His first real brush with international acclaim came with «Dead Alive» in 1992 (also known as «Braindead»), which was a gory zombie flick that included some of the most gruesome, outlandish and hilarious
effects seen on film since Sam Raimi's «Evil Dead 2.»
Not exact matches
I have
seen firsthand
on filming Plain Jane and other makeover shows, the enormous
effect the right outfit can make
on a woman's mood.
Released in theatres
on August 24,1966, «Fantastic Voyage» was not only a
film of authentic wonder but a science fiction masterpiece with amazing special
effects... the team enters the body of a man where they
see first hand the oceans of life within the human body that contains the «corpuscles», «the heart», «the lungs» and other features of the human body through which the crew move through are exquisitely designed in great detail with artistic quality.
When Spielberg recently told the Hollywood Reporter, «I realized this was the only year to make this
film,» he was speaking to what he
saw as the immediate need for a project that in
effect commandeers yesterday to comment
on today.
The Coens went
on to cast Buscemi in nearly all of their
films, featuring him to particularly memorable
effect in Barton Fink (1991), in which he played a bell boy; Fargo (1996), which featured him as an ill - fated kidnapper; and The Big Lebowski (1998), which
saw him portray a laid - back ex-surfer.
In a time when most movies are little more than
filmed deals that can spend millions of dollars
on elaborate special
effects sequences that fade from the mind almost as soon as they play out, he has created some of the most bizarre, hilarious, haunting and memorable imagery that I have ever
seen in a
film — who could forget the sight of beer baroness Isabella Rossellini standing upon artificial legs filled with her own product in «The Saddest Music in the World,» or the horses stuck in the middle of a frozen river in «My Winnipeg»?
Gordon - Levitt proves that while being a powerful player in the media, he does
see the
effect that it has
on people and it is shown throughout his
film and these characters.
Warner's confidence in this ambitious
film is not unfounded, as Ron Howard has constructed a
film that is not only hugely enjoyable, but big
on technical achievement, and while the
film may not be banging
on voters doors over the coming weeks in the main categories, expect to
see nods for the glorious
effects, sound and the photography.
Not likely to appeal to a wide range audience (this is not a
film dependent
on special
effects or action sequences), the international thriller is the type of science fiction
film we don't
see often enough.
Even though a lot of the scares weren't as effective for me in this
film because of the more comedic tone, I could definitely
see the impact and
effect they had
on the audience, so I'm sure those segments work.
See Also: There's not a lot comparable to «The Lobster» in Farrell's (or anyone's) filmography, but to see him ugly up to more grotesque effect, you could always check out «Horrible Bosses» which is fun enough until it loses steam, while the black comic vein of Lanthimos» film is maybe closest to a more surreal take on Farrell's collaborations with Martin McDonagh («In Bruges» and «Seven Psychopaths») inasmuch as it's close to anything at a
See Also: There's not a lot comparable to «The Lobster» in Farrell's (or anyone's) filmography, but to
see him ugly up to more grotesque effect, you could always check out «Horrible Bosses» which is fun enough until it loses steam, while the black comic vein of Lanthimos» film is maybe closest to a more surreal take on Farrell's collaborations with Martin McDonagh («In Bruges» and «Seven Psychopaths») inasmuch as it's close to anything at a
see him ugly up to more grotesque
effect, you could always check out «Horrible Bosses» which is fun enough until it loses steam, while the black comic vein of Lanthimos»
film is maybe closest to a more surreal take
on Farrell's collaborations with Martin McDonagh («In Bruges» and «Seven Psychopaths») inasmuch as it's close to anything at all.
While the first
film had a sense of newness
on its side that made it somewhat effective as a straight - up shocker, we've
seen all of the scary images in this sequel a few too many times to experience their original
effect.
To wit: Sidney Lumet and Naomi Foner put the Sixties
on the lam in Running
on Empty, and tell Gavin Smith and Anne Thompson why Paul Kerr dopes out the Sixties
effect on Brit - cinema Andreas Kilb sacks German
film Philippe J. Maarek routs the French Peter Wollen checks out
Film Theory country Marcia Pally roasts the American rewrite of the era but
sees signs of life in some quarters Marlaine Glicksman finds the perfect Sixties Woman: Sylvia Miles -LRB-!)
The
film sets up some of the main characters early
on pretty much in the same way we've
seen in countless disaster movies, but it takes a real turn after the bombing and chronicles the incredibly complex and far - reaching operation that immediately went into
effect.
(p. 37) Yet, whereas Daire
sees Mauprat as a dynamic, complex, and ostensibly queer studio
film (the gender play he notes in the biography), Keller
sees the
film as a «costume drama [that] lacks almost entirely the vigour described by Epstein about the
effects of cinema
on an audience.»
Looking back at earlier
films like City by the Sea or Stone, it's invigorating to
see the
effect a decent script and a strong performance to play against (from Frances McDormand and Edward Norton respectively) have
on upping his game.
It's actually astonishing that we not only have great actors nailing tricky scenes, and really some stunning, winding camerawork to go with it, but such things as the weaving in of special
effects and the utter lack of capturing any of the off - screen crew members who surely must have been around helping with the shoot (that we never
see anything we shouldn't in any of the many
on - screen mirrors is quite astonishing) only makes this one of the more brilliant efforts at shooting a seamless
film since the first in Alfred Hitchcock's Rope.
James Wan and Leigh Whannell collaborated
on the original
SAW and with that
film proved that they had a keen understanding that a successful horror
film is about mood, tone, and using just the right sound
effects.
For his part, Martini is clearly trying to go for a stylized, hyper - real
effect in which everything looks normal but is a bit off but his results are off in all the wrong ways — the
film feels as if it was made by someone who has been charged with making something in the tradition of «Blue Velvet» and «Donnie Darko» but who never actually got around to
seeing them and is basing his work
on what he thinks was in them.
As I haven't
seen the
film on DVD, reports of this remix omitting certain sound
effects I leave for others to vet.
Michael Powell's
film had always haunted and intrigued me, but
seeing the streets that I traversed every day
on - screen from fifty years earlier had a darkly powerful
effect on me.
A practical
effect], or the fight sequences where we actually
see Batman beat down hordes of the ungodly with surprising ease — and savagery; while we could talk about superb performances [Christian Bale, Aaron Eckhart, Gary Oldman and the rest cast are all in top form] or debate the questions raised by the
film for hours, and / or the
film's achievement purely
on an entertainment level, what makes it a masterpiece is that it is all of these things and more.
We
see the
effects of the ending of the second
film on Dr. Loomis and Michael as well as the mention of what happens to the Laurie Strode character.
back staging it
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* Asked how he feels about going from very small indie
films to a massive,
effects - driven fantasy / comedy, Green said: «Well, just like probably all of you guys like to
see different kinds of movies every week — a little of this, a little of that — it's fun professionally to, like, get in the ring and design creatures and have guys in suits and puppets and just, y ’ know, bring in all this stuff... I remember when I was a kid, and if something like «Behind The Scenes of Return of The Jedi» would come
on, I'd just be glued to the screen, wishing that one day I'd be able to get my hands dirty doing something like that.
Whether Under the Gun will have an
effect on the debate or if it will just be
seen as one side's biased account is yet to be
seen, but the impact of it and the other gun - related
films could do for gun control what The House I Live In did for America's awareness of drug sentencing.
It's hard to put a finger
on what hurts this
film the most: the fact that, at an unrelenting 158 minutes, your eyes actually get tired of
seeing things blow up and irritating people perish, or that the
film only serves up the same special
effects and migraine - inducing sound design you've
seen and heard before in far better movies, just cranked a few notches higher.
We've
seen satires
on THAT particular
film scene before and we've heard THAT particularly sappy ballad used to comedic
effect before as well.
Don't get me wrong: I'm happy as a clam that the
films (remastered in effervescent 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen transfers — pan-and-scan sold separately — supervised by co-creator Bob Gale with Dolby Digital 5.1 remixes that beef up the re-entry
effects especially) look and sound as good as they do and that, for the first time in home video's history, each picture is now being
seen as it appeared in theatres (more
on that below).
There are minimal special
effects used in the
film; whatever we do
see are merely the shadows under a door or against the moonlight or a quick glimpse of something disquieting in a cornfield or
on the videotape of a young child's birthday party.
I understand that the desire it to give the scene a docudrama sense (like The Bourne
Effect), and there is some logic to
film scenes about the aftermath of war that way, to draw connections to the wars and rebellions we've
seen on TV and the internet.
«Haunted Hospital:
On Location» — Cast and crew discuss what it's like to film at a haunted location (Blu - ray exclusive) «Leigh Whannell's Insidious Journal» — A look at making the film through the perspective of writer / actor Leigh Whannell (Blu - ray exclusive) «Work in Progress: On Set Q&A» — Barbara Hershey, Patrick Wilson, Jason Blum, James Wan, and Leigh Whannell discuss their experiences filming «Insidious: Spectral Sightings» 3 - Part Webisodes — Specs & Tucker find an unexpected ally in their early days as paranormal investigators (Blu - ray exclusive) «Peripheral Vision: Behind the Scenes» — Go on the set and see how the second installment was created «Ghostly Transformation» — Discover how actors were transformed into ghosts in The Further through make - up effec
On Location» — Cast and crew discuss what it's like to
film at a haunted location (Blu - ray exclusive) «Leigh Whannell's Insidious Journal» — A look at making the
film through the perspective of writer / actor Leigh Whannell (Blu - ray exclusive) «Work in Progress:
On Set Q&A» — Barbara Hershey, Patrick Wilson, Jason Blum, James Wan, and Leigh Whannell discuss their experiences filming «Insidious: Spectral Sightings» 3 - Part Webisodes — Specs & Tucker find an unexpected ally in their early days as paranormal investigators (Blu - ray exclusive) «Peripheral Vision: Behind the Scenes» — Go on the set and see how the second installment was created «Ghostly Transformation» — Discover how actors were transformed into ghosts in The Further through make - up effec
On Set Q&A» — Barbara Hershey, Patrick Wilson, Jason Blum, James Wan, and Leigh Whannell discuss their experiences
filming «Insidious: Spectral Sightings» 3 - Part Webisodes — Specs & Tucker find an unexpected ally in their early days as paranormal investigators (Blu - ray exclusive) «Peripheral Vision: Behind the Scenes» — Go
on the set and see how the second installment was created «Ghostly Transformation» — Discover how actors were transformed into ghosts in The Further through make - up effec
on the set and
see how the second installment was created «Ghostly Transformation» — Discover how actors were transformed into ghosts in The Further through make - up
effects
The apparent
effect of this
on camera is that of gravity shifting its orientation, (a well known
film technique as
seen with Fred Astaire dancing
on walls, or the loss of gravity in «2001, A Space Odyssey»).
I was going to write about the possibility of Birol quote mainly being used for
effect than being the foundation of his whole argument, when it reminded me that I'd
seen that
film before and the paper it's based
on.
The analogy that I
saw in a recent
film of a search light and then turning
on and off a pen light to represent the
effect of sunspots has to be WRONG.
Likewise, if you're watching a movie that's
filmed at 24 frames per second, the Razer will set its refresh rate to match, so you don't get the «soap opera»
effect commonly
seen on TVs that use 120Hz rates.