At the Guardian, Xan Brooks interviews John Boorman, director of Point Blank (1967), Deliverance (1972), Zardoz (1974), Excalibur (1981) and the upcoming, Queen & Country. “If he could rewind to 1952 and reprise the entire trip, he cannot imagine exactly what he would change. Boorman frowns. ‘Actually, I […]
At Vashi Visuals, Vashi discusses Margaret Sixel’s editing and George Miller’s editing choices for Mad Max: Fury Road. “One of the many reasons Mad Max: Fury Road is so successful as an action film is the editing style. By using “Eye Trace” and “Crosshair Framing” techniques during the […]
At Every Frame A Painting, Tony Zhou takes a close look at the action comedy of Jackie Chan.
Every Frame A Painting returns to analysis of Akira Kurosawa’s work.
At SeqArt, Harry Edmundson-Cornell writes about the fourth wall, metafiction, tone and character in True Detective and Community (as well as Bojack Horseman and Rick & Morty). “When a show points out the mechanics driving the medium they’re essentially violating the realism of the art. They’re pointing out […]
“While we weren’t looking, the mid-budget adult-oriented motion picture has all but disappeared. And the gifted directors behind them are in danger of disappearing as well. Movie wonks and box-office watchers have written and talked about the death of mid-budget filmmaking, but mostly in business terms—as opposed to […]
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