ABCinema (by Evan Seitz)
“thedailywhat: “Keep On Walking”: A three-minute montage of movie scenes featuring the classic “walking away shot” — cut together to form a single, continuous stroll.”
The Ray Harryhausen Creature List (by matbergman). I have a lot of fondness for this era of special effects.
In the article The Difference Between Character-Driven and Joke-Driven Comedies, Adam Sternbergh clarifies that he means something more like comedies that are restricted by reality, and those that sacrifice the rules of reality for the sake of a joke. He then says this about Annie Hall: “In fact, I can only think of one film that mixes these two contradictory comedic approaches entirely seamlessly — and that film won a Best Picture Oscar. Here’s [the above embedded driving] scene that could comfortably (and logically) fit in a Apatow-style realist movie… and [the Marshall McLuhan scene] that definitely would not.”
So yes, this man has a lot of smart things to say about comedic film.
Hm. I’m very torn about this whole ordeal. (via The Hunger Games: First look at Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss! | PopWatch | EW.com)
Basically every Wilhelm Scream (by Cinexcellence). Obviously, don’t watch all 12 minutes, but certainly get a taste.
Interview with a genius screenwriter: via thedailywhat: “ONN’s morning talk show Today Now! scores an exclusive interview with five-year-old Chris Morgan, the acclaimed Hollywood scribe responsible for the latest installment in the Fast and the Furious film series, Fast Five.”
(Source: ifc)
