Sentences with phrase «filmed dance sequences»

Not exact matches

Speaking about the film recently in Los Angeles, Cera — who in this film, takes some refreshingly bold steps away from his usual one - note nerd persona — and co - writer / director Edgar Wright (who also did the zany cult classics Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz) discussed the meaning of the film, the stretching Cera had to go through for the role, and the way in which the film's hyperkinetic action sequences are really just the same as the dance scenes in Grease or a Gene Kelly movie.

With the contest deadline just three weeks away, Metz worked busily to choreograph the dance, film the scenes, and select the best sequences.

It still falls back into those traps you see in so many bad animated films... unnecessary dance sequences, the pop culture references and catchphrases that are two years to late and using real world music in a fantasy world of birds.

Mr. Nicholson pops his eyes, sneers, laughs maniacally and, in the film's liveliest sequence, sings and dances his way through the Gotham City museum of art, happily defacing the paintings.

Much of the plot involves him, and he has the film's single funniest sequence: a dance - off at a gay bar.

For all its shortcomings, Idlewild also has something that few films can pull off: Moments of such pure cinematic fabulousness, breathtaking dance sequences and idiosyncratic 3 - D animation flourishes that we are more than willing to forgive it for all its sins.

In 1945, the allied armies began importing commercial Hindi films to Indonesia and «though not all moviegoers could read the Indonesian subtitles, they nevertheless could follow the formulaic storylines and enjoyed the song and dance sequences» (p. 182).

Another notable strength of the film is the slick imagery, courtesy of DP Gianfilippo Corticelli, who uses slow - motion shots stylishly and appropriately (a sequence with Cruz dancing in a puddle as Hirsch photographs her is stunning.)

This is Müller's second fiction feature; Preljocaj is a renowned French choreographer who brings convincing artistry to the film's dance sequences.

But seriously, are lengthy dance sequences really in the spirit of what the medium of film is all about?

However, with a film like this where even though each of these set pieces start out with these songs they always expand into these elongated tap dance sequences which I'm sure are fantastic for dance films, but something about them just feel repetitive.

The sets get tackier as the film progresses, and there are even extended dance sequences that have absolutely no function whatsoever.

Indeed, her superfluous, slow - motion pole dance that sits beside the film's opening credits sequence does serve as a useful and immediate red flag as to the lazily familiar road the underpowered film will tumble down.

Beyond the film's riveting front story, its dance sequences prove especially engaging, thanks to a splendid combination of costuming, sound, lighting and choreography as executed by a score of professionals courtesy of the Pennsylvania Ballet and the American Ballet Theater.

The fallout, obviously, of the cult of Twilight, Red Riding Hood is so poorly filmed that everything in it — everything — is funny, from a grieving mother pausing (and grimacing, in boss «Invader Zim» style) in the doorway of a pub to an obviously pagan celebratory dance sequence that doesn't quite jibe with the film's late - Christian histrionics.

The dance sequence is key to understanding what probably happened in the film, as it's so deeply stupid and self - contradicting that you can only think the screenwriter (David Leslie Johnson (Orphan)-RRB- had it one way and Hardwicke thought it would be cooler - looking all, y» know, heathen - y and shit with masks and a laurel crown on a wolf's head and stuff.

While the latter pair offer some laughs at the extent of their creepiness (If a style of dancing could be classified as that of a serial, it would be Donny's), it's unfortunate that the whole subplot brings the whole film to a standard, extended, and poorly paced chase sequence.

A scene at a dance where Yelchin appears in an orange knit hoochie suit (that he bought from the joke store) captures some of the awkwardness of dances for a 13 - year - old, though I suspect the sequence only seems good in comparison to the rest of the film.

Unsurprisingly, it is Fiennes» dancing that is the most delightful of all scenes, where the ebullience of his character bursts into a euphoric dance sequence, cementing his character as the vitality of the film.

2017 AFI FILM FESTIVAL: India's thriving film industry is known for glorious colors, plot lines that rival the wackiest of telenovelas, and, of course, random dance sequenFILM FESTIVAL: India's thriving film industry is known for glorious colors, plot lines that rival the wackiest of telenovelas, and, of course, random dance sequenfilm industry is known for glorious colors, plot lines that rival the wackiest of telenovelas, and, of course, random dance sequences.

There are some beautiful dance sequences but the film is loose with its facts and succumbs too often to formulas and cliches.

But lest this make BPM sound like a dry procedural manual for would - be change - makers, let me note that the movie also throbs with ecstatically filmed nightclub dance sequences and one of the hottest sex scenes of the year, between Pérez Biscayart's Sean and Arnaud Valois as a newcomer to the group who becomes his lover and, as he grows sicker, his caregiver.

And yet here you are making a movie with lengthy dance sequences, filmed in uninterrupted shots.

But compare that to the numerous moments across both Guardians films where the Walkman and music play key roles in character development and Baby Groot's dance sequences, and it's clear that Gunn was right and Feige was wrong.

• I'm starting to think that the key to making a successful film is to have an animated character perform a completely unnecessary dance sequence in it.

How could such a pipsqueak of a director, they asked back in 1997, create a masterpiece that wowed right from its opening sequence: an audacious five - minute tracking shot that swoops and swirls through the nightclub of the film's title in joyful synchronisation to the dance music of the 1970s.

Moore's work is evident in both of these behind - the - scenes looks at the making of La La Land, including the glorious waltz sequence that is part of the film's seven - minute epilogue and the jazz whip sequence featured in a split screen with Emma Stone's dancing and Ryan Gosling's piano riffs.

Perhaps Jon M. Chu (Justin Biever: Never Say Never, Step Up 3D), who is used to directing well - choreographed sequences in his previous dance films, feels more comfortable in the quick - cut style involved.

She must have confused him with someone else, for the final extra pretty well sums up the worth of the female roles in this film: «Action Overload,» which edits together all the bartenders» dance sequences — «the hottest moments from the movie,» according to the disc box — into one MTV - ready reel.

Filmed at the Seville Expo ’92 pavilion and adorned with numerous classical artworks ranging from Goya to Picasso, the film finds Carlos Saura rendering 21 different flamenco routines across a span of 97 minutes, though few of the sequences bear visual resemblance to one another beyond their shared form of dance.

EXTRAS: There's a pair of featurettes on the film's choreography and location shooting in Georgia, as well as an extended version of Stephen Boss» dance sequence.

Brice milks this (so to speak) for big laughs in a nude dance sequence — wearing convincing prosthetic dicks, Schwartzman and Scott are truly the genital equivalent of Arnold Schwarzenegger starring opposite Danny DeVito — but he also treats Alex's embarrassment with genuine empathy, briefly turning the film into a serious, affecting drama about deep - seated feelings of inadequacy.

A 16x9 - enhanced widescreen image would have greatly benefited the dance sequences in this film and be reason enough to double - dip for the few who actually will be buying this movie twice.

An opening dance sequence set in a Cleaver American Fifties features more stunt people, professional dancers, and trampolines than Cirque du Soleil, its artificiality setting the tone for the rest of the film, while the scene's conclusion (with the picture's hero trapping the celebrants in a giant dance hall, dooming them to death should a fire break out) serves as a pretty succinct summary of the film's feckless themes and carelessness.

Do not let the sprightly pencil crayon song - and - dance credit sequence fool you, James Gunn's latest film, a send - up of amateur vigilantes called Super, wants to give you some awkward, messy violence for your entertainment dollar.

The film's captivating crescendo — a dance sequence between Lena and an indistinguishable alien being — captures the unrelenting, graceful fluidity of Area X's processes.

No dance sequence are filming for more than a day, which should tell you that none of the numbers are going to take up much of the film's runtime.

The Dances of West Side Story cast members, contemporary filmmakers, dancers and choreographers analyze and illuminate the film's famous dance sequences (Prologue, Dance At the Gym, Tony and Maria's Cha Cha, America, The Rumble, Maria's Roof Dance and Cdance sequences (Prologue, Dance At the Gym, Tony and Maria's Cha Cha, America, The Rumble, Maria's Roof Dance and CDance At the Gym, Tony and Maria's Cha Cha, America, The Rumble, Maria's Roof Dance and CDance and Cool).

The film was initially going to be much longer and more elaborate, with at least ten more songs and several ballet - style dance sequences.

Fortunately, this movie gets bonus points for lush and rich scenery of the city of Barcelona (which suffer slightly from the DVD's fullscreen presentation) and the dance sequences choreographed by High School Musical's Kenny Ortega (who directed this entire film as well).

Originally commissioned for the Hayward Gallery exhibition, «Spellbound», which marked a century of cinema in Britain, Rego was inspired by the hallucinatory dance sequences of the famous Disney film — but her works are surely also a homage to Degas» dancers.

Dublin - born film artist Duncan Campbell has won this year's # 25,000 Turner Prize for a video that reflects on African art and includes a dance sequence inspired by Karl Marx.

Visitors to the Contemporary Austin will be greeted by the White House sculpture and the film, with its dream - like sequence that Pesanti describes as part «ghost story,» part «dance.»