It is great when a film takes an unpredicted turn, or does something formally to provoke thought, or to shock. This is often the result of direction; it might be at a level of self-awareness not seen before, or a collage of different styles or genres. The narrative of a film may leave the audience […]
Month: April 2016
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12 Coen Brothers Films and Their Philosophical Takeaways
Joel and Ethan Coen were born in 1954 and 1957 respectively in Minnesota. From there, Joel went on to study film at NYU and Ethan to study philosophy (Wittgenstein in particular) at Princeton. After graduation, Joel began work as a production assistant before co-writing his first major film, Blood Simple, with Ethan. Little did anyone […]
Pulling Focus: Sorcerer (1977) dir. William Friedkin
“The film I hope to be remembered by. I have a great fondness for Sorcerer, more than any other film… I consider it my most personal film and the most difficult to achieve… Basically lost for 37 years, its restoration is like Lazarus.” – William Friedkin I can’t go on, I’ll go on In the […]
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20 Fantastic Polish Film Posters That Are Better Than The Originals
The poster is an integral part in the overlap between film as business and film as culture. In the Pre-internet days, the function of the poster was a significant chunk of a film’s advertisement. It was primarily the first impression, a chance for advertising to generate public interest and draw in an audience before the […]
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10 Unconventional Coming-of-Age Movies Worth Watching
The term “coming-of-age” is a young person’s transition from being a child to being an adult, according to Wikipedia. A coming-of-age film shows the viewers this transformation. It is a standard way of telling the story through the eyes of an average teenager from an average family, going to an average school. It is considered […]
Pulling Focus: Hiroshima, Mon Amour
“In my film, time is shattered.” – Alain Resnais In search of lost time Wow. How enticing it is to consider and suppose that the cinema of the subconsciousness and of memory barely held breath before 1959, when French film director Alain Resnais intimately accepted the subject matter with fascinating affection in his first […]