I know it's crazy of me to talk about The Hangover's
cinematic stylings before getting into just how funny it is, but, recognized or not, the richness of the comedy is clearly connected to the skillfulness of the movie that houses it.
Not exact matches
While word from Venice — where the film closed the festival
before heading to TIFF — was good, the question to be answered was whether or not Stillman's
style and
cinematic persona would stand up in a filmmaking landscape that has changed immensely since «Last Days of Disco.»
The latest offering from Blum and co. is the movie Jessabelle, which - judging from the trailer above - looks like a composite of so many horror films that have come
before, presented in a darkly lavish
cinematic style.
Surrounded by pro collaborators including d.p. Elliot Davis («The Iron Lady») and editor Lee Percy («Boys Don't Cry»), Stark directs competently but impersonally in the manner one used to derisively call «TV -
style,»
before so much of TV became more
cinematic than the movies.
Lone Survivor is clearly no Zero Dark Thirty (a much more cerebral, precision executed war film) and given its seesawing
style and confused message Berg has some way to go
before he troubles Kathryn Bigelow, the unrivalled master of modern
cinematic warfare.
Jean Renoir's ceramic art
before his
cinematic career further shows how his Impressionist father influenced his
style, while in his films there's an echo of the elder Renoir's visual legacy.