last week.

Quite a number of films submitter by NEWCOMERS (welcome aboard!) and by our veterans:

Yuki yukite shingun (The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On): 7 ASL 16.6 submitted by Junko;

An American in Paris: 7 ASL 21 submitted by Pam Reisel; Band Wagon, The: 7 ASL 20.6 submitted by Pam Reisel;

The Lady Vanishes segment (simple mode): 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Zdenko Mandusic;

Dead Poets Society: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Stefan;

Cloverfield: 7 ASL 28.9 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Casablanca Casablanca (30 min): 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Simone Starace;

I Walked with a Zombie: 7 ASL 8.2 ; Doctor X: 7 ASL 6.4 ; Royal Tenenbaums (The): 7 ASL 7.1 ; Body Snatcher (The): 7 ASL 7.1 ; Cat People : 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Idylle a la Ferme, Une: 7 ASL 32.6 ; Kiss in the Tunnel, The: 7 ASL 23.6 ; Grandma's Reading Glass: 7 ASL 8.7 ; As Seen Through a Telescope: 7 ASL 19.3 ; How a French Nobleman Got a Wife Through 'New York Herald' Personal Columns: 7 ASL 63.2 ; Boarding School Girls: 7 ASL 32.2 ; Coiffeur par Amour: 7 ASL 23.2 ; Je Voudrais an Enfant: 7 ASL 23.2 ; Malle au Marriage, La: 7 ASL 18.4 ; L'Anglais tel que Max le Parle: 7 ASL 22.5 ; Barometre de la Fidelite, Le: 7 ASL 15.2 ; Three Faces of Eve, The: 7 ASL 12.5 ; Jal Aljido Mothamyeonseo (Like You Know it All): 7 ASL 76.8 ; Hush...Hush, Sweet Charlotte: 7 ASL 7.1 ; Hua Jai Tor Ra Nong (The Adventure of Iron Pussy): 7 ASL 6 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad, The: 7 ASL 4.2; Muscle Beach Tom: 7 ASL 9.4; Smart Money: 7 ASL 9.3 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

The Tin Star: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Agustin Rubio;

Old San Francisco: 7 ASL 3.6 ; Wonder Bar: 7 ASL 8 ; Behind the Makeup (2nd try): 7 ASL 13.8 ; Deux timides, Les: 7 ASL 7.2 ; Pilgrimmage: 7 ASL 11.8 ; Blue Angel, The (2nd try): 7 ASL 11.2 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

The Dutch and Czech class submisions:

Komedie om Geld: 7 ASL 22.8 submitted by Sebastiaan de Reuver; Het wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel: 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Sjoerd Boersma; Morgen gaat 't beter: 7 ASL 91.6 submitted by Ninja Stokman; De Spooktrein: 7 ASL 10.9 submitted by Sebastiaan de Reuver; Het Zuiden: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Maaike Wolfs; Slasti Otce vlasti: 7 ASL 14 submitted by Martina Buchlov; Overval, de: 7 ASL 10 submitted by Maarten Reer; Koninkrijk voor een huis: 7 ASL 13.1 submitted by Harriette Ubels; Zwartboek: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Famke Ouborg; De kleine blonde dood: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Annemarie ten Brinke; Van Geluk Gesproken: 7 ASL 10.6 submitted by Ewa Saras; De Overval: 7 ASL 9.8 submitted by Emma van Tol; Soldaat van Oranje: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Sander van Grootheest; Dokter Vlimmen: 7 ASL 9.3 submitted by Fenne Blankesteijn; Maraton: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Martin Foltyn; De Nacht van de Wilde Ezels: 7 ASL 36.8 submitted by Marysia Saras; De zaak M.P: 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Olivier Alberts; ontdekking van de hemel, De: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Lesley Vreeswijk; At zije republika: 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Zeman Martin; Wat zien ik?!: 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Tessa Gulink; Turks Fruit: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Margot Straathof; De vierde man: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Ruben Versteeg; De Illusionist: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by S.M.; Kleine blonde dood: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Iris van der Ham; Van de Koele Meren des Doods: 7 ASL 11.5 submitted by Hemmo Bruinenberg; De Spooktrein: 7 ASL 5.8 submitted by Sebastiaan de Reuver; Open Water: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Stefan; Dorp aan de rivier: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Dewy Gerritsen; Turks Fruit: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Annemijn van Steenis; Felice...Felice...: 7 ASL 11.8 submitted by Nastasja Eerden; Felice, Felice: 7 ASL 12.4 submitted by Dehborah Paolino; Wat zien ik: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Blixa Jansen; Soldaat van Oranje: 7 ASL 7.1 submitted by Bjorn Beerthuizen; The Long, Hot Summer: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Agustin Rubio; De Overval: 7 ASL 10.4 submitted by Olivier Alberts; Wat zien ik: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Blixa; Two Arabian Knights: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Nynke: 7 ASL 6.2 submitted by Inez van Alphen; The Young Philadelphians: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Agustin Rubio; De Familie van mijn Vrouw: 7 ASL 21 submitted by Joanne Hakkert; De Jurk: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Marielle Aarts; Kdyby tisc klarinetu: 7 ASL 19.3 submitted by Barbora Cibulova; Illusionist, de: 7 ASL 7.6 submitted by Karlijn van Schaaijk; Als twee druppels water: 7 ASL 10.7 submitted by Elaine Leijssen; Dood Water: 7 ASL 9.6 submitted by Jesse; Mensen van morgen: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Marion van der Poel; Monte Carlo: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Rimme Mastebroek; Nynke: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Vera de Bruyn; Wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel, Het: 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Phebe Tempelaars; De stilte rond Christine M.: 7 ASL 17.2 submitted by Marijke Knol; Als twee druppels water: 7 ASL 11.1 submitted by Wouter van Zandelingen; Ciske de Rat: 7 ASL 14.1 submitted by David Krukkert; De Spooktrein: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Laura van Horssen; Het Meisje met den Blauwe Hoed: 7 ASL 11.3 submitted by Max G. Chateau; Wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel, Het: 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Phebe Tempelaars; The House is Black: 7 ASL 3.5 submitted by Atoor Lawandow; neus: 7 ASL 1.7 submitted by peter; Pastorale 1943: 7 ASL 13.6 submitted by Marije Leeuw; Stilte Rond Christine M, De: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Jonatan; Dood Water: 7 ASL 7 submitted by william schouten; Zusje: 7 ASL 11.9 submitted by Marline van Hulst; Een Koninkrijk voor een Huis: 7 ASL 13.1 submitted by Mirjam van der Veldt; Van geluk gesproken: 7 ASL 12.1 submitted by Rutger Frissen; De kleine blonde dood: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Merle Bemelmans; Zaak M.P., De: 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by Weiler; Dokter Pulder Zaait Papavers: 7 ASL 8 submitted by Maartje de Bruin; Wan Pipel: 7 ASL 8.2 submitted by Saphira van der Meulen.

COMMENTS under: The Bourne Ultimatum, The Cat People.

Date: 2009-11-02 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Goods news from last week.

We have quite a number of submissions, many of them by NEWCOMERS, mostly from the Dutch class and what seems to be a class from Slovakia or Czech Republic. Welcome aboard!

Los peces rojos: 7 ASL 10.9 submitted by Agustin Rubio;

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens: 7 ASL 8.3 submitted by Jeremy Heilman;

Girl and Her Trust, The: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Indian Brothers, The: 7 ASL 15 ; Susuz Yaz (Dry Summer): 7 ASL 11.4 ; Praesidenten (The President): 7 ASL 9.7 ; Praesidenten (The President) (last minutes): 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Grand Canyonscope: 7 ASL 4.4 ; No Hunting: 7 ASL 3.6 ; Vanishing Duck, The: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Droopy Leprechaun: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Mutts About Racing: 7 ASL 7 ; Tot Watchers: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Robin Hoodwinked: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Royal Cat Nap: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Happy Go Ducky: 7 ASL 8.3 ; Sheep Wrecked: 7 ASL 7.7 ; One Droopy Knight: 7 ASL 6.4 ; Feedin' the Kiddie: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Timid Tabby: 7 ASL 9.3 ; Blackboard Jumble: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Grin and Share It: 7 ASL 6.4 ; Tops with Pops: 7 ASL 8.4 ; Barbeque Brawl: 7 ASL 7.7 ; lue Cat Blues: 7 ASL 8.5 ; Tom's Photo Finish: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Mucho Mouse: 7 ASL 7.6 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

Nynke: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Esther Vogel; Rocky 1: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Linnea; Pastorale: 7 ASL 16.1 submitted by Chiel Sinninghe; Als twee druppels water: 7 ASL 11.7 submitted by Wouter van Zandelingen; dragon gate inn: 7 ASL 9.3 submitted by xuxu; Een koninkrijk voor een huis: 7 ASL 13.3 submitted by Astrid Claessen; De Avonden: 7 ASL 11.2 submitted by Coen Haver; new dragon gate inn: 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by xie mengqian; Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull: 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by Agustin Rubio; Mensen van morgen: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Joerik van Ditmarsch; De Lift: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by S.M.; Soldaat van Oranje: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Marije Leeuw; Dorp aan de rivier: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Sjoerd Kuijten; Malle Gevallen: 7 ASL 10.4 submitted by Ninja Stokman; De Jurk: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Marline van Hulst; Soldaat van Oranje: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Famke Ouborg; Dorp aan de rivier: 7 ASL 10.3 submitted by astrid claessen; Van Geluk Gesproken: 7 ASL 11 submitted by ewa; De overval: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Marion van der Poel; De Nacht van de Wilde Ezels: 7 ASL 36.5 submitted by Marysia Saras; Dood Water: 7 ASL 5.4 submitted by William Schouten; Als twee druppels water: 7 ASL 11.1 submitted by Emma van Tol; Max Havelaar: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Fenne Blankesteijn; Monte Carlo: 7 ASL 6.6 submitted by Rimme Mastebroek; Een koninkrijk voor een huis: 7 ASL 13.2 submitted by Dewy Gerritsen; De Avonden: 7 ASL 13.3 submitted by Sharon Brilman; Wat zien ik?: 7 ASL 6.6 submitted by Blixa Jansen; De stilte rond Christine M.: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Marijke Knol; Ciske de Rat: 7 ASL 14.5 submitted by Sjoerd Kuijten; De Avonden: 7 ASL 11.8 submitted by Ewa; De familie van mijn vrouw: 7 ASL 15.8 submitted by William Schouten; Turks Fruit: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Liv Krake; Felice Felice: 7 ASL 12.3 submitted by Danielle Rietveld; Dood Water: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Joanne Hakkert; Dorp aan de rivier: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by astrid claessen; Het meisje met den blauwen hoed: 7 ASL 11.5 submitted by Mariska Kool; Pastorale 1943: 7 ASL 12 submitted by Famke Ouborg; dragon gate in: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by xie mengqian; Mensen van morgen: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Wouter van Zandelingen; Zusje: 7 ASL 12.8 submitted by Annemarie ten Brinke; De Zaak M.P.: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Jules Spekman; Wat zien ik?: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Jelle Pothoven; De Illusionist: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by S.M.; Turks Fruit: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Margot Straathof; Wan Pipel: 7 ASL 10.6 submitted by Margot Straathof; Van de Koele Meren des Doods: 7 ASL 11.3 submitted by Marysia Saras; The Band Concert: 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by bethany czerny; B Nynke: 7 ASL 6.2 submitted by Floor Botden; De spooktrein: 7 ASL 5.9 submitted by Mariska Kool; Kleine blonde dood, de: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Nastasja Eerden; proef Max havelaar: 7 ASL 56.6 submitted by Bjorn Beerthuizen; 28 Days Later: 7 ASL 3.7 submitted by Eric T. Jones; 12 Angry Men: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Alece; Wan Pipel: 7 ASL 10 submitted by Saphira van der Meulen; Van de Koele Meren des Doods: 7 ASL 11.1 submitted by Rohan Brouwer; Black Girl: 7 ASL 11.2 submitted by Diamond; Hell's Bells: 7 ASL 14.7 submitted by bethanv czerny; Turks fruit: 7 ASL 7.6 submitted by Jelle Pothoven; Wat zien ik: 7 ASL 6.2 submitted by Jaime Wijdh; De Stilte Rond Christine M.: 7 ASL 9.6 submitted by Sharon Brilman; Komedie Om Geld: 7 ASL 11.5 submitted by Jeroen27; Flip the Frog - Spooks: 7 ASL 18.4 submitted by bethany czerny; Het wonderlijke leven van Willem Parel: 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Sandra van der Keur; De stilte rond Christine M.: 7 ASL 10.1 submitted by Rutger Frissen; For the Birds: 7 ASL 3.7 submitted by bethany czerny; Dokter Pulder zaait papavers: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Sanne Bouwman; De Ontdekking van de Hemel: 7 ASL 5.4 submitted by Esther Vogel; Lifted: 7 ASL 4.4 submitted by bethany czerny; Magician Mickey: 7 ASL 11.5 submitted by bethany czerny; Wat zien ik!?: 7 ASL 6 submitted by Tessa Gulink; Thru the Mirror: 7 ASL 8.6 submitted by bethany czerny; Monte Carlo: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Niels Janssen; Live-In Miad: 7 ASL 13.4 submitted by ; Turks Fruit: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Jaime Wijdh; Spoorloos: 7 ASL 12.2 submitted by Coen Haver; experimental: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by 2332; dragon gate inn last scene: 7 ASL 4 submitted by xiemengqian; new dragon gate in last scene: 7 ASL 1.9 submitted by xiemengqian; Wat zien ik!?: 7 ASL 6 submitted by Sanne Bouwman; Presto - Pixar: 7 ASL 2.9 submitted by bethany czerny; Van geluk gesproken: 7 ASL 11.4 submitted by Ali Al-Difaie; Max Havelaar: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Roy Merkelbach; Soldaat van Oranje: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Roy Merkelbach; Twelve Angry Men (Studio One): 7 ASL 13 submitted by Jonah Horwitz; De stilte rond Christine m.: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Shukri Abdulkadir Hassan; De Illusionist: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Joy Possel; Op hoop van zegen: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Ruben Versteeg; Dood Water: 7 ASL 5.1 submitted by Lisa Weeda; De Vierde Man: 7 ASL 8.3 submitted by Hemmo Bruinenberg; Op hoop van zegen: 7 ASL 15.1 submitted by Marjo van den Akker; Als twee druppels water: 7 ASL 12.3 submitted by Jules Spekman; Dorp aan de rivier: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Dewy Gerritsen; Female of the Species, The: 7 ASL 11.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; spoorloos: 7 ASL 13.3 submitted by ceva; Pastorale 1943: 7 ASL 13.6 submitted by Thomas van Vessem; De Avonden: 7 ASL 11.8 submitted by Rutger Frissen; Turks Fruit: 7 ASL 8.1 submitted by Annemijn van Steenis; Last Drop of Water, The: 7 ASL 10.8 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Outsourced: 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Charles O'Brien; Van geluk gesproken: 7 ASL 9.9 submitted by Shukri Abdulkadir Hassan; Felice...Felice...: 7 ASL 12.6 submitted by Claire Sampers; Spoorloos: 7 ASL 12.3 submitted by Daan de Kleijn; Weary River (2nd try): 7 ASL 8.5 submitted by Charles O'Brien; 12 Angry Men: 7 ASL 17.1 submitted by Alece Oxendine; De stilte rond Christine M.: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by ceva; Max Havelaar: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Wieteke Kluiwstra; 12 Angry Men: 7 ASL 12.5 submitted by Alece; Playful Pan: 7 ASL 14 submitted by bethany czerny; Partly Cloudy: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Bethany Czerny; Malle Gevallen: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Britt Gerhardt; Mi tio Jacinto: 7 ASL 9 submitted by Agustin Rubio; Dr. Vlimmen: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Michiel Bouwmeester; Komedie om geld: 7 ASL 12 submitted by Laura van Horssen; Het Zuiden: 7 ASL 5.7 submitted by Floor Botden; Ciske de Rat: 7 ASL 14.3 submitted by Sjoerd Boersma; Een Koninkrijk voor een Huis: 7 ASL 13.1 submitted by Mirjam van der Veldt; La aldea maldita: 7 ASL 7.1 submitted by Agustin Rubio; Ciske de Rat: 7 ASL 14.5 submitted by Laura van der Vlis; De avonden: 7 ASL 11.1 submitted by Ali Al-Difaie; Les 400 Coups/The 400 Blows: 7 ASL 14.7 submitted by Alessandra Luciano; De stilte rond Christine M.: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Daan de Kleijn; Van de Koele Meren des Doods: 7 ASL 11.7 submitted by Hemmo Bruinenberg; Soldaat van Oranje: 7 ASL 6.2 submitted by Wieteke Kluiwstra; Het Wonderlijke Leven van Willem Parel: 7 ASL 9.6 submitted by Mirjam van der Veldt; Max Havelaar: 7 ASL 8.1 submitted by Michiel Bouwmeester; Wan Pipel: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Annemijn van Steenis; Morgen gaat het Beter: 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Lopke Ubbels; Parra test: 7 ASL 0 submitted by Marijn; parratest2: 7 ASL 0 submitted by Marijn; parratest3: 7 ASL 0 submitted by Marijn; De Lift: 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Marijn; Come Drink With Me: 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Joseph S. Valle; House Is Black: 7 ASL 3.1 submitted by ; Dorp aan de rivier: 7 ASL 10.2 submitted by Laura van der Vlis; Nacht van de Wilde Ezels: 7 ASL 41 submitted by Marijn; Het meisje met den blauwen hoed: 7 ASL 11.5 submitted by Mariska Kool; Noc nevesty: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by jana jarosova; Come Drink With Me (fight in Inn scene): 7 ASL 5.4 submitted by Joseph S. Valle; Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (fight in Tavern scene): 7 ASL 3.9 submitted by Joseph S. Valle; Komedie om Geld: 7 ASL 11.3 submitted by Natasja Kallenberg; House is Black: 7 ASL 2.9 submitted by forrest; House Is Black (Wheel Barrow Sequence): 7 ASL 1.4 submitted by forrest; House is Black (clinic/bicycle sequence): 7 ASL 2.9 submitted by forrest; House is Black (Checkers/play sequence): 7 ASL 1.8 submitted by forrest; Overval, de: 7 ASL 8.5 submitted by Ellen Zijp; Het wonderlijke leven van willem parel: 7 ASL 15.5 submitted by Duco zur Kleinsmiede; Unforgiven -scene excerpt: 7 ASL 4.8 submitted by Jerad; Dabelske libanky: 7 ASL 12.9 submitted by Petr Zejda; Een koninkrijk voor een huis: 7 ASL 23.6 submitted by Duco zur Kleinsmiede; Ikarie XB 1: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Radka Matejickova; Svetaci: 7 ASL 23.1 submitted by Jan Klimovic; Malle Gevallen: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by W.J. Zijp; Limondov Joe: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Lucie Petrasova; Limonadovy Joe: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Lucie Petrasova; NoNoNocni host: 7 ASL 14.3 submitted by Ilona Podivinska; Het meisje met de blauwen hoed: 7 ASL 12.7 submitted by Marjo van den Akker; De Lift: 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Janita van Kessel.

Comment under: Late spring.

Date: 2009-10-25 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news this week, but I cannot report all. Gunars is still working on the news delivery program, trying to fix a bug thoufght to have resulted from the overflow of submissions in last weeks.

We have plenty of NEWCOMERS, mainly from Holland, but not only.Jeremy Heilman submitted the 1922 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens: 7 ASL 8.3 to compare it with the 1979 version. Also: Nynke: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Esther Vogel; Rocky 1: 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Linnea; Als twee druppels water: 7 ASL 11.7 submitted by Wouter van Zandelingen; dragon gate inn: 7 ASL 9.3 submitted by xuxu; Een koninkrijk voor een huis: 7 ASL 13.3 submitted by Astrid Claessen; De Avonden: 7 ASL 11.2 submitted by Coen Haver; new dragon gate inn: 7 ASL 4.7 submitted by xie mengqian. Welcome aboard!

Other FILMS:

Feedin' the Kiddie: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Timid Tabby: 7 ASL 9.3 ; Blackboard Jumble: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Vanishing Duck, The: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Droopy Leprechaun: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Mutts About Racing: 7 ASL 7 ; Tot Watchers: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Robin Hoodwinked: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Royal Cat Nap: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Happy Go Ducky: 7 ASL 8.3 ; Sheep Wrecked: 7 ASL 7.7 ; One Droopy Knight: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Tristan Mentz.

Girl and Her Trust, The: 7 ASL 6.6; Indian Brothers, The: 7 ASL 15 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Pastorale: 7 ASL 16.1 submitted by Chiel Sinninghe.

Date: 2009-10-17 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of this week.

I did a talk on Cinemetrics for the Chicago Film Seminar (a city-wide convention of film students and film scholars) this Thursday, with Ben Brewster (Madison, Wisconsin) serving as a discussant.

The state of the database: we have quite a number of NEWCOMERS this week, mainly thanks to a class taught by Clara Parfort-Overduin at the University of Utrecht, Holland, whose whose syllabus includes using cinemetrics. Welcome aboard:

Let Us Be Gay: 7 ASL 11.9 submitted by Andrea Comiskey;

Kleine blonde dood: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Iris van der Ham;

Het wonderlijke leven van willem parel: 7 ASL 9.5 submitted by Harriette Ubels;

Ciske de Rat: 7 ASL 14.1 submitted by Phebe Tempelaars;

The Rocky Horror Picture Show: 7 ASL 5.4 submitted by Andrew Haentjens;

Their Own Desire: 7 ASL 15.3; A Woman is a Woman: 7 ASL 12 submitted by Aaron Granat;

Zusje: 7 ASL 11.4 submitted by Iris van der Ham;

Wat Zien Ik: 7 ASL 6.2 submitted by Maartje de Bruin;

Felice Felice: 7 ASL 12.5; De kleine blonde dood: 7 ASL 7.5; Felice... Felice...: 7 ASL 12.5 submitted by Claire Sampers;

Dokter Pulder Zaait Papavers: 7 ASL 8 submitted by Maartje de Bruin;

Een koninkrijk voor een huis: 7 ASL 13.2 submitted by Harriette Ubels;

M alle gevallen: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Britt Gerhardt;

Mensen van morgen: 7 ASL 5.7 submitted by Elaine Leijssen;

Soldaat van Oranje: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Bjorn Beerthuizen;

De ontdekking van de hemel: 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Lesley Vreeswijk;

Punch-Drunk Love: 7 ASL 12.6 submitted by Elliott Logan;

Other FILMS, submitted by our regulars:

Strictly Unconventional: 7 ASL 12 submitted by Jonah Horwitz;

Peter Pan: 7 ASL 3.4; Sleeping Beauty: 7 ASL 5.6 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

Cheat, The : 7 ASL 10.9; Cat and the Canary, The : 7 ASL 4.6; Lottery Bride, The (2nd try): 7 ASL 8.4; Lonesome: 7 ASL 6.2; Don Quichotte (2nd try): 7 ASL 8.8 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

South: 7 ASL 14.4; Don't Change Your Husband: 7 ASL 8.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

L'ispettore Coliando (ep.Vendetta cinese, 30 min.): 7 ASL 4.1 submitted by Simone Starace;

Garden State: 7 ASL 6 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Near Dublin: 7 ASL 4.3; Zeb vs. Paprika: 7 ASL 5.2 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin.

New COMMENT: Strictly Unconventional.

Date: 2009-10-12 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from Chicago after Pordenone:

We have a newcomer: Fractured Perception: 7 ASL 7.6 submitted by Dustin Willis; also: a University of Utrecht class taught by Clara Parfort-Overduin is going to use Cinemetrics as part of their teaching procedure.

Other films (sorry if I missed some submitted a week before, we have a software problem related to "news submissions" program Gunars is currently struggling to fix):

Judex episode 7: 7 ASL 9.4 ; Judex episode 8: 7 ASL 9.8 ; Judex episode 9: 7 ASL 8.9 ; Judex episode 10: 7 ASL 9.9 ; Judex episode 11: 7 ASL 10.8 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Chaser, The: 7 ASL 5.2 ; Three's a Crowd: 7 ASL 6.7 ; Sunny Side Up: 7 ASL 16.2 ; Pointed Heels: 7 ASL 13.7 ; Glorifying the American Girl (2nd try): 7 ASL 12.5 ; Bulldog Drummond (2nd try): 7 ASL 8.1 ; Letter, The (2nd try): 7 ASL 13.3 ; Cocoanuts (2nd try): 7 ASL 17.9 ; Jonny stiehlt Europa: 7 ASL 7.7 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Extraordinary adventures of Mr. West in the land of Bolsheviks (the action sequn: 7 ASL 3.2 ; Extraordinary adventures of Mr. West fight 3: 7 ASL 4.2 ; Extraordinary adventures of Mr. West (fight nr 4): 7 ASL 3.8 ; Extraordinary adventures of Mr. West.. (fight nr 5): 7 ASL 3.7 ; Proekt inzhenera Prayta: 7 ASL 6.1 ; Proekt inzhenera Praita (fight 1): 7 ASL 6 ; Proekt Inzhenera Praita: 7 ASL 3.8 submitted by Viktorija Eksta;

Horror of Dracula: 7 ASL 10.8 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Casablanca: 7 ASL 7.5 submitted by Eric T. Jones; Once: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

The Utrecht class submissions:

De zaak van M.P.: 7 ASL 4.8 submitted by Weiler; Zaak M.P., De: 7 ASL 4.8 submitted by Weiler; Als twee druppels water: 7 ASL 10.5 submitted by Weiler;

COMMENTS under: Po zakonu (fight sequence), Proekt Inzhenera Praita, Extraordinary adventures of Mr. West…, Glorifying the American Girl (2nd try), Student Prince in Old Heidelberg, Millennium Mambo, Crank.

Date: 2009-10-07 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news postponed: am at the Silent Film Festival in Pordenone, watching films & meeting people from dawn to midnight. Will be back on Sunday. Will report then.

Date: 2009-09-26 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good new reported from Chicago. As I moved here from Latvia I left the third week of September submissions unreported, but they are there on the database. This week's good news are:

There is a new interesting study by Nick Redfern ofn the impact of sound technology on editing, look it up.

New films:

Eureka Seven (#39 - "Join the Future"): 7 ASL 3.7 ; Eureka Seven (#40 - "Cosmic Trigger"): 7 ASL 4.1 ; Eureka Seven (#41 - "Acperience 3"): 7 ASL 4.7 ; Eureka Seven (#42 - "Star Dancer"): 7 ASL 3.3 ; The Good German: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Tayna Tretey Planety (The Mystery of the Third Planet): 7 ASL 5.2 ; Alye Parusa (Scarlet Sails): 7 ASL 12.9 ; Minding the Baby: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Ballon Rouge, Le: 7 ASL 8.8 ; Crin Blanc: Le Chaval Sauvage: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Bonheur, Le: 7 ASL 12.1 ; Debuts d'un Patineur, Les: 7 ASL 33.2 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Siren of the Tropics, The: 7 ASL 5.7; Mammy: 7 ASL 10.2 ; Baby Face: 7 ASL 9.6; Half Shot at Sunrise: 7 ASL 9.4 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens: 7 ASL 7.7 ; Soilers (The): 7 ASL 5.1 ; Mother's Joy: 7 ASL 5.5 ; Short Kilts: 7 ASL 4.3 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin.

COMMENTS under: Baby Face, The Good German, The Soilers, Millennium Mambo, Crank, The Puppet Master, Flight of the Red Balloon, The Jazz Singer.

Date: 2009-09-13 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last week.

Barry Salt has added a comment to Nick Redfern's post "Shot Length Distributions in the Chaplin Keystones" in which he offers a different, diametrical, in a sense, interpretation. It warms my heart to see that there is no such thing as ultimate truth, even among die-hard statistitians.

New FILMS:

Vormittagsspuk: 7 ASL 2.6; Dnevnik Glumova: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Szerelem: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Summertime: 7 ASL 13.6 ; Petite Marchand d'Allumettes, La (The Little Match Girl): 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Eureka Seven (#31 - "Animal Attack"): 7 ASL 4.4 ; Eureka Seven (#32 - "Start It Up"): 7 ASL 3.7 ; Eureka Seven (#33 - "Pacific State"): 7 ASL 5.4 ; Eureka Seven (#34 - "Inner Flight"): 7 ASL 4 ; Whisper of the Heart (Mimi wo sumaseba): 7 ASL 6 ; The Dark Knight (IMAX edit): 7 ASL 3.1 ; Desperado: 7 ASL 2.4 ; Reservoir Dogs (full-length): 7 ASL 8.9 ; Once Upon a Time in Mexico: 7 ASL 2.5 ; Magnum Force: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Crank: High Voltage: 7 ASL 1.8 ; Kill Bill: Vol. 1: 7 ASL 3.9 ; Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Chapter 5): 7 ASL 2.9 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

WALL-E: 7 ASL 3.9; Atlantis: The Lost Empire: 7 ASL 4; Lady and the Tramp: 7 ASL 4.9 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

Night Nurse: 7 ASL 8.3; Jazz Singer, The: 7 ASL 5.3; Jazz Singer, The ("Blue Skies" sequence): 7 ASL 14.6 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Hamlet: 7 ASL 21.1 submitted by Martin Stollery;

Aventures de Rabbi Jacob (Les): 7 ASL 4.3; Kagemusha (ASD): 7 ASL 11.1 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin.

New COMMENTS under: The Jazz Singer (this week's submission), Kill Bill.

Date: 2009-09-06 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news of last week.

New advancements in statistical processing of cinemetrics data: Barry Salt has calculated Coefficient of Variation for sound films (see latest replies here) and Nick Redfern has done two comparative statistical studies, one of shot scales German and Hollywood cinema and another one of different directors working with Chaplin at the Keustone studio (see Redfern's analyses and my comment to one of the two at his website)

New FILMS:

Eureka Seven (#26 - "Morning Glory"): 7 ASL 3.9; Cowboy Bebop: The Movie: 7 ASL 5.7 ; Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back: 7 ASL 3.3 ; Eureka Seven (#27 - "Helter Skelter"): 7 ASL 3.8 ; Eureka Seven (#28 - "Memento Mori"): 7 ASL 3.6 ; Eureka Seven (#29 - "Keep on Movin"): 7 ASL 4.3 ; Eureka Seven (#30 - "Change of Life"): 7 ASL 4.7 ; Team America: World Police: 7 ASL 3; El Mariachi: 7 ASL 2.4 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Black Cauldron, The: 7 ASL 4.4 ; Cars: 7 ASL 3.9 ; Jungle Book, The: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

Berlin Alexanderplatz: 7 ASL 9 ; City of Song: 7 ASL 16 ; Kameradschaft: 7 ASL 10.8 ; Number Seventeen: 7 ASL 5.5 ; Funf von der Jazzband, Die (2nd try): 7 ASL 9.7 ; Rome Express: 7 ASL 10.2 ; Three on a Match: 7 ASL 7.3 ; Schwarze Husar, Der: 7 ASL 12.5 ; Female: 7 ASL 7 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Strong Man, The: 7 ASL 5.2 ; Nifty Nineties, The: 7 ASL 8 ; Opry House, The: 7 ASL 18.4 ; Shindig, The: 7 ASL 16.7 ; Picnic, The: 7 ASL 12 ; Within Our Gates: 7 ASL 5.5 ; Muerte de un Ciclista: 7 ASL 10.9 ; Alice Solves the Puzzle: 7 ASL 11.5 ; M*A*S*H: 7 ASL 7.2 ; Movie Mad: 7 ASL 12.7 ; Soup Song, The: 7 ASL 15.9 ; Chinaman's Chance: 7 ASL 8.2 ; Cuckoo Murder Case: 7 ASL 13.6 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

War of the Worlds (The): 7 ASL 7; Marie Antoinette: 7 ASL 5.5 ; Indiscreet : 7 ASL 11.9 ; Oranges and Lemons: 7 ASL 6.2 ; Frozen Hearts: 7 ASL 4.9 ; Roughest Africa: 7 ASL 4.1 ; Kiss of the Spider Woman : 7 ASL 10 ; mujer sin amor (Una): 7 ASL 18.4 ; Lady for a Day: 7 ASL 9 ; Penalty (The): 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Made in USA: 7 ASL 26.4 submitted by Marc Raymond.

Date: 2009-08-30 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last week.

My Bloody Valentine: 7 ASL 5.9 ; Nuit americaine (La): 7 ASL 7.8 ; Testament des Dr. Mabuse (Das) -- Remake: 7 ASL 4.8 ; Blob (The): 7 ASL 4 ; Porky's: 7 ASL 6 ; ?�Golden Coach (The): 7 ASL 11.5 ; Elena and Her Men : 7 ASL 9.2 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Lucia (first episode): 7 ASL 8.1 ; Lucia (2nd Episode): 7 ASL 8.4 ; Lucia (3rd Episode) : 7 ASL 9.1 ; Hideko no Shasho-san (Hideko, the Bus Conductress): 7 ASL 8.4 ; I Taw a Putty Tat: 7 ASL 5.1 ; Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs: 7 ASL 6.1 ; Bargain Counter Attack: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Bad Ol' Putty Tat: 7 ASL 5.7 ; Mujer sin Cabeza, La: 7 ASL 19.6 ; Romantic Argentina: 7 ASL 13.2 ; Eu Me Lembro: 7 ASL 6.4 ; Jeanne D'Arc: 7 ASL 51.2 ; Our New Errand Boy: 7 ASL 30.4 ; Mary Jane's Mishap: 7 ASL 16.4 ; Midsummer Night's Dream, A: 7 ASL 27.1 ; Past Redemption: 7 ASL 5.8 ; Conquete du Pole, La: 7 ASL 14.3 ; Blind Love: 7 ASL 9.2 ; Clermont Theatre, N.Y.: 7 ASL 199.2; Claremont Theatre, N.Y.: 7 ASL 199.2 ; At Footscray a Church is Pulled Down: 7 ASL 17.8 ; Coney Island: 7 ASL 4.7 ; Sinking of the Lusitania (excerpt): 7 ASL 9.4 ; Colonie est Nee, Une: 7 ASL 5.5 ; Panoramic View of the Morecambe Sea Front: 7 ASL 21.9 ; Cunard Vessel at Liverpool: 7 ASL 22.6 ; Eletric Tram Rides from Foster Square, Bradford: 7 ASL 29.7 ; Jamaica Street, Glasgow: 7 ASL 50.1 ; Kiddies and Rabbits: 7 ASL 43.5 ; Baby's Toilet: 7 ASL 41.7 ; The Big Swallow: 7 ASL 19.1 ; Regenaration: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Shrek: 7 ASL 4.1 ; Sword in the Stone, the: 7 ASL 4.3 ;?� Bolt: 7 ASL 4.5 ; Toy Story: 7 ASL 3.1 ; Our Hospitality: 7 ASL 6.8; Little Mermaid, The: 7 ASL 3.5 ; ?� Lion King, The: 7 ASL 4.2 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

Eureka Seven (#23 - "Differentia"): 7 ASL 4.1 ; Eureka Seven (#24 - Paradise Lost): 7 ASL 3.7 ; Billy's Balloon: 7 ASL 14.6 ;?� FLCL (#2 - "Fire Starter"): 7 ASL 2.9 ;?�?�?�?� Eureka Seven (#25 - "World's End Garden"): 7 ASL 4.8 submitted by Eric T. Jones.

COMMENT under: Lion King, The: (7) ASL 4.

We have company. A new website called EDIT2000 has opened a new Topic requesting Cinemetrics data and offering collaborative data exchange. Have a look. Gunars will have one, too, and will respond.

Date: 2009-08-24 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Upon return from a rahter stormy sailing trip to Ruhnu found the following good news.

A useful conversation about the statistical interpretation of film-related data continues at the "Intro to Statistics" topic at the Discussion board. Barry Salt posted his findings that add up to Nick Redfern's results; I came up with a suggestion to introduce a statistically valid and stylistically relevant parameter called "Cutting Swing Factor" (the idea uccurred to me at night as I woke up in a wildly swinging sailboat "Gava" near Ruhnu). Suggestions welcome!

FILMS:

I Do: 7 ASL 4.5 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Number, Please?: 7 ASL 4.6 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Double Indemnity (EGR): 7 ASL 15.3 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Bumping Into Broadway: 7 ASL 7.6 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Are Crooks Dishonest?: 7 ASL 7.8 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Just Neighbors: 7 ASL 6.1 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Declin de l'empire amricain (Le): 7 ASL 9.3 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; End og the Affair (The): 7 ASL 12.6 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Nurse Betty : 7 ASL 4.1 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Ultimo tango a Parigi: 7 ASL 13.8 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Double Indemnity: 7 ASL 15.3 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Angels with Dirty Faces : 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Grandma's Boy: 7 ASL 5.5 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin; Narrow Margin (The): 7 ASL 8.9 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Everywhere at Once: 7 ASL 3.7 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Amore e Rabbia: 7 ASL 12.1 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Thanatopsis: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Glen and Randa: 7 ASL 20.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Vasilyok: 7 ASL 4.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Combat Pages: 7 ASL 7.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Brotherhood of Man: 7 ASL 8.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Dia em que Dorival Encarou a Guarda: 7 ASL 4.1 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Education for Death: 7 ASL 5.7 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Blame It on the Samba: 7 ASL 6 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Soy Cuba, O Mamute Siberiano: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Fireworks: 7 ASL 9 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Alice's Restaurant: 7 ASL 3.5 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Rosalie: 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Mouse Heaven: 7 ASL 3.1 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Azucar Amarga: 7 ASL 6.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Fresa y Chocolate: 7 ASL 12.2 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Flying Padre: An RKO-Pathe Screenliner: 7 ASL 4.1 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; Godard, L'Amour, La Poesie: 7 ASL 6.4 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos; The Naked Kiss: 7 ASL 7.2 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Son of Kong: 7 ASL 9.1 submitted by Kira Vorobiyova;

SN 1-4: 7 ASL 4.1 submitted by Subhadip Sen; Silent Nature: 7 ASL 5.9 submitted by Subhadip Sen;

South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut: 7 ASL 2.9 submitted by Eric T. Jones; Chasing Amy: 7 ASL 7.1 submitted by Eric T. Jones; Eureka Seven (#21 - "Runaway"): 7 ASL 3.9 submitted by Eric T. Jones; Eureka Seven (#22 - "Crackpot"): 7 ASL 4 submitted by Eric T. Jones; South Park (101 - "Cartman Gets an Anal Probe"): 7 ASL 3 submitted by Eric T. Jones; FLCL (#1 - "Fooly Cooly"): 7 ASL 3.1 submitted by Eric T. Jones;

Beauty and the Beast: 7 ASL 3.8 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Emperor's New Groove, The: 7 ASL 3.8 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Cinderella: 7 ASL 4.1 submitted by Tristan Mentz; Pinocchio: 7 ASL 5.3 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

Anatomia del colore: 7 ASL 8.2 submitted by Simone Starace; Romolo e Remo (30 min): 7 ASL 6.5 submitted by Simone Starace.

COMMENTS under: Double Indemnity (ERG), Angels with Dirty Faces, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut.

Date: 2009-08-16 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last week.

An important conversation on the statistical?� interpretation of Cinemetrics data continues on our Discussion board, with new contributions from our statistics gurus, Barry Salt and Nick Redfern.

We have NEWCOMERS. John Warton has compared the Battle with Tyrannosaurs in two King Kongs, the old and the new. Guess which one is faster cut. You guessed it. Take a look at King Kong: 7 ASL 4.5 and King Kong: 7 ASL 2.3. Also: Earth: 7 ASL 4.2 has been submitted by David Shackleton; welcome aboard!

FILMS:

Partner: 7 ASL 5.7 ; Lonely Boy: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance: Mark Twain at Stormfield: 7 ASL 20.9 ;The Physician of the Castle: 7 ASL 11.5 ; Moscou Sous la Neige: 7 ASL 24.4 ; Ratelier de la belle-mere, Le: 7 ASL 15.9 ; Mobilier Fidele: 7 ASL 11.9 ; The Hasher's Delirium: 7 ASL 27.8 ; Making Christmas Crackers: 7 ASL 24.5 ; Tilly the Tomboy Visits the Poor: 7 ASL 16.8 ; Oberammergau 1910: 7 ASL 14.4 ; Fighting Blood: 7 ASL 6.4 ; Padeniye Berlina (1-r Seria) (The Fall of Berlin Part 1): 7 ASL 14.4 ; Padeniya Berlina (2-r Seria) (The Fall of Berlin Part 2): 7 ASL 10.8 ; Nocturna Artificialia: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Animated Soviet Propaganda: 7 ASL 4.2 ; Ohio Impromptu: 7 ASL 17.5 ; The Wizard of Oz: 7 ASL 9.8 ; Boca de Lixo: 7 ASL 9.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

7 ASL 12.9; Girl Can't Help It (The): 7 ASL 9.9 ;?� Ugetsu (ASD): 7 ASL 28.7 ; Stardust Memories: 7 ASL 17.9 ; Revolutionary Road: 7 ASL 7.6 ; Cease Fire (Atash Bas): 7 ASL 6.9 ; Touch of Evil (Preview Version): 7 ASL 9 ; Picnic (ASD): 7 ASL 8.6 ; Three Missing Links(The Three Stooges): 7 ASL 4.5 ; Flat Foot Stooges (The Three Stooges): 7 ASL 5.3 ; Three Sappy People (The Three Stooges): 7 ASL 5.7 ; We Want Our Mummy (The Three Stooges): 7 ASL 6.3 ; Yes, We Have No Bonanza (The Three Stooges): 7 ASL 6.5 ; Augen der Mumie Ma (Die): 7 ASL 9.4 ; His Luckless Love (ASD): 7 ASL 3.3 ; Eyes Wide Shut: 7 ASL 16 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Dangerous Curves: 7 ASL 9.5 ;?� True to the Navy: 7 ASL 11.7 ; Vagabond Lover,The: 7 ASL 12.7 ; Purchase Price, The: 7 ASL 5.1 ;?�?�?� Frisco Jenny: 7 ASL 10.3 ;?� Midnight Mary: 7 ASL 7.3 ;?� Wild Boys of the Road: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Other Men's Women: 7 ASL 8.5 ; Heroes for Sale: 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Kira Vorobiyova.?�

COMMENTS under: Earth; Ugetsu (ASD), Stardust Memories, Touch of Evil (Preview Version), Revolutionary Road, Cease Fire (Atash Bas), Augen der Mumie Ma (Die); Picnic (ASD).

Date: 2009-08-09 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last week:

Our faithful contributor Mohsen Nasrin has defended his MA thesis based on his analysis of his own cinemetrics submissions. The title is: COMPUTING CINEMATIC STYLE: STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF STARS AND PERFORMANCE IN THE FILMS OF ERNST LUBITSCH. Congratulations! Mohsen and I are now looking at a possibility of posting part of its text among Cinemetrics studies.

Two NEW REPLIES, one by Barry Salt another by me are found on the statistics problems topic on the Discussion board, take a look and add your own.

We have newcomers: Almanac of Fall: 7 ASL 57.2 has been submitted by Andras Balint Kovacs, congnitive scientist whom I had pleasure to meet at the Society for the Cognitive Studies of the Moving Image Conference in Copenhagen this June; and Silent Nature: 7 ASL 5.2 has been submitted by Subhadip Sen. Welcome aboard!

Other FILMS: The Early Worm Gets the Bird: 7 ASL 9.6; Ugokie Kori no Tatehiki: 7 ASL 20 ; Los Dioses Rotos: 7 ASL 4.1 ; What's Brewin', Bruin?: 7 ASL 5.2 ; Rabbit's Kin: 7 ASL 5.9 ; Dog Gone South: 7 ASL 5.6 ; Taxi Driver: 7 ASL 7.9 ; Housing Problems (7 first minutes): 7 ASL 10.3 ; London Can Take It!: 7 ASL 4.2 ; The Great Piggy Bank Robbery: 7 ASL 5.7 ; Partido Alto: 7 ASL 51.3 ; The Unicorn in the Garden: 7 ASL 6.5 ; The Great Toy Robbery: 7 ASL 7.2 ; Garrincha, Alegria do Povo: 7 ASL 4.6 ; Mad Love: 7 ASL 8.2 ; Waking Life: 7 ASL 8 ;What on Earth!: 7 ASL 9.4 ; Ceddo (25 min.): 7 ASL 11.3 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Aladdin: 7 ASL 3.8; Tarzan: 7 ASL 3.4 submitted by Tristan Mentz;

S.O.S. Iceberg (English Version): 7 ASL 4.5 ; S.O.S. Iceberg (German Version): 7 ASL 4.2 ; Blaue Licht, Das: 7 ASL 5 ; Hallelujah: 7 ASL 9.4 ; FP1 Antwortet Nicht: 7 ASL 7.6 submitted by Kira Vorobiyova;

L'ospite perfetto - Room 4U: 7 ASL 2.5; L'ospite perfetto - Room 4U: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Livia Giunti;

Meet John Doe: 7 ASL 6.3 ; Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: 7 ASL 11 ; Raging Bull : 7 ASL 6.9 ; Wicker Man (The): 7 ASL 3.7 ; Wicker Man (The): 7 ASL 5.3 ; Revolutionary Road (ASD): 7 ASL 7.5 ; Far From Heaven : 7 ASL 8 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin.

COMMENTS under: Revolutionary Road (ASD), S.O.S. Iceberg (English Version).

Date: 2009-08-02 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from last week.

A useful topic on the use of statistics with a link to a good introductory essay has been opened on our Discussion board by our friendly critic Nick Redfern, with two replies already added.

FILMS:

Viaje a Marte: 7 ASL 4.1 ; Briar-Rose or The Sleeping Beauty: 7 ASL 5.9 ; Tsumiki no Ie (La Maison en Petits Cubes): 7 ASL 5.9 ; Saut Ma Ville: 7 ASL 23.8 ; Onna ga Kaidan wo Agaru Toki (When a Woman Ascends a Stairs): 7 ASL 9.6 ; Kataku: 7 ASL 8.2 ; Make Mine Freedon: 7 ASL 6.8 ; Patriotic Popeye: 7 ASL 4.6 ; Pantry Panic: 7 ASL 6.2 ; The Screwball: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Hollywood Matador, The: 7 ASL 5.7 ; The Tune: 7 ASL 9.1 ; A Rainy Day with the Bear Family: 7 ASL 12.7 ; Eletric Earthquake: 7 ASL 4.4 ; Big Heel-Watha: 7 ASL 9.8 ; Little Hiawatha: 7 ASL 8.5 ; Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi 1st part: 7 ASL 5.3 ; Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi 2nd part: 7 ASL 4.9 ; The Mechanical Monsters: 7 ASL 4.7 ; The Little House: 7 ASL 3.2 ; Boys Beware: 7 ASL 8.9 ; Making Stars: 7 ASL 12.4 ; Girls Beware: 7 ASL 8.6 ; Electra Glide in Blue: 7 ASL 11.6 ; Swing Shift Cinderella: 7 ASL 7 ; Little Rural Riding Hood: 7 ASL 6.9 ; Red Hot Riding Hood: 7 ASL 9.3 ; Old Mill, The: 7 ASL 5.2 ; I Love to Singa: 7 ASL 10.4 ; Hawaiian Birds: 7 ASL 10.4 ; Small Fry: 7 ASL 9.4 ; Orlacs Hande (The Hands of Orlac): 7 ASL 10.1 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Mutts to You (The Three Stooges): 7 ASL 4.5 ; Apartment (The): 7 ASL 16.3 ; Fury : 7 ASL 10.4 ; Domicile Conjugal: 7 ASL 13.8 ; Ritual in Transfigured Time: 7 ASL 7 ; Third Man (The): 7 ASL 4.9 ; Commare Secca (La): 7 ASL 14.7 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Salome: 7 ASL 40.4 ; Voyage sur Jupiter, Le: 7 ASL 16.5 ; Cendrillon, Le: 7 ASL 43.8 ; Pipe d'opium, Le: 7 ASL 35.3 ; Conspiration sous Henry III, Une: 7 ASL 27.1 ; Epouvante, L': 7 ASL 17.4 ; Vitagraph Romance, A : 7 ASL 16.9 submitted by Charles O'Brien;

Emil und die Detektive: 7 ASL 6.8; Parlour, Bedroom & Bath: 7 ASL 10 submitted by Kira Vorobiyova;

The Miracle Woman: 7 ASL 10.6 submitted by Niels Beirnaert.

COMMENTS under: Macbeth: (7) ASL 8.8; Mutts to You (The Three Stooges); Commare Secca (La).

Date: 2009-07-25 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Back from Saint Petersburg and Moscow, found the following good news from last two weeks:

Bronenosets Potyomkin (The Battleship Potemkin): 7 ASL 3 ; A Diary for Timothy: 7 ASL 7.4 ; Le Fond de L'Air est Rouge: 7 ASL 8.3 ; Crac!: 7 ASL 5 ; Harpya: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Une Nuit sur le Mont Chauve: 7 ASL 7.5 ; Holding Your Breath: 7 ASL 3.9 ; Hourou-ki: 7 ASL 10.8 ; Why We Fight - The Battle of Britain: 7 ASL 2.8 ; Turksib: 7 ASL 3.2 ; Granton Trawler: 7 ASL 5 ; Industrial Britain: 7 ASL 5.8 ; Drifters: 7 ASL 5 ; Istoriya Odnogo Prestupleniya (Story of One Crime) ; London Airport: 7 ASL 4.4 ; Men of the World: 7 ASL 3.5 ; Wing to Wing: 7 ASL 5.1 ; Christmas Under Fire: 7 ASL 5.2 ; Song of Ceylon: 7 ASL 6.4 ; The Men in the Park: 7 ASL 2.8 ; Le Tombeau d'Alexandre: 7 ASL 6.3 ; The Cags: 7 ASL 5.7 ; Surogat: 7 ASL 6.6 ; Hunger: 7 ASL 17.8 ; Balance: 7 ASL 4.4 ; Yozhik v Tumane: 7 ASL 6.1 ; Rooty Toot Toot: 7 ASL 7.1 ; King-Size Canary: 7 ASL 5.5 ; Le Paysagiste: 7 ASL 9.7 ; Wallace and Gromit in 'A Matter of Loaf and Death': 7 ASL 2.7 ; a short love story (in stop motion): 7 ASL 6.8 ; Little Red Riding Hood: 7 ASL 6.7 ; Meg Ker a Nep (Red Psalm): 7 ASL 169.8 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

It's a Wonderful Life: 7 ASL 8.3 ; Holiday: 7 ASL 14.6 ; American Madness: 7 ASL 8.6 ; Mr. Deeds Goes to Town: 7 ASL 8; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: 7 ASL 5.9 ; The Awful Truth: 7 ASL 7.8 ; You Can't Take it With You: 7 ASL 8.2 submitted by Niels Beirnaert;

Scarlet Empress (The): 7 ASL 10.2 ; Stranger (The): 7 ASL 10 ; Scarlet Street: 7 ASL 10.7 ; Virgin Suicides (The): 7 ASL 6.1 ; Trapped: 7 ASL 8.7 ;Rushmore (Bill Murray-ASD): 7 ASL 6.2 ; Invasion of the Body Snatchers: 7 ASL 5.5 ; Catch-22: 7 ASL 13 ; Persepolis: 7 ASL 4.6 ; Mr. Naive (Aghaye Hallou): 7 ASL 7.1 ; Bottle Rocket: 7 ASL 6.5 ; Man Who Wasn't There (The): 7 ASL 7.3 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Bombmshell: 7 ASL 11.8; Red Dust: 7 ASL 10.4; Test Pilot: 7 ASL 8.4; Reckless: 7 ASL 10.7; Captains Courageous: 7 ASL 7.9; Treasure Island: 7 ASL 6.2; Gone With The Wind (PART 1): 7 ASL 9.6; Gone With The Wind (PART 2): 7 ASL 10.8 submitted by Olivier Van den Broeck;

Stenka Razin: 7 ASL 17.4 ; Knyazhna Tarakanova: 7 ASL 23 ; Roman s kontrabasom: 7 ASL 32.1 ; Drama v tabore podmoskovnykh tsygan: 7 ASL 18.6 ; Russkaya svadba XVI stoletiya: 7 ASL 41.6 ; Bratia Razboniki: 7 ASL 25.1 submitted by Michal Vecera;

Journey Into Fear: (7) ASL 11; Macbeth: 7 ASL 8.8 submitted by Matt Hauske;

Millennium Mambo: 7 ASL 96 submitted by Ian Jones;

Watchmen DC: 7 ASL 4.6 submitted by FG;

last exit to Brooklin: 7 ASL 3.5 submitted by chen.

COMMENTS under: Lost in Translation: (7) ASL 6.6; Journey Into Fear: (7) ASL 11; Man Who Wasn't There (The); Mr. Naive (Aghaye Hallou).

Date: 2009-07-12 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news before I go to Russia some 10 days.

We have a NEWCOMER, Niels Beirnaert, who submitted Lady for a Day: 7 ASL 9.3; welcome aboard!

New FILMS:

Les Anges du peche: 7 ASL 11.5 submitted by Colin Burnett;

Sansho dayu (ASD): 7 ASL 27.2; Bride of Frankenstein: 7 ASL 4.4; Lost in Translation: 7 ASL 6.6; Closer : 7 ASL 5.4; Red House (The): 7 ASL 6.9 submitted by Mohsen Nasrin;

Moi, Un Noir: 7 ASL 5.9 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

Fast, Cheap & Out of Control: 7 ASL 4.4 submitted by David Resha;

Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The (French Version): 7 ASL 10.7 submitted by Kira Vorobiyova;

COMMENTS under: Lost in Translation: 7 ASL 6.6.

Date: 2009-07-05 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

Good news from July (and from Latvia).

FILMS:

Big Boy: 7 ASL 9.8; Testament of Dr. Mabuse, The: 7 ASL 12.2 submitted by Kira Vorobiyova;

The Mirror : 7 ASL 47.2; Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie: 7 ASL 24.9; Goodbye, South, Goodbye: 7 ASL 101.6 submitted by Marc Raymond;

L'abbe Constantin: 7 ASL 11.7; Les Mysteres de Paris: 7 ASL 13.1 submitted by Colin Burnett;

Applause: 7 ASL 14.7; English Harvest: 7 ASL 6.8 submitted by Cid Vasconcelos;

The Return of the Living Dead: 7 ASL 7.9 submitted by Kveta Lujkova;

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs: 7 ASL 6.7 submitted by Tristan Mentz.

COMMENTS under: Velikiy put (The Great Way), Animal Crackers.

Date: 2009-06-28 Posted by: Yuri Tsivian

,Good news from Denmark and other places.

I am just back from 7th International Conference of the Society for the Cognitive Study of the Moving Image held at the University of Copenhagen 24-27 June 2009 where I presented a paper on what we do here on Cinemetrics and what results we have to show so far. David Bordwell who is currently the President of SCSMI will most likely place a detailed in-depth account of the conference on his web page. One thing I want to mention though is a presence of cinemetrics studies among the papers. Charles O’Brien was there presenting on “Music Cognition and Song Sequences in Films;” of people who do similar research as we do here but are not part of the Cinemetrics crew let me mention Chris Atherton and Monica Tamariz who gave a paper “Evolutionary Cinemetrics: What the Evolution of Cinematic Grammar can Tell us about the Relationship between Form and Function.” I offered Charles, Chris (and, via Chris, Monica who was not there in person) our page for a possibly publication or discussion; later this month I will also post the text of my Copenhagen presentation.

An interesting and much needed new trend has developed recently in the COMMENTS area. Our statistics guru/critic Nick Redfern has added his own statistics and ideas to a number of films submitted by others. It's a priceless lesson, for he is right, we need to learn our statistics in order to reach this or that conclusions; one cannot sail to an island or a port without knowing something about navigation. And this has already sparked one polemical comment from Barry Salt, another cinemetrist who knows about statistics. See The more the merrier. See Salt vs Redfern under Waterloo Bridge: (6) ASL 23.1; see other comments by Redfern under: Lady Lies, The: (6) ASL 10.1; Song o' My Heart: (6) ASL 17.9; Animal Crackers: (6) ASL 20.4; see also comments by others under: Scroggins and the Fly Pest: (6) ASL 9.4; Fitzcarraldo, The Puppet Master,