Sentences with phrase «movies as short stories»

Right, and also interestingly Eric Rohmer wrote all of his movies as short stories or novellas and then he turned those into screenplays, which is a fascinating way to do it.

Not exact matches

W. Somerset Maugham's novels and short stories may not count as literature, but they have made for some very entertaining movies, «Quartet» high among them.

The fact that the stories contradict one another allows the movie to do a few other things that put it in the same category as a movie like The Big Short: It breaks the fourth wall, gives multiple perspectives on the same events, and occasionally employs a split screen in order to emphasize how mushy the concept of «facts» are in any sensational news story.

Perhaps the material was a bit too thin to cover a whole movie as is (King's e-book was only a short story), so redundancy filled in the gaps.

Adapted by esteemed crime writer Dennis Lehane from his short story «Animal Rescue,» the movie doesn't have the same cynicism as past adaptions of the author's work («Mystic River,» «Gone Baby Gone»), but it's a grimy little crime drama that harkens back to the great Sidney Lumet films of the 1970s.

Deservedly forgotten»90s movies like A Stranger Among Us and A Price Above Rubies co-opted Orthodox Jewish communities as an exotic backdrop for stories short on legitimate cultural specificity.

«Split into chapters, replicating short stories, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is top - tier Noah Baumbach and it's really beautiful to see Sandler giving it his all and crafting such a warmhearted but damaged character,» we wrote in our review of the movie when it premiered at Cannes this year, «while Stiller — a Baumbach regular — is very funny as the youngest Meyerowitz, doing his best to distance himself from his father and siblings, but realising home is where the heart is.stories, The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) is top - tier Noah Baumbach and it's really beautiful to see Sandler giving it his all and crafting such a warmhearted but damaged character,» we wrote in our review of the movie when it premiered at Cannes this year, «while Stiller — a Baumbach regular — is very funny as the youngest Meyerowitz, doing his best to distance himself from his father and siblings, but realising home is where the heart is.Stories (New and Selected) is top - tier Noah Baumbach and it's really beautiful to see Sandler giving it his all and crafting such a warmhearted but damaged character,» we wrote in our review of the movie when it premiered at Cannes this year, «while Stiller — a Baumbach regular — is very funny as the youngest Meyerowitz, doing his best to distance himself from his father and siblings, but realising home is where the heart is.»

Each story in Channel 4's 10 - episode anthology series is based on a short story by legendary sci - fi writer Philip K. Dick, whose works have previously been adapted into such classic and blockbusting movies as «Blade Runner,» «Total Recall» and «Minority Report.»

The movie opens with «Just Another Saturday Night» based on the short story published in August 1997 and stars Mickey Rourke as Marv.

(Long story short: voters rank the nominees; there's no winner until one movie collects over 50 percent of the vote; and you get there by re-allocating the second - place — or lower — votes of bottom performers as they are eliminated one by one.)

The story of any «Zoolander» movie shouldn't matter as much as the goofy inanity of its leads, and the constant irreverence that surrounds them, but nearly everything that worked in that regard the first time around registers as a retread; inspired lunacy is in short supply.

The movie feels less like a cash grab than a thoughtful continuation of Dory's personal journey, staying true to what makes the character unique (her short - term memory loss) without being hampered by its limitations, all while finding creative ways to progress the story and further develop Dory as a character.

As screenwriter Bruce Joel Rubin points out short stories are actually more suitable to movie adaptations.

Soderbergh and I spoke over the course of a couple days this summer — about his new movie, Logan Lucky; about his origins as a filmmaker; about his retirement that turned out not to be a retirement at all; about his love for Get Out and the films of Barry Jenkins; about, in short, way more than would fit in a single, often condensed magazine story.

Of course, that doesn't excuse the fact that «On Stranger Tides» has just as many problems as the last two films, because while it may be the shortest movie in the series, it still feels overly long at 137 minutes and packed with subplots and secondary characters that aren't really necessary to the story.

The movie is far from perfect though as the story's overall plot is fairly predictable, some of the jokes are too childish and it has a fairly short running time of less than 90 minutes.

The narrative may have its clunky moments, but the central conceit of the Ted Chiang short story from which it's adapted carries the movie through, as does Amy Adams» lead performance, which surprisingly reminded me of Sigourney Weaver.

It is best that you watch BURN - E after having watched WALL - E as the short intertwines as a sort of a side story to the main movie, making BURN - E the Rosencrantz of the robot world.

Featuring never - before - seen Coltrane family home movies, footage of John Coltrane and band in the studio — discovered in a California garage during production of this film — along with hundreds of never - before - seen photographs and rare television appearances from around the world, Coltrane's story is told by the musicians that worked with him including Sonny Rollins, McCoy Tyner, Benny Golson, Jimmy Heath, Reggie Workman, musicians that have been inspired by his fearless artistry and creative vision like Common, John Densmore, Wynton Marsalis, Carlos Santana, Wayne Shorter, Kamasi Washington, along with Coltrane's children and biographers, in addition to well - known admirers such as President Bill Clinton and philosopher Dr. Cornel West.

The play is based on the Cornell Wollrich short story, which also served as the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 movie Rear Window, starring James Stewart and Grace Kelly.

The movie is in the same vein as «Tales From the Crypt» and «Vault of Horror» as it brings stars together in an anthology film comprised of short stories.

Based on a short story by Stephen King, Stand By Me follows four adolescent friends (Wil Wheaton's Gordie, River Phoenix's Chris, Corey Feldman's Teddy, and Jerry O'Connell's Vern) as they embark on a journey to find a dead body - with the movie subsequently (and primarily) detailing their various adventures along the way.

Stine's scary collections of short stories are generally aimed at kids about 9 to 12 years old, and the movie seems to target that age group as well.

On that level, it's a successful experiment, but as a worthwhile story, the movie falls disappointingly short.

Freda Cooper talked to the director about using short stories as the basis for a feature film — and why she'd never make a movie in New York.

The movie follows James as he takes off on a tropical vacation («When I come back, I will be ready for life,» he insists), has a frenzied romantic fling with a teenager, and tries to parlay a few sloppy hand - written short stories into a regular gig writing for a magazine edited by one of his dad's old business associates.

There's the suspicion that Penner (adapting a short story by Robert Damon Schneck) and director Stacy Title are simply assembling ideas and images that they have seen in other horror movies, hoping that we have been so inundated with certain clichés that we'll just look at this as another, regular - old horror movie — not the on - the - cheap job that it obviously is.

In non-casting news, of course, we've got the details on the Academy Awards producer / host shuffle and an update on the upcoming Justice League movie from Warner Bros. as well as a little sneak peek at the xnew Toy Story short film set to play ahead of the November 23rd release, The Muppets.

The World does not include characters, scenes, events, themes, or plots that are unique to derivative works outside of Kindle Worlds (such as movies and television shows) based on Carly Phillips novels, novellas, and / or short stories.

While the substance of the film might be condensed or expanded from the source material (as was the case with Brokeback Mountain, a short story by Annie Proulx), the movie tie - in edition acknowledges the roots of the story and can bring new readers to it.

This ongoing series of essays on the craft of writing will include all topics related to writing fiction, including: The Basics Plot & Structure Voice Theme POV Characterization Dialogue Narrative Creating a bond with your reader Pacing Advanced writing and plotting techniques Writer's block Marketing Branding Publishing Self - publishing Healthy habits Bad habits The Writer's Life eBook formatting Paperback formatting Amazon keywords Writing blurbs and descriptions Cover design & layout Productivity The Classics Short stories Poetry The Writing Process Show don't Tell Self - editing Proofreading Building a solid career Targeting a specific genre Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Sharpening your writing skills Making every word count Deadlines Putting together an Anthology Working with other artists Collaborating Grammar Punctuation Writing for a career Treating it as a business Running a small press Financing your career Keeping track of your royalties Staying motivated Writing movies Writing comics Writing games Building a fan - base Online presence Newsletters Podcasting Author interviews Media appearances Websites Blogging And so much more... Are you ready to be called an author?

The success of movies made from Chandler's stories (especially Humphrey Bogart's 1946 The Big Sleep and James Garner's Marlowe, a 1969 flick based on The Little Sister), as well as radio shows, TV series, and even comic books based on his work makes us forget that he only ever published seven novels and 24 short stories during his lifetime.

Shot and staged with a cast of locals, friends and family, Crewdson uses the environs and interiors of an out - of - the - way Massachusetts town, its river and woods as the setting for his scenes from rural life — photography as untold short stories, movies in the making.

Essentially, you construct a «story» using text or pictures and link either to major elements as your story advances or to «shards» of one sort or another that strike off in parenthetical directions — all of which is better explained, unsurprisingly, in the short movie provided on the site.

Sci - fi literature has long been fertile ground for Hollywood, and with some of cinema's most popular projects beginning as novels or short stories, it's easy to get ahead of the curve when it comes to sci - fi movies.

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During a recent week, I came across stories about a new real estate dictionary app for the iPhone; the game - changing nature of social media; Christopher Gardner, whose story inspired the Will Smith movie «The Pursuit of Happyness»; the re-emergence of tax - exempt bonds as a way to fund affordable mortgages; the continued frustrations surrounding short sales; and the controversy surrounding virtual staging.