Personally, I've never had much interest in any Youtube curiosities beyond their 15 minutes of fame, but that wasn't the case with director Ben Steinbauer who was compelled to track down Jack Rebney not only to learn the back
story of the filming of the automobile ad, but to make a bio-pic chronicling his subject's life both before and since.
In some cases, the filmmaker's methods have, themselves, replicated the mad genius of those of Herzog's protagonists (
the story of the filming of Fitzcarraldo, as profiled in Les Blank's documentary Burden of Dreams, is at least as interesting as the movie, itself).
Not exact matches
«Bennett has become a master
of storytelling through character, and while there are clearly no people in these
films, it was clearly a very human
story, which we knew a director such as Bennett would zero in on and draw out very real human - like emotions from these poor inanimate objects,» Lennon said.
That led to more
films, including Def - Con 4, the
story of three astronauts who survive World War III in space, before returning to war - ravaged Earth.
What he means is, Pixar's ballyhooed Braintrust idea meetings boast a mixture
of champion storytellers like John Lasseter, the director
of the first two Toy
Story films — and a whole bunch
of employees unafraid to challenge him, even though he's the John Lasseter.
Late this year, Imax announced two big movie releases in China: Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan, promising a «thrilling
story of heroism, friendship and betrayal, which has never before been depicted on
film,» and John Woo's The Crossing, a two - part historical epic about the establishment
of the People's Republic
of China.
The
film featuring an all - Black cast, and a
story - line set in the fictitious African nation
of Wakanda, has broken so many records in just two months on the market, Disney, the parent company
of Marvel Comics, released an infographic to list them all.
Google is up for an Oscar for Best Animated Short for its virtual reality
film Pearl, which released this spring on its YouTube channel as part
of its Spotlight
Stories program.
A similar case to EuropaCorp's «Kursk,» the true
story of a Russian submarine that sank in the Barents Sea in 2000 and killed everyone on board; though Putin had a significant role in the events, appears in the source material
of Robert Moore's best - seller «A Time to Die,» and even featured in early versions
of the screenplay, he's nowhere to be found in the finished
film.
The
story of a genius in the rough section
of Boston is a solid
film by all and Robin Williams shines.
Sanders praised the writer
of Toy
Story to Catmull, but Catmull was keen to point out the the beloved
film didn't spring fully formed from anyone's head.
The protagonist in the
film, Andrew, is a drummer, and the
story takes place during his freshman year at one
of the most elite music conservatories in the country.
As reported, the new
film will be an origin
story for the clown prince
of crime, it will be set in the 1980s, and it will be completely unconnected with the Jared Leto version
of the character introduced in «Suicide Squad.»
«The amount
of success the
film enjoyed just gave me final cut, gave me the chance to tell my own
stories.»
Sure, there's still crime - fighting and high - tech gear, as in any superhero
film these days, but focusing on Parker's vulnerability, and creating a relatable coming -
of - age
story, seems to be what makes this Spider - Man special.
These upcoming
films tell the
stories of creators, leaders, and their remarkable career lessons.
And actor Johnny Depp starred as Ichabod Crane in the 1999
film called Sleepy Hollow, an adaptation
of Irving's
story.
That's exactly what her
film was — a
story, not a precise document
of the events that culminated in bin Laden's killing.
A fascinating new documentary
film by Alex Gibney called «Zero Days» that premieres on Friday tells the
story of Stuxnet, along with the frightening takeaway that, while this was the first cyber weapon, it will certainly not be the last.
Much like the success
of last year's Warner Bros.
film Wonder Woman helped change the conversation around a female superhero movie helmed by a woman director, a box - office smashing debut for Black Panther could pave the way for a similar paradigm shift in Hollywood with regard to how studios approach big - budget
stories about characters
of color.
In the
film and animation world, it's a widely used method
of drawing shapes and diagrams that represent characters, emotions and the shape
of a
story.
Festival director Thierry Fremaux had said he believed Netflix would arrange some kind
of cinema release for the two
films in competition — The Meyerowitz
Stories and Okja — both highly anticipated, with stars that include Jake Gyllenhaal, Ben Stiller and Tilda Swinton.
But the irony contained in the
film's very marketable title is that the truth
of the Bush
story didn't really matter in the end.
There are all sorts
of stories told about Facebook, some
of them on
film, that really give a sense
of a place where it's immature not only in terms
of the jokes you choose but also in how you value your relationships.
Update, 1:30 PM: This
story was updated to include mention
of Disney's stock and its new
film, Finding Dory.
The Artist, which is set in the 1920s and tells the
story of a silent era
film actor, was actually mostly silent itself and employed subtitles — a fact that made the movie quite unique for its era, but may have also hurt ticket sales.
The «Late Show» host then cited the New York Times article that broke the
story of the raid, which reported that the FBI had seized records from Cohen «related to several topics including payments to a pornographic
film actress.»
But if the
story told by the
film - makers is even close to accurate, the world the workers live in is anything but sane, and they're struggling, after all, to feed their families without the help
of the power - brokers who see them as mere pawns in a very high - stakes game.
Director Nora Twomey deftly guides her
film through the thorny politics
of Afghanistan to tell a
story about family and hope.
He has produced over 25 feature
films He is presently working on producing a feature
film based on the incredible true
story of a Houston Boxer who took Iraq to the Olympics in 2004 entitled «They Call Me Termite:.
A week after The New York Times and The New Yorker ran back - to - back reports cataloguing Harvey Weinstein's alleged serial sexual harassment
of women in Hollywood, actress Selma Blair saw a
story on HuffPost about writer and director James Toback's new
film that made her blood run cold.
COOPER: There are people who argue that this much ado about nothing, that if this was not a
story about an adult -
film actress and the president
of the United States, no one would pay attention.
Jeffrey Katzenberg that day told the
story of how many times they went back a step or two in the production journey to get the right
film they were looking to produce.
Just wait for Summer» 17, where we'll have the Beauty and the Beast live - action
film, Star Wars: Episode VIII, Toy
Story 4, and another Pirates
of the Caribbean in a single four - month period.
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film follows the
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Disney has one
of its biggest movie slates for FY2018 with Ant Man and The Wasp, The Avengers: Infinity War, Solo: A Star Wars
Story, The Incredibles 2 and Mulan (live action
film) around the corner.
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) announced on Tuesday it will create a feature
film of the
story behind the Panama Papers scandal that dominated...
«There are people who argue that this is much ado about nothing,» Anderson Cooper said on 60 Minutes, «that if this was not a
story about an adult -
film actress and the president
of the United States, no one would pay attention.»
I haven't read much
of his horror but loved the short
stories that became Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me on
film.
Now, the disgraced movie mogul will be the subject
of a
film — about the accusations
of sexual harassment and assault that ended his career and the New York Times team that broke the
story.
The
story of these marches is told in the
film, which is directed by Ava DuVernay with production credits for Oprah Winfrey, who has a supporting acting role, and for Brad Pitt.
Winter's Bone is the highlight
of Netflix's independent
films section, telling the
story of a young woman from the Ozarks
of America who must find her meth - cooking father to avoid eviction after dad skips bail, leaving the family on the brink
of homelessness.
And it's heartening to find that Doctor Strange is the type
of film that invites practical
story interpretation for Christ - followers, in that it invites a challenge to the worldview that this earth is all that matters.
We are not talking here about meaningful banality, but about the linguisticality
of the world, a world overwritten with letters, refrains, myths, parables, poems, dramas,
films,
stories» the «linguistic event» that connects us with Being.
Because the Church is often slow to address realities that the culture is first to voice — whether through arts,
film, music and, unfortunately, through
stories of pain and tragedy in the news.
The
story of Bishop Carlton Pearson will soon be the subject
of a new Netflix
film called Come Sunday, and last week, he visited Megyn Kelly Today to discuss what it was like to be labeled a heretic.
The Voyage
of the Dawn Treader, the latest
of the Narnia Chronicles to hit the big screen, is not so much a children's
story as a
film about growing up... More
Based on the best - selling book
of the same name, the
film tells the real - life
story of Colton Burpo, a 4 - year - old boy who awakens from surgery with eye - popping tales
of the great beyond.
«People have great hearts and great knowledge but no experience
of filmmaking and no budgets,» Burnett said
of past telling
of the
stories on
film and television.