He found he ruined the poor bird's sex life; clipping off just a handful of eyes significantly reduced the guy's chances of mating.
Cue a life in clips blog, a gallery, an obituary, tributes from Hadley Freeman and Chris Addison and (of course), the Leslie Nielsen random quote generator.
The documentary is mostly a celebration of Farley's short life, with clips of his performances mixed in among two dozen or so fond interviews with people who knew him, including Lorne Michaels, Mike Myers, Adam Sandler, and David Spade.
The son of a movie technician, Goupil had been making films since childhood, and "Half a Life" includes clips from some of them — sardonically playful comedies from the mid-sixties and subsequent documentaries of protests.
"I sort of see this as one of the most egregious problems we have with public space in a region that's plagued with problems with public space," Ms. Price said as she walked along Carbon Beach, lined with glistening estates, the only sign of life being the clip-clip-clip of the occasional landscaper.
Like "The Queen" this film seamlessly edits brief snippets of real-life television clips into the fictional narrative.
My travels are convincing me that our unmatched industrial productivity will crush Hitler next year, and that, if business leaders and investors act wisely, peace will bring demand for restoration of the American way of life, for clipping the wings of Washington's all-out "planners," regimenters, autocrats.
In her still lifes, binder clips and telephones are stripped of their everyday function and personified against a palette of bright colors.
Adult finger-clips have a longer useful life than neonatal clip probes and disposable wrap-around probes.
8 P.M. (BET) MANDELA: FREEDOM'S FATHER This "BET News Special" celebrates the 95th birthday of Nelson Mandela, above, chronicling his life through film clips and interviews.
