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Jack Does Jihad posted:What was the first samurai movie that popularized or featured the stereotypical duel in which two samurai run past each other and seemingly miss each other as they strike, then they stand still and one falls over? I always thought the first time it was done was in Samurai III: Duel at Ganryu Island.
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This is what I was thinking of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhbCEi_Aac4 The actual part you're talking about is at around minute 4 if you're particularly impatient. They're not exactly running at each other, but there's still that ambiguity of who wounded who.
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Jun 10, 2008 07:44
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What's the name of the super-early film guy who did lots of sequences of peoples' gaits?
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Apr 21, 2013 18:02
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He did all sorts of animals too, and all sorts of racist studies of indigenous people. It was like late 19th-century. I can't google it.
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Apr 21, 2013 18:28
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Yes, thank you. I feel less ashamed I could not remember that name, but now I won't forget it. e: Whoa, wait what? He killed a guy? Kull the Conqueror fucked around with this message at 18:47 on Apr 21, 2013 |
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Apr 21, 2013 18:37
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Art would be so much better if it didn't have an audience.
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Feb 28, 2014 19:06
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Ebert's Glossary of Movie Terms is far better option than TVTropes.Ebert posted:"Fruit Cart!"
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Feb 25, 2015 20:25
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SaintFu posted:The Last Wave I fuckin' love that ending. I tell everybody to watch that movie but it's a pretty hard sell.
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Mar 15, 2015 18:39
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Maxwell Lord posted:Batman is interesting as it's an early example of the modern calculated blockbuster model. In fact the earliest, according to Tom Schatz. Schatz, 27-28 posted:The term “Big Six” was commonly used in the industry trade press to reference either the conglomerates or their studios, which were increasingly adept at coordinating their respective operations and objectives. Key to this effort, of course, was the Hollywood blockbuster, which was re-engineered to accommodate the changing – and steadily expanding – media landscape. That process began at the very outset of the conglomerate era with the “blockbuster summer” of 1989, when hit sequels to the Indiana Jones, Lethal Weapon, Back to the Future, and Ghostbusters franchises were eclipsed by Batman (Tim Burton), the biggest box-office hit in a record year when the domestic box office surpassed $5 billion for the first time ever. Released just as the Time Warner merger took effect, Batman created a new paradigm for Hollywood blockbusters. In studio head Terry Semel’s words: “The first picture that blew us out [after the merger] was Batman. . . . It was the first time we utilized the whole machine of the company. The marketing, the tie-ins, the merchandising, the international.” (Brown, 1996). Despite the huge success in 1990 of more modest films like Pretty Woman (Garry Marshall, US), Home Alone (Chris Columbus, US), and Ghost (Jarry Zucker, US), the studios inexorably turned their attention away from mid-range star-genre projects in favor of event films and “tentpole” pictures – i.e., mega-hits that could carry a studio’s entire production slate and drive the parent company’s far-flung entertainment operations as well.
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Mar 22, 2015 01:08
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cheerfullydrab posted:Is there an alternate universe where "gritty" superhero movies that are supposed to be taken seriously don't explode in the 21st century? Where superhero stuff is just for children, and grown rear end people talking about it is kind of not okay? This is partially based on my disgust for the whole thing and actually being interested by stuff based on those posts about the 80's Batman being engineered as such a huge blockbuster. Is there a way that studios and such could have hosed up in the late 80's or the last 20 years that would have kept comic book stuff more confined to the world of children or weird nerds? Not really given that the whole reason it happened was that they perfected a business model that involved little to no risk. Luckily for you and me, the world of contemporary cinema is not all big-budget toys fighting toys. Just gotta go exploring.
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Mar 24, 2015 15:17
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FreshFeesh posted:Speaking of Master and Commander, why hasn't there been another one? Maybe it's just a personal enjoyment for the film but most everyone I talk to really enjoyed it, and there is plenty of source material for the further adventures of Aubrey and Maturin. It didn't make enough money to justify more films to the higher-ups. But whatever, if I were in charge, I'd give Peter Weir a blank check.
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May 23, 2015 19:01
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Nolanar posted:It's hard to articulate without actually knowing what that something else is. That cryptic feeling you're having is exactly what Tarkovsky was going for. There is no true explanation because that would be like explaining God.
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May 26, 2015 23:54
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He had crazy subconscious inspiration for a lot of of his creative decisions. He also hated critics who sought to assign metaphors and symbols to his work. I'm not saying he's got autonomy over how to watch the movie or anything, but I think I've found that any of his motifs are beyond rational articulation. I hope you didn't think I was trying to shut you down. I'm just jazzed somebody watched that great movie. Hell, this guy took a crazy stab at talking about it a few years ago and it's not a bad read.
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May 27, 2015 00:54
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Bugblatter posted:He uses that dog (or a similar one) in several of his movies, and in a way that always seems to have a lot of thematic weight. Especially in Nostalghia (which desperately needs an HD release. I'd name it as his most beautiful film, yet its only video form is a DVD of minimal quality) It got one.  Bugblatter posted:he was pretty serious about his catholicism Orthodox. 
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May 27, 2015 01:17
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It freaks the poo poo out of me. Doyle's driving so recklessly that it doesn't look like it's choreographed, so my mind finds itself in a place where I believe he could crash at any moment. The car scene in To Live and Die in LA is even crazier in the same way.
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May 27, 2015 21:20
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Everblight posted:So if the cops are lovely people, and the crooks are lovely people, then who are we supposed to root for? ...yes.
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May 27, 2015 22:01
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That's a bummer to hear. The one for The Sacrifice was immaculate.
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Jun 1, 2015 15:49
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poonchasta posted:I would be annoyed if there was a bunch of poo poo listed on Netflix that was grayed out and unwatchable. There is, but just not visibly. Their library is junk.
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Jun 2, 2015 15:03
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Their Boyhood review made me realize they have really bought way too into the mainstream Hollywood narrative zeitgeist if they think that movie has poor storytelling and characterization.
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Jun 20, 2015 23:10
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boom boom boom posted:What are some major movies that actually have plot holes? I googled for info, but it turns out everyone on the internet think a plot hole is just a character acting stupidly or a movie not explaining something. The Stepford Wives with Matthew Broderick makes zero sense. One minute the wives are robots dispensing cash out their mouths and the next they're actually the original wives who have been augmented.
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Jun 23, 2015 04:49
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Bolek posted:Why oh why do these websites have rankings out of a hundred. What kind of maniac goes "hmm yes, this is a 35" I looked it up and I have two 35s. One is First Knight and the other is Ghoulies. Feels about right.
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Sep 1, 2015 02:08
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Egbert Souse posted:Plus, it gave us... Yeah but this was already possible and better. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKxkZiNWaBs
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Sep 7, 2015 17:24
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I watched Fantasia every day for years as a little kid and I have grrrreat taste so it's probably a good bet.
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Nov 30, 2015 19:11
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Skwirl posted:Swap any one of those out with Parallax View and you have a better trilogy of paranoia and power. Klute, All the President's Men, and The Parallax View are the trilogy of paranoia and power.
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Jan 2, 2016 22:20
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Hat Thoughts posted:Good film textbooks? For like, critical stuff Could you be more specific? Textbook as in a giant hardcover you use in a classroom? Do you mind it being dry or academic? Narrative film, documentary, experimental? Making film vs. watching film?
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Jan 5, 2016 16:33
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Black Hole, much like Tron, is a matte-lover's dream.
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Jan 20, 2016 23:23
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Sleeveless posted:Yeah, saying it was shot on an iPhone is a little misleading because while they do use the phone as the camera it's still using professional lenses and rigs for everything else. It still saves a bunch of money, though.
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The shot at :45 of this Tron: Legacy clip is a tribute to some vintage off road documentary and I cannot for the life of me remember the title. Can anyone help me figure it out? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_W4FKd3drAk
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