Sentences with phrase «film artists who»

Unlike many of the directors on this list, German emigre Ernest Lubitsch was one of the great film artists who was recognized in his time.

, and if The Verdict itself suggests a product of another time, so too does the phenomenon of film artists who've actually thought about their process and can fluently explain themselves in discussing it.

The answer offered by film artists who are comfortable with the establishment and those who see themselves in opposition is the same: ideology and censorship.

Cahiers du cinéma editors de Baecque and Toubiana leave few stones unturned in this compelling account of the film artist who breathed life into the term auteur through his writing and his work, from The 400 Blows to The Last Metro.

Not exact matches

Whether it's the collage artist who consciously dumps scraps into disorderly boxes or the film editor who prefers old - fashioned editing technology that forces him to scroll through more footage to find the clip he thought he was looking for, all these artistic greats understand that disorder has one exceptionally valuable side effect — more serendipity.

Even after The Disaster Artist gave his own story and his cult - classic indie film The Room — largely regarded as the worst movie ever made — new prominence, little is known about where he comes from or who he truly is.

Most importantly, however, the film has a new site where people can set up their own screenings, and purchase copies of the film along with other stuff like screening kits and UNITE FOR LUNCH American Apparel T - shirts designed by the artist who did the illustrations in the film.

Tim, who has co-written over 400 commercial treatments and music videos with directors including: Wim Wenders, Richard Ayoade and Jonas Ackerlund, for clients and artists such as: Lady Gaga, Honda, and Louis Vuitton, opined that, though he haven't watched Ghanaian movies before, he likes African stories and since he's in Ghana to learn and see how to assist both the needy through Obiba Foundation and people in film - making, he has started watching Ghanaian films.

The new Sierra Leonean First Lady, Fatima Bio, who is herself into showbiz, is thought to be the host of the artists whom she has worked with in the film industry.

Coss, who taught drawing classes early in his academic career and whose previous research focused on art and human evolution, used photos and film to study the strokes of charcoal drawings and engravings of animals made by human artists 28,000 to 32,000 years ago in the Chauvet - Pont - d'Arc Cave in southern France.

The film builds on the dedication and passions of researchers, scientists and artists who have embraced the power of the passenger pigeon story.

A documentary made about Okinawa showed a 100 year old villager with better fitness levels than an entire film crew less than half her age, a 96 year old martial artist who beat a 36 year old boxing champion (on national American television live) and even a 105 year old woman who easily killed poisonous snakes.

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In the middle of the film, Keith (John Legend) explains to Seb, who is a ~ serious musician ~ grudgingly playing for»80s cover bands to make a buck, why being obsessed with classic, 20th - century jazz is holding him back as an artist.

Because the Internet is a vast improvement over his debut effort, showcasing an artist who has confidently found a way to coalesce his love for music and films into one hybrid effort.

Cave is credited as a co-writer on the film along with directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard, visual artists who have been making videos with him for nearly a decade.

George Michael: Freedom: The story of legendary international recording artist George Michael, filmed before Michael's untimely passing, the documentary is narrated by the singer, who was heavily involved in the making of the film that serves as his final work.

In the funny and alarmingly factual The Disaster Artist, a man named Tommy Wiseau, who made (and starred in and financed) what is reputed to the worst movie ever made, wonders if his film will find an audience.

It is hilarious and heartbreaking all at once, especially when factoring in Dave Franco's performance, a beautiful game of shadows in which he's forced to play the more respected artist against his older, more famous brother (who, just to kick things up a notch, method - directed the film as Wiseau).

The first of its kind, the film presents a raw and gritty snapshot of artists who literally have their backs against the wall.

As an uberfan of the so - bad - it's - good masterpiece The Room and a solid admirer of The Disaster Artist, The Room co-star Greg Sestero's tell - all book about the making of mysterious vampiric figure Tommy Wiseau's «Tennessee Williams style melodrama as told by an alien who has apparently never seen normal human beings interact» drama - turned - dark - comedy - after - initial - audience - reactions - full - of - howling - laughter, I was a bit reserved in my excitement when I found out that James Franco was going to direct the film adaptation, as well as portraying Wiseau himself.

Music by Questlove and Om «Mas Keith, and commentary from prominent African - American artists and activists who were influenced by the struggle — including Erykah Badu, Harry Belafonte, Talib Kweli, and Melvin Van Peebles — give the historical footage a fresh, contemporary resonance and makes the film an exhilarating, unprecedented account of an American revolution.

For all of its simplemindedness and deck stacking, the film is distressingly well made — Pollack is no artist, but he has a glistening technique (there aren't many American directors left who know how to plan their shots for such smooth cutting) and a strong sense of how to hold, cajole, and gratify an audience.

The film is full of artists who seem to be straddling the line between compromise and conviction.

While the film is seemingly accessible as a portrait of an artist who seems particularly attuned to his own creative process, and particularly adept at describing this attunement (Cave has given several long - form lectures on the peculiar metaphysics of songcraft), it's unlikely that many who aren't already whole - hog Bad Seeds fans would be able to stomach much of Cave's self - styled pomposity.

In the end, what emerges is a funny, honest, and incisive portrait of a truly one - of - a-kind artist, and an exhilarating behind - the - scenes look at the last 50 years of the film industry through the eyes of someone who has truly seen it all.

In the case of Heart of a Dog, the only importance is attached to the name of artist who signed this film.

The film, as the title suggests, is about an unfulfilled artist, Dave (Nick Thune), who constructs a cardboard maze in his living room.

They sought inspiration in the era's art, specifically the work of the photo - realists, who painted photographs in a style that is both hyperreal and at one remove from reality — evoked by the variety of reflecting surfaces seen in the film — and the op artists, who deployed contrasting visual elements to create vibrating surface tensions on a single plane.

There is a tendency among film critics, programmers, and academics to dismiss filmmakers who work within genres as entertainers, not accepting them as artists.

Theo Taplitz, in a remarkably mature, nuanced feature film debut, plays Jake, an introverted thirteen - year - old with dreams of being an artist who moves with this family from Manhattan to Brooklyn when his father inherits an apartment and a storefront there.

It's based on a play by Johan Heldenbergh who stars in the film as Didier, a gentle but irreligious bluegrass musician whose wild wife Elise (Veerle Baetens) is a tattoo artist and singer.

We were told that we didn't have the budget to do miniatures, he was like, «Listen Michael, go and buy six 3D printers and I've got 10 3D printers in the art department, and we'll just print all the miniatures in the film, and then we'll get the scenic artists who are already on the payroll to paint them for us.»

Chastain stars as Catherine Weldon, the artist who risked the ire of the pioneers to paint Native American leader Sitting Bull, in a solidly crafted film

Then, in the wake of 2017's massive revelations about sexual assault and harassment in the film industry, Emma, Rochelle and Lee discuss whether it is actually possible to separate the art from the artist, and whether it is permissible to enjoy the product of makers who turn out to be monsters (16:14).

You credited four artists for the artwork you attribute in the film to Charles Swan: Charles White III, who did the original STAR WARS roadshow poster, Peter Palombi, who did the AMERICAN GRAFFITI poster, Alex Tavoularis, who did original storyboards and designs for STAR WARS, and David Willardson, who is famous for doing Disney inspired illustrations.

They really are about, from what I've seen so far, supporting up and coming artists, artists who have a strong vision and voice and perspective, and they really wan na permeate the films with those kinds of voices.

The biggest event of its kind in the region, Tidewater Comicon returned to Virginia Beach May 12 - 13, bringing with it many of the iconic creators, writers, and artists of your favorite comic book heroes and villains, along with actors from various genre films and TV shows, uniquely talented vendors, and amazing cosplayers, including Carson Dye, who showed off her stunning Corpse Bride cosplay.

Sharing honors from the Society Dramatic Authors and Composers, given annually to a French film in Fortnight, were two very different tales of romantic possibility in Paris: Philippe Garrel's black - and - white «Lover for a Day» («L'Amant d'un Jour»), about a 23 - year - old woman who learns that her father is dating a girl her age, and Claire Denis» «Let the Sunshine In» («Un Beau Soleil Intérieur»), starring Juliette Binoche as a divorced artist looking for love in many of the wrong places.

And then, there were a decent number of auteurs who appeared at the Cannes Market who should (hopefully) pop up in Venice, such as Lido regular Benoit Jacquot with his adaptation of Don DeLillo's The Body Artist, apparently retitled Never Ever, while Wim Wenders could be a contender with The Beautiful Days of Aranjuez (though he may hold out for Berlin 2017, the same guess we'd wage for a new film from Volker Schlondorff, Return to Montauk).

The filmmakers have assembled a stellar cast, including Felicity Jones, nominated for an Academy Award for her leading role in The Theory of Everything; Diego Luna, who was featured in 2008's Oscar - winning Milk and 2013's Elysium; Ben Mendelsohn, recently nominated for an Emmy for his leading role in Bloodline and co-starring in the upcoming Mississippi Grind; Donnie Yen, Hong Kong action star and martial artist who starred in Ip Man and Blade II; Jiang Wen, who co-wrote, produced, directed and starred in the award - winning Let the Bullets Fly and Devils on the Doorstep; Forest Whitaker, recently featured in the critically - acclaimed Lee Daniels» The Butler and winner of an Academy Award for his leading role in 2006's The Last King of Scotland; Mads Mikkelsen, who starred in The Hunt and was the memorable villain from 2006's Casino Royale; Alan Tudyk, who plays a performance - capture character in Rogue One, stars in the soon - to - be-released Con Man series and Trumbo, which releases this November; and Riz Ahmed, who was recently featured in Nightcrawler and starred in the BAFTA - winning film Four Lions.

Stallone's script about struggling boxer Rocky Balboa who has the chance of a lifetime — a match against champion Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers in the film)-- was appreciated by United Artists, but it was viewed as a possible vehicle for A-list stars as Robert Redford, Burt Reynolds or James Caan.

All the supporting characters do a great job in the film, especially Michael Angarano who perfectly walks the line between a sleazy, phony artist and a sensitive guy who doesn't kid himself.

Nocturnal Animals is the second feature film by designer Tom Ford and Adams stars as Susan, a deeply unhappy artist who receives a novel manuscript, likewise titled «Nocturnal Animals,» written by her ex-husband (Jake Gyllenhaal).

The thrust of this film, though, is not the traditional circus circuit but rather the Oddities, characters on the outskirts who show their humanity: the Bearded Lady (Keala Settle) and Tom Thumb (Sam Humphrey) in addition to the likes of the Strong Man, Dog Boy and a glorious trapeze artist named Anne Wheeler (Zendaya), who is a love interest for Barnum's partner Phillip, played nicely by Zac Efron in his best screen outing in a long while.

Dinosaur is co-directed by longtime Pixar storyboard artist and animator Peter Sohn, who made his directorial debut with the Pixar short film Partly Cloudy.

For indeed this is not a film about cigarettes, but a film about a different man with the same name as the founder of one of the world's largest tobacco operators — a small - time Southern criminal who became the cellmate and lover of infamous U.S. con artist, imposter and prison escapee Steven Jay Russell.

As the film begins, Bell's Carol, a voice coach and sometime voiceover artist, has her enthusiasm crushed by her father who humourlessly tells her, «The industry does not crave a female sound».

The movie does a terrific job of mimicking the sound and styles of the folk music era, attesting to the talent of the art directors, makeup artists, and songwriters / cast - members who created all of the original tunes featured in the film.

It just so happens both films chose to depict the life of a musical artist who was taken from the world far too soon.