This is Part II of ToC’s exploration of fearless directors. If by any chance you, the reader, will think someone is missing, than relax-more is on the way. As always, knowledgeable feedback is welcome. 11. Glauber Rocha One doesn’t take on capitalism, colonialism, and imperialism with timidity. Rocha was a shining symbol of Cinema […]
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The 30 Most Fearless Movie Directors of All Time (Part 1)
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By its very nature, the profession of director calls for a combination of unique qualities. To bring the vision to screen in the fullest capacity, the director must be a leader, an artist, a tactician, a politician, a motivator, an economist-the list can go on and on. Few combine all those traits in equal measure, […]
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Tom Tapes: The Cinematic Appearances of Tom Waits and His Music
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Since the 70’s, Tom Waits has established himself as a phenomenally unique and gifted performer. Beginning as more of a singer/songwriter, he became a poet of the gutter and seedy bar, as well as a perpetuator of both the classic Americana song tradition and that of the German music hall, in stylings of Kurt Weill […]
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The 24 Best Single-Movie Efforts in Cinema History
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Cinema is truly a unique medium. In addition to being an art form, it’s also a product that requires money and other resources to be made. Nowhere is it illustrated so well as in the strange phenomenon of “one-picture directors”. A live-action feature usually costs in seven figures or more, and unless you’re Ed Wood-takes […]
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The 35 Best Polish Movies of All Time
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Poland was one of the first Eastern European countries to enjoy the new invention of cinema-and that happened before it was even officially a country. Though it was at the time divided between Russia, Austria, and Germany, Polish cultural live was thriving on national identity as a form of hidden resistance. Soon after first Polish […]
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The 35 Best Czech/Slovak Movies of All Time
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The cinema of former Czechoslovakia, as well as of current Czech Republic and Slovakia, is, perhaps, the richest and most visually striking of all Eastern Europe. Even though fun-as-bricks Commies have tried the best they could to stifle it, the zany and wonderful artistic visions found a way to reach the audience. From the very […]