For all of its superb, shock - and - awe - generating visuals — aided by oft - nominated master cinematographer Roger Deakin's (Sicario, Prisoners, Skyfall, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) singular eye for composition — Blade Runner 2049 often feels like Villeneuve, lured by the promise of revisiting a world created by a visionary filmmaker, not only wanted to put his own, auteurist stamp on said world, creating a continuation of a standalone, sequel - adverse film that «fits» on a narrative, thematic, and visual level, but found himself seduced like so many fans over the decades by the pure power of Scott's world - building and simply couldn't lea
For all of its superb,
shock - and - awe - generating visuals — aided by oft - nominated master cinematographer Roger Deakin's (Sicario, Prisoners, Skyfall, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford) singular eye
for composition — Blade Runner 2049 often feels like Villeneuve, lured by the promise of revisiting a world created by a visionary filmmaker, not only wanted to put his own, auteurist stamp on said world, creating a continuation of a standalone, sequel - adverse film that «fits» on a narrative, thematic, and visual level, but found himself seduced like so many fans over the decades by the pure power of Scott's world - building and simply couldn't lea
for composition — Blade Runner 2049 often feels like Villeneuve, lured by the promise of revisiting a world created by a visionary filmmaker, not only wanted to put his own, auteurist stamp on said world, creating a continuation of a standalone, sequel - adverse film that «fits» on a narrative, thematic, and visual level, but found himself seduced like so many fans over the decades by the
pure power of Scott's world - building and simply couldn't leave.
To say Mario Kart 8 as TSA's overall choice
for Game of the Year is a massive
shock isn't quite right: we can't think of a better, more
pure and fun game in the last twelve months, and isn't that what it's all about in the end?
The closest thing to a
shock this year could be victory
for Spartacus Chetwynd, billed as the first
pure performance artist to make it to the shortlist who has been chosen
for a show she put on at the Sadie Coles HQ gallery in London.