As you will know, the medium of cinema can often stir quite the debate. Audiences analyse and enjoy films in different ways, so it comes as no surprise that two people can watch a film together and feel completely oppositional feelings towards it. Yet, this doesn’t have to be seen as a negative thing. Often, […]
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7 Reasons Why “Dancer in the Dark” Is the Most Depressing Movie of the 21st Century
This list/article is the sixth in a series arguing that for cinema to be and to be taken seriously as an artform, it must forgo and move beyond Hollywood-like visual-based ways of meaning-formation/understanding into actor-, face-, dialogue-, voice-, emotion-, body-, character-, feeling,-, behavior/psychology-, and tone-based ones. It is focusing on “Dancer in the Dark” (2000, […]
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The 10 Most Troubled Movie Productions of All Time
It appears that extensive reshoots have become par for the course for major studio films and rarely the true sign of a doomed project, yet with each new trade report announcing the commencement of additional filming, it has continued to spark worry of potential disaster for the film in question. Those anticipating Rogue One to […]
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The 10 Most Profound Movies of The 21st Century
According to Oxford Dictionary, ‘profound’ as an adjective means “(of a state, quality, or emotion) very great or intense,” which sounds just right. Derived from Old French ‘profund’ and from Latin pro ‘before’ + fundus ‘bottom,’ the word was used earliest in the sense of “showing deep insight.” That’s what a good movie does. It […]
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10 of The Most Shocking Movies of All Time
Shock cinema is a genre (a term that is loosely used here) that always existed, but in different forms and content, as it changes along with the changes in society’s tolerance. As time goes on, people grow more and more used to things, with very few of them remaining relatively stable. I have personally, repeatedly […]
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10 Movie Masterpieces That Are Almost Flawless
Film is a unique art form because it represents the culmination of independent artistic expressions working in concert. When a painter’s eye, a designer’s sense of composition, a musician’s power over emotion, a storyteller’s words, and an actor’s poise work together seamlessly, the result can be an immersive experience. Every movie lover likely cherishes some […]