Not exact matches
These days, medical X-rays come in multiple formats: plain
film used in dental exams and doctors» offices; fluoroscopy, which bounces a continuous X-ray beam off contrast agents you've either injected or ingested, providing a
moving real - time image
of arteries and intestines; and the computed tomography (CT) scan, which couples a powerful computer with a circular array
of extremely sensitive detectors to turn X-rays into detailed cross
sections of the body.
It is most unfortunate, then, that these
moving and insightful interviews are intercut with footage taken with a helmet camera on a bicycle ride along a rocky mountain path — these point -
of - view shots are supposed to convey meaning for Kedar, and yet they make whole
sections of the
film almost unwatchable.
When the
film moves away from the barracks and back to Bill's family home in its last — and best —
section, Vanessa Kirby, as Bill's flouncy sister, brings to the proceedings a much - needed jolt
of adrenaline.
Foer's book was divisive, irritating as many people as it
moved (it has quirks like a flick - book
section in which a figure falling from the World Trade Centre floats back to the top) and on the evidence
of the trailer, the
film flirts with a similarly problematic sentimentality.
Populated by an eager groom (Alexander Skarsgård), eccentric parents (Charlotte Rampling and John Hurt) and arrogant brother - in - law (Kiefer Sutherland) in the first half, before making room for an intimate examination
of the family dynamic in the second
section, the cleverly compelling
film captures attention from the operatic opening to the
moving conclusion.
And now that the work the filmmakers are calling the «Them» version
of «Eleanor Rigby» had its world premiere on Saturday night in the Un Certain Regard
section, I can report that the new version is a wonderful
film, touching and amusing and in the end deeply
moving.
The
films opens with the bear running at the camera before we cut to a man jolting awake; we see the fiery ursine figure again later from above, running through the forest, before cutting to a line
of firefighters
moving through a burnt - out
section of woods.
«Evil Comes in Small Packages» is a 25 - minute retrospective making -
of complete with an option to watch its three
sections separately: «The Birth
of Chucky» expounds on Mancini's original vision
of the story (a golem in service to Andy's id, brought to life by a blood - brother ritual) and how it evolved into its current form; «Creating the Horror» discusses casting and the shoot itself — including brief snippets
of rehearsal footage
of Dourif acting out Chucky's every
move; and «Unleashed» describes the
film's release and Chucky's ascent to cult stardom.
This
section, including a
moving scene later in the
film between Pearson and Reggie, also reveals the existing hypocrisy involving gay members
of the church.
Unlike the rest
of the game where you can take your time to consider your choices and weigh your options, from your lofty position
of director atop a
film set, the «DO N'T
MOVE»
sections drag you into these characters.
Building upon this notion
of the disembodied image in his video installation... a hazy and confused landscape, Barocca cuts, reassembles, slows, and loops various
sections of Kreta, a WWII - era German propaganda
film, into four sequences, to divest the
moving images
of any ideological or historical identification and disrupt the
film's narrative structure.
Sections of the
film recounting her trip back to Germany (where she and her sister were born before being smuggled out in 1938 as the threat
of Nazism loomed) and her father's death make clear how debilitating her pain could be, but also how she was able to make sense
of and
move beyond it.