Sentences with phrase «film over concerns»

Soderbergh caused consternation earlier this month when he revealed that Hollywood studios refused to fund the latter film over concerns that it might be «too gay» for audiences.

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Its failure was largely attributed to common concerns over privacy if a wearer filmed people without their consent.

European concerns about Hollywood films are largely based upon the existing trade deficit with the USA in audiovisual trade and the fact that over half of the movies exhibited in European cinemas are made in the USA against only 2 % European films released in the USA.

In their concern over unnecessary roughness, officials are tightening up on rules and carefully studying game films for hidden infractions

In the wake of the Florida school shooting, politicians have raised concern over the influence of violent video games and films on young people.

In none of those areas does this film compare favorably to Pixar (and the scattershot storytelling in particular reveals the lack of laborious self - inspection), but that doesn't seem to be too pressing a concern to DreamWorks as they continue to churn out profitable and crowd - pleasing movies that are enjoyed the world over.

After a lyrical introduction that layers wistfully reflective voiceover over a spun - sugar cloudscape, the film's opening stages are less concerned with setting a scene than they are with establishing a vivid and unshakable sense of trauma — zeroing in on isolated images of slaughter, human and otherwise, in disorienting darkness.

The film is mostly concerned with the emotional wreckage that results after the binge is over.

I think he is mostly concerned over a glut of films by neophyte directors who are merely riffing on Tarantino - style shocks (but, he makes clear, without any of Tarantino's intelligence, nuance, or understanding and love of cinema) as a pathway to a likewise Tarantino - inspired cool.

Sheil realises that these issues are inherent to her occupation as an actor, and for the purposes of this film, she pores over the daily ethical concerns in her personal search for some kind of truth.

The action — filmed in the Western style that favours quick cuts and too - close camerawork over the clarity of an Eastern approach — is perhaps the film's weakest element, but then it's just the bridge to the movie's greater concerns, anyway.

Alas, the film is more immediately concerned with the cosmetic — cleavages doused in blood - syrup; abdomens scarred by sexy wounds; the generally ridiculous way people lose their heads over things.

They direct Jared Bush's screenplay with a clarity that's been lost on so many modern animated films, concerned with what makes their characters tick over what makes toddlers giggle.

Also noteworthy, in the category of cinema ruled by cultural concerns and actual political events, was Carlos (d. Olivier Assayas), which kept a packed auditorium of critics in their seats for over five hours with a glossy, but intelligent action film version of the 1970s exploits of a terrorist born Illich Ramirez Sanchez, but known internationally as the Jackal, also by the code name Carlos; and Des Hommes et des dieux (Of Gods and Men, Xavier Beauvois), a film, elegantly minimalist in design, based on a real - life encounter between Algerian fundamentalist Islamic terrorists and a community of ascetic Christian monks.

Known for complex narratives that often concern a network of characters engaging with the mediation of identity, truth and history, Egoyan's work over the last decade plus applies these concerns to a variety of film subjects, as well as installations, plays and operas.

The brothers» tried and true trade concerns probing the internal and external machinations of their protagonists» lives, but here, we have the first instance in one of their films of plot taking centre stage over people.

But now, Rian Johnson takes over the helm of The Last Jedi, and what transpires is a far more mature piece of cinema, far more concerned with the narrative and the characters that inhabit it; and the film benefits greatly as a result.

Now Arthur & Lancelot is back amongst the living, and one change has been made to ease studio concerns over the film's budget and potential returns: rather than going with up and coming talent, the studio is now in talks with Colin Farrell to play one of the title roles.

What begins like a movie about concerns over a mixed - race couple's relationship turns into a horror film when Chris (Daniel Kaluuya) visits the Caucasian family of his girlfriend (Allison Williams) and discovers they take racial prejudice to a whole new level.

A tough - talking priest (Bryan F. O'Byrne) lambastes him at one point for a choice that Frankie has concerning a paralyzed friend, but because the film feints and dodges at moments of real crisis, the fact that a lot of Catholics were polarized by their clergy this last election over issues of stem - cell research is never broached.

From the episodic chronicling of a relationship in the Before trilogy and the real - time unfolding of the chamber play Tape to his upcoming Boyhood, which was filmed in vignettes over the last 12 years to reflect the aging of its protagonist, Linklater is primarily concerned with capturing specific moments of significance and preserving them like celluloid time capsules.

Cooper has the ability to find good lead actors to keep his films afloat (Jeff Bridges in Crazy Heart, Christian Bale in Out of the Furnace, Depp and Edgerton here), but that seems to be all that concerns him, leaving little left over to sustain anything beyond the force of its central performance.

Christian Bale wins Best Actor in a Comedy at the 2016 Critics» Choice Awards as it's reported he is exiting Enzo Ferrari film over weight gain health concerns

Irma Vep is obviously a great film, but Demonlover is almost as great (and one of the decade's great zeitgeist films), and Summer Hours makes the same concerns he's been mulling over since then fresh in explicit verbal formulations; it's consistent but not wearisome.

Collectively they feel like a triumph over the long - simmering tension between art and commerce — between personal expression and commercial concerns — that has seen renewed debate in the film industry as artists endeavor to make movies that feel like more than another episode in a series.

Concerns over personal identity and artistic allegiance infuse the plot of Provincial Actors to such an extent as to make the film a tragedy.

Produced by Hammer Films, that glorious British concern specializing in horror films that emphasize terror over gore, it is an elegant little flick, both creepy and atmospheric, that tells its tale of hubris and good intentions gone wrong with... Read More»

Over the past three decades, LAFCA has sponsored and hosted numerous film panels and events and donated funds to various Los Angeles film organizations, especially where film preservation was concerned.

He rightfully pushes back against claims that the film does not challenge Rumsfeld's claims, but the best parts concern his lingering fascination at how hard Rumsfeld is to pin down, as well as his scoffing over some of the secretary's most brazen claims.

Another questionable item concerns how humans were able to deduce the creatures» limitations prior to their rampant depletion (at least if tabloid fodder is any indication)... so the film's resolution feels a bit like M. Night Shyamalan's Signs (2002) and those hydrophobic aliens trying to colonize a planet mostly made of water (and speaking of printing techniques, how Evelyn has a calendar to mark her due date well over a year into isolation also seems suspect).

And yet «The Lone Ranger,» which was to star Johnny Depp and Armie Hammer, to be directed by Gore Verbinski and produced by Jerry Bruckheimer, has been shut down by Disney after concern over the film's budget, said to have risen to a whopping $ 232 million (that itself cut down from an original $ 250 million price tag).

Mr. Skrein's departure is the first time in recent years that an actor has left a major film over whitewashing concerns.

Worse, Vanderbilt seems to be referring to author Thomas Hardy in the naming of Travolta's character (and Barbarino's recent sour grapes concerning his passing over Chicago doesn't say all that much for the film he was shooting instead), pushing the connection by tying Hardy's hallmarks of personal archetype and use of forces of nature as allegory into what is essentially a stupid rip - off of any stupid David Mamet film.

Whether she is defined for audiences by Rita Hayworth as the hair - flipping title character in the 1946 noir Gilda or by Scarlett Johansson as an irresistible, ethereal being in the 2013 sci - fi drama Under the Skin, male film characters have had plenty to concern themselves over when a potential love interest starts batting her eyelashes or — as Oscar - winning actress Jennifer Lawrence (Silver Linings Playbook) does in her new spy thriller — bares all for the uncomfortable assignment at hand.

Covered here are the process of penning Big, concerns over certain aspects, the birth of the famous piano duet, research done for the sake of authenticity, casting a lead, competing with similar premises, and what made the film work.

2017 TELLURIDE FILM FESTIVAL: The concerns around the industrial production of food have been well documented in films like «Food, Inc.,» «Forks Over Knives,» «Jimmy's GM Food Fight,» «The World According to Monsanto,» and this year's «Okja,» to name a few.

However, the common belief now is that Paramount «dumped» Cloverfield Paradox on Netflix over concerns about the film's quality, whereas its deal with Netflix for Annihilation was more of a pure business decision motivated by concerns that Garland's movie is «too cerebral» to achieve crossover appeal.

sure there are still funny scenes after it, but as a story (which was a bigger concern in this picture over his last couple films) it really really REALLY suffers because of it.

At over two hours long, it's hard to maintain your concentration with a film that is primarily concerned with number crunching.

Being such a «Green Lantern» fan, I was also a little concerned that his character was a little too similar to that of Hal Jordan in the upcoming comic adaptation, but I have way too many anxieties over that film's potential to be adding another into the mix.

A docudrama mapping the trials of real - life teacher Francois Begaudeau over the course of one year in a rough Paris high school, work shopped and performed by actual students, any concerns of gimmickry or over-earnestness dissipate as the film's searing insight and joyful wit carry the viewer through an all - too - brief 130 minutes.

What concerns me here is when this issue is set alongside the movie industry lobbying over illegal downloads of films and music there appears to be a double standard.

Though primarily photography, A Green and Pleasant Land includes film, painting and sculpture by over 50 artists, illustrating the various concerns and approaches to landscape pursued by artists from the 1970s to now.

Gotovac is primarily concerned with structure over content, and his films investigate varied cinematic methods and techniques, often reduced to their most basic levels.

In this exhibition Brian Jungen and Duane Linklater presented their collaborative film Modest Livelihood (2012), which takes the use of and self - determination over native land as its central concerns.

Its short animated film (available in English, Dutch, Japanese and German) outlining concerns over killer robots and the call for a preemptive ban on the weapons has been viewed more than 2,500 times.

Steven Spielberg has expressed his concern over the impact of streaming services such as Netflix and Amazon on the film industry.