When I was very young I was never as excited by films as I was by going to the theatre - it wasn't until my teens that I started geeking out on films.  The only only exception to that is Buster Keaton, I watched anything and everything by that man. The fact that he directed and wrote and stared in his films was one thing. But that he did his own stunts -  that made him a God in my five-year-old eyes.

Well, it's Friday and with all this talk of the wonders of the web, new techology and copyright issues it's easy to forget what it's all about. Thanks to the wonders of public domain (and a certain video service) here on Netribution are three comic delights: Charlie Chaplins' masterpiece (and final film) Modern Times, Howard Hawks' hilarious His Girl Friday (tears were coming out of my nose when I first watched this at the NFT) and of course Buster Keaton - with a selecton of shorts.

So please sit back, have your Excel spreadsheet on standby for when your boss passes, and enjoy.

A film Spike Jonze made after spendning a day with presidential candidate Al Gore in 2000 has just been released online.. given that Gore lost the election to only 500 votes, one wonders what impact this could have had on the election - and in turn the world today - had it been shown. 

Sunflower3 - from vimeo's danLinfield

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