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Here you'll find things I've shot as well as old videos from the Rotan Archives.
A Conversation About Warren Ashby (1985)
In this archival video from 1985, friends and colleagues discuss the life and philosophy of Dr. Warren Ashby, the founder of the Warren Ashby Residential College at UNC-Greensboro.
The intro music to the video is Beethoven’s Sonata #30 in E Major Opus 109, one of Warren Ashby’s favorite pieces of music. Warren Ashby kept Journals most of his life - from the 1940s until his death in 1985. In one entry in his last journal he wrote:
"What do I mean when I say that I want, and try to live like Beethoven's Sonata 30 in E Major, Op. 109 and in C Minor, Op. 111? They are the two greatest sonatas I know and, are in fact, two of the greatest creations of the human spirit. To live like them would be to live, to be and become (both are always becoming and, at moments of fulfillment, are) essential human life.
They are simple and complex, they have loveliness and depth, they move in a breath from lightness to profundity, and the variations in 109 with multiplicity out of unity contain enough forms of being for a lifetime.
This does not begin to answer the question.
All art is a revelation, an image of life. Without necessarily knowing what he is doing--though many of the best know it--the artist expresses life; and the feelings great art {arouses} in one who sees, hears, touches are life feelings. Often "a lifetime burning in every moment."
So even if my rational, analyzing mind cannot say always what it is I want to be and become, what life I want and try to live, this I want to be these two sonatas. And sometimes when I listen to them I am aware, with fulfilled gratitude, that they are life, my life". - January 21, 1985
The intro music to the video is Beethoven’s Sonata #30 in E Major Opus 109, one of Warren Ashby’s favorite pieces of music. Warren Ashby kept Journals most of his life - from the 1940s until his death in 1985. In one entry in his last journal he wrote:
"What do I mean when I say that I want, and try to live like Beethoven's Sonata 30 in E Major, Op. 109 and in C Minor, Op. 111? They are the two greatest sonatas I know and, are in fact, two of the greatest creations of the human spirit. To live like them would be to live, to be and become (both are always becoming and, at moments of fulfillment, are) essential human life.
They are simple and complex, they have loveliness and depth, they move in a breath from lightness to profundity, and the variations in 109 with multiplicity out of unity contain enough forms of being for a lifetime.
This does not begin to answer the question.
All art is a revelation, an image of life. Without necessarily knowing what he is doing--though many of the best know it--the artist expresses life; and the feelings great art {arouses} in one who sees, hears, touches are life feelings. Often "a lifetime burning in every moment."
So even if my rational, analyzing mind cannot say always what it is I want to be and become, what life I want and try to live, this I want to be these two sonatas. And sometimes when I listen to them I am aware, with fulfilled gratitude, that they are life, my life". - January 21, 1985
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Lightning Storm During Flight (Part 2)
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July 28, 2022 - LGA to RDU. We were just South of Richmond, VA and West of Norfolk, VA along the I-95 corridor. Shot with my iPhone 13 Pro Max. 24p, ProRes 4K HDR.
Lightning Storm During Flight (Part 1)
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July 28, 2022 - LGA to RDU. We were just South of Richmond, VA and West of Norfolk, VA along the I-95 corridor. Shot with my iPhone 13 Pro Max. 24p, ProRes 4K HDR.
First Class NCSA School of Filmmaking - Graduation Ceremony (May 31, 1997)
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May 31, 1997 - The first class of the NCSA School of Filmmaking receive their BFA in Filmmaking. May 31, 1997 at the Stevens Center, Winston-Salem, NC.
Severe Weather at RDU
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A severe thunderstorm with strong winds and hail barreled through Raleigh-Durham International Airport at 3:42pm, May 6, 2022. I was waiting in the cell phone lot when the storm hit, and shot this video from inside my car using my iPhone 13 Pro Max. 1080p, 30fps, Dolby Vision.
Window Seat Over Manhattan in 4K
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Flying South above the Hudson River, parallel to Manhattan. LGA to RDU - April 22, 2022. Shot with my iPhone 13 Pro Max.
“Zero Hour” Dailies (1988)
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Dailies from the epic Rotan brothers film, “Zero Hour”. Produced in May 1988 as the final project for a science fiction literature class at Freedom High School in Morganton, North Carolina.
Sunset as seen from my balcony - Raleigh, NC
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Time lapse shot with my iPhone X.
Pearl Diver - Behind the Scenes
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Director Sidney King narrates this insightful behind-the-scenes video on the making of his debut 35mm feature film, "Pearl Diver". I was Director of Photography.
Star Wars: Phantom Menace Premiere (Part 2) - WBTV News at Noon (5/19/99)
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Here's some additional footage shot on the opening day of "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace", immediately after we wrapped the LIVE report on WBTV (CBS, Charlotte, NC), which you can watch in its entirety on my UA-cam channel. In this clip, I interviewed my friend Scott, the man behind the Stormtrooper costume, and my cousin Stephen, whom I'd forgotten to interview during the LIVE report.
Spielberg on Letterboxing
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In this 1990 interview, Steven Spielberg explains why letterboxing is important when watching films on 4:3 (square) television sets. This video was produced by The Criterion Collection for their 1990 CAV Laserdisc Box Set of "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" [CC125]. This upload was captured directly from that Laserdisc.
Audience Reaction - Detention Center Shootout - Star Wars 1979 Re-Release
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Recorded August 1979 at the Flick Theatre in Asheboro, NC (cinematreasures.org/theaters/16395). Audience reaction to the detention center shootout. I recorded this using my dad's cassette tape recorder. I was 10 years old. Please check out my UA-cam channel for other "Star Wars" audience reaction recordings from the '70s and '80s.
Audience Reaction - Jawas Capture R2-D2 - Star Wars 1979 Re-Release
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Recorded August 1979 at the Flick Theatre in Asheboro, NC (cinematreasures.org/theaters/16395). Audience reaction to the Jawas capturing R2-D2. I recorded this using my dad's cassette tape recorder. I was 10 years old. Please check out my UA-cam channel for other "Star Wars" audience reaction recordings from the '70s and '80s.
1979 - Brothers React to THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK - Trailer
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This is an audio recording I made in August 1979 when my brother and I went with a friend to see the re-release of "Star Wars" at the Flick Theatre in Asheboro, NC (cinematreasures.org/theaters/16395). Not only did I record "StarWars" on audio cassette (which I will upload soon), but I also recorded the teaser trailer for "The Empire Strikes Back". We nearly missed the trailer, though, because ...
Approaching Chicago over Lake Michigan
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Approaching Chicago over Lake Michigan
Notes From A Strange Mailbag - LIVE at Hot Tamales - 10/3/88 (Entire Set)
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Notes From A Strange Mailbag - LIVE at Hot Tamales - 10/3/88 (Entire Set)
Siskel & Ebert: If We Picked The Winners (March 24, 1990)
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Siskel & Ebert: If We Picked The Winners (March 24, 1990)
Pearl Diver - Interview with director Sidney King
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Pearl Diver - Interview with director Sidney King
ORIGINAL Robert Tilton Video (1991)
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ORIGINAL Robert Tilton Video (1991)
Widescreen isn’t perfect either
Looking back on these, they were so right about so many actors and movies. Do The Right Thing didn’t even get nominated which is insane, when watching it today it feels quite timeless of a movie.
that was cool seeing them all new and sealed
War of the roses and field of dreams will become popular in 2020. Way off on that one.
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What are the songs playing in the background?
@@TimBoyd2012 You could try using the Shazam app on your smartphone, but I think Santana is playing in the background at B.B.’s (the first store), and C+C Music Factory is playing at Tracks (the last store in the video. It’s whatever was playing in the store at the time I shot the video. I did not add any music in post-production because there was no post-production. This entire video was shot in sequence and edited in camera as it happened by me pressing the “start/stop recording” button. Read the description of this video for details.
Compare their enthusiasm with these movies with the Sequel Trilogy
ridiculously...
Nice sound, real smooth intimate vibe on this one.
I almost got into laserdisc at one point, but there were no stores in my area that sold a good variety of titles to justify purchasing this form of physical media. So I stuck with vhs until dvd came out. Then I started replacing all my vhs with dvd versions. Then, when Blu-ray came out, it took about a year and a half to go to Blu-ray and start replacing my dvd with Blu-ray. I only wish I knew then what I know now. Then I would have stopped at vhs and waited till blu-rays came out, and I would not have waisted my money on double dipping multiple formats.
Close Encounters of the Third Kind... $125 at Tracks. Jesus. That's nuts.
$79.95-$124.99 was the average retail price of all Criterion Collection CAV boxsets back then. They were worth every penny.
@@RotanCam By the way, thank you for filming this video. I grew up in Kernersville, NC, loved Greensboro, and often visited BB's and CD's Superstore. I have so many memories, and seeing this video was like going back in time!
@@kupwavThanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it. It’s definitely a time capsule.
this footage is pure gold thanks for sharing a moment in time
take me back to 1991 dear lord.
They really had a tense relationship. i miss them; the movies are not the same without those two.
I bought a copy of The Abyss Special Edition on laserdisc in pan and scan and you can imagine my disappointment. If only I knew what pan and scan meant at the time. I haven't even bothered watching the movie because of it. I guess I'll spend another $15 and buy the widescreen version.
Every now and again the usually magnificent Ebert goes wayy off course... ...I mean, ripping on Dead Poets Society as a 'smug' picture? What? (I suppose it goes to show - the wrong mood / the wrong cinema / the wrong day and anyone can completely misperceive a picture.) But I've long appreciated that he is a big enough man to modify his feelings / opinions later where he feels he got it wrong initially.
I heard you uploaded the rest of the movie but UA-cam took it down for obvious reasons. Is there a chance you could upload important clips or any other footage you have?
Tom Cruise in Born on the 4th of July is one of my favorite performances ever!
I remember seeing “Dead Poets’ Society” and thinking this was pure schlock. Boring as well.
And guess what Little Mermaid went to stage Ebert so no suing required lol love y'all rip love you Chazz
I noticed in those stores LPs were definitely phased out and the LDs were probably in the spot where the LPs previously were. 90 bucks for that Gone With The Wind set wasn’t so crazy, I can remember big DVD sets costing about the same amount circa 2001 or so.
Siskel and Ebert witnessed the change of artistic Hollywood movies into the franchise focused, toy-selling, universe/sequel building films that we see today. They are rolling over in their graves over these marvel movies without a doubt.
It’s so interesting to see (and now recall) how in 1989/1990 they were still such character-driven movies.
JOHN. GOOD VIDEO
That 'medical response remote control' advert is fantastic
So ironic now to hear Siskel & Ebert praise "The Little Mermaid" because Disney chose to make something fresh and original instead of just recycling old ideas, which is all Disney does now.
It's Dwight Schrute before his start at Dunder Mifflin.
That's me at 8:21 We were on a family holiday to MGM Studios. I won an Atari 7800 (which unfortunately didn't work with British TV sets) and a Sony Walkman. Great memories.
Hahahaha! Fantastic! This man is evil.
Interesting that they could easily have called the film that would be remembered best in 30 years' time (2020) by applying simple logic 🖖, but instead they yielded to sentimentality. Of course, it's the one that was a hit with children at the time: _The Little Mermaid_ (I'm sad to say) is probably much better remembered than _Do The Right Thing,_ _Driving Miss Daisy,_ or even _Born On The Fourth Of July._
Siskle is consistently Wrong.
Nope! Daniel Day Lewis deserved that win.
Roger: Miss Daisy changes, that's what's great! Also Roger: I don't buy that a sex worker could become a great singer. 😂
R.I.P. Danny Aiello. I agree he steals the show in Do The Right Thing.
I as well feel Dead Poet's Society is overrated. Edit: There is a vintage "I've fallen and I CAN'T GET UP!" commercial towards the end.
I wonder if they reviewed the cheesy spy video at the beginning. Bad acting 👎👎
hi thanks for uploading this , do you know if theres any way to see the full interview? thanks for any help
This interview clip is presented in its entirety, as featured on the CAV Criterion Laserdisc box set. I did not cut anything out, before or after. This is it.
Murray Arndt: Absolutely one of the best professors I ever met. I still remember some of his lessons nearly 50 years later.
This is such a cool inside look at a Disney production
Plot twist, this IS the unedited audio
29:56 Speaking of Best Original Score, I still say that Batman not getting a nomination for Danny Elfman's score that year was one of the worst snubs in Oscar history.
Dead Poets Society not only deserved the nomination but should have won. It’s the most memorable movie for me out of the five that were.
My Left foot was far more memorable. Enjoyed dead poets a lot though
War of the roses will be remembered in 30s, whereas driving miss daisy wont be. Rough take by siskel.
Both Movies are Fantastic and remembered fondly by me
Wow she spoke in my home town, I was eleven and four days away from my birthday. I love Maya Angelou.
Loved them and their show but why the hell did you (whoever did this video) cut off the end? I loved the question on why little mermaid (and the type) are never nominated for best picture. The Academy bulls***. Or like why Horror will never be nominated for anything.
Hi, there. I recorded this back in 1990 and uploaded it a few years ago. Maybe if you bothered to read the description under the video you would know why the ending was cut off.
Looks and speaks like a lawyer to me. Sounds like god has humongous fun using hm as fart chushion
On one hand the votes that really matter are the number of seats that are filled. On the other hand, I'm afraid that we would end up with nothing but comic book movies and bad sequels.
Not sure why Ebert hates Dead Poets so much Dead Wrong
What was the original intent of this film was it to promote laser discs at a local store 📀💿or what was it used for 📼
Do you still have a laserdisc collection today 📀 and what do you think of Blu ray and 4k I would like to know from a master 🎬
Cruise robbed as usual