Sentences with phrase «film as an artifact»

But the same principle also applies to the film as an artifact.

Not exact matches

Wilkerson sees his film, no less than his family, as caught up with these cultural artifacts in the continuing movement of history — a history in which you might decide to be a liberal (if you're content to congratulate yourself) or, as a better choice, a radical.

Akira's popularity obscures the finest examples of the medium, films that manage to balance serious metaphysical musing with actual forward momentum (the two Ghost in the Shell films, for instance); to tell adult tales in affecting ways (Grave of the Fireflies); to redefine genre thriller (Perfect Blue), action (Ninja Scroll), and fantasy (Princess Mononoke); and to present children's fables as artifacts that are as useful for adults as they are for kids (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro).

Unlike the small museum from the first film, the Smithsonian would surely be overrun with people, even in the middle of the night, so there's really no explanation as to why Larry seems to be the only one trying to keep the peace for such a major institution full of priceless art and historical artifacts.

There, a Late Woody Allen film is important less as an exemplary artifact than an admirable activity.

The hotly anticipated film is the culmination of a thread that's run through much of the Marvel Cinematic Universe since the end of 2012's The Avengers, with Thanos and his minions the Black Order arriving on Earth in a quest for the remaining Infinity Stones, powerful cosmic artifacts that, when assembled as part of the Infinity Gauntlet, will give him dominion over the universe.

Although master shots are plagued by admittedly off - putting edge haloes, they often look photographically intrinsic as opposed to like a digital artifact; the image is completely blemish - free and the film's burnt sienna colour palette is always striking in this incarnation.

The film starts with Max von Sydow (The Quiller Memorandum, Three Days of the Condor) as Father Merrin, leading an archaeological expedition into northern Iraq where artifacts of pagan origin are discovered which results in some unexplained calamities.

It breaks stride with Cusack's past vehicles in that it displays him frequently in athletic motion (the kickboxing of Say Anything... notwithstanding) and rides something of a zeitgeist: It's a post-Pulp Fiction artifact, from that cascade of films after 1994 (The Big Hit, The Boondock Saints, The Way of the Gun) that depict professional thugs as humanized and humorous.

The film, which unites big - screen Avengers from the past decade, showcases the destruction Thanos wreaks as he attempts to collect six powerful artifacts, the Infinity Stones.

As paintings burn and statues tumble, it is not difficult to imaging the audience of the films included reveling in fine art disaster: the media for the masses depicting destruction of elitist artifacts.