Sentences with phrase «of modern filmmaking»

Sitting through The Mummy reminds me of a quote from the father of modern filmmaking, D. W. Griffith: «Movies are written in sand; applauded today, forgotten tomorrow.»

This is a vital piece of modern filmmaking that officially stamps Andrew Dominik as an important figure.

A common criticism of modern filmmaking is a lack of originality.

The conveyor belt of modern filmmaking slows for no film, and it's especially true for the ever - prolific genre of horror; in...

Man With a Movie Camera Year: 1929 Director: Dziga Vertov Some groundbreaking movies from cinema's earliest days now seem merely quaint, their innovations fully absorbed into the DNA of modern filmmaking.

But for its latest feature, Early Man, even Aardman's talented animators took advantage of modern filmmaking tricks to help bring an entire stadium full of Bronze Age soccer fans to life.

Critic Consensus: Impeccably scripted, beautifully directed, and filled with fine performances, The Social Network is a riveting, ambitious example of modern filmmaking at its finest.

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He pioneered the creation of modern animation and filmmaking, which laid the foundation of the success that all of his businesses would continue to replicate for decades to come.

The film also explores some of the more unusual uses that Legos have been put to; including modern art, child therapy, amateur filmmaking, and city engineering.

1080p, AVC - encoded transfer for The Disaster Artist shows off all the polish you'd expect from a modern studio picture, even one with roots in low - budget indie filmmaking (represented by the windowboxed «footage» from the fictionalized filming of The Room.)

With the idea of isolationism and the prejudices of the modern world well in mind, Black Panther is not only an outstanding work in comic book filmmaking.

The godfather of modern gonzo filmmaking addresses American slavery and race relations the same way he has addressed other sensitive issues: by making a boisterously entertaining movie that couldn't be less interested in sensitivity.

The godfather of modern gonzo filmmaking addresses American slavery and race relations the same way he has addressed other sensitive issues: by making...

It is the nature of the beast that any filmmaking team doing this sort of movie (particularly in modern times unless you are Guy Maddin) has to be fully committed to such a thing to make it work, green screens and CGI would likely undermine things, but when done right, few genres have such built in potential for white knuckle tension.

Few of his silent films survive; though through the rediscovery of Delicious Little Devil (1919)-- one of his early titles with Mae Murray — modern audiences may note a high standard of quality filmmaking Leonard observed even then.

Where Spielberg sees 3D as a ubiquitous element in modern animation (he is shooting The Aventures of Tintin in 3D), Cameron intends to be the first to introduce a new filmmaking vocabulary with his live - action hybrid, Avatar, which blends performance capture (what he calls e-motion capture) with live action elements and actors.

The vast technical background necessary for creating cinematic stories, illuminating interviews with the greatest living filmmakers, in - depth analyses of high quality movies... The material provided by Cahiers du Cinéma, Sight & Sound, Cinemagic, Cinefantastique and many others has inspired thousands of people to dedicate their lives to filmmaking, and thanks to the wonders of modern technology, these priceless cultural beams of historic value and prime educational significance continue to inspire, astonish and enlighten us, bringing up a new generation of artists who might persevere and thrive to one day fill the shoes of the likes of Orson Welles, Krzysztof Kieślowski, Jean - Pierre Melville, Agnes Varda, Paul Thomas Anderson, David Fincher and dozens of others whose work continually delight and move us in every way possible.

Silver screen representations of artificial intelligence are hardly unfamiliar; in fact they are as frequent in modern filmmaking as portraits of dystopian futures or cliché - ridden teen angst.

Taking on the roles of writer, producer, and director, she crafted a refreshingly modern twist on the Hollywood love story, one that became a trailblazing work of queer filmmaking.

It is also pleasing to see that in an age in which the romantic comedy is such an unfashionable genre in the cinema that filmmakers are, at least, attempting to go back to basics and call to mind a style of filmmaking in the screwball comedy that is all too rarely visible in the modern era.

Cinematographers Ben Kasulke (The Forbidden Room) and Sean Price Williams (Good Time) discuss the lasting impact of Ophüls's innovative direction on modern filmmaking.

Not forgetting the quality Will Ferrell cameo as Chazz, who was the notorious albeit deluded man who invented «the rules of wedding crashing,» or the beautiful montage of half - naked women being bedded in the film's earlygoing set to the classic celebratory song «Shout,» Wedding Crashers has assured its place among the great raunchy comedies of modern day filmmaking.

Best of all, the director is Zhang Yimou, the crown prince of modern Chinese filmmaking whose work ranges from award - winning dramas like «Raise the Red Lantern'to wild kung - fu flicks «Hero» and «House of Flying Daggers».

Modern - day American independent filmmaking, in such large measure, apes Hollywood product — or, alternately, movies made during the last great frontier boom of indie cinema, in the 1990s — in large part because the (perceived) reward seems to be informing the process.

Nonetheless, it's an elegant look at modern Thailand, and a wonderfully ambitious piece of filmmaking.

To many, Terrence Malick, perhaps the most revered of modern American auteurs, has ascended to his own idiosyncratic, esoteric doss, entering his most prolific decade in his forty years of filmmaking with confounding illustrations of pronounced existential ennui.

It's essential filmmaking from the church of Scorsese, a modern master who lives and breathes in the images he puts on screen.

The rest of us were happy to enjoy both as two sides of the super-powered coin, and as two quite different examples of a high - watermark in modern blockbuster filmmaking.

The best of these, like the «Paddington» movies, successfully meld nostalgia with modern and exciting filmmaking, while the more questionable ones, like the recent «Ferdinand» adaptation, manage to muddle the source material with too many pop songs and dirty jokes.

LMD: You have been a part of every important era in modern Hong Kong action cinema since the 1960's, very notably in the 1970's, in your own starring films throughout the 1980's, and recently in movies like SHA PO LANG, IP MAN and THREE KINGDOMS, you're seeing another new age in martial arts filmmaking.

As usual, Soderbergh bucks the trend of modern franchise building special - effects pieces, and goes right to the point of letting the acting, character - building rhythms, and snazzy filmmaking do the heavy lifting.

But Fury Road shows that there's a light at the end of the tunnel; that it's possible to treat action as form of visual poetry; that you can combine modern filmmaking technology and techniques with classic Hollywood pacing in the year 2016, and that doing so can be both a critical and commercial success.

«Spectre» is an intriguing mix of old - school Bond and rebooted modern franchise filmmaking.

«The concept of an African story, with actors of African descent at the forefront, combined with the scale of modern franchise filmmaking, is something that hasn't really been seen before,» Mr. Coogler, the director, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Still, his efforts of wanting to go beyond just blowing things up in the modern sci - fi filmmaking world are refreshing.

It does so without the visual distractions so common in modern science - fiction filmmaking, in which a desire to create visual - effects spectacle so often surpasses the fundamental purpose of putting forth the big queries of which science - fiction is capable of proposing.

It's a brilliant and layered meditation on both modern and historical racism, and an especially vital piece of filmmaking in this politically charged era.

Freed from the origin story box, this second installment of the Wade Wilson franchise has its cake and eats it took, taking any number of shots at the superhero sub-genre (and modern blockbuster filmmaking in general) while still crafting a story that makes sense on its own terms and works as a character piece.

Screening: «An Evening with Raha Raissnia» at the Museum of Modern Art The Iranian - born artist and filmmaker presents an evening of her multidisciplinary practice, which combines painting, drawing, filmmaking and performance.

Highlights of the program include the conversation with Taryn Simon, the Queen guitarist and author Dr. Brian May who will talk about his passion for Stereoscopy and the running of London Stereoscopic Company, the renowned director Ken Loach and stills photographer Joss Barratt who will discuss Loach's filmmaking process, the photographer Adam Fuss and sculptor Antony Gormley discuss their respective artistic practices, Bruce Davidson in conversation with Shoair Mavlian, curator at Tate Modern, the artist Mat Collishaw and a gallerist James Hyman discussing restaging Fox Talbot's pioneering 1839 photo exhibition using Virtual Reality, the photographer Juergen Teller discussing his Photo London exhibition with Adrian Searle, Chief Art Critic at The Guardian, the talks with Isaac Julien, and a talk with one of the UK's most celebrated contemporary photographers, Paul Graham.