10th Anniversary Of The Northridge Earthquake: Airtalk Goes To Caltech's Seismology Lab; FilmWeek
10th Anniversary Of The Northridge Earthquake: Airtalk Goes To Caltech's Seismology Lab
A 6.7 magnitude earthquake woke Angelenos at 4:30 in the morning on January 17th, 1994. Called the Northridge Earthquake, it killed fifty-seven people and caused between $20 and $40 billion worth of damage. According to the US Geological Survey, the earthquake produced the strongest ground motions ever recorded in an urban setting in North America. "AirTalk" with Larry Mantle goes to Caltech's Seismology Lab to talk with experts about what we knew then, what we learned from the earthquake, and the latest advancements in the science of seismology. Joining him is Dr. Charles Groat, Director of the US Geological Survey, Dr. Tom Heaton, Professor of Engineering Seismology at Caltech, and Dr. Egill Hauksson, Senior Research Associate in geophysics at Caltech.
FilmWeek
Larry Mantle and critics Charles Solomon, animation critic for amazon.com, Jean Oppenheimer of New Times, and Andy Klein, film editor and chief critic of both CityBeat and ValleyBeat discuss this week's new film releases, including Along Came Polly, Teacher's Pet, Torque, Tokyo Godfathers, and The Dreamers.
Here are Jean, Andy, and Charles' list of top films of last year:
Jean Oppenheimer
1) 21 Grams
2) In America
3) Master and Commander
4) The Fog of War
5) City of God (Brazilian)
6) Divine Intervention (Palestinian)
7) Russian Ark (gee, huh... Russian)
8) Together (Chinese)
9) Sweet Sixteen
10) Raising Victor Vargis
Andy Klein
1) Triplets of Belleville
2) Kill Bill Vol 1
3) Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary
4) Lost in Translation
5) Finding Nemo
6) Big Fish
7) Friday Night
8) Mystic River
9) Master and Commander
10) Carnage
Charles Solomon
Top Theatrical Animated Releases of 2003
1) The Triplets of Belleville. Sylvain's Chomet's wonderfully imaginative first feature reminds viewers just how much fun drawn animation can be.
2) Finding Nemo. An exceptional film by anyone's standards, this box office smash features a stellar performance by Ellen DeGeneris.
3) Millennium Actress. Satoshi Kon's evocative portrait of romantic longing skillfully blends memory and fantasy.
4) Cowboy Bebop: The Movie: Knockin' on Heaven's Door. A stylish, film noir feature that continues the adventures of "Space Cowboy" Spike Spiegel.
5) Destino. The famed Walt Disney-Salvador Dali collaboration was finally completed, more than 50 years after it began.
Top Animated Video Releases of 2003
1) Spirited Away. Hayao Miyazaki's Oscar-winning masterpiece.
2) Kiki's Delivery Service. A charming coming-of-age story involving an adolescent witch.
3) Castle in the Sky. This Jules Verne-esque adventure helped to introduce Miyazaki's work to American audiences.
4) Looney Tunes Gold Collection. The long awaited DVD debut of the Warners Bros. shorts.
5) Sleeping Beauty. A flawed but beautiful film from Disney, finally available in wide-screen format.
6) The Animatrix. A series of shorts, most of them by prominent Japanese directors, exploring themes from "The Matrix."
7) The Bell Science Series. The first four installments in Frank Capra's live action-animation combinations: a standard of Baby Boom-era science classes.
8) Inu-Yasha. Rumiko Takahashi's reinvigorates the "magical girl" genre with energy and humor in this "feudal fairy tale".
9) Rurouni Kenshin: Premium Collection. The first story arc of the popular samurai comedy-adventure, set during the Meiji Restoration.
10) His And Her Circumstances--The Box Set. Hideo Anno, the creator of the super-alienated "Neon Genesis Evangelion" presents the story of two high school over-achievers who find love and acceptance.