There are many different components that make up the eccentric style of a Wes Anderson movie. The use of distinctive color patterns, perfectly symmetrical shots, and a similar menagerie of obscure actors and A-listers have all become characteristic of the visionary filmmaker. Arguably more distinct, though, is his heavy focus on character development, and the […]
Month: February 2015
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The 14 Best Joaquin Phoenix Movie Performances
Does the actor make the movie, or does the movie make the actor (neither is true, but let’s pretend one is)? To build a case for the actor as the supreme cinematic being, the straw allows us to drink from the cinematic fountain, you need not look any further than the work of Joaquin Phoenix. […]
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Filmmaker Retrospective: The Thrilling Cinema of Park Chan-Wook
Seoul born and raised, Park Chan-Wook studied philosophy at Sogang University, where he ran a film club, and then began his career as a film critic. His articles allowed him to gain a position as assistant director on a few films. Park-Chan Wook began his career as a feature director in 1992 with his film […]
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The 20 Best Movies That Break The Fourth Wall
The term ‘fourth wall’ is an expression that was born in the art of theatre. It can be defined as an invisible wall separating yourself from what you are watching; in this case it is the film. So in order to beak the fourth wall, the character will directly communicate to or at least acknowledge […]
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15 Great American Movies Influenced by Italian Neo-Realism
The Italian neo-realist film movement only lasted for a brief ten-year period directly following World War II. Twenty years of fascist rule in Italy which strictly controlled what was permissible subject matter for the Italian film industry, as well as the other arts, stifled an entire generation of Italian artists. At the end of World […]
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15 Movies That Can Teach You Everything You Need To Know About Character Dilemma
If character choice drives the story, dilemma is the storytelling element that engages us to it. Choice will only be as good as the situation that precedes it. If choice is a response to your character´s personality, then you can only truly know your character, if you introduce the proper challenge for him to confront. […]