{"id":4818,"date":"2015-09-03T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-the-science-of-the-matrix-martin-scorsese-in-focus-and-more\/4818\/"},"modified":"2015-09-03T22:00:00","modified_gmt":"2015-09-04T06:00:00","slug":"today-in-movie-culture-the-science-of-the-matrix-martin-scorsese-in-focus-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/today-in-movie-culture-the-science-of-the-matrix-martin-scorsese-in-focus-and-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in Movie Culture: The Science of &#039;The Matrix,&#039; Martin Scorsese in Focus and More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:16px\">By  <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-science-39the-matrix39-martin-scorsese-focus-more\/19133?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\">Christopher Campbell<\/a><\/span>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-science-39the-matrix39-martin-scorsese-focus-more\/19133?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/tumblr_ntyk5lHiIL1rgdjn8o2_1280.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Science of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <strong>Keanu Reeves<\/strong>, for Nerdist Kyle Hill looks into the plausibility of <strong><em>The Matrix<\/em><\/strong>, specifically how humans serve as batteries for the title virtual world:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your kids have to learn about sexual pleasure sometime, right? <strong>Cookie Monster<\/strong> stars in <strong><em>Sesame Street<\/em>&#8216;s<\/strong> take on <strong><em>When Harry Met Sally<\/em><\/strong>, and they do go there with a parody of the &#8220;I&#8217;ll have what she&#8217;s having&#8221; bit:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Filmscalpel spotlights close-ups on eyes in <strong>Martin Scorsese<\/strong> movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Online Film School:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn what a Dutch Angle is from Fandor Keyrame and this illustrative montage of shots from famous movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One woman made herself up to look like <strong>Batman<\/strong>, <strong>The Joker<\/strong> and <strong>Harley Quinn<\/strong>, all new <strong><em>Suicide Squad<\/em><\/strong> versions (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/kamikame.es\/post\/128101835638\/harley-quinn-joker-and-batman-makeup-by-the\">via KamiKame<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Film Festival Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not enough that the programming for this year&#8217;s <strong>Beyond Fest<\/strong> is amazing, but they had to go and dub a scene from <strong><em>The Shining<\/em><\/strong> that makes it all sound even more exciting\/terrifying:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Film Festival Contest of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/frenzy7.birthmoviesdeath.com\/\">Fantastic Fest is crowd-sourcing its bumpers again<\/a>, this time holding a contest where you remake a scene from your favorite movie, but cast only kids as the characters. Here&#8217;s one based on <strong>Paul Thomas Anderson<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Magnolia.<\/em> Warning NSFW language.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Supercut of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve seen enough supercuts of villains lately, so it&#8217;s time for the heroes to get their spotlight (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/geektyrant.com\/news\/watch-inspiring-supercut-pays-tribute-to-cinematic-heroes\">via Geek Tyrant<\/a>):<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Classic Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>This weekend marks the 15th anniversary of the premiere of <strong>Christopher Nolan<\/strong>&#8216;s <strong><em>Memento<\/em><\/strong> at the Venice Film Festival. Celebrate the occasion by watching the innovative thriller&#8217;s original trailer below.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>Send tips or follow us via Twitter:<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service &#8211; if this is your content and you&#8217;re reading it on someone else&#8217;s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Source:: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-science-39the-matrix39-martin-scorsese-focus-more\/19133?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Today in Movie Culture: The Science of &#039;The Matrix,&#039; Martin Scorsese in Focus and More\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-science-39the-matrix39-martin-scorsese-focus-more\/19133?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.movies.com\/movie-news\/today-movie-culture-science-39the-matrix39-martin-scorsese-focus-more\/19133?wssac=164&amp;wssaffid=news\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/images.fandango.com\/MDCsite\/images\/featured\/201509\/tumblr_ntyk5lHiIL1rgdjn8o2_1280.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><strong>Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Science of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Speaking of <strong>Keanu Reeves<\/strong>, for Nerdist Kyle Hill looks into the plausibility of <strong><em>The Matrix<\/em><\/strong>, specifically how humans serve as batteries for the title virtual world:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Movie Parody of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Your kids have to learn about sexual pleasure sometime, right? <strong>Cookie Monster<\/strong> stars in <strong><em>Sesame Street<\/em>&#8216;s<\/strong> take on <strong><em>When Harry Met Sally<\/em><\/strong>, and they do go there with a parody of the &#8220;I&#8217;ll have what she&#8217;s having&#8221; bit:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Filmmaker in Focus:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Filmscalpel spotlights close-ups on eyes in <strong>Martin Scorsese<\/strong> movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Online Film School:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Learn what a Dutch Angle is from Fandor Keyrame and this illustrative montage of shots from famous movies:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Cosplay of the Day: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One woman made herself up to look like <strong>Batman<\/strong>, <strong>The Joker<\/strong> and <strong>Harley Quinn<\/strong>, all new <strong><em>Suicide Squad<\/em><\/strong> versions (<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/kamikame.es\/post\/128101835638\/harley-quinn-joker-and-batman-makeup-by-the\">via KamiKame<\/a>):<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Film Festival Trailer of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not enough that the programming for this year&#8217;s <strong>Beyond Fest<\/strong> is amazing, but they had to go and dub a scene from <strong><em>The Shining<\/em><\/strong> that makes it all sound even more exciting\/terrifying:<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p><span><strong>Film Festival Contest of the Day:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/frenzy7.birthmoviesdeath.com\/\">Fantastic Fest is crowd-sourcing its bumpers again<\/a>, this time holding a contest where you remake a scene from your favorite movie, but cast only kids as the characters. 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Celebrate the occasion by watching the innovative thriller&#8217;s original trailer below.<\/p>\n<p>[embedded content]<\/p>\n<p>Send tips or follow us via Twitter:<\/p>\n<p><span> <\/span><span>and <\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service &#8211; if this is your content and you&#8217;re reading it on someone else&#8217;s site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org\/content-only\/faq.php#publishers.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4818"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4818\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/associatednews.info\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}