Sentences with phrase «bleak set of films»

I wish it wasn't quite such a bleak set of films to be celebrating in this of all weeks, but that's just how it worked out.

Not exact matches

Needless to say, this hyper - atmospheric art film is a little too reliant on its environment, but the deep snow setting of this lyrically bleak drama was always going to be instrumental in the establishment of both tone and aesthetic value, and sure enough, this film's beautiful environment goes complimented by cinematography by Bedřich Baťka which, while held back by a black - and - white palette, is playful enough in lighting and scope to attract you into this film's handsome world.

This is one of the few purely comedic scenes in an otherwise bleak film, yet it sets the mood perfectly for a narrative of displacement, in which a woman tries to find herself in another country's ways.

Less dialogue, more action, and a lot of bleak landscapes to set the tone of the film.

From the bleak settings and synth - heavy soundtrack to the hyper - stylized violence and hints of body horror, this film would feel right at home next to Carpenter's early output like «Assault on Precinct 13» and «Halloween.»

The first, by George A. Romero, his wife and assistant director Chris Romero (née Forrest) and Tom Savini, reveals that almost all the cast were friends, family or local Pittsburgh volunteers (even the mall was owned by personal friends of Romero), that the original script had a far bleaker ending (everybody dies) which was changed during the shoot because the film was «too much fun» for it, and that the fourth film, should it ever get made, is a larger - scale affair set in a down - town area, with lots of action sequences and an overarching theme of «ignoring the problem».

After the playful, urban and contemporary humour of the Oscar - winning «Birdman», this bleak - faced 1820s - set frontier western sees Mexican filmmaker Alejandro González Iñárritu return to the darker worldview of his earlier films like «Babel» and «21 Grams».