But the city's music and
film scenes remain vibrant.
Not exact matches
The audience at the first screening of the
film in New York City, at the Cinema Village in Manhattan's Greenwich Village,
remained silent during a
scene showing the death of Kim Jong Un in the downing of his helicopter.
If Ross occasionally plays loose with the facts, he
remains true to the core of the story, and many of the racetrack
scenes evoke more sharply than ever before on
film a sense of the surpassing grace and power of the running horse, the sound of rolling thunder of the hooves and a sense of the precarious, perilous nature of the jockeys» existence as they bound along hell - fired at 40 miles an hour, monkeys on a stick, wind - sheared and often screaming at each other in the din.
Also included, Anderson's American Express commercial that
remains a fun homage to Truffaut, a loving speech by Oakley Friedberg, the young son of set designer Mark Frienberg, who spent time on location with his family raising funds for charity organizations, a silly trophy case application making fun of the
film's lack of critical awards, deleted and alternate
scenes, a stills gallery, and the theatrical trailer.
De Palma
remains their only interview subject as he chronologically spins fascinating tales of his experiences intercut with photos and key
scenes from his
films.
Like Kurosawa did before him, Altman used multiple cameras to
film the big crowd
scenes; the actors had to
remain in character because they had no way of knowing what footage of them might be used.
Illustrated by astounding color and black - and - white images, the book presents the best of this mind - bending genre, detailing through insightful commentary and behind - the -
scenes stories why each
film remains essential viewing.
Fisher is onscreen early in the
film and
remains front and center throughout; her
scenes with Mark Hamill are nostalgic, garnering images of the initial
film.
The
film remains fascinating for a good portion of its running time, most acutely in
scenes where it isn't entirely clear who's running the show: the director or the actors.
Yet the
film remains true to McEwan's intellectual preoccupations with different kinds of love, and has lost none of the novel's most memorable elements: the plays on the ambiguity of the title, the arresting first
scene, and the strange dynamics of the relationship between Joe and Jed.
Despite the palpable sense of cinematic tremor that's worked into
scene after
scene, the focus of the
film remains on faces — on Mackie's subtly desperate clutching to military rules as an illusion of order, Geraghty's soft - featured guilt and fear, and Renner's «rowdy boy» coolness threatening to crumble into despair.
Composition, sound design and story all cut together beautifully, and yet, there's no question that ’12 Years a Slave»
remains an art
film, especially as the provocative director forces audiences to confront concepts and
scenes that could conceivably transform their worldview.»
And if this were a
film that had all of the same
scenes, in the same order, but was strictly fictional without any reference to America's most wanted man, I don't think the same critics who love it now would
remain quite so enamored.
«We should have done this years ago,» says Drew to his dad's earthly
remains, wiping away a brave tear, but for as machine - calibrated as the
scene is to pluck at the heartstrings, there isn't — as there isn't at any moment in this
film — a hint of authenticity to the sentiment.
Without giving anything away, the 72 - year old auteur's filmmaking
remains incredibly sprightly; one
scene is as shocking and heart - stopping as anything a younger British filmmaker might serve up, and the final third of the
film lets him tackle the issues facing today's youth with surprising credibility and nuance.
The Vietnam War
film — released at Christmas 1986 — has been followed by a host of Vietnam War
films, but
remains in the upper tier because of its strong young cast, terse storytelling and claustrophobic
scenes of jungle combat in the wet, humid fog of war.
The shower
scene in Psycho
remains one of the most iconic
scenes in
film history.
Remove Branagh's calculated nebbish nonsense, and what
remains is a virulent commentary on the
film's titular culture, and a smattering of
scenes that stand up well enough on their own.
This
scene doesn't exactly scream «maternal instinct» but that's exactly what it portrays and one of the reasons why the
film remains a potent example of feminist cinema.
Enough ink to fill Albert Hall has been spilt explaining what the final
scenes in that
film mean and part of the reason the
film remains a masterpiece is because it evades comprehension.
This is pure Hollywood formula carried by star power and carry it they do, even though Harlow died before the
film was completed (you can spot a stand - in in the
scenes where her character
remains with her back conspicuously turned from the camera).
They
remain clean, clear, sharp, and detailed throughout, only briefly faltering in one scratchy bedroom
scene, an isolated fluke occurring in the middle of the
film, and more understandably in a climactic effects shot.
A haunting
scene involving Rudd interacting with an elderly woman searching the burned
remains of her home sticks out like a sore thumb (in a good way) and gives the
film a unique shape that distinguishes it even more from Green's studio work.
With over a hundred
films in his C.V. (including silents), King
remained one of the studio's leading directors for decades, and though he worked with superb cinematographers, his
films consistently show a dramatic visual style that maximizes elements within a single shot, plus a knack for crafting kinetic action
scenes — particularly the storming of the fortress at the end of the
film.
Nevertheless, the
film has achieved enormous critical and commercial success (indeed, a psychological torture
scene with fish, and Cleese caught with his pants down, are moments just over-the-top enough to
remain unforgettable), and frequently finds itself on lists of the greatest of all comedies.
An uneven
film to say the least, the
film's most notorious aspects
remain its graphic nudity and a rape
scene that drags on for a long, detailed time span.
Outside of some memorably disturbing images, there's very little to keep one interested in the story, and even during a particularly well - crafted chase
scene near the end of the
film, it still
remains somewhat unexciting.
Elite's transfer is very nice, and along with deleted
scenes and trailers, the commentary track (which includes two of the
film's lead actors) also provides a rather vivid portrait of the horror genre at the time, which, for many burgeoning filmmakers, was the only way to enter the
film business before the larger studios devoured the
remaining independents.
By taking this approach and timing the use of flashback
scenes perfectly, the
film feels faster than it actually is and
remains consistently engaging throughout.
On Disc One, which contains the theatrical version of the
film, there's Cholo's Reckoning, an interview with actor John Leguizamo; Charlie's Story, an interview with actor Robert Joy; The Pillsbury Factor, an interview with actor Pedro Miguel Arce; Four of the Apocalypse: The Zombies of Land of the Dead, interviews with actors Eugene Clark, Jennifer Baxter, Boyd Banks, and Jasmin Geljo; the Dream of the Dead IFC TV special with optional audio commentary by director Roy Frumkes; deleted footage from Dream of the Dead; a set of deleted
scenes (titled The
Remaining Bits on previous releases); the
film's theatrical trailer; and a photo gallery with 111 images.
At the
film's recent press day, MacLaine talked about coming to terms with her own legacy, why she's not afraid to take risks, the advice Joan Crawford gave her that will
remain a secret, her surprise at meeting Alan Ladd at Romanoff's, how aging people are underserved in our culture and what she'd like to do about it, her impressions of her talented co-star Ann» Jewel Lee, her favorite
scene, presenting the Best Foreign Language
Film Award at this year's Oscars, why she wants to do an improvisation with Marlon Brando, and the unusual role she'd like to play next.
And what continuously stupefies me is that time works no miracles on this particular
film:
Scenes remain familiar, but the narrative seems to shift every time I return to it.
The three work well together in
scenes, and their chemistry really helps the
film remain charming.
The
film's most famous
scene remains Grant being pursued acrosss parched fields by a murderous crop - duster, and the closing set - piece on the face of Mount Rushmore still packs a similar punch.
And of course he discusses the F / X set - ups for the
film's tracheotomy, a death
scene involving a shotgun, the creation of a gruesome half - mask with a false eye, the use of roast pork for a character's charred
remains, and what sounds like a grisly effect involving shards of glass hitting a woman's face that didn't make the final cut.
While Dark Night
remains fascinatingly ambiguous throughout, Joshua Marston's Complete Unknown (Grade: B --RRB- only starts that way: Early
scenes deliberately disorient, the
film making speedy leaps in time and geography, with Rachel Weisz popping up in what looks like a series of disguises.
Editor Jean - Baptiste Beaudoin's work
remains noteworthy throughout the
film, highlighting the skillful cinematography of many well constructed
scenes.
The introductory
scenes of «A Quiet Place» allow the audience to enter a world so intriguing, many will find themselves obeying the
film's core rule to
remain silent.
Most of these small issues occurred during the
scenes in Hobbiton; those displayed the
film's weakest elements, though they still
remained generally positive.
Yet, I think he would perfect his approach to comedy with The Wolf of Wall Street which
remains his funniest
film to date as who couldn't laugh at that Qualuudes
scene?
These deleted
scenes wouldn't have «fixed» Three Billboards, but they
remain an interesting look at a
film that probably could have done more to flesh out its black characters rather than having them serve as symbols or part of the background.
3:45 am (17th)-- TCM — The Blue Angel One of Marlene Dietrich's early
films, paired with her oft - director Josef von Sternberg — but even though she steals every
scene she's in and is the reason the
film remains known at all, it's really more about Emil Jannings» tragic professor character, who is dragged from his respected life and social position by his infatuation with Dietrich's showgirl.
The majority of the
film remains in 2.40:1, with the handful of interwoven documentary
scenes pillarboxed within that frame.
Although a high volume of night
scenes led to the scrapping of director Brad Bird's original idea to shoot primarily on
film stock in IMAX, sharpness
remained paramount to the production and Tomorrowland became one of the first features to be photographed entirely in 4K.
Carol and Mad Max are definitely more of a 1A and 1B than a clear 1 and 2 for my best of the year, and I
remain tickled that this completely crazy two hour chase
scene in a desert reboot of a 30 year old franchise
filmed by a 70 year old man has managed to capture the imagination of so many of us.
The final
scene, in the toy store, strikes me as conventional moralizing — an obligatory happy resolution of all problems — but the deep mystery of the
film remains.
The setup for this
scene, in which Rob takes the call summoning him to her house,
remains in the
film.
Despite the crude, amateurish nature of the
film, this
scene is still incredibly hard to watch and in fact
remains heavily censored in several countries.
Kurosawa
remains one of the most reliable figures on the repertory
film scene, but prints are becoming harder and harder to find.
The deleted
scenes («The
Remaining Bits») are far from spectacular, but the VFX featurette «Zombie Effects» and the short documentary «When Shaun Met George» (which follows «Shaun of the Dead» star Simon Pegg and director Edgar Wright during the
filming of their cameos as zombies» are both worth checking out.