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Old 09-01-2011, 08:40 PM
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Why Man Creates

And presumably women as well. A wonderful film from 1968 that I remember very fondly. A wee bit dated, but still some great stuff in it!

"Allah be praised! I've invented the zero!"

"What?"

"Nothing, nothing."
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Old 09-01-2011, 08:51 PM
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Saul Bass was a terrific talent. He invented a whole new style of movie titles in the 50s with films like North by Northwest and directed the underappreciated SF horror film Phase IV
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Old 09-01-2011, 10:51 PM
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From 1972-1978 (7th-12 grade), we saw that film in one class or another at least two or three times a year. I even saw it in Sunday school once. The ping pong ball was my favorite part.
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Old 09-02-2011, 09:47 AM
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I like the first section, the animated history, the best.
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Old 09-02-2011, 10:42 AM
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An amazing piece. We got a copy of it and showed it to the youngsters who hadn't seen it in class. I still have a copy of it -- unfortunately it's on one-inch videotape.
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