So in OUATIH Leo’s character talks about getting close to landing the role in the famous film Great Escape but lost it to McQueen, except we then see an entire sequence of Leo playing the part in that role. Listen I get the wish fulfillment of showcasing that Leo could have been a movie star back in in a role like that. And the scene most certainly was retrofitted soley to do that. But why do we see all of this footage if he didn’t get the part? It’s a “what if?” Scenario? I just realize it doesn’t make sense to me. submitted by /u/missanthropocenex [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

I recently managed to catch a screening of The Exorcist at a film festival, and while it's technically very well done, had subtle undercurrents of problems with child abuse, and was genuinely scary for the most part - the hospital operation sequence with it's whirling mechanisms being my favourite - I couldn't help but start to disassociate from the story as we approached the ending. In the final exorcism scene, it honestly didn't feel like there were any real stakes, simply because everything was so detached from reality and too hard to be taken seriously. There was also the language element ..read more

Mods, excuse me if this has been discussed or already a topic spoken about, but this is a topic I am really keen on sparking conversation about. How can we strive to not only be affected by cinema, but to also be able to be moved and felt by the circumstances especially if the film has prior cultural and social norms within a historical context it is challenging? For example, as I am trying to be more enveloped in “increasing” my taste level in this medium, but I find that often the situations presented make me not only disregard but have a distaste for the characters. Abusiveness, female dis ..read more

Hey all. As we find ourselves sleepwalking towards Fascism in North America, I think it's more important than ever that we do our best to learn about Fascism, and how to educate ourselves and those around us about it, before it is too late. Of course, film is a wonderful medium for that, but not all films depicting the evils of Fascism are created equal, and in my opinion, some works are in fact quite detrimental to a general cultural education on Fascism. I would like to preface this too - my grandparents are/were Holocaust survivors. My grandfather's entire family was taken and murdered by ..read more

Spoiler for Dune part 2 and the Dune book, and mild spoilers for Dune Messiah Maybe I am bit late to the party on this, and people are sick of talking about this, but I had thoughts I wanted to put out. I just disagree with a lot of the criticism I have heard about this movie. First, about the heterogenous nature of the fremen: we know there are millions of fremen on Arrakis, so it makes sense that not all would have the same beliefs. Additionally, the fremen prophecy is sham, and so because of its inorganic roots, it makes sense to assume it wouldn't stick everywhere. Now about Chani: I thin ..read more

Here’s the info about it. Hope it piques your interest. Title: Somewhere with Elephants Format: Feature Page Length: 100 Genre: Comedy-Drama Logline: Three estranged brothers have two days to drive their autistic younger brother across the country to their mother’s funeral and break the news to him of her passing. This has been a longtime passion project for me. It’s greatly personal to me and my attempt to create the greatest work of art I can muster. This is the screenplay I’m going to use to try to get a manager and break into Hollywood as a screenwriter. If you want to read it, message me ..read more

Title: Garden of Whispers Format: Feature Genre: Fantasy-Drama Page Length: 110 Logline: A young woman ventures into a world where classic poems materialize as dramatic scenes; these poems form an allegory that foretells, for her, a horrible personal crisis. To prevent it from happening, she sets out to participate in each scene, to listen to each poem's recitation—but struggles to interpret the allegory. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QEalv0Ylr0hCEkUb_LZb2IN36pt6Oszb/view?usp=sharing Notice: This screenplay is my passion project. It is a conscious attempt to write a great film. My goal is ..read more

Disclaimer: I'm sorry if this might not be a question for this sub, I apologize in advance with the mods and the community if so. I'm studying the japanese documentarist Shinsuke Ogawa and some of his movies doesn't have english subtitles (never had) is there someone who I can reach that does this types of works? He's a super important filmmaker so underappreciated that it would be nice to have subtitles available for more film students to know his works. submitted by /u/LonelyWest2937 [visit reddit] [comments ..read more

Really, the first few talkies were absolutely abysmally bad. Horrendous sound recording, dialogues used to be muffled, background sounds used to interfere with the recording process and the actors, to make up for the muffled sound, hammed up their performances to absolute 11. Any semblance of a good story was buried within the absolutely abysmal technical details. If you have no idea what I'm talking about, watch Coquette (1929) or The Broadway Melody (1929). I'm surprised that the audiences even wanted to watch movies after all these disastrous failures. Why do you think the movie industry c ..read more

I just watched Y Tu Mama Tambien, which is constantly interrupted by a narrator that we never see. This is an example of a third-person omniscient narration: the narrator is not a part of the story, and knows all the details of each character's life. I think I have a soft spot for movies like this, like Amelie and Barry Lyndon. I'm also a fan of movies like Goodfellas and Chungking Express that have a first-person narrator (often in hindsight) but it's not quite the same. A movie like Amelie feels like you're being guided by hand, putting images in front of the audience and drawing cosmic con ..read more