Not exact matches
A miniaturist dealing in microcosms that reveal the
world... one
of the most human
films I've seen in recent years, full
of insight, sadness and
unexpected laughs.
As Bilbo Baggins» (Martin Freeman, The
World's End)
unexpected journey continues with his party
of dwarves, the
film commences in the thick
of the story and barely stops for breath.
A continuation
of 2002's remarkable roster
of unexpected love stories, David Gordon Green's second
film also evokes Claire Denis's late work,
of Lindsay Anderson's oeuvre, and finally,
of the hope — once strong — that American cinema could change the
world.
It's rife with
unexpected moments
of happenstance that seem to be completely isolated from the rest
of the
film's
world.
This isn't the Old Testament prehistory we've seen before — Aronofsky draws from both Christian and Jewish religious texts to fill out the story (which is actually quite short in the Bible) and offers bleak, poisoned
world before the flood quite different from the Mediterranean deserts and forests
of previous
films — and it accomplishes something quite powerful, vivid and
unexpected as a result.
But Nicolas Winding Refn's divisive fashion - industry fever dream sounds great, too, and in a really
unexpected way: Cocooning its characters in oppressive silence, the
film throws a deathly hush over Los Angeles — the polar opposite, in a way,
of La La Land's
world of sound.
The Appendices — A multi-part chronological history
of the
filming of The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey, covering pre-production in the various departments
of the
film in the months leading up to the start
of principal photography, the boot camp training for the main cast, the work done on set chronologically through the three shooting blocks and in the
world of its digital effects.
Yet the most interesting thing happened in the interim between the two versions: the
world of film has changed and audiences are more apt to expect the
unexpected and the original point
of Funny Games has become moot, or more accurately has given way to a more poignant underlying theme.
«Leaf Observer» badge, Moonrise Kingdom Wes Anderson's
films often use banal items to
unexpected ends — like the Adidas tracksuits that serve as Chas Tenenbaum's family uniform in The Royal Tenenbaums — but in many cases, the ephemera
of the real
world aren't distinctive enough for the director.
Earlier this week, I spoke with them about the movie's unique premise, their writing process, crafting tension,
world building, the possibility
of this being a Cloverfield movie, and the
unexpected reason they couldn't be on the
film's set.
The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey — The
World of Hobbits, with pictures from the
film, serves as a sort
of field guide to hobbits.
The Hobbit: An
Unexpected Journey (Trailer) I'm not the
world's biggest Lord
of the Rings fan but I actually read The Hobbit, so I'm keen to see how it turns out as a
film.
Shonibare has described himself as a post-colonial hybrid, and his work in painting, sculpture, photography,
film, and performance utilizes
unexpected combinations
of pattern and form to examine race, class, migration, and identity in a globalized
world.
Over the course
of thirty years, Fischli and Weiss created a
world of unexpected and playful
films, photographs, videos, and sculptures.