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David Bordwell: The pivot point of film criticism is 16 May 1955 – These anthologies revealed that these writers had done great things, and at a terribly young age. In 1940 Agee was thirty-one, Tyler twenty-six, and Farber twenty-four. Their youth, I think, made them plucky enough to try to think boldly about commercial cinema …

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How We Made the Random Oscar Winner Generator – Marjane Satrapin kissakauhuelokuva vaikuttaa lupaavalta – Steve McQueen on 12 Years a Slave – “The person I have the most sympathy for and most empathy for, of course, is Patsey,” McQueen clarified. “But I have huge sympathy for Epps because he’s in love with Patsey. The …

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Oscar Nominated Screenplays 2014 – The Early Days of Computer Animation – One open secret then was that many CG houses kept traditional artists on staff as insurance. Abel had a Disney-trained traditional 2D effects animator named Sari Gennis. The team nicknamed her the Evans & Sari. On certain jobs, if the computer systems failed …

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Elvis Mitchell interviews Steve McQueen about 12 Years A Slave – MITCHELL: It was great seeing Michael K. Williams turn up, too. I'm guessing you were a fan of The Wire … McQUEEN: Oh, yes, huge fan of The Wire. Michael was only on the set for a short time toward the last few days …