Sentences with phrase «know cinematic history»

It was the weirdest thing because I never went to film school, I never studied cinema, I didn't know cinematic history or anything, and suddenly, in a very short period of time, I'm on this aircraft carrier with these robots and Bruce Dern trying to figure it out and having all these guys around me to help.

I won't pretend to know the cinematic history of the character because I don't.

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I know Dick Warlock made cinematic history when he played Michael Myers, the Shape of ultimate cinematic terror, but even more than that, he is the embodiment of old school Hollywood, when the most amazing special effect of all was the fearless, life threatening performance of a living, breathing stuntman, the real life badass survivor of truly classic horror.

No surprise for anyone who knows female - driven cinematic history that Thelma (No. 3) and Louise (No. 11), Mildred Pierce (No. 10), Norma Rae (No. 9), Clarice Starling (No. 7), Scarlett O'Hara (No. 5) and Ripley (No. 2) are perched so high on this list.

There's a running Mike Ditka joke that won't register if you don't care for / know Ditka, one too many «kick me» - type signs slapped on dorks» backs, and Jennifer Tilly has to be the least subtle sex - obsessed teacher in cinematic history.

We all know that the Star Wars prequels were one of the most disappointing set of movies in cinematic history.

Calling Lincoln an heir to these films perhaps does it a disservice however, for, in the film's often misunderstood prologue and following dream sequence, Kushner and Spielberg openly acknowledge their movie's genial relation to the actuality of the 13th Amendment's passage, theater, and cinematic history itself — and by announcing upfront that they're employing the tools afforded by the arts to re-create past events, they let us know that their aims are somewhat closer to folklore than strict reportage.

However, almost every aspect of the making of this movie is so shoddy that it is inevitable that it crumbles in on itself, becoming one of the more known disaster stories in cinematic history.

Encompassing one of the best - known periods in world history, Total War: Rome II ™ will combine the most expansive turn - based campaign and the largest, most cinematic real - time battles yet seen in any game.

Known for her elegant filmic investigations into visual gestalts, voyeurism, and perceptual memory, as well as her creative engagement with cinematic history, Rosalind Nashashibi presents several of her experimental 16 - mm productions from the past four years, including Bachelor Machines Part 2 (2007), which borrows footage and dialogue from Alexander Kluge's 1968 film Artists Under the Big Top: Perplexed; and The Prisoner (2008), a nod to Chantal Akerman's 2000 film La Captive.