Sentences with phrase «eye opening film»

While the Future of Studio Ghibli hangs in limbo, Mami Sunada's Documentary is an eye opening film delving into the mind of the studio's founders Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata on the verge of producing their last ever features.

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And this one film opened my eyes to experiences that I never could have imagined, and yet were all too real.

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Lee Dixon tells an eye - opening story in the film 89 about being pinned up against the wall of the dressing room by his own team - mates before his first north London derby.

«What Babies Want — An Exploration of the Consciousness of Infants,» a film by Debby Takikawa and narrated by Noah Wyle (of ER fame), is an amazing and eye - opening movie that explores the «profoundly important and sacred opportunity we have in bringing children into the world.»

Followed by a discussion with Dr Diamond Emmanuel, the paediatrician represented in the film who opened the eyes of the company representative to the impact of aggressive formula marketing practices.

It led me to discover theater set design, which in turn opened my eyes to a career in film design and art directing.

This film is insightful, entertaining, fun, touching and eye - opening.

In one eye - opening section of the film, Thorning - Schmidt - who happens to be the former prime minister of Denmark - asks her husband why he is doing the interview before advising him on what to say.

Now, after filming young saltwater crocodiles (pictured) for a day, researchers have shown for the first time that the reptiles also can keep an eye open when slumbering, suggesting they may have the special sleep ability, too.

Using film to trigger detectable signs of consciousness has another major limitation: Many brain - damaged patients can't keep their eyes open and looking forward, or simply can't see, says neurologist Andrew Goldfine of the Stony Brook Neurosciences Institute in New York, who wasn't involved with the new study.

Despite having her eyes open throughout, the young woman showed no brain activity in response to the film, Naci says.

That journey — filled with personal milestones for Joe, and eye - opening experiences with average Americans — was captured on film, and has become the award - winning documentary Fat, Sick & Nearly Dead.

For a very eye - opening look at the concerns of GMOs in our food supply, I recommend the book Seeds of Deception or the film Genetic Roulette.

So first thing first, I filmed a video opening the box, and featuring what comes in the kit along with swatches of all 20 eye shadows, now bare with me since swatches are definitely not my strength and you'll see why!

Already a familiar face in world cinema thanks to fine performances in such films as Open Your Eyes and Talk to Her, Spanish actor Fele Martínez teetered on the brink of international success in the wake of work for such internationally recognized directors as Alejandro Amenábar and Pedro Almodóvar.

Trainspotting is an eye - opening film about the world, but it's justas much about friendship and whether or not friends can stay together during dire circumstances.

From literally watching open heart surgery, to seeing children with bleeding eyes, to see cheating wives and husbands, to even relating to today's sexual abuse scandals in many more ways than one, this is a film that will probably scar some viewers in many more ways than one.

There's consequently little doubt that the film, while always watchable, suffers from an opening half hour that's simply not all that engrossing, with Eyes Wide Shut's transformation from decent to electrifying triggered by a fantastic sequence detailing William and Alice's stoned confessions to one another.

From the opening space arrival scene to the final battle, this film has it all in terms of a video feast for the eyes and excitement for the ears.

A quirky little film with an offbeat trajectory that rattles through the bones of story with eyes open to the texture of experience and the dimensions of character.

Second, Hollywood and other film industries feed off one other through a series of dynamic exchanges (ask Mr. Amenabar what were his major influences in the making of his nationally and internationally successful Tesis and Open your Eyes).

Director Ryan Fleck explains how Spike Lee's 1989 film Do the Right Thing opened his eyes to the power of cinema

This really is a film that exemplifies the idea of dreaming with our eyes open.

Without the emotional gut punch that seemed to come in every frame of Mungiu's masterpiece 4 Months, 3 Weeks And 2 Days, this picture truly opens up on multiple viewings, and with its eyes set to the heavens, the film seems Hell bent on questioning their existence entirely.

And this brief discussion, which comes at the end of the film, is what takes it from being fascinating to being eye - opening and life - affirming.

Starring George Clooney, Britt Robertson, and Hugh Laurie, the film tells the story of a teenage girl who stumbles across a mysterious pin that opens the door to a futuristic world, and the hermit inventor she crosses paths with, who may know much more about her discovery than meets the eye.

Even if you don't know anything about NWA or hip hop, this is a great film, and gives an eye opening account of the relationship between the police and African Americans at the time.

And as a person who's normally enthralled solely by history and science fiction, this Crash reminiscent film is due credit, because it's not only an eye - opening depiction of modern «ailments,» but an admirably acted film that puts other think - pieces to shame.

This is film criticism with a soul and a sense of urgency growing out of the conviction that faith and the imagination need one another — the better to open our eyes to the flickerings of God's grace.»

While there are standout examples — like Darren Aronofsky's disorienting, eye - opening Requiem for a Dream, or the achingly beautiful narratives of animated animal - people addicts in BoJack Horseman — sagas like this one usually work better on the page than on the screen; the brief gloss of film can make drug use seem rather too appealing, while the idea of spending eight TV seasons with an addict seems rather unappealing.

His last film, Open Your Eyes, was a wonderfully confusing story, not clearing up until the very end.

Speaking to Variety's chief film critic Scott Foundas, Mann discusses growing up in Chicago, becoming interested in crime stories, the visual ideas he had for the film, the nonfiction book he discarded but still credited, the influence of real criminals and past films (particularly his eye - opening time shooting The Jericho Mile in Folsom Prison), choosing Tangerine Dream to do the score (a decision he still second guesses), the film's writing (including basing characters on real crime figures), casting, explosive stunts, changes made from the shooting script, and the modernist narrative.

For Woody Allen fans, watching his recent films has been like prising your eyes open after an earthquake.

The first clear action taken in Haim Tabakman's quietly striking debut feature, Eyes Wide Open, is about as on - the - nose as this small film gets.

When she reappeared as Princess Leia in last year's «Star Wars» film («Episode Seven — ty - two,» Fisher quipped) to boisterous applause from the audience on opening day, it was impossible not to get a little misty - eyed.

Just as these three films were eye - opening because of how they allow viewers, 50 years later, to witness the emerging student movement and its rapid radicalisation, so a feature - length fiction film from the same year, Tätowierung (Tattoo, Johannes Schaaf, 1967), proved to be a real discovery and, in my view, one of the festival's true gems.

Every character in the film makes choices, and the film's commitment to its South Boston framework continually asks — as smalltime private eye Patrick Kenzie (Casey Affleck) does in his opening voice - over — whether those choices are what define us or not, and whether they are «real» choices at all, or are already determined by the nature of the chooser, dictated by the choices he didn't make.

Three years later, he and I attended Spider - Man 3, and I remember so well, because the movie company for the second film had open concession for press, the reels were out of order so we had to wait a long time for the projectionist to reorder them, and when the villain, Venom, hit the screen, Case turned to me, took hold of my shirt and said «I am ready to go Meema» — his eyes wide.

Although prior to 2003, the Disney brand had been limited to family films rated G and PG, the hugely profitable Pirates of the Caribbean series had opened the studio's eyes both to PG - 13 fare and tentpole live - action filmmaking.

Finally, Warner Bros. is releasing a Blu - Ray edition of Cameron Crowe's «Vanilla Sky,» a film about opening your eyes to the world rather than hiding behind masks.

Amy Schumer charmingly tripped her way through 2014's biggest films in her opening montage for this year's MTV Movie Awards, scoring some hosting advice along the way from Boyhood's bright - eyed Ellar Coltrane, The Hunger Games» Elizabeth Banks and Whiplash's always - inspiring J.K. Simmons.

one of the best films i have seen for years, absolutely terrific and a joy to watch a proper film, i have a feeling that people who do nt like this film do nt understand exactly whats going on within the film, open your eyes people or go watch something else which takes a lot less brain power to watch.

In a real sense, it's a film about perceptual reality, and as the plague inevitably breaks out again in an American - run, Ellis Island-esque NATO outpost, Fresnadillo's escalation of the events from an observation room to a subway tunnel to an open air carnival (with a brief stop in - between for an American helicopter to one - up Robert Rodriguez amidst a horde of zombies) demonstrates a firm handle on how to intersperse God's - eye perspective with impossible - to - assimilate ground - level chaos.

What Oppenheimer does next is cinematic subversion of the most eye - opening kind, allowing these admitted murderers to re-create this violence for the camera in the form of a congratulatory film that is at points brilliant, terrible, hypnotic and upsettingly revealing.

It's hardly surprising that a blind eye is turned, in general, to the gay subtext that is so clearly filling Train's gas tank, though a short appreciation of the film from M. Night Shyamalan (in his open - collared raspberry shirt and his emo half - mohawk) comes frustratingly close (filing all of Bruno's eccentricities under the umbrella heading of «insane» in a way that Hitchcock never succumbs to).

«Nobody shot that way,» she said of Edwards» daring camera, adding that the film may be the first time that someone died on screen, eyes open.

«So in some ways, I wanted to make this film... to somehow try to embrace it and tame it, master it, but also to make it mine, as such... So I went into researching slavery as such with open eyes.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Jen gives an «eye - opening starring turn» and the film, a suburban family drama, «could click as a low - key alternative to glossier awards - season fare».

Introducing itself to the world at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival and creating substantial buzz in film festivals the world over before opening in an elite listing of American cinemas in July, Sean Baker's fifth feature plays out with genuine emotion and manifests as an eye - opening day - in - the - life of two transgender sex workers on the streets of Los Angeles.