Sentences with phrase «films central conceits»

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The film's central conceit is that the prisoners stand at the barred windows, flirting and sometimes conducting full - blown relationships with the inhabitants of the Najayo women's prison across the way.

That's the central conceit behind Creep, a no - budget horror movie that delivers more scares than films with 10 times more money.

Even if it is at the cost of its central conflict, BvS does work as a promo for films yet to come: there's no one who won't want to get to know Gadot's kick - ass Wonder Woman better after the credits roll, while Eisenberg's conceited Lexcorp heir is riddled with daddy issues, and feels ripe for further exploration.

The title itself is extremely straightforward but points directly at the beautiful simplicity of the film's central conceit: if singing makes you feel like a million bucks, then sing goddam it.

It's a clever conceit on the part of director Josh Trank and screenwriter Max Landis that allows us to actually see the film's central protagonist; it also lets us see him watching himself.

While there is much to admire in the film's dedication to its central conceit, many viewers quickly grew tired of this gimmick.

Crucial to any understanding of the central conceit of the film is a clear sense of geography and time.

There's little doubt that Jimmy and Judy's central visual conceit - the entire film has been shot entirely from the perspective of the two central characters - proves effective at holding the viewer at arm's length at the outset, with Furlong's almost aggressively obnoxious work as Jimmy initially exacerbating the movie's low - rent sensibilities.

However, I will say that I love the film's central conceit of The Pianist's Adrien Brody playing a faux - SS officer chasing down Amon Goeth from Schindler's List.

Ironically, Ziskin reveals more of Raimi's process than Raimi does (illustrating, for instance, his dual - editor conceit, wherein he hires two people to cut the picture individually and then picks and chooses the best parts of each end product to arrive at a finished film), while Dunst — well, we've never spoken ill of her at FILM FREAK CENTRAL; let's keep it that film), while Dunst — well, we've never spoken ill of her at FILM FREAK CENTRAL; let's keep it that FILM FREAK CENTRAL; let's keep it that way.

Hard sci - fi fans will also be thrilled by the film's central conceit even though most of the science is bogus.

The act of doubling is among the work's central conceits; contending not only with issues of material and visual replication, but also with the duplicative nature of film itself.