Sentences with phrase «directed cinema classics»
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Paul is a director who, like many of the movie brats, has a reputation that precedes him — whether it be writing American cinema classics like Taxi Driver or Raging Bull, directing the popular and canonized films American Gigolo and Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, or the lore surrounding the era, popularized by Peter Biskind's book Easy Riders, Raging Bulls.
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Though the influence of Hong Kong director Wong Kar - wai on Barry Jenkins» Moonlight has been well documented, the Best Picture winner's most direct allusion to the master of exquisitely stylised melancholy comes via its brief use of Caetano Veloso's rendition of «Cucurrucucú paloma» by Mexican composer Tomás Méndez, a lovesick piece also features in the soundtrack of Wong's own mood - drenched classic of gay cinema, 1997's Happy Together.
Still, that strong track record, plus the seven Oscar - nominated performances he's directed (including Day - Lewis» winning turn in «There Will Be Blood»), suggests the industry has always held this filmmaker in high regard — for the intelligence and muscularity of his filmmaking, for his love for the traditions and myths of classic Hollywood cinema, and perhaps above all for his unswerving allegiance to his own vision.
This is easily the most sentimental movie Del Toro has ever written and directed; besides an unconventional love story, The Shape Of Water is one of those gushing valentines to the cinema, complete with scenes set in a classic movie palace and lots of lovingly lavish throwback period detail.
Written and directed by: Wong Kar Wai Starring: Brigitte Lin, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Faye Wong Background If you want to know something about Hong Kong (HK) cinema,... Read more «Throwback Thursday: Wong Kar Wai's Classic «Chungking Express» (1994)»