Sentences with word «newsreel»

The only news the residents of Salty Creek get comes from newsreel footage of atrocities perpetrated in distant countries.

Twilight Time's Blu - ray includes a «making of» featurette, interesting for its attempts at authenticity by providing similarities between actor Sharif and Guevara from newsreel footage, but somewhat hides the obvious mismatch between Palance and the real Castro.

The movie begins and ends with newsreel footage of mass demonstrations in 1967 in response to Mao's Cultural Revolution, accompanied by a Hong Kong rock song whose lyrics are worth quoting: «I think of you every time I close my eyes.

The supplements end with seven vintage Movietone Newsreels (6:40)(SD).

by Bryant Frazer English cinematographer Christopher Challis got his start working on newsreels and travelogues before getting a gig with Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's production company, The Archers.

It reminds me of the old newsreels of the Hindenburg as it crashed and burned.

Interviews with historians and others complement well - chosen vintage newsreel footage and clips of familiar ACLU cases to pay tribute to the fiery organization that «enforces the Constitution.»

The first half of this post war - time drama is a straight propaganda piece, filmed in newsreel style, showing how the plucky ladies and chaps of the OSS were trained to sock it to the dreaded hun.

There's a boatload of clips from the production and post-production, including newsreel footage from the world premiere of Citizen Kane.

He acquires his sinecure by commanding newsreel cameras and such founts of propaganda sewage as Walter Winchell.

The installation will be based on MacCallum's own architectural photographs of the plant taken in 1986, and will also include archival photographs, aerial survey photos, images from the company's promotional material and film newsreel footage.

The film begins with black - and - white newsreel footage of the war's end, cutting to a similarly toned image of Elizabeth's observant face.

This is followed by newsreel footage of the unimaginable damage, and stories related by those who were there or arrived soon after, like parents whose children were trapped in the building's day - care center.

Slow and Steady Wins the Race (founded 2001); Nelson Sullivan (1948 - 1989); Sergei Tcherepnin (b. 1981); Third World Newsreel (founded 1967); Stewart Uoo (b. 1985); Stefanie Victor (b. 1982); William Villalongo (b. 1975); Keith Fullerton Whitman (b. 1973); Sue Williams (b. 1954); Lebbeus Woods (1940 - 2012); Nathan Donavon Wooley (b. 1974); Geo Wyeth (b. 1984); Carrie Yamaoka (b. 1957); C. Spencer Yeh (b. 1975);

Newsreels showed what Einstein looked like, how he moved, the angle of his grin.

The special effects are hokey now, of course, but still pretty cool - looking in a retro way; the really interesting thing is the way Haskin cut in actual newsreel war footage to lend an air of realism in with all of George Pal's science fiction effects.

While Warner treated the 1962 Mutiny to an expansive two - disc Special Edition, the 1935 film settles for just a handful of extras: trailers for both versions, an extremely short newsreel on the 1935 Oscar win, and a 10 - minute 1935 short called Pitcairn Island Today which completely avoids discussing the supposedly long - accepted Polynesian tradition of underage sex.

He reveals the frustrations of being a hero, as seen in the opening newsreel footage in which Mr. Incredible compares himself to a maid: «I just cleaned up this place!

The extras include newsreels about»30s Hollywood and Warner Bros. studio and the short «Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer.»

We also get actual newsreel footage of the key figures from the story, as well as the documented reasoning of why this was so personal for director Chadha... perhaps too personal.

he work depicts a modern world, in which cinema and the documentary genre (with Fox Newsreel as media) are claimed by a pre-surrealist Dalí, a Dalí who stated along with Sebastià Gasch and Lluís Montanyà that cinema was an industry and should not be included in the fine arts: «Advances in cinema are in response to a process that is clearly and strictly industrial and anonymous.

Spielberg begins the film by using newsreel - like footage, and uses that to lead into the story.

Anyone who's ever seen newsreels of Houdini has wanted to go back in time to experience first - hand the cheesy excitement of seeing a stunt performer risk his life.

Almost daily, 24 - hour newsreels offer us a brief and shattering glimpse into the increasingly anarchic, maniacal state of modern Zimbabwe.

Combining newsreel footage with re-enactment's, the film captures the horror of the hostages — Americans Terry Anderson, Thomas Sutherland, Frank Reed; British citizens John McCarthy, Terry Waite; and Irish teacher Brian Keenan — as they are held by the Muslim fundamentalist group, the Hezbollah.

One such area that seems half - baked compared to its rivals is the between level cut - scenes that splice fake newsreel clips with some largely forgettable cut - scenes.

The extras include a restored version of the film's prequel, «The Sheik» (1921); and several silent newsreels of Valentino, including one in which he hosts a beauty contest.

Adding to the mix is two American newsreel cameramen.

As we see it, it's sapped of color and flickers oddly on - screen, with the stuttering - shutter quality of newsreel images.

The other bonus materials include a one - minute newsreel about the film's premiere, interviews with actress Ruth Warrick and editor Robert Wise, the theatrical trailer, and two sections with various materials:

He does both after a quick look at the film, with speed and efficiency, having a practiced ear for the catchy, punny phrasing that is the pattern of most newsreel features.

There's a 1942 Academy Awards Newsreel; a vintage cartoon entitled Blitz Wolf, two World War II - Era shorts (Mr. Blabbermouth!

Bigelow has a way of making scripted drama feel like an utterly gripping newsreel.

Kimmel played with that idea in the show's opener, styled like an old Hollywood newsreel with modern - day jokes: «Imagine a country with a black leader,» Kimmel said in an old - fashioned announcer's voice, referring to the character played by Chadwick Boseman in the «Black Panther» blockbuster.

In celebration of how many British actors have been nominated for this year's Oscars, celebrity photographer Jason Bell filmed them for Vanity Fair in three fake newsreels depicting an all - star British invasion of Hollywood.

20th Century Fox and Sony Pictures have released a fun spin on the trailer for The Monuments Men by doing it in the style of a World War II newsreel.

You can see the first UK trailer for The Death of Stalin here, or the other UK trailer + US newsreel trailer.

Warner Brothers» new DVD boasts a beautiful new transfer (perhaps too beautiful — the «News on the March» newsreel sequence now looks too clean), plus full - length commentary tracks by film Peter Bogdanovich (who wrote the definitive Welles biography) and film critic Roger Ebert.

The show includes a period newsreel, cartoons, previews, a raffle and a serenade by the Wurlitzer organ.

In Dick's novel, Hawthorne Abendsen wrote a book; in Spotnitz's rendition, he distributes newsreels.

Whenever newsreels taken during that time are shown, one....

Twice each week he lends his voice to the soundtrack of Fox Movietone sports newsreels.

Instead of using straight newsreel footage to paint the NSLP's historical backdrop, the filmmakers recreate key moments with indie music and cartoonlike drawings of vampires and werewolves (a la «Eclipse»)

The video, which is modeled after an old - fashioned newsreel, features an array of individuals criticizing Ryan and his policy positions and says the Wisconsin congressman's «vision for American is one that will take the nation back to a very different era.»

On a day such as today, our thoughts invariably stray to the past, but, as the 2nd President of the 4th Republic, His Excellency John Agyekum Kufuor, once put it, and I quote: «we do not intend to live on past memories, nor the Ghana story to be only what can be seen on old newsreel tapes, nor our sporting glories to be recounted only through the exploits of past heroes».

Bizarre anime-esque newsreel interludes aside, I fought off through five (just five?)

Another notable change, the addition of an opening montage parodying newsreels, was reportedly the result of network pressure after Allen's initial cut proved too short for the planned time slot.

Stark and disturbing newsreel footage is combined with letters written by soldiers to loved ones at home and the music of the times.

As Dillinger and his crew run riot, we get a real sense of the era with its classic clubs, cinematic newsreels and downtrodden gentry classes.