It features her work across a variety of disciplines, including science
fiction films made with the actress Tilda Swinton and «Reach,» a print from her photograph series «Phantom Limbs,» which shows women merging with technology.
Not exact matches
As the actor who redefined what it means to be The Man in Hollywood with
films like «Pulp
Fiction,» he simply put too much into the role,
making the Octopus one of his least memorable characters to date.
He didn't want to
make it look like just a mechanical mat... which is typically what happens with robots in science
fiction films.
Knowing of my interest in crime
fiction and detective stories my late father - in - law, John Thynne — who had supported Arsenal from before the war — was always talking about a
film made in 1939 called The Arsenal Stadium Mystery.
This year's books had something for everyone with mysteries, historical
fiction and non-
fiction, books in a series and books that have been
made into
films.
In this wide - ranging, humorous talk, Seth Shostak takes a look at Star Wars and other science
fiction films from the point of view of a skeptical scientist, tells stories about the movies he has been asked to advise, and muses about aliens from space and how we might
make contact with them.
Taking pictures / working in the darkroom, writing
fiction / poetry / social commentary, architecture, and even
making short
films or designing websites - all these things are outlets that keep me...
Director James Cameron's 1986 blockbuster follow - up to Ridley Scott's Oscar winning science -
fiction / horror flick that became one of the biggest grossing
films of 1979 asks a good question to a successful hit... How do you
make a successful sequel to a
film in which much of the suspense comes from learning about the mysterious monster?
The four
fiction films that follow the documentaries were all
made for politically motivated anthologies, and they focus on themes of social change and personal identity.
A LITTLE CHAOS is pure
fiction and one wonders, why was this
film made exactly?
Perhaps one of the reasons why it has taken a science
fiction film to speak so directly and truly about South Africa — and South African reality to
make SF seem so real.
PYONGYANGST - My Review of THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT (3 Stars) Evoking more questions than answers, THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT, a documentary by filmmakers Ross Adam and Robert Cannan details the stranger than
fiction account of a prominent South Korean
film director and his actress ex-wife who were kidnapped by North Korea during Kim Jong Il's reign and were forced to
make over 17 movies for him.
She Demons is another triumph from director Richard Cunha, whose science -
fiction quickies of the 1950s are among the worst
films ever
made.
Their voyage through the body's bloodstream past assorted organs was created by inventive special effects that
make this one of the more visually interesting science
fiction films of its era.
Beginning his career as an author and responsible for the source material of Danny Boyle's The Beach in 2000, Alex Garland then directly ventured into the
film industry by doing screenplay's - again with Boyle on 28 Days Later and Sunshine - before he eventually took the reigns himself by
making his directorial debut with the magnificent science
fiction film Ex Machina in 2014.
He's
made a science
fiction film with verve, imagination and even a little wit.
This felt like an old - school, big budget sci - fi
film with massive special effects, great visuals and a concept that
made you think in Director Joseph Kosinski's love letter to 80s and 90s science
fiction trendsetters.
Pulp
Fiction is certainly no different and is now widely considered one of the best
films ever
made.
Per The Hollywood Reporter, this Jennifer Juniper Stratford
film is a «science
fiction tale told in the style of classic B - movies and outfitted with practical special effects, laser beams and lunatic ideas which are guaranteed to
make it the next big midnight movie hit.»
In a bizarre twist, it becomes clear that the Church is also
making a
film about Louis Theroux... My Scientology Movie is stranger than
fiction.»
According to the press notes, «Reach Me» director John Herzfeld first wrote the script for this ensemble dramedy circa 2001, which
makes sense given that the
film bears more than a faint aroma of Herzfeld's «2 Days in the Valley» (1997), one of the least offensive of the era's many «Pulp
Fiction» also - rans.
As a piece of
fiction it does raise issues with real world repercussions, and the
film certainly
made me think.
, in which Espinosa says he wanted to
make «science reality» rather than «science
fiction,»
filming a scenario that
made some scientific sense and portraying the realistic reactions of characters living through a crisis.
At once epic and intimate, director Denis Villeneuve's
film accomplishes what science
fiction cinema often strives for but rarely achieves: It
makes us think and feel in equal measure.
Lucas» only previous experience was TH 1138, a science
fiction thriller, which he had developed from a student
film he had
made while at USC.
Spoof movies have
made fun of action movies, adventure movies, horror
films, and science -
fiction movies, so romantic comedies were certainly ripe for lampooning.
Very exciting, it's been 8 years since Primer (a science -
fiction favourite in these parts), and while the writer / director's screenplay for «A Topiary» never got
made into a
film, he whipped out this surprise to many earlier this week by way of the festival announcement and a very shiny bit of key art which confirms that Carruth will star in the
film along with Amy Seimetz (A Horrible Way To Die).
What he's likely to say is that he wanted to
make a think piece, a solid science
fiction film.
Quentin Tarantino, whose Pulp
Fiction is a great
film, has
made what is technically a terrific
film.
How crazy is it to
make a biographical
film of someone and then go ahead and invent sections of it.The demonic Wilson doctor and the youthful Wilson are great in their parts, but Cusack is not quite so convincing nor is his girlfriend who is ridiculously beautiful and sentimental.However the
film has many good points and is an interesting viewing.l am not a fan of Beach Boys silly group harmonies, style of music, but still enjoyed the
film.Mixing fact with
fiction, though, did
make me suspicious of the whole thing.3 Stars
When a
film director hires two screenwriters to
make a gangster movie, a
fiction feast starts: femmes fatales, mobs fighting for the same neighborhood and a limitless hero who defies every movie concept.
Some of the greatest science
fiction films of all time were
made in the 1970s — and we're not talking about Star Wars.
Tarantino has
made better
films (Pulp
Fiction, Inglourious Basterds) but Kill Bill is easily his most entertaining.
Throughout the
film Kaufman experiments with varying degrees of
fiction (Cage also plays Charlie's
made - up twin brother, Donald) and nonfiction (actual events from «The Orchid Thief» are acted - out by Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper and other supporting actors).
«Vanilla Sky» (2001) Crowe's reteaming with Cruise was a major departure for the director; a remake of the Spanish hit «Abre los ojos,» it's a dark
film — far darker than anything the director's
made before — with touches of science -
fiction and horror.
This
film would go on to inspire and influence how science
fiction and action
films are
made today.
Chungking Express — This was actually a very tough call for me, whether to
make this or Pulp
Fiction the #
film of the year.
Back on the first screen, «100 Years in the
Making» (10:43) considers Edgar Rice Burroughs» entry into
fiction writing (with an actor reading his autobiographical writings) as well as this
film's journey to be
made.
After twenty years of
film -
making defined by gritty Batman movies, twisty crime thrillers, and trippy science
fiction, Christopher Nolan again re-invents himself with what is on the surface is a gripping war movie, but in actuality an exercise in...
All that time hanging out with Nolan has obviously rubbed off: Franklin's directorial debut, The Escape, is a handsomely
filmed science -
fiction short that wears its influences on its sleeve: it feels like something that Nolan might
make over a few days while waiting for Hans Zimmer to finish scoring his latest blockbuster.
By way of its coolly detached and minimalist style, Funny Games was deliberately
made as a nauseating antidote to
films like Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994) and Pulp
Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994), which (too) eagerly depict graphic violence for the viewer's entertainment (13).
Signatures is a short
film scheme for the
making of live - action,
fiction films that act as a proving - ground for Irish creative talents which aims to encourage strong, original storytelling, visual flair, and production values appropriate to the big screen.
Being such a massive phenomenon has
made The Hunger Games an easy target to tilt at but the truth is that, staying close to the Suzanne Collins novel, this
film adaptation is a lean, smart science
fiction thriller that there's much to like about.
That worked to the
film's advantage because it ended up
making its DVD debut in August 2002 (smack in the middle of Disney's few years of comprehensive DVD editions) as a robust 2 - disc Collector's Edition alongside one for Pulp
Fiction.
Dark City (New Line): Like «Blade Runner,» this nightmarish bit of science
fiction debuted in theaters with a studio - mandated voice - over intended to help viewers
make sense of the
film.
While Wright was
making «Scott Pilgrim Vs. the World,» Pegg and Frost enlisted the help of «Superbad» and «Adventureland» director Greg Mottola to help them
make the science -
fiction answer to the zombie
film homage «Shaun of the Dead,» and the buddy cop love letter «Hot Fuzz.»
During our wide - ranging conversation he talked about
making his feature debut (he previously helmed the miniseries Top of the Lake), the challenge of casting a child actor, balancing fact and
fiction, how he collaborates with his cinematographer, what he learned from test screenings,
filming in India, and more.
In his one - of - a-kind
fiction / documentary hybrid Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One, director William Greaves presides over a beleaguered
film crew in New York's Central Park, leaving them to try to figure out what kind of movie they're
making.
But in terms of
making both viewers and onscreen subjects hot under the collar,
fiction has had nothing on non-
fiction in 2016; you could practically program a whole
film festival of the year's most awkward documentaries.
Aside from some extra deleted scenes, there's an entire version of the
film that is filled with «fact or
fiction» pop - ups... answering and asking the question «what is real and what did you guys
make - up?»