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... movie experience. So much so that current sequences are heavily influenced by Bass: Think the Intro to Mad Men or the opening title sequence to 2002's Catch Me If You Can.
Saul Bass represents one of ...
... example of this paradox is The Matrix.
Almost thirteen years ago exactly, the Wachowski brothers brought an epic storyline to the big screen in a way most movie goers had never seen. Fully loaded with ...
... Jazz, into a film. [Yes, that means this is a movie based on a book that has another book based on the making of the movie . That has to be a first.] Every book-based film will inevitably be compared back ...
... babies taking part in everyday experiences. If the film doesn’t exactly seem like a “page turner” (or whatever it is we call a movie that we can’t stop watching), it’s because it's not. What will grab ...
... hunger for?
Three enduring narratives converge in the novel and film which, like the mythological nods in the Harry Potter series, elevate the story above teen drivel. The movie reveals and critiques ...
... just real life, real hopes, real failures and successes lived in front of a camera.
There are a lot of great documentaries out there. There are also a lot of great sports movie s based on true stories. ...
... directing movie s as diverse as Shane (perhaps the best Western ever), The Diary of Ann Frank, Giant (James Dean’s last movie ), Woman of the Year (the first Katherine Hepburn – Spencer Tracy romantic comedy) ...
... Blvd. to Get Shorty, movie s have revolved around some of the film industry's favorite people - themselves. Midst this inbred collective, Pleasantville might be the most cleverly disguised. And while it ...
... the funniest one of the bunch. And there’s Zeppo as Bob, the hapless straight man. Of course there's a plot, since movie s are supposed to have those, but really, what difference does it make? This movie ...
... What if… I tried something new? And, what if… I actually found what I was looking for? (obligatory U2 reference) What then? In the case of Hugo (the movie ), it’s not about a thing. It’s about a reality. ...
Where will your curiosity lead you? In 2006 The National Science Foundation sent documentarian Werner Herzog to the South Pole with some doubt as to whether he wouldn’t “come up with another movie about ...
... by Eva Marie Saint and a priest played by Karl Malden) and laments the compromises he’s made. The question the movie turns on is whether or not Terry will tell a crime commission what he knows. Brando’s ...
... question—how’s the movie ?
My friend’s response speaks of the importance of The 39 Steps as a film and Alfred Hitchcock’s place in cinematic story telling. Carson looked at Kate and said, “I’m waiting ...
What’s the best ending to a movie you’ve ever seen? The usual suspects (now there is a movie with a great surprise ending) are the world blowing up in Dr. Strangelove, Michael Corleone shutting a door ...
... by which movie s we go see (even if we don’t want to believe it).
The true beauty of the book, however, is that life imitates art. Story is as much about what we watch as it is about what we live. He ...
... British band trying to make it big, but in early 1964 they went directly from their wildly successful American debut on the Ed Sullivan Show to shooting this movie . The schedule was rushed and the budget ...
Remember when you heard “they” were making a movie about Facebook and you knew it would be terrible? Remember how you were wrong? Well, it’s happening to you again. That new baseball movie with Brad Pitt ...
How is man made? One of the most relentless and intense movie s of recent years, There Will be Blood remains in our collective conscious due to the questions it raises. Daniel Day-Lewis, who famously stays ...
We like to think of our art as spontaneous. Movie s about writers either show them angst-ridden and wondering what to write, or pouring golden words out of their fingertips. Musicians find inspiration in ...
... imaginative corrective that can be enacted when another's story is told well. Eugenia, "Skeeter," is the prophetic voice in the movie as she speaks against the habitual and not-so-subtle racism of Jackson, ...
... all odds, learns to care for and love one another.
Becky brings hope first to Gilbert and then to the whole Grape family. Near the movie ’s end, Gilbert’s first and only timid touch of his mother gives ...
... the two most important old men in Luke’s life are the ones that fill this movie : His Dad and God. Maybe if God weren’t so often referred to as “Heavenly Father” people wouldn’t so deeply connect his nature ...
... he wraps things up.
But that doesn’t mean this isn’t a great movie . It is. It is filled with hilarious lines between the kids and action/adventure scenes that are exactly what we are all looking for ...
... of life and our ultimate destination. Terrence Malick came of age when movie s still mattered. And with The Tree of Life, only his fifth feature in forty years, Malick has drawn upon ancient biblical ...
... aligns. As the movie ends Ophelia sacrifices herself, thus opening the portal to the fantasy world and restoring her place as princess. In a way, her self-sacrifice saves both worlds at once. Throughout ...
What do Little Miss Sunshine, Juno, The Kids Are All Right, and Rachel Getting Married all have in common? All are great movie s primarily written about families. Trying to capture the inner workings ...
It stars Robert Duvall, Tommy Lee Jones, Danny Glover, Chris Cooper, Diane Lane, Angelica Huston, and Rick Schroder. It won 7 Emmys (nominated for 18!), and 2 Golden Globes (Best made-for-TV movie , and ...
It’s not an “official” tradition, but more than not, our family sits down together to watch a movie (most) Friday evenings. And having a 10 year-old, 8 year-old, and a 4 year-old, each Friday is proving ...
... I concentrate hard enough, I think I can feel every crisscrossing thread in the sofa against each strand of hair" or "My dreams are B movie s and flipped tracks, tactile fixations, little sentiments, a ...
... dream I was in - one about Inception, which I had seen the night before. The dream was not about the movie itself per say, but about the post-film processing experience. While walking out of the theater ...
... humor. Like Ricky Fits in American Beauty, Guietta is more infatuated with having the camera turned on than actually crafting a movie . In fact, Guietta's "supposed" documentary never happens. Rather, ...
... again (I’ll quickly add that thankfully, there are plenty of redeeming advertisements and movie s and TV shows – the discussions on this website are proof of that). While some influences are easier to recognize ...
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More often than not commentaries and interpretations tend to direct one to think about specific ideas and messages being conveyed through a movie . Or, we are forced to consider how well a mainstream (read ...
... across a movie called, Freedom Writers. Next to a bad action movie this is the perfect discovery at two in the morning. Freedom Writers is about a young woman named Erin Gruwell (played by Academy Award ...
... "Awesome" is overused. "Crazy" sounds too frantic. "Righteous" rings a bit too much of the eighties. Though I don't doubt your lexicon reaches beyond these clichés, a movie , a book, a poem, a concert that ...
I walked into the theater to see Julie & Julia knowing I was in for a good evening. I was alone with my wife, going to see a movie about cooking. For me, that is a trifecta that cannot be beat—and ...
Really... What is love? Some mysterious "thing" that we spend our lives avoiding and/or seeking? How does one fall "in" love? Standup comic Charlyne Yi sets out across the country to explore such questions ...
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... be seen in a low budget horror movie or an absurdly avant-garde flick (see: "Vampiyaz"), which pale in comparison to subtle, unnerving aspects woven into works that effect long after leaving the museum, ...
What if Conan O'Brien landed a series of interviews with former President George W. Bush? And what if, towards the end of hours of slightly interesting political banter, the president admitted that there ...
Over the years, Hollywood has managed to condition the viewer with particular movie -going expectations. We expect to be entertained. We expect a good story. And we expect that story to have resolution. ...
