Sentences with phrase «cinematic tradition»

Sang - soo is a filmmaker who has long been interested in rebuking cinematic traditions of time, viewpoint and narrative structure.

Del Toro roots his film in cinematic traditions ranging from creature features to musicals; in turn, Hawkins draws on the silent era and the toe - tapping prowess of the likes of Ginger Rogers.

For those offended at the idea of director Roland Emmerich taking liberties with the biography of a beloved artist, consider the long cinematic tradition of this M.O. Start with «Shakespeare in Love,» which won a Best Picture Oscar for a wholly fictitious take on the Bard's love life.

Once this episode has apparently run its course, we find Pip the guest of the wealthy, reclusive, half - mad Miss Havisham (Margaret Leighton), and the worshipper - from - afar of Havisham's snooty niece Estella (played as both a teenager and an adult by Sarah Miles — breaking the usual cinematic tradition of casting two actresses in the role).

The drawn - out death of Fiona's father, a royal frog voiced by John Cleese, is a minor tour de force of pathos and slapstick, and there are some angry trees that do justice to the venerable cinematic tradition of angry trees.

The result is a serious comedy that reflects the modernism of the New Wave and also encompasses other advanced cinematic traditions.

question is a rich cinematic tradition and the backbone of so much good psychological horror, so I'm excited to see what a filmmaker like Soderbergh can do with the concept — especially when he's mixing it up even further by filming the whole damn thing on a smartphone.

The Granada Theatre presents several different Film Series, all dedicated to showcasing the best in the great cinematic tradition.

These movies expand on many of the themes of her visual art and interactive projects, playfully upending cinematic traditions with artistic approaches rooted in cutting - edge technology and feminist activism and theory.

In this work Graham plays two versions of himself, an urban dandy and a provincial rustic, two paired particles set for a repeated, cataclysmic encounter played out within the long cinematic tradition of the «knockabout» Also featured in the exhibition is a two part photographic work, Fishing on the Jetty, where the artist plays Cary Grant in Hitchcock's To Catch a Thief.

Hopkins» character is even helped along by a senile robot named Cogman, an unapologetic C - 3PO ripoff whose very existence proves that Bay thinks nothing is sacred in his plundering of cinematic traditions.

The Saw franchise was a cinematic tradition for seven straight years during Halloween, with the low - budget torture porn series constantly looping back on itself and inventing new creative ways to kill people.

Recently released wide across the U.S., Patriots Day continues the cinematic tradition of rewriting history for fun and profits.

Although Vikander has spent the majority of her acting career so far appearing in «serious» films like 2015's The Danish Girl, for which she won her Oscar, she carries with her from childhood an affection for the cinematic tradition Tomb Raider taps into.

The scene embodies two principles that would become standard in horror movies: it's vaguely postmodern, calling attention to the movie itself as part of a cinematic tradition, and it shows how quickly laughter can be overtaken by terror.

Tarantino's movie - nerd indulgences steep his films in a cinematic tradition while also reflecting something of a creative deficit.

Typical of his enveloping installations — which take cues from theatrical and cinematic traditions — Da Corte's presentation at MASS MoCA connects multiple works into a unified physical, visual, and narrative experience.

David Lawrey & Jaki Middleton's collaborative practice draws on popular visual culture, art history and cinematic traditions to create works that engage the viewer via optical phenomena, juxtaposition and repetition.

It started a cinematic tradition than later bled into video art.