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Random Link Dump #3

While some sites are dicking around with reviews of Kung Fu Panda [I kid, I kid] there’s an avalanche of good stuff on the interweb today:

A massive film resource database is here for all to enjoy. The Moving Image Source. Well…enjoy! [via The Reeler.]
Writer/director/one of the reasons I pray to the film gods Paul Schrader and cinematographer extraordinaire Ed Lachman speak at BAM. [Video clips.]
More Schrader. Notes from Kevin B. Lee on the underappreciated Light Sleeper.
Steven Boone crashes Antoine Fuqua’s Brooklyn block party.
How dare you disrespect Abel Ferrara!!!

Popularity: 25% [?]

Crack open the skull and look inside Bob Redford’s incubator: Behind the Scenes at the Sundance Lab [via The Houe Next Door.]
David Milch talks shop on the blog The Idea of the Writer. [also THND]
Godzilla, my childhood hero, turns 50.
Dennis Farina is packing heat. Hey, it’s only a .22.

Popularity: 17% [?]

Here’s a collection of a few interesting stories to keep you busy while I tend to the boy. I wouldn’t want you to forget about me. Here ya go:

If you are old enough to have had Mad Magazine part of your upbringing [I weep for you if you didn't] you will really love this.
Yeah, you’re not alone. Today’s music does suck.
16:9, television and that whole “letterbox” thing.
Artie Lange goes apeshit.

Popularity: 16% [?]