One viewing of the film The Passion of the Christ should be enough to show that God's death was the ultimate blasphemy, the ultimate opposition to God.
If I remember correctly after only
one viewing of the film he also never said he didn't care about people.
It won two jury awards at Sundance, and arguably an appreciation for Nick Cave the artist would influence any viewer's perception of 20,000 Days On Earth, but what really affects
ones viewing of this film is entering into it and viewing it as a documentary disguised as a fictional film, or a fictional film disguised as a documentary.
Not exact matches
A group
of scientists from Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Johannes Gutenberg University
of Mainz in Germany recently found that they were able to identify what kind
of films a group
of subjects
viewed — whether it was funny, sad or suspenseful — based on the different combinations
of chemicals, or peaks
of one in particular, such as carbon dioxide, that were found in the air in the theater.
You'll already have a
view on whether it's ok for Christians to watch what Father Ted called «this sort
of thing», although there's arguably a difference between watching
one age - restricted
film or episode and bingeing on
one after another.
It is, as well, an antidote to Mississippi Burning, a dishonest, award - winning new
film in which blacks wait patiently and fearfully in the background for deliverance by two white FBI agents, played by Gene Hackman and Willem Dafoe, who zealously bend the law in the interest
of justice — a
film one fears will have a profound effect on the way many Americans
view their nation in the King Years («The Dream Dafoed,» as the Village Voice put it).
It's not often that
one leaves a movie theater feeling speechless, but anyone on the right side
of the culture wars who
views the recent
film Blast from the Past will find his jaw scraping the sidewalk» and not out
of disgust.
Anyone who has attended a Star Trek or Star Wars
film on opening day and then gone a few weeks later knows the difference between a piece
of art
viewed by cult followers and
one viewed with casual fans.
(That's my read —
one web critic says the
film fails because Stone never had the guts to take any point
of view.)
Nominated for awards at both the Pan African
Film Festival, Bronzelens
Film Festivals, and others, it's no wonder TV
One, the network dedicated to delivering real life and entertainment programming from the African American point
of view, has decided to acquire and air this historical
film on Saturday, January 9, 2016.
A
film which deserves multiple
viewings,
one of the aspects which stands out is the mad combination
of seriously expensive and impressive special effects with a message so radical it's a surprise Hollywood allowed the
film to be produced in the first place.
Each therapy session consisted
of participants
viewing a
film with themes
of alcohol dependence, such as Leaving Las Vegas and When a Man Loves a Woman, followed by a
one - hour discussion led by a psychologist.
Within six hours
of viewing this
film, the period during which memories are thought to be consolidated for long - term storage, test subjects were randomly assigned to
one of three tasks: answering trivia; playing Tetris, a 1980s video game that involves optimizing visual - spatial cues; or engaging in nothing in particular.
Bottom line: this is
one of the most impressive and influential sci - fi action
films out there, so it is basically required
viewing for fans
of the genre, and people interested in great cinema in general.
But speaking as
one not
of the demographic, and having seen the first
film and enjoyed Dudley Moore's antics, my repeat
viewing of the remake comes from an admittedly skewed lens.
Deniz Gamze Ergüven, who makes her feature debut as writer - director after a couple
of short
films, tells the story exclusively from the girls» point
of view — both emotionally, as they have all our sympathy, and physically, as almost nothing happens that
one of them could not be seeing.
One of the better
films made about submarine and anti-submarine warfare, The Enemy Below takes a unique dual
view of the action.
Indeed I concentrated specifically on only a few
of the
film's qualities, or at least the
ones that jumped out at me on this
viewing.
These minor points aside, Beginners is without doubt
one of the best
films of 2011, with an outstanding performance from Plummer, great writing, and through being an immensely rewarding
viewing experience in general.
The
film was funny when first released, however it's not
one of those
films that has stood the test
of time, and quite frankly got sillier with every
viewing.
This is
one of those rare
films that is different every time you
view it, and just when you seem to make sense
of it all, its true meaning is eternally elusive.
2001 is
one of those
films that invites discussion and analysis, even (or especially) after repeat
viewings.
It is
one of the great original works
of cinema, maybe even the best; it is a
film that is not even a bit dated as I
view it once again in 1999 still awed by the spectacle, the accuracy
of its scientific statements, and its mystery.
From the blackness
of space to incredible
views of the Earth's surface, and the claustrophobic space capsule interiors, Gravity delivers
one of the most impressive visual and dramatic stories put on
film.
The big lebowski is
one of the best
films of all time the characters have a likability that most
films cant capture, the dialogue is
one of the funniest and most natural I have ever seen and the
film has a lot
of things to uncover such as theories that are not directly told but in a subtle way so multiple
viewings is beneficial and a lot
of fun.
For my money, The Ides
Of March — with its dark view of human nature and satisfyingly twisty plot — is one of the most entertaining films ever made about the political proces
Of March — with its dark
view of human nature and satisfyingly twisty plot — is one of the most entertaining films ever made about the political proces
of human nature and satisfyingly twisty plot — is
one of the most entertaining films ever made about the political proces
of the most entertaining
films ever made about the political process.
If you can see past the rain
of blood, Raw is a gorgeously moving
film about fear and adolescence — albeit
one best
viewed on an empty stomach.
As the
film becomes confined to Georges and Anne's well - appointed apartment, we settle in for an observation
of the day - to - day as Anne's condition worsens (that's the invasion
of privacy referred to in my opener above), and the narrative takes its inevitable course — minor immobility but still - bright sentience giving way to paralysis, dementia, force - feeding, loss
of bodily - function control, wailing and terrified / terrifying unrecognizability leading up to the point
of the unbearable for both husband and wife — we are also treated to a kaleidoscopic
view of this couple's comfort with each other, their familiarity, their annoyances, their casually brutal honesty, and their reflexive care for
one another.
«Persepolis» pulls off something that's not easy for any
film, even a live - action
one, to do: It gives us a sense
of how a kids» - eye
view of the world — particularly the way kids are capable
of grasping the idea
of injustice, even when more delicate political arguments are beyond their reach — can emerge and grow into an adult sensibility.
By contrast, Lady Bird offers a different kind
of view of right now,
one that exists outside the anger paradigm except in the way that many are angry women are still left behind in terms
of parity in the
film industry.
Try if you'd like to judge this simply as an adaptation (a measure it still fails), but it is impossible not to
view Burton's movie as a wildly inferior remake
of one of the most spectacular fantasy
films ever made.
One small but important note; though most
of the
film is in English, some
of it is not and the needed subtitles were not activated by default for me on my first
viewing.
But Out 1 was
one such
film, an unforgivingly experimental work
of serpentine narrative structures and conspiratorial cul - de-sacs that demanded the repeat
viewings and deep immersion a home video release could afford.
The romance that took
film twitter viewers by storm in 2016, Todd Haynes's Carol is a masterclass in mood and subtlety, creating a buzz
of electricity the second Rooney Mara and Cate Blanchett are within
viewing distance
of one another.
The
film doesn't get involved in Clough's personal life but focuses on his career with both clubs, starting off with Clough
viewed firstly as a small - time Second Division manager then an arrogant manager on top
of Division
One.
The
film presents a lot
of statistics — almost more than can be taken in on
one viewing, in fact — about the state
of manhood in this country, but it also shows examples
of what parents and teachers and coaches and other role models can do to raise men who can be strong and powerful without shutting off their feelings.
That's
one of the questions at the center
of this
film, which I'd go so far as to consider essential
viewing.
Welcome 2016 with
one last look back at the best releases
of 2015, as seen by the Parallax
View contributors and a few notable Seattle - based
film critics.
In
one of them, the
film's vixenish flirt
of a bookseller, played by Elizabeth Banks, strips down in front
of Andy, the long - standing virgin
of the
film's title, gets into her tub, and proceeds to masturbate (underwater, well out
of the camera's direct
view) with a flexible shower head.
This is
one of those horror
films that takes a few
viewings to really get into due to the fact that it's quite bizarre and eccentric.
The dissection
of a real life legal case from every possible point
of view may be the main subject from Barbet Schroeder's «Reversal
of Fortune» but the heart
of the
film unquestionably resides in
one of the most amazing acting performances in the history
of cinema: Jeremy Iron's portrayal
of Claus Von Bulow
I admit I really didn't enjoy this
one upon a first
viewing, but after watching the director's cut
of the
film, which is far superior, I really got into this
one.
In Black & White: The Women (published on Parallax
View here) The first
of two articles on women in
film, this
one stepping off from a review
of Molly Haskell's From Reverence to Rape By Kathleen Murphy
For my second
viewing, I sat in the back
of a theater with
one of the American
film industry's most accomplished production designers as she whispered to me, pointing out where computer - generated imaging was used, where it wasn't, etc..
Haneke's 1997
film is notorious for delivering
one of the most painful
viewing experiences in contemporary cinema; setting up a standard thriller scenario before breaking the rules, and twisting the emotional knife at every opportunity.
«Armed and Underground: Production Design» (7 mins., 1080i / 16x9) brings production designer Jon Gary Steele into the interview mix for an insider's
view of the
film's carefully - aged sets (the industrial - site exterior was a real location in Fontana, CA, but the massive interior was built on a soundstage), while «Crash Course: Stunts» (11 mins., 1080i / 16x9) taps stunt coordinator Lance Gilbert to tell, among other stories, the
one about crawling around on the floor with his kids» Hot Wheels cars to plan the armoured - truck chase scene with Antal.
On a third
viewing of «Milk»,
one of the best
films of they year and a major accomplishment for director Gus Van Sant, I was again struck, no, blown away by the brilliance, the joy, the remarkably loving work
of Sean Penn as the doomed politician.
* Shrug * I admit there are some speckles that show sometimes throughout the
viewing but I for
one believe it is what truly gives this
film a sense
of realism especially with the tremendous amounts
of outdoor camera work.
While the majority
of Irish
films of recent years have been photographed beautifully, it is my
view that, with a few notable exceptions (
One Hundred Mornings and Garage leap to mind), they have suffered from undeveloped scripts.
The
films, originally aired on British public television in weekly installments, can be seen as separate entities but are best considered
one, extensively structured
view of how the unchecked evil
of the individual becomes a systematic virus.