According to
the latest Celluloid Ceiling report, women comprised a scant 15 % of all directors, writers, producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top 250 films of 2007 («The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind - the - Scenes Representation of Women on the Top 250 Films of 2007,» Martha M. Lauzen).
The first human - made plastic called Parkesine (
later celluloid) was invented by Alexander Parkes in 1855.
Not exact matches
But in the
late nineteenth century, that panoply of possibilities began to fall away with the arrival of a totally new kind of material —
celluloid, the first man - made plastic.
And as if perfectly timed to chime with those canvases in
celluloid terms is Mr Turner, the ravishing film that stands as a testimonial to what one might call
Late Leigh.
Probably not but after an awards season strewn with (albeit very well done)
celluloid abduction, abuse & death, it's quite nice to go in, check your brain at the door and pick it up again 110 minutes
later, refreshed & entertained.
Stephen Milton Jack O'Connell's
latest role reads like a
celluloid «what - if» and a parallel glimpse of the road not taken.
Now, 30 years
later, the film holds up not only as an insightful look into teenage life in the»80s, but also as one of the most honest and perceptive depictions of the teenage experience to be captured on
celluloid.
By contrast, the slightly older Howie (Douglas Booth, putting his
celluloid poutiness to one side) is first seen engaging in online banter with a male stranger, only to report
later that his own gay self - confidence dates back to around the time that he was 10.
As always, though, Rockstar doesn't name - check so much as simply tip the cap to its favorite
celluloid ancestors, from Once Upon a Time in the West (and its depiction of encroaching modernity sounding the old guard's death knell) and The Wild Bunch (especially during the game's
later Mexican Civil War sequences) to, in the name of a budding oil community, There Will Be Blood.
Despite the blockbuster success of «Wonder Woman» and other femme - led films, the number of female protagonists was down 5 percent in 2017's 100 top - grossing films, according to the
latest edition of the annual «It's a Man's (
Celluloid) World» report.
While the film finally does turn Ellen Ripley into a «mech suited warrior» (via the most well realized body - fork - lifter ever committed to
celluloid), that comes
later.
The NYFF Retrospective showcases 24 of his finest performances and spans 50 years, from his first major role in The Story of G.I. Joe, which earned him an Academy Award nomination, to his
late - career appearances in films by Martin Scorsese and Jim Jarmusch, with all but two screening on
celluloid.
Following the huge misfires like the Aaron Paul vehicle Need For Speed, the
late - 80s attempt to bring Super Mario Brothers to the big - screen, the recent Tomb Raider and even that early vehicle for Dwayne «The Rock» Johnson, Doom (and countless others) Tinseltown hasn't quite managed to successfully transfer the allure of the source material to
celluloid.
The 2.35:1, 1080p image is mostly, but not entirely, free of
celluloid blemishes, with a wash of softly undulating grain ever - present — in fact, the precise look of the film's transfer contributes to its sterling
late -»60s aesthetic.
Days
later, the San Diego State University's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film followed with the «
Celluloid Ceiling» study, finding that women comprised just 18 percent of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top 250 domestic grossing films.
From the point of view of someone who started working in theatrical features when computers were completely absent, to now 45 years
later when they are omnipresent, Murch will explore the constants that nonetheless remain after the «bones» of
celluloid and sprockets have dissolved away, and examine the salient technical, artistic, and philosophical differences between the post-production of a theatrical scripted film and a feature - length documentary.
Animal Rescue Corps and some of its valued partners including Snooty Giggles Dog Rescue, PAWS New England, and John Gagnon's Pet Resort are featured in this
latest call to action captured on
celluloid, HBO's One Nation Under Dog.
Not scheduled to be screened again (after this Ft. Myers presentation) until
late August at the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) in London, PAPER magazine declared, «What Diane Arbus was to photography, Crispin Hellion Glover is swiftly achieving as a filmmaker... Training his sardonic eyes on the strange and afflicted, he achieves a mad dark poetry on
celluloid.»
But his experience working in film editing, of cutting
celluloid and «putting together the various frames of film... was
later to influence his use of «close - ups and «long shots» in the triptychs and hanging pieces.