Sentences with phrase «idea of the film came»

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It was because Rob's teaching and preaching was having this impact on thousands of people that the idea of recording Rob on film came up.

It was PIC's Celldance subcommittee chair Duane Compton who came up with the idea of directly commissioning a small number of films from ASCB member labs and then providing post-production services, according to Atkinson.

Its interesting ideas and the moments in which it does come together ultimately redeem it, as least as a passing diversion, but it is the least essential Harry Potter film since Chamber of Secrets.

But here again, the film comes up short, having a number of potentially good ideas but not developing any of them.

«Journey to Redemption: The Making of The American»: (10:52) A better making - of featurette than most, with the filmmakers discussing the ideas behind the film at least as much as its coming - together.

Absorbing and hypnotic, Annihilation is the best kind of sci - fi film - the kind that challenges and subverts the genre, all the while introducing new ideas that you'll see in films to come.

I enjoyed the energy of the film, and the cast is pretty solid throughout, but there's a big problem that is inherent to the idea that we have to make these films bigger and bigger to outdo things that have come before.

Anyone who can still remember what happened after that fateful knock in the first film will have a pretty strong idea of what's to come and whether it's an experience they'd care to endure again.

Gillespie smartly uses the known and builds upon it with context and some style, using «modern day» Tonya, Jeff and LaVona among others as interview subjects for a documentary of sorts that frames the film, but also has the characters speak into the camera in non-interview segments to help give Tonya some humanity, or at least make sure you have a better idea about all of her story and life coming out and you did going in.

It is a bit odd to point that last part out, given that the film celebrates the Day of the Dead, but then again, there is a lot of odd charm in this film that may be overstuffed with ideas, but is so lighthearted and fun, it is easy to look over some minor flaws, when it comes down to supporting a nice little animated film such as this.

It turns out that the idea of a man coming back from the dead isn't necessarily enough to support a film on its own, heavy - handed references to Lazarus or not.

Writer Laurence Coriat fails to come up with any fresh ideas for developing characters or storylines, and the film never has enough sense of pace or direction.

As the Robin William's film What Dreams May Come demonstrated, attempting to represent an idea of heaven, especially in a film with serious intentions, is usually nothing short of disastrous.

That is the idea behind Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou's latest film, Coming Home, based on Geling Yan's novel The Criminal Lu Yanshi, which opened in China a few weeks ago and just premiered out - of - competition at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival.

While we're no stranger to the idea of shock deaths in movies and TV series — our favorite characters being killed off gives fans something to talk about — the sheer scale of what happens at the end of Infinity War, and the Russo brothers decision to leave the ball in Thanos» court, is unprecedented when it comes to a film franchise of this scale.

He's playing with so many interesting ideas when it comes to race that I wish the film felt a bit more satisfying in its payoff, even if that disappointment is amply offset by the pure intensity of the final scenes, during which Peele displays a skill with horror action that I didn't know he had.

There are ideas that are trying to come out in this film, but as to how successful Malick is in conveying those ideas on screen is where the film loses a lot of its effect.

One of those rare movies where performance, place and story all come together without excessive directorial force or pretense, The Sweet Hereafer is quite simply, my idea of a perfect film.

In the end, the only real suspense comes from seeing whether the film can stretch its wafer - thin premise and paucity of ideas out to a full 90 minutes — and at 88 minutes with credits, even there it comes up short.

But writer Laurence Coriat fails to come up with any fresh ideas for developing characters or storylines, and the film never has enough sense of pace or direction.

That idea had a bit more magic in it — I am not saying that this movie is the next coming of Hangover — but this film manages to be a surprise through all the cliches.

And while the film is sort of about this war of ideas, propaganda, information from these citizen journalists and ISIS» slick propaganda, it's also a story of immigrants, an exodus story, of Man's understanding, coming to terms, and dealing with the cumulative effects of trauma... also, rising nationalism both in Germany and around the world.

The internet calmly took this news in by immediately casting about for wild rumors regarding what this might mean for the second film — specifically, the idea that once it was made clear the Captain Marvel movie (coming out in between the two Avengers films) would feature the Skrulls (a race of green - skinned shape changers, for all you non-comic nerds), the fourth Avengers movie would turn its attention to a «secret invasion» storyline, starring said aliens.

Understanding the jaw - dropping effort that went into this movie, it's tempting to wish that Kobiela, Welchman, and their army of animators had come to the same conclusion that old Albinus reached before he scrapped the whole idea: A film made in this way, he reckoned, «would bore most people to death and be a general disappointment.»

Schnabel claimed he came up with the idea for shooting the film from the POV of the protagonist in The Diving Bell And The Butterfly but this was the idea of the writer, Ron Harwood.

oppola, whose films include The Godfather trilogy and The Conversation, recalled coming back from the filming of Apocalypse Now with an idea for the kind of 5.1 surround sound he wanted for the movie.

The rugged flow and quiet struggles of daily life — whether among the children of recent immigrants or those who grew up there and never left — also come with unchallenged traditional ideas about sex and gender, and they seem as deeply woven into the film's visual texture as into its dramatic framework.»

INDEPENDENT & FOREIGN FILMS The Amateurs (R for sex and expletives) Bawdy comedy about a bunch of local yokels in a small town in Middle America who come up with the bright idea of making a porno movie.

-- The Origins of GOLD (4:37 HD): Director Stephen Gaghan and Writer's John Zinman and Patrick Massett talk about how they came up with the idea for the film.

Many people have been wondering just how the film came to be, and an extended featurette has made its way online with Moore talking about the inception of the idea, some of the difficulties he and his extremely small crew had completing the film, and much more.

The first third of the film makes a point of fixating upon that idea, of how trust is so hard to come by when you're a professional spy.

I didn't like the idea of flashing back to the rest of the Olympics after that stage was perfectly set in the opening scenes of the film, in fact they could have edited the film to have the entire hostage - drama portion before the credits, the flip over to Avner and company and not keep coming back to it.

The film's drive comes from the characters and their relationships with each other and the idea of who's playing who.

The film is screening for critics this coming week, at which point we should have a much better idea of its status as a contender.

Beyond that, though, Wheatley's delivers yet another head - trip of ideas, an extremely abstract work of art that requires the film to sink in and rattle around before the true genius at work is allowed to come to the forefront of your mind.

BE: Who came up with the idea of dividing the film into three Three Stooges shorts as a framing device?

The idea of some answers to these mysteries could perhaps be enticing if I cared about any of the characters, anything about their world, or the film did anything to ignite an interest in its plot rather than offering up vague teases at answers that never come and do nothing but try to hook the bait in for the next entry.

The idea for the film reviews came to me after reading lots of film criticism about classic and neo noir.

Though most behind - the - scenes features showcase the production process once filming is underway, The Player gives us a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes of the behind - the - scenes process, where the only dreams that come true are for the people up top — the people who feel that anyone can make a story that will entertain millions, while the lowly creators that nurtured the initial ideas are seen as little more then expendable goods hardly worth receiving input from once the studio handlers squeeze their foots in the door, symbolically getting away with murder — the figurative death of the writer in the Hollywood production process.

For Raymond, the idea for the film came to him while working on a project of a different kind.

On the one hand, these remakes speak to the fact of Hitchcock's timeless themes in his films, while on the other hand it points out that Hollywood has perhaps run out of ideas when even a remake of a middling Hitchcock film is one of the better thrillers to come out in recent years.

By inviting others» voices and ideas into her story, by representing her self, her subjectivity as distinctly «revealed in relationship,» (1) and by self - consciously laying bare her process throughout, describing and depicting her at times tentative and ambivalent methods and allowing the questions, skepticism, and contradictions coming from her interviewees into the final film, Polley envisions her theory of a choral, relational autobiography and its practice.

In 2010, Feige said of a Black Widow film, «We've already started discussions with Scarlett about the idea, but The Avengers comes first.»

Bob Balaban — the only prominent American actor in the cast, who plays an American film producer — reportedly came up with the initial idea for the film, and most of the other forms of inspiration and discipline seem actor related as well.

I wanted to make sure that the next generation was aware of the film so I came up with this idea to spread the word.

The films about pugilism, the ones about father - and - son connections, the ones about giant robots, all come to run stagnant ropes in Real Steel, a graveyard of has - been ideas, hackneyed melodrama, and a chemistry set that has the basic ingredients but none of the spark or power of greater films that came before it.

For me, The Hunger Games Trilogy is part of a larger goal to introduce the ideas of just war theory to young audiences, but how much wider and more varied an audience came with the films, and the credit for that goes to all of you who contributed so much to this project.

We spoke to him about how the film — and its beguiling title — came about, as well as the retirement of his longterm collaborator and friend, Daniel Day - Lewis, and his idea of a perfect breakfast.

But if the premise is... Look, I fight battles all day long, and really it's not my fight, but the impression I have is that the idea of an embargo is to maximise interest in a film by ensuring that reviews come out close to release.

Sony Picture Classics has already purchased this film, which gives you some idea just how much they liked this coming - of - age drama.