Maurice Hatton's 1978 Long Shot comes with the subtitle «
A film about filmmaking», a nod at what has practically become a cinematic sub-category in itself.
The most wonderful
film about filmmaking ever.
No mere jigsaw movie, David Fincher's thriller is also a nuanced character study, a satire of corporate culture, and
a film about filmmaking.
Whether fictional or based in reality, it's rare for a year to pass without some kind of
film about filmmaking, from classics like «Sunset Boulevard» and «Mulholland Drive» to, uh, not - classics like «Hitchcock.»
Director Lone Scherfig discusses the making of her World War II
film about filmmaking, Their Finest and what she's learned from the actors she's...
While this device seems natural and obvious in
a film about filmmaking, it is unusual for it to be used in such a sustained way.
Both a film about filmmaking and a shrewdly understated character study, Italian writer / director Nanni Morettis Mia Madre focusses on middle - aged director Margherita (Margherita Buy), whose mother (Giulia Lazzarini) lies terminally ill in a Rome hospital.
The Disaster Artist deservingly stands in the great tradition of
films about filmmaking, both doc and docudrama.
Not exact matches
This diverse collection of content has accrued a community of like - minded people who also feel passionately
about film and now have access to an abundance of
filmmaking tools.
One of the best ways to learn
about filmmaking is to watch great
films; Sundance provides a unique classroom for that.
«
Filmmaking and daily operations at the CNY
film hub are
about to enter into a new era with the hire of studio manager Huayu Xu,» said Mike Massurin, executive director of the Syracuse International
Film Festival, in a prepared statement.
There are also meetings and
film festivals where science producers gather, such as the World Congress of Science Producers, the Wildscreen Festival in the U.K., and the Jackson Hole Wildlife
Film Festival, all of which are good places to go to learn
about filmmaking and to meet people.
October 4: Learn
about early
filmmaking tech when Thomas Edison National Historic Park in West Orange, N.J., screens the 1910
film Frankenstein.
Avatar opened at the end of 2009, but James Cameron's opus dominated the talk
about films and
filmmaking long into this year.
For a recent
film called «Young Hearts,» female
filmmaking duo ACAPULCO sat down to talk
about love with regular attendees of a Berlin dance hall for senior citizens.
* documentary filmmaker - I make
films about social issues * teacher - I teach socially conscious
filmmaking to children...
We are passionate
about filmmaking and share short
films, behind the scenes videos and tutorials for beginners as well as for advanced filmmakers.
I talk
about retro blasting, movies,
film crews, books, music, Hollywood, animation, comic books, Gaming, writing and
filmmaking.
The
film never transcends its subject matter to be more than an information dump: it fails to tell a meaningful story
about either the family, the time period,
filmmaking, or North Korea.
Lindsay Anderson, who has a supporting role in the
film, was very scathing
about the seeming resurgence of British
filmmaking following its Oscar success.
However, Winchester falls flat as a boring horror
film that lacks in just
about every facet of
filmmaking.
His new
film, screening in the Un Certain Regard section of the festival, combines his skills at narrative and documentary
filmmaking to create a brutal mockumentary of loosely connected vignettes
about the propaganda - and conflict - riddled Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.
The proclamation that there's nothing you can't learn
about filmmaking from George Stevens»
film should make you want to watch it again.
The more you think
about the choices the filmmakers put into a movie and the more deeply you place the results (intended or otherwise) into context, the better you can talk
about to a movie in terms of how it worked and the more you can actually write
about a
film while respecting the
filmmaking process and the history of
film.
Robert Osborne and Robert Wagner have known each other a long time, so when I sat down with them on April 16, 2013 to talk
about TCM's Road to Hollywood presentation of THE PINK PANTHER, the interview became a spirited three - way conversation
about the magic of
film and
filmmaking, as well as why there is... Read More»
The second Blu - ray disc includes an in - depth look at the
film with «A
Filmmaking Journey» with Steven Spielberg, «Editing and Scoring» featuring Spielberg's long - time collaborators Michael Kahn and John Williams, «The Sounds of War Horse»
about the sound design and «Through the Producer's Lens» which takes a look at the photographic journey of producer Kathleen Kennedy.
Deakins spoke to Variety
about his work on the new
film, which has been hailed by some critics as a masterpiece of genre
filmmaking.
Guy Maddin and his
filmmaking partner Evan Johnson dropped by the Criterion kitchen to talk
about their new
film, The Forbidden Room.
Sean Rom talks to director Tran Anh Hung
about his
filmmaking process, adapting Murakami's acclaimed novel Norwegian Wood to screen and presenting sensuality on
film.
But ultimately that's what's great
about his
filmmaking, and The Raid 2 in particular: Where the first
film felt like a gritty, hardcore tribute to the martial artists and
films that inspired it, this one blooms more fully, not only feeling like its own entity, but offering much thrills that are significantly more democratic.
Colombian filmmakers Laura Huertas Millán and Lina Rodriguez talk
about filmmaking between cultures, the visible and invisible, and how to cook on
film
READINGS Books
about all aspects of
filmmaking and
film culture Reinventing Hollywood by David Bordwell, reviewed by Nick Pinkerton; California Infernal: Anton LaVey & Jayne Mansfield As Portrayed by Walter Fischer, reviewed by J. Hoberman; Metaphors on Vision by Stan Brakhage, reviewed by Michael Joshua Rowin
We just need to raise the funding, and Kickstarter seems like a great way to collaborate with Alex's fans, the cast's fans, and people who care
about film preservation and indie
filmmaking in general to make this happen.»
However, his prior
filmmaking efforts were male dominated: In 2006, he won an Academy Award for his short
film «Six Shooter,» which stars Brendan Gleeson; for McDonagh's 2008 feature - length debut «In Bruges,» he paired the actor with Colin Farrell in a devious tale
about bumbling hitmen.
It allowed you to get a sense of Linklater's ideas as an artist through more laidback means, rather befitting of the nature of his
films, as he goes
about doing various activities with Benning, such as hiking or playing catch, offering anecdotes to the other artist, instead of delivering
filmmaking mantras to camera in an interview set - up.
FILM COMMENT caught up with the English - born, Iranian - American writer - director to talk
about her movie, which opens New Directors / New Films tonight at MoMA, and why
filmmaking is like dancing naked.
Quickly though, the
film becomes less
about him, and more
about her, her relationship to herself, her sexuality, her family, and to the
filmmaking process itself.
Though the data tells us that women are interested in genres favored by Hollywood, female filmmakers encounter significant obstacles as they attempt to move from independent to more commercial
filmmaking, and face deep - rooted presumptions from the
film industry
about their creative qualifications, sensibilities, tendencies, and ambitions.
The same can be said
about Academy members in 1990, who famously screwed Martin Scorsese out of the Best Director statuette for Goodfellas in favor of Costner's proficient but overrated work; 13 years after its original release, the
film remains nothing more than a well - polished but generic example of epic Hollywood
filmmaking.
«The Good Postman»: Fans of documentaries with excellent real - life comedy, political relevance and superb
filmmaking can not miss «The Good Postman,» a
film about a Bulgarian village's mayoral election, and the two men with contrasting takes on how Syrian refugees should be treated.
It also highlights the effort that Linklater has made in support of Independent
filmmaking and how he was influential in helping create the Austin
Film Society whereby old
film prints could be saved and showed, as well as raising money from filmmakers to help make more
films.Overall, it does little but scratch the surface and a bit more in - depth analysis to his
films would have been welcome but to paraphrase Billy Bob Thornton on the outtakes at the end; «Rick Linklater doesn't need anyone to make a documentary
about him.
«At Berkeley» In theory, the 70th Venice Film Festival was something of a banner one for documentaries: two in competition, one of which, «Sacro GRA,» won the Golden Lion, several others in sidebars or out of competition, and a number of
films -
about -
filmmaking in the Classics strand, including «A Fuller Life,» «Bertolucci On Bertolucci» and «Double Life: James Benning and Richard Linklater» (the latter two we didn't make it to, but heard good things
about, and hope to catch up with in the near future).
He has
about as much
filmmaking experience as Beyonce and surely knows a lot
about film.
On Wednesday, November 1st, nestled in the midst of this twelve day celebration of Israeli
filmmaking, sits the 6th Annual
Films By &
About Women, showcasing the work of female filmmakers and
films with a narrative focus on the female perspective.
Alongside directors, nations and material cultures, there are also specific themes — sometimes less materialist and more tuned in to the utopian possibilities of the imagination — that can be drawn out from the ever - swirling mass of experiments in
filmmaking and creative writing
about film.
A few days ago I caught up with Jay & Mark Duplass for a chat
about their new
film and their
filmmaking process in general, since the ways these guys shoot their
films is unlike anyone else out there.
Through his personal account of programming and researching Japanese cinema for more than two - and - a-half decades, Nornes raises important questions
about the reception of Japanese
films in Western
film festivals, and the role of Japan as a site where filmmakers from other Asian countries can learn more
about Western
filmmaking.
Forgive me if I get verklempt
about Hayao Miyazaki's retirement from
filmmaking before I even start reviewing his self - declared final
film, The Wind Rises.
A tireless explorer of cinema's discarded past, Bill Morrison brings his unique approach to found - footage
filmmaking to his latest project, a documentary
about lost reels of nitrate
film found in Canada's Yukon Territory.
The
filmmaking team behind post-WWII documentary Naples ’44 approached First Run Features
about releasing the
film this past June.