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Film Director. David Lynch. David Keith Lynch (born January 20, 1946) is an American film director, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor.

David Lynch

Known for his surrealist films, he has developed a unique cinematic style, which has been dubbed "Lynchian", a style characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. Inland Empire (film) Inland Empire was named the second-best film of 2007 (tied with two others) by Cahiers du cinéma,[4] and listed among Sight & Sound's "thirty best films of the 2000s", as well as The Guardian '​s "10 most underrated movies of the decade".[5] The main plot follows an actress named Nikki Grace (Dern), who has applied for a comeback role as Sue in a film entitled On High in Blue Tomorrows.

Inland Empire (film)

The day before the audition, Nikki is visited by an enigmatic old woman from Poland (Zabriskie) who says she is her neighbor; she predicts that Nikki will get the role, and recounts two Polish folk tales. Blue Velvet (film) Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) returns to his logging home town of Lumberton from Oak Lake College after his father suffers a near fatal stroke.

Blue Velvet (film)

While walking home from the hospital, he cuts through a vacant lot and discovers a severed ear. Jeffrey takes the ear to police detective John Williams (George Dickerson), through whom he reacquaints with the detective's daughter, Sandy (Laura Dern). She tells him details about the ear case and a suspicious woman, Dorothy Vallens (Isabella Rossellini), who may be connected to the case.

Increasingly curious, Jeffrey enters Dorothy's apartment by posing as an exterminator, and while Dorothy is distracted by a man dressed in a yellow suit at her door (whom Jeffrey later refers to as the Yellow Man), Jeffrey steals her spare key. Jeffrey relays his experience to Sandy, asking her why there are people like Frank.

Jeffrey again visits Dorothy's apartment and she tells him that although she knows nothing about him, she has been yearning for him. The Elephant Man (film) The Elephant Man is a 1980 film about Joseph Merrick (whom the script calls John Merrick), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

The Elephant Man (film)

The film was directed by David Lynch and stars John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Anne Bancroft, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Michael Elphick, Hannah Gordon and Freddie Jones. The screenplay was adapted by Lynch, Christopher De Vore and Eric Bergren from Frederick Treves’s The Elephant Man and Other Reminiscences (1923) and Ashley Montagu’s The Elephant Man: A Study in Human Dignity (1971). It was shot in black and white. Gaspar Noé. Career and influences[edit] His work has been strongly associated with a series of films defined as the cinéma du corps/cinema of the body, which according to Tim Palmer share an attenuated use of narrative, generally assaulting and often illegible cinematography, confrontational subject material, a treatment of sexual behavior as violent rather than mutually intimate, and a pervasive sense of social nihilism or despair.[4] Awards[edit] Carne was the recipient of the Critic's Award at the 5th Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival in February 1994.[5] Personal life[edit] He is married to filmmaker Lucile Hadžihalilović.

Gaspar Noé

Filmography[edit] Feature films[edit] Short films[edit] Music videos[edit] Other production credits[edit] Enter the Void. Michel Gondry. Early life[edit] Career[edit] Gondry's vision and career began with his emphasis on emotion.

Michel Gondry

Much of his inspiration, he says, came from the film Le voyage en ballon. He stated: "When I watch this movie, I dream I'm flying and then I do stories where people are flying. I think it's directly influencing Gondry also directed the musical documentary Dave Chappelle's Block Party (2006) which followed comedian Dave Chappelle as he attempted to hold a large, free concert in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. According to the Guinness World Records 2004, Michel Gondry's Levi's 501 Jeans "Drugstore" spot holds the record for "Most awards won by a TV commercial".[4] The commercial was never aired in North America because of the suggestive content involving purchasing latex condoms. In September 2006, Gondry made his debut as an installation artist at Deitch Projects in New York City's SoHo gallery district. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind is a 2004 American romantic science-fiction comedy-drama film about an estranged couple who have erased each other from their memories.

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

The film was written by Charlie Kaufman and directed by Michel Gondry. Kaufman and Gondry wrote the story with Pierre Bismuth. Jaco Van Dormael. Jaco Van Dormael (born 9 February 1957 in Ixelles) is a Belgian film director, screenwriter and playwright.

Jaco Van Dormael

His complex and critically acclaimed films are especially noted for their respectful and sympathetic portrayal of people with mental and physical disabilities. Early life[edit] Jaco Van Dormael was born in Ixelles. Belgium, on 9 February 1957 to a Belgian couple. Van Dormael was raised in Germany until age seven, when his family returned to Belgium. Mr. Nobody. Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera.

Mr. Nobody

Mr. Nobody è un film del 2009 scritto e diretto da Jaco Van Dormael. La pellicola, di genere drammatico e fantascientifico, segue la storia di Nemo Nobody, interpretato da Jared Leto, un uomo di 117 anni e l'ultimo mortale sulla Terra dopo che la razza umana ha raggiunto l'immortalità. Christopher Nolan. Christopher Jonathan James Nolan (/ˈnoʊlən/; born 30 July 1970)[1] is an British-American film director, screenwriter, and producer.

Christopher Nolan

He has created several of the most critically and commercially successful films of the early 21st century. His nine films have grossed over $4.2 billion worldwide and garnered a total of 26 Oscar nominations and seven awards. Early life[edit] Nolan was born in London. His British father, Brendan James Nolan, was an advertising executive,[3] and his American mother, Christina (née Jensen), worked as a flight attendant and English teacher.[4][5][6] His childhood was split between London and Chicago, and he has both British and American citizenship.[7][8] He has an older brother, Matthew, and a younger brother, Jonathan.[9] Nolan began making films at age seven, borrowing his father's Super 8 camera and shooting short films with his action figures.[10][11] From the age of 11, he aspired to be a professional filmmaker.[9]

Memento. Da Wikipedia, l'enciclopedia libera. Memento è un film del 2000 diretto da Christopher Nolan. The Prestige (film) A magician performs an illusion for a young girl explaining that each trick has three parts; The Pledge, where the audience is presented with an ordinary object; The Turn, where the object is turned into something extraordinary; and The Prestige, where the object is brought back.

Magician Alfred Borden is sentenced to death for the murder of rival Robert Angier by drowning him in a water tank during Angier's performance. Both began their careers as shills for "Milton the Magician" with ingénieur John Cutter and Angier's wife Julia. The pair observe an elderly Asian magician who is able to make a large fishbowl appear seemingly from nothing. Borden realizes that the man's frailty is in fact the act and comments how true magic requires commitment and sacrifice.

Julia drowns in a tank during a water escape performance. Borden soon begins performing an impressive trick called The Transported Man, where he enters one cabinet and exits another across the stage. The Dark Knight (film) Nolan's inspiration for the film was the Joker's comic book debut in 1940, the 1988 graphic novel The Killing Joke, and the 1996 series The Long Halloween, which retold Two-Face's origin. The nickname "the Dark Knight" was first applied to Batman in Batman #1 (1940), in a story written by Bill Finger.[4][5] The Dark Knight was filmed primarily in Chicago, as well as in several other locations in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Hong Kong.

Nolan used an IMAX camera to film some sequences, including the Joker's first appearance in the film. On January 22, 2008, some months after he had completed filming on The Dark Knight and six months before the film's release, Heath Ledger died from a toxic combination of prescription drugs, leading to intense attention from the press and movie-going public. The Dark Knight was released on July 16, 2008 in Australia, on July 18, 2008 in North America, and on July 24, 2008 in the United Kingdom. Plot. Darren Aronofsky. Black Swan (film) Black Swan is a 2010 American psychological horror film[3][4] directed by Darren Aronofsky and starring Natalie Portman, Vincent Cassel, and Mila Kunis.

The plot revolves around a production of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake ballet by a prestigious New York City company. The production requires a ballerina to play the innocent and fragile White Swan, for which the committed dancer Nina (Portman) is a perfect fit, as well as the dark and sensual Black Swan, which are qualities better embodied by the new arrival Lily (Kunis). Nina is overwhelmed by a feeling of immense pressure when she finds herself competing for the part, causing her to lose her tenuous grip on reality and descend into a living nightmare. Requiem for a Dream. The film depicts different forms of addiction, which lead to the characters’ imprisonment in a world of delusion and reckless desperation that is subsequently overtaken by reality.[4] Plot[edit] The film charts three seasons in the lives of Sara Goldfarb, her son Harry, his girlfriend Marion Silver and his friend Tyrone C.

Love. The story begins in summertime. Sara Goldfarb, an elderly widow living alone in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, spends her time watching infomercials hosted by Tappy Tibbons. Harry is a heroin addict; together with fellow addicts Tyrone and Marion, he enters the illegal drug trade around Coney Island. The Wrestler (2008 film) The Wrestler is a 2008 American sports drama film directed by Darren Aronofsky, written by Robert D. Siegel, and starring Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, and Evan Rachel Wood. Production began in January 2008 and Fox Searchlight Pictures acquired rights to distribute the film in the U.S.;[3][4] it was released in a limited capacity on December 17, 2008 and was released nationwide on January 23, 2009. It was released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc on April 21, 2009 in the United States. Richard Kelly (director)

Donnie Darko.