In his epic 252-minute film “L’Amour Fou”, Jacques Rivette follows the dissolution of a married couple, and the destructive way they try to stay together. As they destroy their own building, Rivette’s film shows what the concept of amour fou is about: loving too much. Obsessive love that leads to destruction is the main theme […]
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The 10 Best Recent Documentaries About Filmmakers
The history of film can’t go forward without having looking at the past. Understanding a way a great director made a masterwork can give a small insight to their mind, and can help us to unveil the mystery of a film. Documenting a filmmaker gives a way of making history through their medium, and gives […]
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The 20 Best Meta Movies of All Time
“Don Quixote” is considered the groundbreaking novel responsible for the beginning of modernism in literature. The thing that made Cervantes’ work special was the way he talked about the novel within the novel, creating a literary world self-aware of literature. In the evolution of any art form, there is a moment when art starts to […]
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20 Great Movies That Revolutionized Film Editing
Editing is one of the most important steps in any filmmaking process, and yet, if it is done well, it will often be ignored. Hollywood taught us that a good montage was “invisible,” impossible to notice. These 20 examples defied the idea of montage as a passive construction and instead developed techniques to make this […]
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20 Essential Films For An Introduction To Queer Cinema
What some critics called “New Queer Cinema” developed almost in pair with what theorists called “Queer theory”. This theory explored every deviant category of sexuality. Queer theory proposed a wider and more complex way of reading sexuality, trying to go beyond classical LGBT labeling. Dealing mostly with gay themes, “New Queer Cinema” explored different sexual […]
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20 Movies With The Most Brilliant Sound Design
The world of cinema interest is ruled initially by actors, and secondly by directors. They always overshadow the other technical works in cinema, but for somebody getting into film, aspects like cinematography or editing are just as important to them. However, the role of the sound designer and the importance of sound design are relegated […]