Sentences with phrase «reflect upon film»

For days afterwards, however, I found myself reflecting upon the film that I had seen.

Not exact matches

Green is not just pastiching a Reagan - era mode of by - numbers splatter, but also reflecting upon that style's resurrection through the Hatchet legend that he created himself - & so this new film comes with a decidedly postmodern, self - reflexive feel.

These consistently unsubtle and occasionally slightly cloying sentimental atmospherics reflect an overambition, until laziness is reflected in atmospheric dry spells, which dull down momentum in a film that is slow enough without a certain chilling quietness that blandly meditates upon storytelling a little too much.

Reflecting upon the poverty in London leading up to 1943, especially the treatment of poor homeless street children, the film's other themes includes celebrating with food, festivities, dance and drinks, opening ones heart to embrace those less fortunate and the spirit of giving.

The film's varied subjects reflect upon seeing themselves, but also just speak their mind about other topics.

In fact, it's nearly impossible to watch the film without reflecting on the current real - life conflicts happening all around us today in the stories that flood our endless newsfeeds and project upon our screens.

This kind of disciplinary action reflects upon the complex interplay of entertainment and cultural substance in film and music.

They're both social commentaries, reflecting upon contemporary society's fascination with blood, and they both stir doubt within the viewer's own morality — as does many of Refn's other films.

BE: You've been at the helm of quite a few films that continue to be reflected upon both on and between their key anniversaries.

Instead of giving audiences something meaningful and eerily timely to reflect upon, the film is plagued with incoherence and a shocking lack of poignancy.

I was reflecting upon this recently — and in particular an interview with the director of an American independent film, with major stars, that released last year — and it struck me doubly disheartening because it's (generally) not like these people are complete idiots.

They reflect on their film, from conception to reception, touching upon such topics as the intense opening scene, their research trips from scuba diving to a sewage treatment plant (the latter, for a cut sequence), working with Ellen DeGeneres and Albert Brooks, the animation challenges, this being seen as the less desirable project to the concurrently advancing The Incredibles, and the film's enduring legacy.

Heart of a Dog (Unrated) Performance artist Laurie Anderson wrote, directed, produced, filmed, scored, animated and stars in this introspective auto - biopic reflecting upon the deaths of her mother, dog and husband, Lou Reed.

Julian Jarrold excels at giving this film a brisk, frantic pace, in fact he does it well enough that you don't even notice the scripts numerous problems until you reflect upon it later on.

Also important is that at Oscar time the Academy likes to nominate the kinds of films that reflect well upon the industry.

In 2012 at the Virginia Film Festival, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein reflected upon their role in the Watergate saga and the film that became a landmark of American cinema.

Callie Khouri reflects upon her experience working with Ridley Scott and writing the classic female - driven - buddy film, Thelma and Louise.

In the final work, films of five different dances are projected simultaneously on freestanding walls, allowing visitors to reflect upon their own movement as they traverse the exhibition space.

The selection of film, photography, painting, sculpture, and sound art by famous and emerging artists invites visitors to reflect upon the ambiguities of modern, fragmented accounts.

Also a trained musician and poet, Phillipson uses the rhythm of language and sound to accompany filmed and found footage and reflect upon the personal and the everyday with self - deprecating humour.

When Isaac Julien started working with multi-screen film installations in the late 90s, he was naturally drawn to reflect upon...

Videograms of a Revolution, marks a turn in the very nature of documentary film making, whilst reflecting upon the role of media and power in our times.

is Isaac Julien's first film, which reflects upon the death of Colin Roach, a 23 year old who was shot at the entrance of a police station in East London, in 1982.

Shot in Texas, USA, Isaac Julien's Turner Prize nominated film installation Long Road to Mazatlán reflects upon the construction of masculinity through a choreographed mise - èn - scene

I've invested in all the ways in which I can make commentary through it, with it and reflect upon its relation to the world and to that place between art and film.»

The films, photoworks, installations, curatorial projects, screening programs, discussion platforms and publications of The Otolith Group explore the accumulated science fictions of the present in order to reflect upon the powers and capacities of historical futures.