Sentences with phrase «original piece of film»

This is a brave, inventive and original piece of film - making, but it doesn't quite work.

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American Pie Presents The Naked Mile's latter half, as a result, moves along at a plodding pace that's compounded by an episodic structure, as the movie lurches from one ill - conceived set - piece to the next with little thought towards momentum or consistency - which inevitably does confirm the film's place as just another interminable waste of time designed to cash in on the original trilogy's success.

The scheme lands the boys unwittingly in a series of misadventures that lead them to their old pal Teddy (Heyborne) and Moe's almost adopted father Harter (Collins) The film is broken up into pieces to mimic the «short» format of the original show, but they are really all acts in the same story.

It may not rise to the level of such a classic, but tonally it's reminiscent of Young Frankenstein, a work that at once parodied the Shelley story in broad comic terms while also being supremely in awe of the James Whale film, right down to using original set pieces and compositions to mirror without any form of irony the source material.

It's by far the least controlled of Penn's films, but the pieces work wonderfully well, propelled by what was then a very original acting style.

While not comparing it to another movie specifically, The Playlist praises the «frequently dazzling film, which may be one of the most original pieces of sci - fi to come down the pike in quite a while.»

Ridley Scott, who directed «Prometheus» also directed the first film, «Alien,» argues that «Prometheus» «carries the DNA of «Alien,» but is an original piece of science fiction» (imdb.com/news).

Particularly welcome is this LA Times piece that delves into the film's spectacular soundtrack — where Alexandre Desplat's typically intelligent original contributions nonetheless take a back seat to the dense collage of interpolations of existing classical music that is customary for a Malick film.

Blu - ray extras include a piece in which Renoir expert Olivier Curchod discusses the film's history and controversy; a discussion about the movie with film professor and critic Ginette Vincendeau; a featurette on the remarkable tale behind the discovery of the original negative; a look at the restoration; and the theatrical trailers from 1937 and 1958.

And while there are admittedly a few nifty twists within the third act - all of which, naturally, were present within the original film - Shutter's place as an absolutely redundant piece of work is undeniable virtually from start to finish (which is a shame, really, given how infrequently Jackson is afforded the opportunity to take on leading man roles within theatrical releases).

Through John Logan's sharp - as - a-razor script filled with hilarious run - on sentences and oddball sensibilities, the film is at once a reverential tribute to a genre and a wholly original piece of work.

Yeah Alex, this film looks like one of those pandering for an Oscar pieces that basically just begs for a golden statue by delivering an original story filled amazing performances by unheard of actors.

Mann was honored to see her work used as the central piece of a film like this, and besides the critics» praise, her work gained recognition in the form of an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song («Save Me»), one of three Academy nominations the film received (Best Original Screenplay for Anderson, Best Supporting Actor for Cruise).

Features commentary by film scholar Dana Polan, a new interview with Gloria Grahame biographer Vincent Curcio, a 20 - minute piece with filmmaker Curtis Hanson produced for the 2002 DVD release, a condensed version of the 1975 documentary I'm a Stranger Here Myself (this runs about 40 minutes), and the radio adaptation of the original novel produced for «Suspense» in 1948, plus a fold - out booklet with an essay by Imogen Sara Smith.

Hugely successful upon their original release, thanks in part to the skilled direction of Duccio Tessari («The Bloodstained Butterfly,» «Death Occurred Last Night»), the Ringo films proved influential on the Italian Western, spawning numerous unofficial sequels, due to their gripping set - pieces and unforgettable musical scoring by Ennio Morricone.

Iñarritu spent the last four years licking his wounds over the mixed reception of that film (as well as globe - trotting Oscar bait «Babel»), but he's officially back with what's arguably his best movie to date: «Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance),» a daring piece of filmmaking that's as refreshingly original as it is wildly ambitious.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes isn't a genius piece of science fiction, nor is it on par with the original film for sheer audacity.

The two films can not be compared at all — the one being an intelligent and highly original film and the other being a piece of extremely derivative filmmaking.

Curtis» movie being a biopic of its original creator means that the two films could very well make for nice companion pieces when it's all said and done, allowing fans to be entertained by the silly old bear and learn about what spawned his inception.

Along with each film are 400 - 500 pieces of new, original context and facts that appear on the screen during the film.

A largely forgotten film from 1990, «Hardware» stands out as a wonderful piece of original sci - fi that rose above a batch of cheap «Terminator» knockoffs at the time.

That changes over the credits with «Roar,» an original piece of music that captures the film's excitement masterfully.

We are still well over a year away from that release date, but Blumhouse is wasting no time in working on the marketing and official product tie - ins that will come with the new movie, attending the annual Licensing Expo on Las Vegas in May 2017, where a very early piece of promo art was on display in the form of a teaser poster that recalls Carpenter's minimalist approach to the original film and echoes the team's comments about taking the franchise back to basics.

While I can assure you that the new film doesn't quite capture the same magic that made the original such a beloved piece of cinema, it's an adaptation that fans will appreciate, even if it doesn't leave new audiences too enamored.

It features a few briefly sketched but still sympathetic characters who we feel a tinge of grief when they're snuffed, but the film's obvious and frivolous attempts to turn the original's psychological terror into a series of well - executed but hollow set pieces for mass consumption is unfortunate.

Each list runs down the top 10 films of each year starting today, with 2000 (it's also very possible that, half - a-decade on, we'd put them in a different order and even change some of the list, but we wanted to preserve the original pieces untouched as far as possible).

In this feature piece Chris Neill looks at the original film in each of the three major slasher franchises to come out of the late»70s / early»80s and compares them to their modern Hollywood reboots.

The original «Mission: Impossible,» directed by Brian de Palma, built an incomprehensible plot about the theft of a computer file with the names of America's top secret agents around the film's massive action set - pieces.

It's a well - known fact that Justice League evolved considerably over the course of its development, numerous set pieces changed as the film neared its release, but now original director Zack Snyder has taken to social media to fill in the gaps of what the film almost looked like.

As a Disney movie partly about Walt Disney himself, with scenes set at Disneyland, there was always a certain amount of suspicion that the film might be a sort of self - aggrandizing puff piece, designed principally to boost DVD sales of the original film.

Its inside - the - computer world soars with imagination and energy, delivering awe - inspiring vistas of light and power, along with breathtaking updates of the original film's set pieces.

Running time: 97 minutes Distributor: Criterion Collection DVD Extras: A new digital transfer supervised and approved by director of photography; «Ask Todd,» an audio Q&A with director Todd Solondz; Making «Life During Wartime,» a new documentary featuring interviews with actors; a new video piece in which Lachman discusses his work on the film; the original theatrical trailer; and a booklet featuring an essay by film critic David Sterritt.

Indeed, one gets the sense that Vaughn himself is unaware of where the true strength of his original film lies, and it's not the action set pieces, as spectacular as they are.

While the initial film offered moviegoers one of the most original twists in movie history, the subsequent sequels have done little to mix - up the formula, instead relying on an increasingly violent set of gut - wrenching set - pieces that escalate the brutality and shock with each new installment.

While the opening is definitely Taming of the Shrew in a high school setting, the rest of the film plays out as its own creature, a touching, heart - warming rom - com that stands up as its own original piece of work.

Special Features Restored 4K digital transfer, with 7.1 surround DTS - HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu - ray, both supervised by director David Lynch 7.1 surround DTS - HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu - ray, supervised by Lynch Alternate original 2.0 surround soundtrack, presented in DTS - HD Master Audio on the Blu - ray The Missing Pieces, ninety minutes of deleted and alternate takes from the film, assembled by Lynch Interview from 2014 by Lynch with actors Sheryl Lee, Ray Wise, and Grace Zabriskie New interviews with Lee and composer Angelo Badalamenti Trailers PLUS: Excerpts from an interview with Lynch from Lynch on Lynch, a 1997 book edited by filmmaker and writer Chris Rodley

The film, which screams of adolescent literature, is actually an original piece of writing by Allen Loeb.

The first picture was of simple, nightmarish thrills that Book of Shadows prefers to comment on rather than top — its scares are hooked on the hype surrounding the fictitious original, so that the mass hysteria The Blair Witch Project supposedly caused (I don't recall any «War of the Worlds» - type panic in the streets) returns in the form of distrust between the tourists; Berlinger, one half a gifted documentary team (he co-directed the acclaimed Paradise Lost films with Bruce Sinofsky), should've opted to write a FILM COMMENT piece instead.

I thought it an interesting film, what with the modern updates by contemporary artists bringing a similar energy to the original in the tracks played.The music also explained pieces of the jig - saw: the multi-personae that he adopts - the psychic trickster, the outlaw cowboy, the mystic savant, the Cassandra of doom.

It's not only the first piece of music in the film, it's the first original score composed for a Tarantino film ever.

In addition to revealing some interesting anecdotes about the long road from development to production (including Eddie Murphy's original pitch for an all - black cast with guys like Chris Rock, Dave Chappelle and Chris Tucker), the quartet also talks about working with the ensemble cast and the challenges of filming the movie's various set pieces.

Despite this information, it looks like Tecmo Koei is planning to release a new game that will likely coincide with the release of several other pieces of original content, including a live - action film, book and a comic.

The original MCA LP was a re-recording of select cues (typical for the band, much like Firestarter or Flashpoint), and Varese Sarabande reissued the album on CD a few years later, but TD's original score recording's never appeared anywhere save on fan edit and bootleg albums (mostly as a pastiche of unreleased cues among other film & non-film bits & pieces).

Next up is a promotional piece from the time of the film's original release, called «The Peter Pan Story» (12:03).

Copyright protects any piece of original work as soon as it has been recorded either on paper, in an audio recording, on film, or electronically (including on the Web).

If you're old enough to remember seeing Disney's music film Fantasia — either during the original release in theaters (you must be really old), VHS, TV or even the sequel that came out in 1999, I'm pretty sure that you most likely imagined what would have happened if you were in the apprentice's shoes, making objects dance around the room at your leisure to the tune of epic orchestral pieces.

Music from the group has also appeared in other albums, including one track in Dark Chronicle Premium Arrange, an album of arranged music from the video game Dark Chronicle, a piece in the animated film Final Fantasy VII Advent Children and its corresponding soundtrack album, and one track on Final Fantasy III Original Soundtrack, the soundtrack album for the Nintendo DS version of Final Fantasy III.

Iconic pieces of performance art from the past are known through documentation of the original performances, in the form of film, photographs, and written accounts.

He hopes that this further perversion of the film — «defanged and desexualized,» as he calls it — will stand as a new art piece, «even more perverse than the original, transferring innocence into a new, joyous, G - rated obscenity.»

Next up is the «Gateway of Realism,» two 6 - by -11-foot, high - resolution mountain landscape images featured in the same room as three vertical screens playing an original, silent video piece called «Harmonium Mountain I.» The short film is a festive, balletic, and at times meditative celebration of the same landscape, reproduced 65 times over in various colors and scattered like sentient confetti.