Sentences with phrase «film was the fly on the wall»

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So in 2011, he began filming the show with Channel 4, a «fly - on - the - wall drama» following the love lives, arguments and parties of his friends who were (and still are) constantly visiting London's best restaurants, bars, shops and club openings.

But the most explosive part of the fly - on - the - wall film about the inner workings of Parliament was yesterday dramatically edited out amid claims it showed a Tory minister shout an obscenity at Ed Miliband.

(The film's staff - meeting sequences are an especially apt example of this, as such moments boast a lived - in, fly - on - the - wall feel that's nothing short of mesmerizing.)

From the fly - on - the - wall, cinéma - vérité style of the»60s to a more aggressive, advocacy approach in the mid -»70s, «Mixtape» is a wide slice of nonfiction film history.

Next is a 20 - minute section of «Fly on the Wall» scenes, which are just (literally) peeks behind the scenes for five different scenes in the film.

The film was shot with a relatively upscale camera, and the imagery and construction are more polished and structured than one might expect from a largely fly - on - the - wall production.

These revealing scenes are certain to give Mary Poppins fans a greater appreciation of the film and even those unfamiliar with the material will get a playful kick out of our fly - on - the - wall view of a Disney film in - the - making.

Matt Damon became the center of controversy over the summer with the debut of the first U.S. trailer for «The Great Wall,» the action - fantasy epic from Legendary Pictures, which was criticized for focusing on the white American star over the film's Chinese talent, including ingénue Jing Tian, boy band breakout Junkai Wang and renowned director Zhang Yimou («House of Flying Daggers»).

The fly - on - the - wall approach often taken here usually works, but the piece is just too slick and short to provide any insight to the film beyond the English director's unique style.

(Alas, the much - anticipated fly - on - the - wall documentary from splatterpunk author David J. Schow is being hoarded for some future DVD release of the film.)

Rather than the slick, standard everybody - was - great featurette, this chronological journal takes us inside the filming of three ambitious sequences with fly - on - the - wall footage, various cast and crew member perspectives, and an assortment of video sources and subjects.

It helps to make the film feel like a fly - on - the - wall cinéma vérité piece, even though it is clearly carefully crafted and shaped.

The formula of sports films are left far behind for this fly - on - the - wall approach to the business side of things.

The real reason the film works as well as it does, though, is not the fly - on - the - wall feel of the conversations but the way director Ivan Reitman understands the drive behind their prevalence in the story beyond the ticking clock of the start of the draft.

As her Whitechapel Gallery review show throws open its doors, Gillian will be here every day telling Guardian readers what makes her tick, and letting you into her world of confessions and obsessions, from cross-dressing photographer Claude Cahun (the subject of a new work by Wearing) to a notorious 1960s Frederick Wiseman fly - on - the - wall film about a mental institution, Titicut Follies.