Sentences with phrase «genre film history»
But his character becomes so repellent — he'll surely go down as one of the bigger sickos in genre film history — you just wish he'd go away.
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Taiwan About Blog Philosophy in Film seeks to apply philosophical theories and methodology to the interpretation of film, directors, genre, and the history of film production.
While the film's reach exceeds its grasp when it comes to deconstructing the western genre and the real life history that it reflects, Hostiles nevertheless makes for a respectable mood piece, as well as an acting showcase for its main leads.
The film does a fine job at presenting the facts, and with that being said, it's a genre classic that is a must watch for war or history enthusiasts,.
However, for all lovers of Bruce Lee, kung fu flicks, and revivalists of Seventies cool, it's a quintessential film, indispensable in its genre and firmly implanted forever in film history as the one that set the mold, even if future endeavors would top it in terms of breathtaking action, daring stunts, and more substantial stories.
The two genres have a history of interchange, be it the influence of classic Westerns on the films of John Carpenter (who even penned two obscure Westerns, El Diablo and Blood River) and George A. Romero or the parallel development of the giallo and the spaghetti Western in Italy.
If you look back in history, some of the greatest films of all time were genre films that really had something to say about where we are in the world.
Eastwood returns to his cinematic roots and revives the spirit of what made the Western one of the most revered genres in television and film history.
With at least a dozen classics spanning just as many genres, Tsui stands among the most accomplished directors in film history, Hong Kong or otherwise.
Whedon returns as the film's writer and director in this once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to revive his epic space tale, and as the first installment in a possible franchise, «Serenity» is without a doubt one of the best pieces of fan service in the history of the sci - fi genre.
This year has all around been an INCREDIBLE year for the horror genre, with films such as Split, Get Out and IT making it one of the best (and most profitable) years in the genre's entire history.
Introducing the film, this special bonus explores the history of the film and the indelible influence Halloween has had on not only the horror genre, but the entire film industry.
Given that Germany, with few exceptions such as the comedy genre and the history film, does not have a well - established genre film tradition anymore (at least not on the big screen), the only way to rejuvenate such a tradition is by explicitly committing to producing many genre films for the cinema.
It sprawls across genres, it tackles everything from prohibition to women's voting rights, worker safety to unionism, police corruption to organized crime, and it showcases slices of our cinematic history that just don't get seen outside of film archives and «educational» screenings.
From his attention - grabbing debut with «Reservoir Dogs» (1992), a deviously clever heist film where the heist is never seen and the drama is all in the conversation and the ingenious structure, to his acclaimed «Inglourious Basterds» (2009), his thrilling rewrite of World War II history as a magnificent movie fantasy, Tarantino has gone his own way, snatching up ideas strewn through decades of film history and hundreds of genre movies like a magpie, rethinking them completely, and weaving them into entirely new stories that unfold at a leisurely pace so he can enjoy every word and gesture along the journey.
This film gave birth to the car - chase film genre and stars Eleanor, the only Ford Mustang in history to receive starring credit in a movie!
The lack of any nominations for his films which are absolute classics and an integral part of cinemas genre history is much more shocking when other filmmakers have simply missed out at the final ballot stage whereas Leone didn't even get to hear the starting pistol fire.
These degraded genre films manifest something worse than an ignorance of movie history.
Perhaps the most explicitly in dialogue with film history of all his works thus far, the film will read as a much - needed strike of lightning to wu xia for connoisseurs of the genre and a feature - length TV spot for others.
With its sparse dialogue and strikingly beautiful, color - saturated imagery — almost all of it framed in boxy, anachronistic Academy ratio — the movie doesn't really look or sound like any martial arts flick ever made, offering an original and idiosyncratic take on one of film history's most durable genres.
Eastwood's film is dark and brutal, leavened by some deadpan comedy, a tour de force performance from Gene Hackman, and a sly encapsulation of the history of the Western genre, as seen through the eyes of a pulp writer played by Saul Rubinek.
Those names cover almost every genre and period of Hollywood history, and by the time this film — Seymour Hoffman's last — was released, there was a pall of expectation (or something like that) over it.
8:00 pm — TCM — My Darling Clementine John Ford's version of the famous confrontation at the OK Corral actually focuses more on Wyatt Earp's fictional romance with the fictional Clementine than on the real - life Earp / Clanton feud, but history aside, this is one of the greatest and most poetic westerns on film, proving yet again Ford's mastery of the genre and of cinema.
11:30 am — TCM — My Darling Clementine John Ford's version of the famous confrontation at the OK Corral actually focuses more on Wyatt Earp's fictional romance with the fictional Clementine than on the real - life Earp / Clanton feud, but history aside, this is one of the greatest and most poetic westerns on film, proving yet again Ford's mastery of the genre and of cinema.
A new effort seems to fall somewhere between these genres, with well - known Western film actors such as Kiefer Sutherland, Tom Selleck, James Caan, Danny Glover and Ed Harris teaching history lessons.
It is gloriously bereft of the cynicism that has sapped so many stage - to - film adaptations from achieving the heights of their source material and features some of the most striking performances in the history of the genre.
8:00 am — Fox Movie Channel — My Darling Clementine John Ford's version of the famous confrontation at the OK Corral actually focuses more on Wyatt Earp's fictional romance with the fictional Clementine than on the real - life Earp / Clanton feud, but history aside, this is one of the greatest and most poetic westerns on film, proving yet again Ford's mastery of the genre and of cinema.
By opting for a tell - by - numbers approach to this period in Boston history, Scott Cooper and company, while producing a nicely crafted film, have wasted an opportunity to step away from the familiar genre movie, and solely focus on the life and times of the Bulger family.
An emblematic screwball comedy, the film was a jumping - off point to dissect the genre commonly referred to as the «Chick Flick»; charting some of its history, analysing its place in our modern world of female action stars, and questioning the generally held belief that the style has outplayed its usefulness.
«If you look back in history, some of the greatest films of all time were genre films that really had something to say about where we are in the world,» he added.
There's no way for Nolan to reinvent the genre or to invent history, something he flirted with on The Prestige, his last period film.
With its stunning visual style, sly subversion science - fiction and horror genre conventions and one of the most terrifying and memorable monsters in screen history, «Alien» became an instant film classic from the moment it burst forth — literally — in the summer of 1979.
Parts of it shine brighter than others but in a genre so packed, films that are merely «good» stand little chance of ingraining themselves in the history of the genre.
With so many big - budget action movies flopping at the box office this past summer, it's crazy to think that a quaint genre film like «A History of Violence» would handle its action sequences with the most panache.
Not as commendable were the slick but forgettable Leatherface, the first disappointment by French filmmaking duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; the Spierig Brothers» Jigsaw, part 8 of the exhausted Saw series; the dull Amityville: The Awakening by Franck Khalfoun, usually a respectable genre director, who does still add his share of clever touches (and meta moments, like when a group of teenagers watch the original Amityville Horror in the «real» Amityville haunted house, into which one's family has just moved); Open Water 3: Cage Dive, whose shark - franchise designation was tacked on as an afterthought, not that it helped to draw in audiences (in an anemic year for great whites, 47 Meters Down takes the prize for the best shark film); Jeepers Creepers 3, a super-limited release — surely in part because of director Victor Salva's history as a convicted child molester — which just a tiny bit later would probably have been shelved permanently in light of the slew of reprehensible - male - behavior outings in recent months.
FILM NOVELIZATIONS By Grady Hendrix A brief history and consideration of a singularly cinematic literary genre
I had a lot of faith in Wan's abilities, but history says that two successful films in one year are very unlikely, especially if both of the movies are from the horror genre.
Whether it's the folk horror of The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge with its talk of witchery, imps and familiars, the giallo-esque Private View or the chilling psychological drama of episodes such as Tom & Gerri and The Understudy, Shearsmith and Pemberton clearly draw upon an innate and encyclopedic knowledge of genre film and television history.
The film is a bit of a full - circle experience for the actor, not just because of his long history with the genre, but because Jeff Corey, the actor who played the villainous Tom Chaney in Henry Hathaway's original film, was Bridges's acting teacher once upon a time.
In fact, when speaking of the comic book film genre, you can very easily divide cinematic history into two parts: before «Superman: The Movie,» and after «Superman: The Movie.»
This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 26 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 44 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (6 sheets) * Copies of 17 full DVD packages (of various genres) to offer pupils choice for their controlled assessment Unit's lessons include: * Huge introductory quiz - history of film; the film industry; film terminology; camera shots; film genres * Mapping film gratifications * Mapping generic and genre - specific DVD package features * AfL activity - improving a controlled assessment response * Step - by - step analysis of DVD packages (CA practice) * Designing a DVD package based on a film trailer (CA practice) * Writing a critical commentary (CA practice) * Formal controlled assessment
This detailed and high quality unit includes: * 15 lesson plans (with 13 differentiation strategies) * 93 slide PowerPoint presentation (divided into lessons) * All resources and worksheets (21 sheets) Unit's lessons include: * Introduction to the AQA GCSE Media Studies course requirements * Introduction to the four key concepts * Activity focused on pupils» own consumption of media texts * Detailed research into the history of the media - creating a timeline of people, technology and institutions * Applying Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs to film media * Introduction of camera shots, angles and movement * Film terminology «speed - dating» to introuce key media language * Analysing a mise - en - scene * Analysing a film trailer: genre conventions and audience appeal * Creating genre - specific typography and writing a commentary * Analysing logos and slogans * Exploring stereotypes in the media * Music industry terminology and genre features * Analysing a CD album sleeve: genre conventions and audience appeal * The history ofvideo gaming * Video gaming genres and gratifications * Analysing a video game cover: genre conventions and audience appeal
Blumenfeld - Jones, who is taken by a film on homeless youths, Street Rat, writes, «I am obliged to report that I have, up to this point in the relatively short history of the genre, not been privy to a completely unblemished work of arts - based research, one sufficiently powerful, by itself, to redirect the educational conversation....»
Tacita Dean: PORTRAIT is the first exhibition in the Gallery's history to be devoted to the medium of film and reveals the artist's own longstanding and personal interest in portraiture as a genre.
Filmed on location in the ravishing and remote Guangxi province and at the famous Shanghai Film Studios and various sites around Shanghai, TEN THOUSAND WAVES combines fact, fiction and film essay genres against a background of Chinese history, legend and landscape to create a meditation on global human migrations.
They learn about their country's history through film genres like classic western's and iconic movies that mark historical moments.
At the National Gallery, explore her intimate still - life films alongside other works of the genre from across history.
The physicality of 16 mm film, in distinction to digital video, reflects the tactile, tangible worlds of the characters he portrays and Rivers uses his awareness of the history of the medium and its multiple genres to break away from traditional audio and visual narratives.
He has been influenced by various genres of art and periods of art history, including modern art, architecture and photography, film and drama.
The first exhibition in the Gallery's history to be devoted to the medium of film, Tacita Dean discusses her longstanding and personal interest in portraiture as a genre.