High Heels on Wet Pavement: Film Noir and the Femme Fatale Femme fatale—is defined as “an irresistibly attractive woman, especially one who leads men into danger or disaster”. To me the most engaging semblance of a “femme fatale” is the stunning image of Lana Turner, as the camera pans from her ankles upward in that breathtaking shot from The Postman Always Rings Twice 1946. Extremes The most consistent aspect of film noir, apart from its visual style, is its protagonists. The overtly Freudian aspects of such relationships function as a foundation on which to construct a sequence of narrative events that typify the noir vision. Detour Edgar Ulmer’s Poverty Row cult-classic, Detour, 1945, is fraught with outrageous coincidences that in most accounts would be far too absurd to confront, but in Ulmer’s skilled hands are accepted as legitimate premises. Ultimate Femme Fatale Out of the Past, 1947, while not a perfect example of the best of the noir cycle, contains many of the elements of the genre. Later Femme Fatales What Happened Michael Mills
10 Movies I Wish Were Based on True Stories | Jinni Blog - StumbleUpon The Men Who Stare at Goats, starring George Clooney, Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges and Ewan McGregor, is about a secret, psychic military unit. Just a few things this unit does: Attempt to kill goats by staring at them and examine the use of Barney the Dinosaur’s theme tune on Iraqi POWs. Oh, and it’s based on a true story. Wait, what? Yes, this is not a mistake, this movie is based on a true story. 10. Why do I wish it was true? Here, a teenage girl is approached by all sorts of different people - each claiming to be God delivering instructions for her next mission. 9. 12 Monkeys (1995) Why do I wish it was true? When a man enters a hospital claiming to have journeyed back in time from the future to stop a killer virus from exterminating mankind, a beautiful psychologist decides he might be more than delusional. 8. Why do I wish it was true? 7. Why do I wish it was true? After a car accident, modern-day police detective Sam Tyler wakes up in 1973. 6. Why do I wish it was true? 5. 4. 3. 2.
Blade Runner Blade Runner is a 1982 film directed by Ridley Scott. Bladerunner or Blade Runner may also refer to: BEST of BTS | photography by Angus R Shamal A self portrait of Stanley Kubrick with his daughter, Jack Nicholson and the crew @ the set of The Shining. A selection of some of the most awesome Behind-the-scenes shots I’ve seen from some famous movies found at aintitcool.com. Back when set designs were huge and hand made, when special effects where mechanic and photographic and film stars were risking their lives on the set. on the set of Fritz Lang’s Metropolis — the actress inside the Maria robot taking a breather. The Empire Strikes Back - filming the Crawl. Rebel Without A Cause — James Dean, Natalie Wood and director Nicholas Ray. Sesame Street Requiem for a Dream — Jennifer Connelly strapped into a SnorriCam. The Gate (1987) — Giant special effect set. © Craig Reardon The Birds (1961) — Tippi Hedren with Hitchcock. Rio Bravo — Hawks and Angie Dickinson set of Alien. Ghostbusters. Superman on the set of Mothra (1961) - special effects director Tsuburaya Eiji Dr. Tron (1982) — David Warner and Bruce Boxleitner fuck around in costume.
Francis Ford Coppola: On Risk, Money, Craft & Collaboration Over the course of 45 years in the film business, Francis Ford Coppola has refined a singular code of ethics that govern his filmmaking. There are three rules: 1) Write and direct original screenplays, 2) make them with the most modern technology available, and 3) self-finance them. But Coppola didn’t develop this formula overnight. Thanks in no small part to his booming wine business, Coppola now does just that. I sat down with Mr. Why did you choose not to teach a master class? For me in cinema there are few masters. I just finished a film a few days ago, and I came home and said I learned so much today. Even in the early days of the movies, they didn’t know how to make movies. The cinema language happened by experimentation – by people not knowing what to do. The cinema language happened by experimentation – by people not knowing what to do. An essential element of any art is risk. Gene Hackman in The Conversation. Do you feel like you’re more of a risk-taker now? Yes, I think.
Most Controversial Films of All Time - StumbleUpon The Moon is Blue (1953) D. Otto Preminger Well-bred people in the 1950s didn't use words like "virgin," "seduce" and "mistress" in public, but this mild sex farce did and became a cause celebre. This daring sex farce and romantic comedy was the first major studio-produced film from Hollywood that was released without an approved code seal from the Production Code Administration (PCA). It was deliberately made as a test case by its producer/director Otto Preminger. The PCA's Joseph Breen complained about the film's unacceptable, comedic "light and gay treatment of the subject of illicit sex and seduction." Following the Kansas Board of Review of Motion Picture's decision to ban the film, the Kansas State Supreme Court upheld the decision. After meeting Donald on the top of the Empire State Building (where he impulsively kissed her), they shared a taxi ride to his Madison Avenue apartment for drinks before dinner.
BladeZone: The Online Blade Runner Fan Club and Museum Martin Scorsese's Film School: The 85 Films You Need To See To Know Anything About Film Interviewing Martin Scorsese is like taking a master class in film. Fast Company’s four-hour interview with the director for the December-January cover story was ostensibly about his career, and how he had been able to stay so creative through years of battling studios. But the Hugo director punctuated everything he said with references to movies: 85 of them, in fact, all listed below. Some of the movies he discussed (note: the descriptions for these are below in quotes, denoting his own words). Others he just mentioned (noted below with short plot descriptions and no quotes). But the cumulative total reflects a life lived entirely within the confines of movie making, from his days as a young asthmatic child watching a tiny screen in Queens, New York to today, when Scorsese is as productive as he’s ever been in his career–and more revered than ever by the industry that once regarded him as a troublesome outsider. The Band Wagon: “It’s my favorite of the Vincente Minnelli musicals. Mr.
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10 Dumbest Moments In Movies | Interesting Movies - StumbleUpon I’ve seen a lot stupid movies in mi life, but some moments are just too stupid. I’m sure it happened to you too. Well, i I have right, take a look, and i am sure that you will recognize some really stupid moments in movies. Take a look, and enjoy Compromised FBI agent, Keanu Reeves, is forced to help in escape of robber, Patrick Swayze. Code breaker, scientist Scott and his assistant in form of Kate Winslet, grab a part of German code machine, Enigma. Writer Charlie Kaufman is imprisoned in a swamp by John Laroche and Susan Orlean, subject and author of his adaptation “The Orchid Thief”. You got to admit, pretty good beginning of a movie. Stallone in a pretty good story, on a very unusual place. Cameron Diaz and her jubilant friends Christina Applegate and Selma Blair, are in a restaurant and talk about… well mostly they talk about male geitalia. 7. xXx (2002) Modern version of 007, Vin Diesel is in bad situation. Great begining of Victor Salva movie. Master of suspense, M.
More Than Human: Bladerunner's Human/Replicant Debate: PopSubCulture.com's The Biography Project Blade Runner addresses issues arising from the differences between man and machine more than any other film. The root conflict in Blade Runner, as I see it is: What happens when machines created by man become superior to mankind? First, what does "superior" imply? today that can physically outperform human beings in particular tasks. Replicants are treated as beings without souls, inanimate, emphasis on anima translated from Latin as "the soul". Philip K. Much like a young child who throws a tantrum rather than face the reality of an unpleasant situation, Leon murders his tormentor, rather than confront the imagery that the scenario has evoked. Rachael, on the other hand, has had human memories artificially implanted. Deckard: "A wasp crawls on your leg..." Rachael: "I'd kill it." Rachael does not even require a moment's hesitation to respond. The question is, who exactly are the Replicants and who are the humans. Deckard: "A friend gives you a calf skin wallet for your birthday..."
Stanley Kubrick's favorite films - My Criterion by Joshua Warren Created 10/27/12 Edit List I think Kubrick would have loved The Criterion Collection if he was still alive today and quite a lot of the films that have been cited as his favorites are in the collection. I have presented these films here in no particular order. Cited films that aren't in the collection: Eraserhead, Citizen Kane, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The Godfather, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Dog Day Afternoon, Roxie Hart, Hell's Angels, An American Werewolf in London, E.T. (sources: Update: I've given this list a sort of 'revision' in the light of the 'Master List' that was recently published by the BFI (25 October 2013).
Sound Design of Star Wars compiled by Sven E Carlsson Sounddesigner Ben Burtt's responsibility on Star Wars was to create specifically unusual sounds - weapons, vehicles, character and key backgrounds. Ben Burtt was a film sound buff as a child (he recorded and replayed the sound tracks of his favorite movies) Burtt enrolled at the university of Southern California's film school with the intention of becoming a director. He received a student job cataloguing the Columbia sound library, which had been donated to the University. A call by Star Wars producer Gary Kurtz to U.S.C. led to a successful interview for Burtt. He spent a year recording anything that could be turned upside down and backwards to make Lucas world come alive. "In my first discussion with George Lucas about the film, he - and I concurred with him - that he wanted an 'organic', as opposed to the electronic and artificial soundtrack.