David Bordwell on set pieces and Hitchcock – As commonly understood in the arts, a set piece is a fairly self-contained portion of a larger work. It has a distinct beginning and end, and it’s understandable and impressive if extracted from its original. It’s designed to be a bravura display of concentrated virtuosity. In music, …
Jatka lukemista ”Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 16.02.2013 – 17.02.2013”
National Film Preservation Foundation: The White Shadow (1924)
The Unhinged Animator: “Tex” Avery – Fred “Tex” Avery came to Hollywood at age 20 with friends from his hometown. Not finding employment, they soon went back home but Avery stayed in the film capital, loading produce on trucks and sleeping on the beach at night. Several years after landing a job at the Walter …
Jatka lukemista ”Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 24.11.2012”
Book vs. Film: My Week With Marilyn – But by eliminating most of his personal ambition—really, just by eliminating his inner monologue of judgment and job-related scheming—the film makes him simultaneously more accessible and less interesting. It also makes the film far less about him, and far more about the much more familiar and prestigious …
Jatka lukemista ”Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 20.01.2012”
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole -traileri – Snyderin poika on sitten tekaissut tämmöisen animaation sankaripöllöistä Double Take -traileri – Hitchcock ja kaksoisolento ja ties mitä – vaikuttaa kiinnostavalta Kun klaffivirheiden jahtaamisesta tulee elämäntehtävä – 24 cancelled – Termination comes in the middle of Day 8, which has been, well, a mixed bag …
Jatka lukemista ”Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 27.03.2010 – 28.03.2010”
