Sentences with phrase «newsreel footage»

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

The main film interweaves footage of a technical laboratory with newsreel footage from the Korean War.

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.

It is only when actual newsreel footage of thousands of women turning out for a funeral of one of their own, that the film truly resonates, and we understand this pivotal moment.

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.

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!

Movie review of «Tower»: Using newsreel footage, rotoscoped animation and talking - head interviews, this documentary re-creates the events surrounding the 1966 Texas Tower massacre with a remarkable you - are - there immediacy.

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

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»)

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.

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

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.

«Detroit» does include authentic newsreel footage, but this is not a standard docu - drama.

(An earlier split - screen montage of runway models contrasted newsreel footage from the turbulent years of 1968 and 1969 is almost as exhilarating.)

Finally, there is the theatrical trailer and silent newsreel footage of Hitchcock standing next to a train with two extras dressed in baroque French drag.

Bay had me hooked with a fabulous opening sequence that deftly cut newsreel footage of Kennedy to set up the premise of the story.

There are a few beautiful flourishes, interesting newsreel footage, and the aforementioned steady hand when it comes to violence.

Opening with archive newsreel footage of Long Beach as a place of fun and hope before juxtaposing the burnt - out crack - house dead wonderland of the Long Beach of just a couple of years ago (a conceit carried out with far more grace in Stacy Peralta's Dogtown and Z - Boys), the picture quickly reveals itself to be infatuated with a certain kind of dramatic irony in which the stock characters are unaware that they are clumsy allegorical pawns in a metaphorical landscape.

Resnais» interpolation of actual Hiroshima newsreel footage, of scarred bodies and deformed limbs, forces the viewer to reconcile the documentary horror with the poetry.

Fallen Fields includes facts and figures about the First World War, as well as many suggestions for activities such as trips to war memorials and museums, online research to find old newsreel footage and photographs and interviews with family members to ask if they have stories passed down about the 1914 - 1918 conflict.

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.»

Woody Vasulka, Art of Memory, 1987 36 min, color, sound In Art of Memory, Woody Vasulka superimposes newsreel footage of war over the landscape of the American Southwest in his investigation of collective memory and trauma.

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.

Juxtaposing black and white newsreel footage of the rise of Nazism and the Holocaust with contemporary colour footage of deserted, weed - infested concentration camps 10 years after the war's end, the film relies on the power of this imagery and a pensive, sorrowful voiceover that lays out the monstrous facts and figures.

Filming on location in Algiers, using the real locations in the European quarter and the Casbah (which sheltered the FLN), he achieved such a convincing actuality that he found it necessary to issue a disclaimer: There is «not one foot» of documentary or newsreel footage in his two hours of film.

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.

Frears deftly intercuts his dramatized action with newsreel footage of mourners laying flowers on the Queen's London doorstep and criticizing their absent ruler, who kept herself holed away at her Balmoral countryside retreat.

A scene in which crewman on the Nimitz clasp their hands to their heads as they travel through a wormhole, juxtaposed with newsreel footage of the attack on Pearl Harbor, elicits genuine pathos, however intentional, at opportunities squandered and historical tragedies re-experienced.

The aim was not to simply produce a beautiful exhibition and magazine feature but, by meeting some of the individuals beyond the headlines and newsreel footage, to connect hardened hearts in the with real people who are part of the crisis.

Newsreel footage of Nazi concentration camps and the Nuremberg trials had helped convince millions of people that basic rights could no longer be left entirely to national governments.

Stylistically, The Settlers is crisp: It's an intelligent blend of interviews, historical exposition and newsreel footage.

The assembly of materials included come from a variety of sources — journalistic photographs, newsreel footage, television commercials, as well as images recorded during the festival.

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 «Grand Hotel» disc contains vintage shorts and newsreel footage of the premiere.

Don't miss: Extras include a making of documentary and newsreel footage from the film's premiere.

The story lends itself to a certain amount of pageantry, and Webber sets the stage via stunning CG views of the bombed - out Japan, which, in addition to the newsreel footage of the Enola Gay delivering its atomic payload that opens the picture, makes the experience feel far larger than the stuffy offices where most of the drama takes place.

It's telling that the most moving passage in «Suffragette» is newsreel footage of a real event.

«Ginger & Rosa» starts with newsreel footage of the atomic bomb blast and resulting devastation at Hiroshima that overshadows the entire story.

Eschewing even the threadbare commentary tracks, trailers, and «newsreel footage» to be found on their other releases, it's a wonder Twilight Time even bothered to create original packaging and didn't just send copies of the film out in CD jewel cases labeled with magic marker.

SUPPLEMENTAL FEATURES: two audio commentaries, one by cinema professor Brian Stonehill and the other by director François Truffaut's lifelong friend Robert Lachenay; rare audition footage of Jean - Pierre Léaud, Patrick Auffay, and Richard Kanayan; newsreel footage from the film's showing at Cannes; and more.

Using a unique mix of newsreel footage, rotoscoped animation of actors re-enacting key events and on - camera contemporary talking - head interviews with survivors, police and eyewitnesses, filmmaker Keith Maitland has created a documentary with a remarkable you - are - there immediacy.

On the disc, newsreel footage from the film's New York premiere is included along with four little «making - of» featurettes, three of which presumably ran in theatres preceding or during the film's initial release.

The DVD set also includes photos from the deleted «brothel» sequence, newsreel footage, theatrical trailer and storyboards.