Not exact matches
Allan Cameron's Modular
Narratives in Contemporary Cinema, the subject of this review, does something similar — for the most part — to Puzzle Films and seems to sit clearly on the side of the debate that understands there is indeed something unique about the complex narratives of contemporary cinema, arguing that these films are different not only from classical Hollywood films but also from the art cinema and experimental films they often
Narratives in Contemporary
Cinema, the subject of this review, does something similar — for the most part — to Puzzle Films and seems to sit clearly on the side of the debate that understands there is indeed something unique about the complex
narratives of contemporary cinema, arguing that these films are different not only from classical Hollywood films but also from the art cinema and experimental films they often
narratives of contemporary
cinema, arguing that these films are different not only from classical Hollywood films but
also from the art
cinema and experimental films they often resemble.
SF: It would've
also said that
narrative cinema can take all kinds of forms.
With a clear sense of story and purpose, the film not only serves as a shot in the arm for independent
narrative cinema, but
also as a rallying cry for those determined not to see the US go to the dogs.
If, as she continues, «texts or figures that refuse to be redeemed disrupt not only the progress
narrative of queer history but
also our sense of queer identity in the present,» then there would seem to be nothing more of a drag to the savvy contemporary moviegoer than politically démodé gay
cinema.
Also worth a look is Noah Gittel's recent essay on Lowery and the «
cinema of
narrative displacement.»
Because its imagery — which
also calls to mind Michael Mann's The Last of the Mohicans, the
cinema's every modern representation of revolution (the few decent scenes in Roland Emmerich's stupid The Patriot, for instance), and even the militarism of choreographer Busby Berkeley — is far more virile than its screenplay, Drumline's seductive aesthetic is without strong
narrative pillars, if a rather welcome imposition: the film's saving grace is the brilliant execution of its march numbers.
Also, I don't have the type of
narrative to make a film, people often say why don't you make film because your paintings are so related to the
cinema.
With selections from the agency's Magnum Eye (1991 — 93) and Magnum in Motion (2004 — today) initiatives, the series
also investigates the technological and artistic transition from
narrative cinema to video, and finally, to contemporary creators operating in a hybrid and online media field.