There's a reason
why dance movies have been popular since the dawn of motion pictures: «learning how to dance» montages are the epitome of romance.
Not exact matches
That's because Sony Pictures chose the Institute as its partner in its
Dance or Donate #ForThePlayers social media campaign; an initiative designed not just to publicize the
movie but to promote our 15 - year effort to make youth football and all sports safer (which is
why the Institute is hosting the Boston screening)
Why not use the web site that is free to do your initial reconnoitering and save the money to purchase
movie tickets or a nice dinner and
dance for you and your date.
Of course, the entire time you're watching you understand
why the history of
movies is loaded with tales of dancers and next to none about the architects of the
dance.
Dance and melody, mise - en - scène and movement, spectacle and logic - defying plot — these are the constituent elements of a genre with an improbably high built - in fun quotient (even material as «difficult» as Sweeney Todd has something deliriously infectious about it), and so there's no reason
why our search for a toe - tapping good time at the
movies should lead us to choose the offensively bad over the competent.
FILM COMMENT caught up with the English - born, Iranian - American writer - director to talk about her
movie, which opens New Directors / New Films tonight at MoMA, and
why filmmaking is like
dancing naked.
It sort of makes you wonder
why the pair doesn't stop
dancing around and just make another
movie together already, particularly since neither Chow nor Woo has really made a film worth a damn since sailing over to a Hollywood that doesn't understand them.
At the recent press day, Tarantino and his actors talked about the advantages of shooting in 70 mm, how a Tarantino set differs from other
movie sets, how Leigh and Russell played off each other while chained at the hip for 4-1/2 months,
why Russell remained in character after his character met his demise, the decision to stay close to the script, Tarantino and Jackson's take on race relations in America,
why a period film affords a filmmaker the opportunity to comment on the present in ways a present day film does not, what their filmmaking adventure was like for the veteran actors who have been with Tarantino from the beginning, and
why Tarantino doesn't mind
dancing on the edge of political correctness.
At the film's recent press day, Tatum, Bomer, Manganiello, Nash, Rodriguez, Stephen «tWitch» Boss, Jada Pinkett Smith, Amber Heard, Andie MacDowell, Donald Glover, Jacobs and Carolin talked about their favorite moment from the shoot, how the first film inspired the sequel, the decision to cast Pinkett - Smith in a role originally written for a guy,
why the male camaraderie was so important to the film, how they fit all the
dance routines into the
movie, the amazing finale with 900 extras, what they've learned about what women want, and
why this is a great date
movie.
The deleted / extended bits are as follows: Andy Samberg (4:12) on Bob Dylan, Aziz Ansari (1:42) on acting and Twitter, alternate Reggie banter (0:39), Medi - Ship complications (1:06), Fabrice Fabrice (4:21) performing a poem on a lost city, Anna Kendrick (1:47) recalling her Tony nomination as a 12 - year - old and eating a cat's liver, Rodney Waber (5:34) dishes more Harrison Ford gossip,
dances, and reveals a senior citizen ticket price trick, David Cross (2:49) talks talking animals and white toilets, Senator Dewhurst (3:14) confesses strange sex dreams about his aunt and his plan to drive drunk, Zoe Saldana (2:03) answers questions about
movies and acts out a Jerry Maguire reboot, «Garry Marshall» (1:19) explains
why he's done with
movies, Gillian Jacobs (1:38) discusses the ghost of Christopher Marlowe and the conflict in Nebraska, Chef Emeril Lugosi (0:34) endures a pun about sun - dried tomatoes, Andy Richter (4:59) delivers a kid - friendly version of «The Aristocrats» joke, pulls a gun after not answering a fart question (a task handled by Andy Samberg on the show itself), and responds to the 1990s TV
movie The Shining, Tom Perdy (0:44) shows off a couple of additional cartoons.
The underlying reasons given for
why he decides to go to a
dancing school on a whim are explained very differently, and in both
movies those reasons make sense - in each cultural context.
WHY: I'm not really sure what Hollywood's obsession is with
dance movies (apart from the fact that they're super cheap to produce), but here's hoping that «Battle of the Year» puts an end to this strange fad, because it's one of the worst
dance films yet.
When: August 28th
Why: No disrespect to fans of electronic
dance music, but «We Are Your Friends» looks dumb as hell, and I'd like to think that a majority of EDM enthusiasts would agree, because everything about this
movie stinks of a bunch of old white guys in suits trying to cash in on the latest trend without any knowledge of the actual culture.