Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 21.02.2014 – 23.02.2014

Behind the Scenes of Star Wars: Episode III––Revenge of the Sith (Vanity Fair, 2005) – “I’m not a great writer,” says Lucas, whose strength lies in concocting huge scenarios, not in coming up with snappy dialogue or in constructing small domestic scenes. Richard Linklater Discusses His 12-Year Project ’Boyhood’ – But I guess I was …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 10.02.2014 – 13.02.2014

The reviewer projects confidence, the critic displays curiosity – Dave Holmes Revisits 1987 Box Office – Dragnet has pretty much been forgotten and there’s no need to remind you of it here, unless you want to see the music video for the soundtrack’s lead single, “City of Crime,” in which Dan Aykroyd and Tom Hanks …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 25.01.2014 – 26.01.2014

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 …

Elokuvallisia huomioita maailmalta 9.11.2013

Now Rotten Tomatoes mostly makes it easier to instantly see which critic is acting as an outlier and to yell at them – Perhesiteitä: Vesku ja Joonas Loiri – Kerran pyysin faijaa tulemaan jatkoille Turhapuro-puku päällä, mutta hän ei suostunut, vaikka keräsimme 30 euron kolehdin Star Wars Blooper Reel (YT) –