Comments on: on opening the NFB archives http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/01/23/on-opening-the-nfb-archives/ just a lowly edtech geek, mumble mumble university of calgary Sun, 21 Mar 2010 17:18:11 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dnorman http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/01/23/on-opening-the-nfb-archives/#comment-194371 dnorman Sun, 25 Jan 2009 00:28:27 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2726#comment-194371 yeah, this is some seriously cool youth-reliving here. I remember NFB movie nights, and endless use of these awesome films as filler to crank up cable TV channels' "Canadian Content" ratio. Great, great movies. Jim, I wonder what the cultural touchstones will be for our kids. There's no artificial geopolitical boundaries anymore. Will my son and your kids all be affected by the same media, or will the intarwebs finally fracture into 7 billion isolated channels? yeah, this is some seriously cool youth-reliving here. I remember NFB movie nights, and endless use of these awesome films as filler to crank up cable TV channels’ “Canadian Content” ratio. Great, great movies.

Jim, I wonder what the cultural touchstones will be for our kids. There’s no artificial geopolitical boundaries anymore. Will my son and your kids all be affected by the same media, or will the intarwebs finally fracture into 7 billion isolated channels?

]]> By: Jim http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/01/23/on-opening-the-nfb-archives/#comment-194368 Jim Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:01:26 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2726#comment-194368 Wow, how awesome, I can brush up on some Canadian classics, which is always fun. I think having access to a moment in culture which framed the imagination of a generation is so key, and when we had two or three channels with a extremely limited number of works, they become that much more of the collective imaginary, I wonder if we are moving beyond that now in some way? Maybe not, maybe the same 14 YouTube videos are seen by everyone, but no longer is it so nationalized? I don;t know, but I know this is cool. Wow, how awesome, I can brush up on some Canadian classics, which is always fun. I think having access to a moment in culture which framed the imagination of a generation is so key, and when we had two or three channels with a extremely limited number of works, they become that much more of the collective imaginary, I wonder if we are moving beyond that now in some way? Maybe not, maybe the same 14 YouTube videos are seen by everyone, but no longer is it so nationalized? I don;t know, but I know this is cool.

]]> By: Clint Lalonde http://www.darcynorman.net/2009/01/23/on-opening-the-nfb-archives/#comment-194367 Clint Lalonde Sat, 24 Jan 2009 20:03:27 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=2726#comment-194367 The Big Snit! "Shake your eyes here, shake your eyes there. Why don't you go join some stupid shake and rock and roll band!" http://www.nfb.ca/film/The-Big-Snit/ The Big Snit!

“Shake your eyes here, shake your eyes there. Why don’t you go join some stupid shake and rock and roll band!”

http://www.nfb.ca/film/The-Big-Snit/

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