I'll also say that (despite Baker's claims to the contrary) that the makeup effects and the «transformation»
scene from the film more than hold up thirty years later.
Not exact matches
From the Inside Out - «Making Avengers: Age of Ultron»: A 20 - minute video going back 18 months showing what it was like on set of the
film in Italy and Seoul, Sourth Korea; a look at the Avengers Tower; some of the behind - the -
scenes early visual effects of Ultron; early concept work for Quicksilver, the Hulk, and Vision; and
more.
One of the biggest surprises in «Avengers: Age of Ultron» occurs about halfway through the
film when our heroes break away
from the action for a
more light - hearted family - centric
scene on a farm.
The
film,
Scene's
from a Marriage, leaves unexamined the questions of how to redeem community in the larger society; it seems to have gone irrevocably to the devil as it has become technically
more nearly perfect.
The
film tracks the behind - the -
scenes details of school lunch and childhood hunger
from key moments in the 1940s, 1960s, and 1980s to the present, revealing political twists, surprising alliances, and
more common ground than people might realize.
The aforementioned opening shots of Snape look
more like Impressionist paintings than a
scene from a kiddie
film.
It is a great
film, which focuses
more on how they built their careers
from the music and passion of each, and games behind the
scenes making it
more fun
As the story becomes
more episodic, and Charley ends up further and further
from home, so the
film feels distant
from its earlier,
more nourishing
scenes.
Unsurprisingly, Persepolis has attracted the wrath of the Iranian government, but
more captivating than the
film's depictions of cultural repression (a
scene where Marji, out to buy a black market Iron Maiden album, is beset by weasel - bodied female Guardians of the Revolution because she wears a jean jacket and «punk» sneakers is but one well - handled example) are its
more understated portraits of Iran's intellectual elite, at once removed
from the proletariat it so pompously champions and sadly delusional about the real threat of the fanatic trajectory of the revolution.
It's a tremendously engrossing
scene that ultimately stands as the
film's high point, with Weaver's sitcom - like sensibilities ensuring that Weather Girl suffers
from a pervasively uneven vibe that only grows
more and
more problematic as time progresses.
The
film is rife with
scenes in which characters voice sentiments like «I believe it is important to assert that materialism as we conceive it differs
from bourgeois materialism by questing for a
more humane society.»
The
film is structured around conflicting accounts of the same events told by Harding and her former husband, Jeff Gillooly (Sebastian Stan), with occasional interruptions
from Harding's pitiless, abusive mother, LaVona, brilliantly played by Allison Janney, who can strike terror (and steal
scenes) with little
more than a long pause or the wily crook of her half - grin.
Then again, you'd figure the
film could have demonstrated that in ways that would feel
more historically authentic, as in the
scene at the start of the
film in which, with her husband off at war, Marion is left to try to defend the barn
from raiders.
One of the most impressive things of Bahrani and Bahareh Azimi «s script is that it sets up
scenes which could have followed into much
more dramatic outcomes but the writers chose to take the road less traveled and in an odd way, by taking the less dramatic approach, the
film removes itself that much further
from the majority of indie
films that concern themselves with cramming the most amount of drama into the least amount of time.
The
film's playful and plentiful bonus offerings include «Piper,» the theatrical short
film starring an irresistible sandpiper hatchling; an all - new mini short featuring interviews with Dory's pals
from the Marine Life Institute; a behind - the -
scenes look at the most challenging character Pixar has ever created; never - before - seen deleted
scenes, including a digital exclusive featuring the Tank Gang
from «Finding Nemo» who make it their mission to get Marlin and Nemo to the Marine Life Institute; and much, much
more.
They include an alternate opening of Carol doing an voice exercise with an annoyingly - voiced woman interviewing her in a bookstore,
more of and on Dani and Moe's rocky marriage, a
scene featuring an accomplished female voiceover artist (played by Melissa Disney), and a number of additional clips
from the convincing fake reality dating TV show woven throughout the
film,
Blu - ray Highlight: In addition to an excellent six - part documentary that runs the entire gamut of production —
from location shooting in Romania, to Nicolas Cage's (creepy) performance capture of the Ghost Rider, to special effects and
more — the Blu - ray also includes a feature similar to Warner Bros.» Maximum Movie Mode where directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor dissect the
film (sometimes pausing it to discuss certain
scenes in
more detail) with the help of behind - the -
scenes footage.
On the feature commentary track, Mancini describes
more scenes in a similar vein
from the script (such as one with Nica bathing in a shower chair that's seen briefly in the
film), but says they were never shot due to scheduling constraints.
Vittorio Storaro comments at some length on the color symbolism in Bertolucci's The Last Emperor, which he shot, demonstrating
more critical insight into how the
film works and what it's about than we are likely to find in reviews, and there are similarly revealing commentaries
from Michael Chapman about the iconographic and stylistic sources of Raging Bull (Life magazine and the photographs of Weegee) and
from Hall about the role played by chance in the lighting of a
scene from In Cold Blood, where the shadows of raindrops appear to be running down Robert Blake's face.
Each title gets a full - length audio commentary
from Travis Crawford, a dogged
film critic and programmer with the instincts of a historian, who goes into detail on the background of just about every lead and significant supporting player who appears on screen, in addition to the producers and financiers behind the
scenes who allowed (or
more likely didn't allow) Romero to realize his vision on screen.
You can watch each
scene with commentary
from Gavin Hood and he expresses regret on losing the
scene with Peter, something I agree with, but it would have been
more important if they'd made Valentine and Peter a constant presence in the
film.
A smattering of extras begins with a deleted
scenes section that
more accurately details abandoned concepts for the
films; running 12 minutes when «play all» is selected, «All Things Deleted» includes intros
from producer Pam Marsden, Disney Toon executive Jeff Howard, and director Matthew O'Callaghan that never once make mention of the precedent - setting nature of the production!
The fantastic Bruno Ganz (best known in the US for «Wingsof Desire») plays Hitler with a broken kind of humanity that makeshis evil subtler than expected, but by extension all the
more chilling.His senior staff is accounted for nearly every moment of the detailed
film, but none of them stands out except Ulrich Matthes as psychotically loyalpropaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, and Corinna Harfouch as his wife.She has the
film's most disturbing
scene, poisoning her children to «save «them
from growing up in a world without National Socialism.
Aside
from the well - noted fact that
more superior long - form drama (and comedy) can be found on television than in cinemas, the two most interesting motion picture experiences I had in 2012 were in galleries: The Clock (Christian Marclay, 2010), a staggering and hypnotic achievement of which I still have some of its 24 hours to catch up with, and two multi-screen installations by Candice Breitz: «Him» and «Her» in which many
scenes from the
films of Jack Nicholson (in Him) and Meryl Streep (in Her), isolate the actors
from their filmic background leaving the actors to speak to and interrogate each other across space and time on many themes of character, identity, success, failure, anger and disappointment.
Going for seriousness only makes the
film all the
more funnier, albeit unintentionally, because the only entertainment that's left for us is to laugh at all of the amazing coincidences and guess what predictably boneheaded turn the story takes
from scene to
scene.
In addition, JustJared has landed
more behind - the -
scenes photos
from the Jose Padilha - directed
film, which began shooting in Toronto last week.
There are some telling moments when they discuss material that was excised
from the final cut, such as
scenes that might have made other characters in the
film more sympathetic, but unfortunately none of this footage has been preserved on this disc.
Along with an unrated cut of the
film (with five additional minutes of footage), the DVD also features a lively audio commentary with
more than ten different participants (
from director David Gordon Green and producer Judd Apatow to stars Seth Rogen and James Franco), a making - of featurette, a handful of deleted
scenes, and a gag reel.
Limited Edition 2 Disc DVD set & Blu - Ray Extras: 36 minute Black Metal short
film of deleted
scenes, Alternate ending, Outtakes, The Cutting Room with musicians not in the
film including: Enslaved, Ted «Nocturno Cutlo» Skjellum
from Darkthrone, and Jørn «Necrobutcher»
from Mayhem, plus
more with Ulver, Immortal, Jan Axel «Hellhammer» Blomberg, Gylve» Fenriz» Nagell and Kjetil «Frost» Haraldstad, 46
more minutes of Varg Vikernes and a 45 minute class on the history of black metal with Fenriz
When Eddie Murphy (Beverly Hills Cop, Trading Places) became available, the project changed
from a spiritual adventure
film to an action - comedy, with each
scene reconstructed in order to play
more for laughs than for drama or awe.
As this new trailer — which is
more of a behind - the -
scenes glimpse at the production than a proper narrative trailer — reveals, the
film will feature a new song
from talented musical boy Nick Jonas.
We've been largely surviving on unofficial set photos
from Captain Marvel as the movie continues
filming, but Gregg has provided us with a slightly
more official peek at things — albeit a behind - the -
scenes one.
Now, a behind - the -
scenes clip has emerged
from the
film's home release showing Hamill getting emotional seeing Frank Oz doing voice work with the Yoda puppet once
more.
EXTRAS: The Blu - ray release includes Paul Thomas Anderson's 2002 short
film «Blossoms & Blood,» a new interview with composer Jon Brion, behind - the -
scenes footage
from one of Brion's recording sessions, deleted
scenes, an essay by filmmaker Miranda July and
more.
A bravura sequence in the middle of the
film shows Noah traveling to Tubal - Cain's camps in an attempt to find his troubled son Ham (Logan Lerman of The Perks of Being a Wallflower) that pointedly evokes Black Swan but
more importantly shows the sort of unbridled fury that has gripped humanity (compare this to the Golden Calf
scene from The Ten Commandments).
But while the making of that movie's famous shower
scene is depicted along with some other brief
scenes from the
film, Hitchcock focuses
more on the filmmaker's marriage and obsession with his work.
Extras: Audio commentary with
film producer and historian Bruce Block; new appreciation of the
film and select
scene commentary by
film historian Philip Kemp; «The Flawed Couple,» a new video essay by filmmaker David Cairns on the collaborations between Billy Wilder and Jack Lemmon; «Billy Wilder ABC,» an overview by David Cairns on the life and career of the filmmaker, covering his
films, collaborators and
more; new interview with actress Hope Holiday; «Inside the Apartment,» a half - hour «making - of» featurette
from 2007 including interviews with Shirley MacLaine, executive producer Walter Mirisch, and others; «Magic Time: The Art of Jack Lemmon,» an archive profile of the actor
from 2007; original screenplay by Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond (BD - ROM content); theatrical trailer; special collector's packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Ignatius Fitzpatrick; collector's 150 - page hardcover book featuring new writing by Neil Sinyard, Kat Ellinger, Travis Crawford and Heather Hyche, generously illustrated with rare stills and behind - the -
scenes imagery.
Cover - dated December 11 but scheduled for release Friday December 4, this issue promises a detailed look at a
scene from the
film taking place in an airport, as well as
more on why the two founding Avengers are at odds.
Other highlights in this strand include: Miguel Gomes» mixes fantasy, documentary, docu - fiction, Brechtian pantomime and echoes of MGM musical in the epic ARABIAN NIGHTS; the World Premiere of William Fairman and Max Gogarty's CHEMSEX, an unflinching, powerful documentary about the pleasures and perils associated with the «chemsex»
scene that's far
more than a sensationalist exposé; the European Premiere of CLOSET MONSTER, Stephen Dunn's remarkable debut feature about an artistic, sexually confused teen who has conversations with his pet hamster, voiced by Isabella Rossellini; THE ENDLESS RIVER a devasting new
film set in small - town South Africa
from Oliver Hermanus, Diep Hoang Nguyen's beautiful debut, FLAPPING IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, a wry, weird socially probing take on the teen pregnancy scenario that focuses on a girl whose escape
from village life to pursue an urban education has her frozen in mid-flight; LUCIFER, Gust Van den Berghe's thrillingly cinematic tale of Lucifer as an angel who visits a Mexican village,
filmed in «Tondoscope» — a circular frame in the centre of the screen; the European premiere of KOTHANODI a compelling, unsettling fairytale
from India; veteran Algerian director Merzak Allouache's gritty and delicate portrait of a drug addicted petty thief in MADAME COURAGE; Radu Muntean's excellent ONE FLOOR BELOW, which combines taut, low - key realism with incisive psychological and ethical insights in a drama centering on a man, his wife and a neighbor; and QUEEN OF EARTH, Alex Ross Perry's devilish study of mental breakdown and dysfunctional power dynamics between female best friends, starring Elisabeth Moss.
Despite the
more refreshing
scenes (it has its share) it still falters
from typical action plot points that seem to infest every
film he's in.
I've still got
more from my set report coming, but a couple of behind - the -
scenes pics for the
film just surfaced and I figured I'd quickly share them with you.
But there's also a lengthy deleted
scene from the very end of the
film, which keeps the story going long after the theatrical cut ends, and reveals even
more flaws in Felt's character.
Director / Screenwriter (and part - time comic book writer) Joss Whedon's love for comics is apparent right
from the start with an opening act that would be the climax in many action
films and carries through to one of the
more spectacular final battle
scenes you're likely to see for years to come.
During my extended interview Reeves, we talked about what he learned
from early screenings, how the first people to see the
film were J.J. Abrams and Drew Goddard, Andy Serkis» amazing work as Caesar, how Woody Harrelson contributed a lot to his character, how his first cut of the
film was a lot longer and he ended up with fifteen to twenty minutes of deleted
scenes, future Apes movies, and so much
more.
The replay of the end of the first
film and a museum steps
scene recreated nearly shot for shot
from the one in Rocky still have
more heart than anything new Stallone is able to deliver here.
Those are the
scenes that I loved
from the
films of 2013, but there were plenty
more to love that made this a great year for cinema.
I quite like some stuff in the
film: the famous shot of a passenger falling away
from the camera into a skylight has
more than earned its reputation, and Winters» death
scene is genuinely disturbing.
A haunting
scene involving Rudd interacting with an elderly woman searching the burned remains of her home sticks out like a sore thumb (in a good way) and gives the
film a unique shape that distinguishes it even
more from Green's studio work.
In this first look at footage
from the new
film, Renton (Ewan McGregor), Spud (Ewen Bremner), Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) and Begbie (Robert Carlyle) are glimpsed in a echo of a
scene from the original, standing on a platform as a train trundles through, this time yet
more weathered, as Iggy Pop's Lust for Life plays in the background
The Signs DVD features about five minutes of deleted
scenes (no
more spooky alien critters, alas), a lengthy making - of documentary with commentaries, and another stellar
film from Night's youth — wherein a robot wearing a Halloween mask slowly chases Night through his living room.