GALAXY
Award Winning Short Film by Bill Davern
An office worker's growing obsession with pinball leads him to realize life is a game.
Filmed in 1980 in HAMILTON ON.
GALAXY - Award Winning Short Film by Bill Davern - 1980
Re: GALAXY - Award Winning Short Film by Bill Davern - 1980
Awesome.
Thanks for posting.
Takes me back to the golden years.
Thanks for posting.
Takes me back to the golden years.
Shane. "Just because I love pinball doesn't mean I'm any good".
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Re: GALAXY - Award Winning Short Film by Bill Davern - 1980
Kev, thank you so much for posting this short film !
I watched it last night and it brought back so many memories from just about 40 years ago, and also some unpleasant ones from last year. Corps and computers, fawk !
What ya gonna do at this point in adult life except try to get by without being subject too much unpleasantness. There is no other way now, and lately, less and less rewards and/or compensation for sacrifice or even devotion. No sense of forward movement. Maybe we are done growing that way. Fawk again !
Being in first year film production at Concordia in 1982-3 and aIso heavy into collecting pinballs, these two passions from the past are meshed in my mind forever. Must have seen this short film at one point or another when studying film about 35 years ago because I knew what was going to unfold as I watched, or maybe because I know the subjects being treated.
Again thank you Otto, made my evening better. And especially for those between 40 and 60, have a look if you haven't already, worth it.
Rob
I watched it last night and it brought back so many memories from just about 40 years ago, and also some unpleasant ones from last year. Corps and computers, fawk !
What ya gonna do at this point in adult life except try to get by without being subject too much unpleasantness. There is no other way now, and lately, less and less rewards and/or compensation for sacrifice or even devotion. No sense of forward movement. Maybe we are done growing that way. Fawk again !
Being in first year film production at Concordia in 1982-3 and aIso heavy into collecting pinballs, these two passions from the past are meshed in my mind forever. Must have seen this short film at one point or another when studying film about 35 years ago because I knew what was going to unfold as I watched, or maybe because I know the subjects being treated.
Again thank you Otto, made my evening better. And especially for those between 40 and 60, have a look if you haven't already, worth it.
Rob
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A philosophy of doing shall rule until the days when I can no longer "do" arrive. Because when I am too old to adjust an AX relay or relieve a woman friend from sighing, there will only be memories to fill my time. So, the task at hand is to build that RRSP of memories in order to joyfully cushion the later stages of life.
Personally prefer the exceptional qualities lurking beneath any normal state of affairs. Alas, our day to day is being promoted as extraordinary via a world wide web largely fueled by the new dumb & followed closely by the latest breed of unscrupulous scoundrels & judas goats. So, god bless the fool hearted, the crazed, and the railroaded all in good measure for they will likely inherit what is left of the earth after the screwheads are done with it. God damn darwinian primates, why do they refuse to evolve, even after all we should have learned from being dumb savages for so long.
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Bally 1936 "Bumper" - North Star 1949 "Sea Breeze" - North Star 1950 "Richelieu" - Universal 1950 "Feature Bell" - Gottlieb 1952 "Queen of Hearts" - Williams 1960 "Ten Spot" - Gottlieb 1971 "Challenger" - Williams 1973 "OXO" - Bally 1976 "Bonanza"
Maxed out at 10 machines, no more. Un max de 10 machines, pas plus.
Une règle suivi guéri de tout. A rule respected can cure anything.
A philosophy of doing shall rule until the days when I can no longer "do" arrive. Because when I am too old to adjust an AX relay or relieve a woman friend from sighing, there will only be memories to fill my time. So, the task at hand is to build that RRSP of memories in order to joyfully cushion the later stages of life.
Personally prefer the exceptional qualities lurking beneath any normal state of affairs. Alas, our day to day is being promoted as extraordinary via a world wide web largely fueled by the new dumb & followed closely by the latest breed of unscrupulous scoundrels & judas goats. So, god bless the fool hearted, the crazed, and the railroaded all in good measure for they will likely inherit what is left of the earth after the screwheads are done with it. God damn darwinian primates, why do they refuse to evolve, even after all we should have learned from being dumb savages for so long.
"I try my best to be just like I am, but everybody wants you, to be just like them. " - Zimmy
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Re: GALAXY - Award Winning Short Film by Bill Davern - 1980
Great short film. Really captured the spirit of Galaxy and pinball for me. Some great camera work on the ball, especially the tracking shot of the first plunge.
I never knew water cooler bottles were made of glass back then. It makes perfect sense now that I've seen it. Man, those damn things must have been heavy!
I never knew water cooler bottles were made of glass back then. It makes perfect sense now that I've seen it. Man, those damn things must have been heavy!