Sentences with phrase «true subject of the film»

I wonder if that's the true subject of your films, too, that casual confidence.

The true subject of the film is well - guarded, although always in plain view, and until the end, we don't know what to hope for or fear.

Not exact matches

Mr. Cronenberg, for once oddly inhibited by brazen subject matter, has made a meticulously stylized and controlled film that leaves many of its characters» ideas muffled and lacks the true audacity its material demands.

Mr. Quaid has long been a reliably likable actor, but this time he pitches a perfect performance — no frills, no tricks, not a single false note — in a film that's true to its stirring subject, and to the sweetest traditions of the game.

Perhaps Jarecki could have completely discarded the facts of the Durst story and made a stronger film about family drama and possible insanity but the fact is that his subject matter ended his true story in such an unusual way that it doesn't necessarily support a dramatic retelling.

In its use of flippant humour to deal with dark subject matter, the film has a similar tone to that of the satirical 1990s Holly Hunter drama, The Positively True Adventures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader - Murdering Mom (based on a similar story about a mother accused of having her daughter's classmate bumped off to improve the daughter's chances of making the cheerleading team).

The heartfelt effort and brotherhood of the film's charismatic wrestling superstar subjects are its true brilliance.

Obviously, the film leans in the direction of peace, but it's as subjective as a documentary could possibly be on this subject, and it definitely makes one think of the true consequences of war, the nature of American imperialism, and how it all relates to our current situation in Iraq and the rest of the world.

He joined us to talk about his attraction to James J. Bulger as a character, his approach to structuring his true crime films, and how the role of media footage and the performative nature of some of his subjects can affect the «case» presented in his documentaries.

Yes, it's true, BBC has announced that Doctor Who will be the subject of a 90 - minute film for BBC Two, dramatizing the show's origin story.

A less effective version of the same fact - based story, even with the same actors doing the same excellent work — it's Jake Gyllenhaal's finest, truest two hours on film — might creak and groan with «inspirational weepie» biopic machinery, over-engineered Big Moments and an arm - twisting, melodramatic approach to its subject.

Jigsaw, the torture porn icon infamous for subjecting those he deems bad or not knowing the true worth of a life, makes his comeback with an eponymous film that wishes it could be as thoughtful, slick, or as good at slaying as, say, Beyoncé.

The scene has a probing documentary feel, which makes you think the boy will be an incidental figure touched upon in order to set a scene of neglect before the film begins to address its true subject.

The film's real subject is the unacknowledged intensity of the father - daughter bond and the difficulty of separation, though Shyer, true to his name, shies away from the more painful implications of the material.

What makes the film ultimately compelling is precisely the fact that while it is based on a true story, its primary goal is not to represent historical events truthfully but rather to find aesthetic means by which to investigate how one can cinematically render visible past crimes that nevertheless are also suggestive about today without affording viewers the ability to assume the comfortable subject position of historical distance and moral superiority.

Awards: Special Jury Award for «Visionary Storytelling» at the Indie Memphis Film Festival The Unforgettable Award for the subject of our film, Peter Anton: CinemaEye Honors, NYC The Audience Award at the EBS International Documentary Festival (EIDF) in Seoul, South Korea The Top 6 Audience - Rated Film at the Sheffield Doc / Fest in Sheffield, England Special Jury Award for «Complex, Hands - on Storytelling» at the Sarasota Film Festival Best of the Fest at the Sebastopol Documentary Film Festival The Emerging Filmmaker Award at the Geneva Film Festival The Best Exploration of Documentary Ethics Award by the Columbia Daily Tribune in their coverage of the True / False Film Festival

Rodriguez likes to show off — Tarantino can only make the movies he makes: it's not the pulpiness of the subject matter that feels like the true faith in Tarantino's films, it's the sense that for all the artificiality of his aesthetic, there's not an ounce of pretense in his decisions.

Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary director and producer whose films over the past 15 years often include artists as subjects, including Paul Bowles (Let It Come Down), Shelby Lee Adams (The True Meaning of...

The film's kid - friendly presentation, in which the bears are personified, is highly reminiscent of the True - Life Adventures films that won Walt Disney a number of Two - Reel Short Subject and Documentary Feature Academy Awards in the 1950s.

While I found much of the subject intriguing, I was certainly not entertained as I found myself annoyed at both the prospects of the film being both possibly true and sensationalized.

Though it never reaches the intensity levels of «American Sniper» or other true - life war films, there is combat violence, adult subject matter and serious themes.

Conner, a shapeshifting boundary - tester whose oeuvre includes film and video, painting, assemblage, drawing, prints, photography, photograms, and performance, was recently the subject of a 50 - year retrospective, Bruce Conner: It's All True, at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.

The filmmaker referenced many of the ideas he wrote about in his book, Devotional Cinema, specifically, the alchemy that occurs when light on film is aligned with a subject matter of true purpose.

That's especially true of Portrait Mode, which really focuses attention and emotion on the subject, blurring out the world, for an almost old - world film feel.