Not exact matches
Before Charlie Ahearn
shot his seminal hip - hop
film «Wild Style»
in 1982, he was directly exposed to the bourgeoning hip - hop, break -
dancing and graffiti movement, while
shooting his super-8 martial arts epic «The Deadly Art of Survival» around the projects (next door to his apartment)
in the Lower East Side
in 1979.
While the choreography is generally fairly minimal (at least for this sort of mega-production), first time
film director Phyllida Lloyd (who helmed the original stage version) has woven together a tightly edited and exceedingly well
shot film that capitalizes on the music wonderfully while never worrying too much about such nettlesome items as character or motivation, providing enough other movement that one ultimately doesn't miss huge
dance numbers a la Robbins or Fosse that much
in the long run.
It's the first
film to include both a cameo appearance by Jesus and a full - frontal nude
shot of Harvey Keitel
dancing in a drugged stupor.
Another notable strength of the
film is the slick imagery, courtesy of DP Gianfilippo Corticelli, who uses slow - motion
shots stylishly and appropriately (a sequence with Cruz
dancing in a puddle as Hirsch photographs her is stunning.)
There's sweetness and sadness
in a
film that makes hearts soar with its Bowie - set
dance through the New York streets, and invites ample cringing
in its protagonist's awkward encounters, but mostly there's recognition of the authenticity of its immaculately -
shot quarter - life crisis portrait.
Most jaw - droppingly, Brewer nearly
shot - for -
shot re-creates the centerpiece of Ross's
film, the tour de force explosion of teen rage set
in an empty warehouse,
in which Ren fights back against his daily humiliations via gymnastic solo
dance.
For Iranian - born Swiss director Barbet Schroeder, venturing into the picturesque Mediterranean paradise that is Ibiza is something he is familiar with,
shooting his 1969 debut
film «More»
in the country, now famed for its exuberant party life and strong love dedication to the hypnotic epidemic of electronic
dance music.
That new perspective is the way the
film looks like an action movie, filled with car chases and fights and
shoot - outs, while behaving
in a way more akin to a musical (For further evidence of the musical's influence, one need only look to the opening credits, which has the hero
dancing around the city, as an assortment of visual gags highlight certain lyrics).
Every
shot (mostly full
shots, with a few mediums and only a few well - chosen close - ups for punctuation) seems to have been planned with the camera
in mind, so that the whole
dance only exists as assembled on
film.
The
film juxtaposes intimate behind - the - scenes access, rich archives and history, engaging character driven stories, and
dance performances
shot in North America, Europe and Japan.
In particular, a Stanley Donen movie, Give a Girl a Break [1953], a simple film shot in next to no time with short dance number
In particular, a Stanley Donen movie, Give a Girl a Break [1953], a simple
film shot in next to no time with short dance number
in next to no time with short
dance numbers.
Chazelle, the quintessential
film nerd, lays
in a good supply of trainspottery factoids about his aesthetic choices amid the more practical information such as the amount of times they
shot the iconic
dance number with the LA sunset as a backdrop (three times over two nights
in a half - hour window as the horizon shimmered pink).
There's a hint of Berkeley left
in the
film in the final
shot, an arial view of
dancing horses forming one of Berkeley's trademark geometric patterns, but for the most part the
film feels completely generic.
At the recent press day, Tarantino and his actors talked about the advantages of
shooting in 70 mm, how a Tarantino set differs from other movie sets, how Leigh and Russell played off each other while chained at the hip for 4-1/2 months, why Russell remained
in character after his character met his demise, the decision to stay close to the script, Tarantino and Jackson's take on race relations
in America, why a period
film affords a filmmaker the opportunity to comment on the present
in ways a present day
film does not, what their filmmaking adventure was like for the veteran actors who have been with Tarantino from the beginning, and why Tarantino doesn't mind
dancing on the edge of political correctness.
At the
film's recent press day, Tatum, Bomer, Manganiello, Nash, Rodriguez, Stephen «tWitch» Boss, Jada Pinkett Smith, Amber Heard, Andie MacDowell, Donald Glover, Jacobs and Carolin talked about their favorite moment from the
shoot, how the first
film inspired the sequel, the decision to cast Pinkett - Smith
in a role originally written for a guy, why the male camaraderie was so important to the
film, how they fit all the
dance routines into the movie, the amazing finale with 900 extras, what they've learned about what women want, and why this is a great date movie.
And yet here you are making a movie with lengthy
dance sequences,
filmed in uninterrupted
shots.
Keaton's biggest
film credit since I Spit is its unofficial, largely unknown and unloved sequel, Savage Vengeance (a.k.a. I Will
Dance on Your Grave),
shot in 1988 and curiously released
in 1993 to unanswered questions.
How could such a pipsqueak of a director, they asked back
in 1997, create a masterpiece that wowed right from its opening sequence: an audacious five - minute tracking
shot that swoops and swirls through the nightclub of the
film's title
in joyful synchronisation to the
dance music of the 1970s.
It's the little notes that he hits that are more memorable than the broad ones like the look on his face when he sees Peppy's new
film opening
in a much bigger venue than his own or the way he can't move past the young lady as they try to
shoot a
dance number (
in easily one of my favorite scenes of the year).
From random anachronistic intoxicated
dancing to Wally's bizarre stroll past bearded Jews and street musicians to a closing crane
shot that attempts to create significance for Manhattan's skyline, this
film is a slow, puzzling journey whose greatest revelation is that even
in the 2010s, no one is going to say no to Madonna.
EXTRAS: There's a pair of featurettes on the
film's choreography and location
shooting in Georgia, as well as an extended version of Stephen Boss»
dance sequence.
One of the
film's stars, Andi Matichak posted to her Instagram story earlier today a video of her (or someone) wearing a Michael Myers and
dancing joyfully to Carpenter's iconic theme music, with the text «First day of
filming got me like...» Roughhouse Pictures has since reposted the video (which you can watch below), confirming that
shooting has
in fact begun with the caption «Happy first day of
filming to DGG and our @halloweenmovie team!
Opening at the Australian Centre for the Moving Image (July 16 — November 1), I'm anticipating the Australian David Bowie Is will have
film footage of Bowie's first stadium tour
in Australia
in 1978, as well as displays and videos from two of his most famous videos, both
shot in Australia: «Let's
Dance» and «China Girl,» displaying images of the plight of the indigenous Australians.
The series will feature the world premiere of Jacob Burckhardt's
film Happy Holi,
shot in Sri Lanka capturing a vibrant
dance party celebrating the Hindu Holi festival of colors.
As Cunningham articulated his joints
in a minimal
dance Atlas
filmed in a variety of ways with his new Super-8 camera,
shooting close - ups of Cunningham's wrist, elbow, ankle, and knee.
One Mile
Film (5,280 feet of 35 mm
film negative and print taped to the mile - long High Line walk way
in New York City for 17 hours on Thursday, September 13th, 2012 with 11,500 visitors — the visitors walked, wrote, jogged, signed, drew, touched,
danced, parkoured, sanded, keyed, melted popsicles, spit, scratched, stomped, left shoe prints of all kinds and put gum on the filmstrip — it was driven on by baby stroller and trash can wheels and was traced by art students — people wrote messages on the
film and drew animations, etched signs, symbols and words into the
film emulsion lines drawn down much of the filmstrip by visitors and Jwest with highlighters and markers — the walk way surfaces of concrete, train track steel, wood, metal gratings and fountain water impressed into the
film;
filmed images
shot by Peter West —
filmed Parkour performances by Thomas Dolan and Vertical Jimenez — running on rooftops by Deb Berman and Jwest —
film taped, rolled and explained on the High Line by art students and volunteers) 2012, 58 minutes, 40 seconds 35 mm negative and
film print transferred to high - definition video, no sound Commissioned and produced by Friends of the High Line and the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation
Little of the music is heard, but the centrepiece is a
film in which Rosemary Lee,
shot from a dramatic overhead view, battles her way out from under a bed of wet clay to the internalised sound of Stravinsky's score, expiring after 14 minutes of
dancing herself into birth and then, as
in the ballet, to death.
Now, as part of «Storylines,» Snow has edited footage she
shot at that party into a 24 - hour
film called Stamina, which will premiere at another 24 - hour
dance party held
in its honor.