Having just sent off two
rolls of film which I've been using since Autumn - ish last year, I've had film vs. digital on my mind.
Not exact matches
It's the title, too,
of a particularly cynical BoJack Horseman episode about mass shootings, in
which beleaguered
film producers find themselves
rolling their eyes while they trot out the phrase, again and again, in response to real events as they try to get back to the «actually pressing business
of making sure the movie gets made.»
He's got a huge fondness for the
film industry and for rock «n»
roll, both
of which factor heavily into Manson's story.
1) Put flour, salt, sugar and melted butter in a mixing bowl 2) Pour in warm water bit by bit, and knead dough until it achieves a homogenous, smooth and soft texture 3)
Roll the dough into a small ball and place it in a bowl, covering it with transparent
film, and allow the dough to rise for 30 minutes 4) Chop onions and garlic finely, and saute onions in a pan until onions are caramelized, then add chopped garlic 5) After 30 minutes is up, press the dough to get rid
of the gas created by the yeast 6) Add the sauteed onions and garlic to the dough, and knead well so that ingredients are dispersed homogeneously in dough 7) Shape the dough in any way you like and then leave it on a greased baking tray for 30 minutes (during
which the dough should double in size) 8) After the 30 minutes
of waiting time, bake in pre-heated oven at 180 — 200 deg cel for around 20 to 25 minutes (or until the crust is golden brown)
«As a result
of poor maintenance regimes, the gearing
which controls the
rollers can become slack and the
film is not stretched to its maximum length.
Guys have too much on the line to just
roll over and play dead, not the least
of which is making sure they aren't putting bullshit on
film for other prospective employers to see should their current team use that high draft pick the following spring to replace them.
I enjoyed the movie when I first saw it many years ago, and there is great footage
of the
Rolling Stones sitting in an editing room after the fact and forlornly watching the stabbing
which was caught on
film.
Last month, he shot 32
rolls of film during a 2 - week trip to Alaska in
which he covered more than 2500 kilometers by foot, kayak, bus, and train.
The solar panels are manufactured with printing machines based on conventional printing methods using the
roll - to -
roll method,
which enables the rapid mass production
of the products: the printing machine can produce up to 100 metres
of layered
film per minute.
But when I picked up a
roll of film from a disposable camera a week after my senior prom, I sat in the CVS parking lot in a pool
of 18 - year - old devastation: Despite the careful thought with
which I had picked out my perfect fuchsia dress, I didn't like any
of these pictures.
Like two
of the year's other standout American
films, Kelly Reichardt's «Old Joy» and Ryan Fleck's «Half Nelson,» it's a movie
of ideas in
which the ideas flow effortlessly out
of the material instead
of being plastered on top with a heavy cement
roller (as in «Crash,» «Babel» and «Little Children»).
But over all, this was a brilliant
film, probably the funniest
film of the year so far except from Deadpool, it kills you inside and thrills you until the end credits
roll up (
which even then still is joyful).
Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron and Nicholas Hoult star in the final trailer for George Miller's post-apocalyptic action
film,
which rolls out plenty
of new footage.
The trick soon becomes so stale as to be boring,
which also fits as a description
of the
film itself — comparatively short at only 88 minutes it nonetheless feels far longer than it is, meaning many may be wishing that the ending (such as it is) will hasten and allow the to credits
roll.
Figuring that by now viewers have become jaded with the predictable, cross double - cross triple - cross trajectory
of your average con
film, «Matchstick Men» also offers a psychological profile
of a conflicted, conscience - plagued career criminal, and throws a credible family drama into the mix for good measure — all
of which makes for a surprisingly substantial
film whose many facets leave you with plenty more to digest after the final credits have
rolled than just who did what to whom and how (although it certainly has that too).
Before you
roll your eyes, rest assured that the approach is miles away from Nolan's deconstruction
of the Caped Crusader — this is still Iron Man, and Jon Favreau's initial mix
of humor, light drama, and thrilling visuals (
which unraveled a bit with the massive info dumps / multiple storylines
of the second
film, «Iron Man 2») is adhered to and even elevated.
This could have been powerful, but it happens so late in the
film — the credits start
rolling almost immediately — that there's no time for the movie to examine it further, or for the audience to have a chance to ponder it,
which takes away some
of its immediate impact.
,
which shows black - and - white B -
roll footage
of an aged Curtiz (this was one
of his last
films) directing his actors on the set.
Well, maybe, but only if we accept the sanitized version
of the decade that gave us rock and
roll and the beats — the declawed, gutless, and thoroughly superficial take passed down by Happy Days and the movie that inspired it, American Graffiti,
which was exactly the sort
of film that Linklater said he didn't want to make when he set out to write and direct Dazed and Confused.
The
film has it all — sex, drugs, rock «n
roll, and even a little violence — but what's most impressive is the manner in
which Scorsese pieces it all together, breaking a number
of traditional filmmaking rules along the way.
A 3 - minute gag reel in
which Cuthbert cracks up while faking an orgasm acquaints us with a moment or two found only in the section
of deleted / extended scenes (16 in all, totalling 11 minutes), wherein Greenfield, providing optional voice - over, repeats «cut for time» like a mantra and generally demonstrates — as he does in his yakker for the
film proper — that he
rolls over easily when confronted with studio research.
Hands
of Stone is not even close to being in the same league,
which explains why awards player The Weinstein Company is releasing the
film wide now instead
of rolling it out closer to Christmas.
And yet none
of this hurts the
film,
which rolls implacably forward on the strength
of its script and performances.
Harry is the former partner
of Swinton's David Bowie - ish silver - jumpsuited rock star, named Marianne Lane: Harry, an apparently amiable figure who's always chuntering on about
which is the best
Rolling Stones album or how to find the tastiest ricotta, clearly has a hidden agenda to drive a wedge between Marianne and Schoenaerts» sensitive
film - maker Paul.
There's a giddy energy to it, though, that ultimately peters out before the closing credits
which roll over one
of the most awkwardly unsexy stripteases ever captured on
film.
Gemma Creagh had jams with director Laura McGann about her
film Revolutions,
which introduces the exciting, sometimes brutal, world
of women's
roller derby.
There is no question that Denis Villeneuve has been on a
roll of late enjoying great success with movies like his Oscar - nominated foreign - language
film Incendies, Prisoners, Sicario, Arrival and now Blade Runner 2049,
which is earning buzz for a second consecutive Oscar Best Director nomination following last year's Arrival.
Although Samuel Shellabarger's novel had been bought by Fox long before the cameras
rolled in 1946, it took a few years before everything was set to begin
filming one
of the studio's costliest production (
which also included, Forever Amber, shot concurrently).
So there's a bit
of a Western thing going on in «Faster»,
which otherwise seems mostly influenced by gritty 1960 - 70s revenge
films like «Point Blank» or «
Rolling Thunder», with shades
of John Woo's Hong Kong classics as well.
Although the
film is short at 86 minutes, even that seems too long — there is fully half - an - hour
of scene - setting during
which the story makes no progress before the two main characters find themselves on the island, and once they arrive there significant chunks
of the time is filled with their
rolling in the sand or with musical numbers designed to let Madonna strut her stuff.
The
roll - out was especially unexpected given that the
film company is at the height
of promoting their upcoming project, Thor: Ragnarok
which will debut in just a little bit over two weeks.
The
film is distinguished historically by its score: it made Bill Haley and The Comets» «Rock Around The Clock a big hit,
which is generally considered the start
of the rock n»
roll era.
The
film, the majority
of which takes place in a weed - filled
Rolls Royce travelling from Seattle to Los Angeles, has as much heart as it does laughs.
Having first come to people's attention with his screenplay for Amy Heckerling's Fast Times At Ridgemont High, Crowe went on to become the critically acclaimed auteur
of films like Say Anything (
which helped to launch the A-list credentials
of John Cusack), Jerry Maguire and Almost Famous,
which displayed not only his great abilities as a storyteller, but also his great taste in music,
which he developed during his time as a writer with the iconic
Rolling Stone magazine.
The sentimental and episodic third act compounds the movie's progressively uninvolving atmosphere, and it's disappointing to note that the
film has, by the time the abrupt conclusion
rolls around, squandered most
of the good will generated by its opening stretch -
which ultimately confirms Dom Hemingway's place as little more than a showcase for Law's consistently engaging performance.
At its best moments (mainly during the
film's first half,
which displays a nice energy as it
rolls through its absurd plot contortions), Moonwalkers has a lot
of fun using a historical backdrop for a farce so willfully absurd it boggles the mind, but by the time Perlman and Grint end up at the hippie commune (and spend the rest
of the movie there), Moonwalkers has gone from an oddly amusing curiosity to a particularly inebriated party guest who has overstayed his welcome.
Wide shots
of the
rolling Sahara combined with brilliant CGI animals makes the
film feel as realistic as possible,
which shouldn't be too surprising considering it's the same formula Yates brought to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows — Part 2, and one
of the reasons that
film was as wildly successful as it was.
The sole extra on the DVD is a five - minute behind the scenes segment,
which isn't so much a making -
of featurette than a gag reel type assembly
of B -
roll footage from the
film's shoot.
Sukiyaki Western Django -
which has been
filmed entirely in English, though most
of the actors clearly aren't native speakers
of the language - follows a mysterious stranger (Hideaki Ito) as he
rolls into a prototypically violent Old West Town, where he quickly finds himself caught smack - dab in the middle
of a feud between two warring clans.
But it's so winningly authentic in its depiction
of early adolescent hormones, friendship, love and rock «n»
roll, and so genuinely punk in spirit (there's something especially defiant in making a
film about a punk band set in the 1980s, when it was deeply out
of fashion) that it lingers in the memory long past the end credits (
which are also glorious).
«It's this sort
of a mix
of organic and electronic sounds,
which is very appropriate in terms
of the subject matter
of the
film,» Salisbury tells
Rolling Stone.
A number
of bonus features from Spider - Man 2's original DVD are not included here: another Spidey Sense graphic subtitle trivia track, Train's «Ordinary» music video, four making -
of webisodes, the 15 - minute «Interwoven: The Women
of Spider - Man», «Enter the Web» (multi-angle B -
roll from the
filming of four sequences), a gallery
of Alex Ross» paintings
of scenes from the original
film used in the opening credits, a trailer for and making -
of featurette on Activision's Spider - Man 2 video game, and, least importantly, DVD - ROM content supposedly consisting
of weblinks and an S - M 3 countdown
which I couldn't even get to work (trying to use InterActual these days is a disaster).
Above and beyond, this is a
film of big ideas, elevated from what could be a theatrical chamber piece by the rigorous manner in
which it delves into the question
of artificial intelligence and the singularity, leaving you picking over its issues well after the credits
roll, while also never feeling like you're sitting through a TED talk.
Co-star Lupita Nyong» o — who plays Nakia (aka Malice) in the
film — took to Instagram on Tuesday to share a photo
of herself on set, bundled up under a jacket and some blankets,
which she captioned, «
Rolling!
Romanticized to the piano solos
of Jelly
Roll Morton, Beginners is fantastically old fashioned,
which further removes it from categorization with a lot
of other
films of its genre, as they can be more concerned with being hip than reflective.
Starting things off, there's an audio commentary from director Mark Hartley, joined by «Ozploitation Auteurs» Brian Trenchard - Smith, Antony I. Ginnane, John D. Lamond, David Hannay, Richard Brennan, Alan Finney, Vincent Monton, Grant Page, and Roger Ward; a set
of 26 deleted and extended scenes, now with optional audio commentary from Hartley and editors Sara Edwards and Jamie Blanks; The Lost NQH Interview: Chris Lofven, the director
of the
film Oz; A Word with Bob Ellis (
which was formerly an Easter Egg on DVD); a Quentin Tarantino and Brian Trenchard - Smith interview outtake; a Melbourne International
Film Festival Ozploitation Panel discussion; Melbourne International
Film Festival Red Carpet footage; 34 minutes
of low tech behind the scenes moments
which were shot mostly by Hartley; a UK interview with Hartley; The Bazura Project interview with Hartley; The Monthly Conversation interview with Hartley; The Business audio interview with Hartley; an extended Ozploitation trailer reel (3 hours worth), with an opening title card telling us that Brian Trenchard - Smith cut together most
of the trailers (Outback, Walkabout, The Naked Bunyip, Stork, The Adventures
of Barry McKenzie, three for Barry McKenzie Holds His Own, Libido, Alvin Purple, Alvin Rides Again, Petersen, The Box, The True Story
of Eskimo Nell, Plugg, The Love Epidemic, The Great MacArthy, Don's Party, Oz, Eliza Fraser, Fantasm, Fantasm Comes Again, The FJ Holden, High
Rolling, The ABC
of Love and Sex: Australia Style, Felicity, Dimboola, The Last
of the Knucklemen, Pacific Banana, Centrespread, Breakfast in Paris, Melvin, Son
of Alvin, Night
of Fear, The Cars That Ate Paris, Inn
of the Damned, End Play, The Last Wave, Summerfield, Long Weekend, Patrick, The Night, The Prowler, Snapshot, Thirst, Harlequin, Nightmares (aka Stage Fright), The Survivor, Road Games, Dead Kids (aka Strange Behavior), Strange Behavior, A Dangerous Summer, Next
of Kin, Heatwave, Razorback, Frog Dreaming, Dark Age, Howling III: The Marsupials, Bloodmoon, Stone, The Man from Hong Kong, Mad Dog Morgan, Raw Deal, Journey Among Women, Money Movers, Stunt Rock, Mad Max, The Chain Reaction, Race for the Yankee Zephyr, Attack Force Z, Freedom, Turkey Shoot, Midnite Spares, The Return
of Captain Invincible, Fair Game, Sky Pirates, Dead End Drive - In, The Time Guardian, Danger Freaks); Confession
of an R - Rated Movie Maker, an interview with director John D. Lamond; an interview with director Richard Franklin on the set
of Patrick; Terry Bourke's Noon Sunday Reel; the Barry McKenzie: Ogre or Ocker vintage documentary; the Inside Alvin Purple vintage documentary; the To Shoot a Mad Dog vintage documentary; an Ozploitation stills and poster gallery; a production gallery; funding pitches; and the documentary's original theatrical trailer.
They included Rent's «Seasons
of Love» and music from Stephen Sondheim musicals Sunday in the Park With George and Merrily We
Roll Along (
which is performed in the
film).
Though much
of the
film focuses on Vikander and Fassbender as they emote hard for the camera, it's a supporting turn by Rachel Weisz (who is on a major
roll at the moment)
which delivers far more coiled nuance and unaffected emotion than the two leads.
The End
of the Tour is the latest
film directed by James Ponsoldt,
which shows the real life story
of Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky (Jesse Eisenberg) spending five days with acclaimed writer David Frank Wallace (Jason Segel) and interviewing him for the famous magazine.
Since then Benjamin has been on a
roll having been commissioned to score
films including Summer in February and Desert Dancer for Crossday Prods, Hours for the Safran Company and most recently, the Viking saga thriller from Vertigo
Films, Hammer
Of The Gods and Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain, which tells the tragic story of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India and stars Martin Sheen and Mischa Barto
Of The Gods and Bhopal: A Prayer For Rain,
which tells the tragic story
of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India and stars Martin Sheen and Mischa Barto
of the Union Carbide disaster in Bhopal, India and stars Martin Sheen and Mischa Barton.