Throughout its running time, A Woman, A Part never shirks the sense that its scenes have been plucked from numerous other
films about the difficulty of going home again.
He makes
a film about the difficulty of filming Tristram Shandy.
And when's the last time you saw
a film about the difficulty of a third child, not a first?
Not exact matches
Recognizing that a
film about Chubbuck is a
film about her on - air suicide, Greene centers «Kate Plays Christine» on the very possibility and
difficulty of re-creating the videotape of the event, which is known to exist but has never been made public.
Perhaps if the
film had concentrated more on introspective elements, such as Rashad and his internal
difficulties in growing from a boy into a man, instead of constantly distracting us with side stories — Esquire's quest for the path to success, New New's fence - sitting between the ghetto and the mansion, Ant's seduction into materialism, and the roller skating competition that never really materializes — it would have been a more compelling movie
about Atlanta's lower class areas, and the ups and downs of life there.
We talk
about Avedisian's dual roles as actor and director, the aesthetic of the
film, the
difficulties of making comedies, and his writing process.
There is a
difficulty in writing a
film about a brilliant screenwriter.
Wendy and Lucy — Oscilloscope Pictures, 80 mins — Kelly Reichert wrote and directed this beautiful
film about a young women trying to find her way through the
difficulties of daily life.
«Steve James» engrossing documentary
about Roger Ebert celebrates the late
film critic's life and work but also presents an unflinching view of his medical
difficulties.»
Many people have been wondering just how the
film came to be, and an extended featurette has made its way online with Moore talking
about the inception of the idea, some of the
difficulties he and his extremely small crew had completing the
film, and much more.
You can point to Some Like it Hot as an exception, but I would respond that that
film is
about a notorious gangland massacre, repressed homosexuality, rape (kind of), chiselling, and the
difficulties embedded in gender expectation and objectification.
Salma talked
about the
difficulty of making a
film shot entirely in one small location, as well as Lynch's decision to shoot chronologically.
I assumed that the discussion of distribution
difficulties would be a long shot; I didn't expect there to be so little said
about the
film as a whole.
Japanese cinema expert Donald Richie also offers insightful audio commentary, and Kurosawa's comments
about the
difficulties of making this
film are noted in a booklet that also features the stories that inspired him to make «Rashomon.»
It's a
film about police corruption and partners learning to trust one another and the ways in which unbridled, excess masculinity can serve as a shield against the
difficulties of modernity.
That eventuality would likely say much more
about the
film industry's
difficulty in marketing smart, art - house fare than it does
about the picture itself.
Todd: I would suggest this movie struck a chord because fashion is less the point (though I think looking at the
film through the lens of food and fashion yields plenty of rewards) than it is the vehicle to talk
about something Hollywood loves: the
difficulty of being in a relationship with a demanding person.
On the surface Two Lovers may not present itself as anything more than a superior drama
about the
difficulties of negotiating matters of the heart but this is an extraordinarily well crafted
film that is utterly compelling right up until the moment that the final credits roll.
I recently had a chance to speak to the Oscar - nominated actress,
about her work on that
film, Steven Spielberg's upcoming War Horse, and the
difficulties of juggling work and family.
The director talks
about her new
film «Viceroy's House», the
difficulty in casting people of colour and the chances of a «Bend It Like Beckham» sequel.
Till the End of Time Edward Dmytryk, USA, 1946, 16 mm, 105m This lovely, eloquently simple
film about returning WWII vets and their
difficulties adjusting to the homefront was made and released by RKO to get the jump on The Best Years of Our Lives.
But whenever the
film focuses on the central late - in - love romance between Julia Louis - Dreyfus «masseuse and James Gandolfini «s TV archivist, it soars; the pair share heaps of chemistry, and Holofcener is as insightful as ever
about the genuine
difficulties that can get in the way of relationships.
Channing Tatum talks
about the
difficulty of finding the right accent for his upcoming «Gambit»
film.
His memory fails him now and again, though he does recall enough
about the
film's inception to recount the
difficulty of its birth.
I have long waited to see a
film about migration that would opt to be optimistic and life - asserting whilst not swerving away from showing the
difficulty of choices and the existential loneliness.
The great
film about film, this disc is perfect, from the amazing cover art to the short documentaries that show the
difficulties of shooting a
film with an icon like Bardot in tow.
Itís fitting, though, that a
film about bikers on the fringe of society, completely outcast in some places, would be made at great personal
difficulty outside the studio system.