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Oscar Bait: 2011 Films
In recent years, however, this simple idea of allowing truly inspiring and thought provoking feats of cinema to be seen by more people has been trumped by celebrity orientated culture and a public thirst for being comfortable in the movie theaters, rather than challenged. 2011, as in no other, offers the best example of this sudden divergence from masterful works of art to hokey, trite pieces of fluff that will be forgotten before the year is out.
Tell Your Vision: Underappreciated Television Performances
Television has always been a medium of great success or nose-diving failures. Some last, some pass but no matter the brilliance or utter depravity of a show, they all have something in common: characters.
It’s All Just Black and White
Here are a few films whose directors passed over color and decided black and white would be a much more fitting color scheme for the tone and overall reception and impact of their piece.
From Book to Film: Part two
In the previous installment of From Book to Film, we discussed two films that, though adapted from a novella and a novel, respectfully, differed from their source material in terms of narrative structure, adding, expanding upon or even skipping over plot points while still managing to create a strong, everlasting cinematic experience.
Books to Film: Part One
A novel is such a singular experience it is no wonder that adapting a book to the medium of film is as arduous a task as any. When you read, you are alone. Not in the sense that no one else is around you, but rather that you are the reader and the narrator and the painter of the scenes in your head. You provide the voices and translate the imagery to fit the way you perceive the story.
For Remake’s Sake: Arthur (1981) / Arthur (2011)
Of the films explored in this series, 1981′s “Arthur” seems the most appropriate to remake. Starring Dudley Moore, in what would be his most iconic role, “Arthur” follows the misadventures of the titular hapless drunk whose immense fortune and desperate alcoholism has left him alone and distanced from the rest of the world.
For Remake’s Sake: A Continual Exploration into the Art of Story-Retelling – Let the Right One In and Let Me In
In 2008, one of the best foreign films in recent memory was released and not only redefined the perception of horror but defied boundaries of the nature of love and the capabilities for young actors to capture convincing characters and manage innate but intimate emotion.
For Remake’s Sake: A Continual Exploration into the Art of Story-Retelling – The Departed and Infernal Affairs
To remake a film, one must fight against all the images, characters, lines and scenes of the original that play in your head like a never ending carousel going ‘round and ‘round and ‘round, and create something new and hopefully just as appealing. But with so much of the magic of film lying in the realms of unexpectedness, that unidentifiable factor that evokes emotion and establishes deep-rooted connections between the characters and audience is there an art or a point to retelling a story that worked well in the first place?
Six Scintillating Soundtracks
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Tags: #70s #80s #Classic Rock #Good Vibes #Lists #Little Known Flicks #Soundtrack #Sweet Movies
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Here are six soundtracks that bring emotion and connectivity to their respective films and enhance their film’s success to the infinite degree.
Trailer Time
Since the start of the new millennium, when the internet really took off, movie spoilers have taken a whole new direction. With websites that employ photographers to sneak around sets and take as many pictures as they can, and camera phones that grant ordinary citizens the same power, audiences seem to want to know everything about a movie before it comes out, giving way to a comfortable theater experience that does not offer any surprises.