severance is a 2006 british-german comedy horror film co-written and directed by christopher smith .

co-written with james moran , it stars danny dyer and laura harris .

the film tells a story of group of co-workers who go to a remote mountain forest in hungary , where they become victims of murderous attacks .

severance received mostly positive reviews .

in 2009 , media interest in the film was revived following the alleged copycat murder of a uk teenager .

severance ( film )

jurors were played a scene from the british horror film severance in which a character was shown tied to a tree .
the film was also passed 15 on video and it was selected for screening at national schools film week in 2007 .
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a 17 - year - old student was murdered in an apparent re - creation of a scene from the horror film severance , a court heard yesterday .
a sign on the building seen at the end of the film reads szeveranz .
severance and dr . strangelove both end with the song
we ' ll meet again
.
jurors were shown a scene from severance in which a young man was shown tied to a tree .
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another object of this invention is to provide a multiple - layer packaging film , preferably a two - layer film , in which at least one of the layers has a line of severance formed before the layers are joined together and wherein a container made from the material will rupture along said line of severance with a rapid quick opening action instead of a slow , leaking - type opening action .
severance is a british horror film with a comic edge about a group of workers from an arms company sent on a team - bonding exercise in some remote hungarian woods who find themselves being terrorised and then picked - off by a band of local soldiers . the film is a second horror offering from its director christopher smith , whose first film , creep , had been classified 18 in 2004 .
in the bfi’s modern classics series—a film that was financed in part from the scala’s takings ) .
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the court was told mr clarke , of elizabeth way , had watched severance about a year before mr everitt was killed .
one would expect only one female surviving through a film of this nature , but there ' s actually three .
( 5 ) the line of severance is formed in the outer layer of one of the side walls of the inner container .
4 . the i . d . product of claim 1 in which said longitudinally extending side edges of said film second portion and said release liner are aligned , said line of potential severance is in both said film second portion and said release liner , and further adhesive means secures said release liner to the portion of said ply aligned with said attachment part .
upon the application of another object of this invention is to provide a method for the manufacture of multiple - layer flexible packaging films wherein a first layer is advanced along a predetermined path , severed in a longitudinal direction , and then joined to a second layer to provide a multiple - layer packaging film wherein one layer has a line of severance along which the film may be ruptured .
on female voices in film criticism . without playing down the levels of gender inequality in the industry , the magazine ( which last year ran a competition to find new female film writers ) opted primarily to highlight the influential contribution of women to the way movies are discussed , understood and appreciated . i’m grateful to the article for alerting me to hilary mantel’s film writing for the
1 . an i . d . product comprising a generally rectangular ply having a front , a rear and a pair of longitudinally - extending side edges , said ply including card stock having intersecting longitudinal and transverse lines of weakness defining an i . d . card , a pressure sensitive adhesive - equipped transparent film having first and second portions , said first portion being attached to one face of said i . d . card , said second portion of said film being in face - to - face relation with said ply , said second portion of said film being equipped with a release liner in covering relation to said pressure sensitive adhesive and interposed between said film and said ply and said film second portion being movable into covering relation with the other face of said i . d . card , said film second portion and release liner having longitudinally extending side edges constituting an attachment part , a longitudinally extending line of potential severance in said attachment part spaced slightly inward of the longitudinally extending side edge of said film second portion , and adhesive means securing said attachment part to said ply whereby said attachment part remains with said ply upon severing along said line of potential severance .
another object is to provide a flexible packaging film utilizing a plurality of layers of dissimilar materials wherein at least one of the layers carries a line of sev erance that is formed before the various layers are joined together and wherein a container made from said material can be easily rupturable along the line of severance . a related object is to provide a two - layer material wherein one layer has the line of severance and the second layer is a contiguous member wherein the line of severance is formed in the first layer before the second layer is joined thereto .
an i . d . product wherein a ply having longitudinal and transverse lines of perforation defines an i . d . card , a pressure sensitive - equipped transparent film having a first portion attached to the ply and a second portion of the film being positioned in face - to - face relation to the ply , the second portion of the film being equipped with a release liner .
i didn’t find an equivalent of that voice in print until i was a teenager . existing on a diet of film reviews in
10 . the i . d . card product of claim 7 in which said line of potential severance is aligned with said line of perforation .
in the 2016 - 17 season , the following guest artists and ensembles perform for the first time at severance hall : violinists baiba skride and james ehnes , pianist cédric tiberghien , and the vocal ensemble seraphic fire . cleveland orchestra associate conductor brett mitchell makes his severance hall subscription concerts debut .
friday , february 24 , 2017 at 11 a . m . the cleveland orchestra matthias pintscher , conductor cédric tiberghien , piano – severance hall debut
however , is constructed in accordance with this invention and includes a line of severance 19 extending through the first layer 1 forming its outer surface . referring back to fig . 5 , the line of severance 19 extends across the container between its two side edges . the line of severance is indicated herein as being disposed near one end heat seal seam 37 , although it can be arranged at other positions about the body of the container .
multiple layer rupturable packaging film and containers therefrom filed jan . 27 , 1964 2 sheets - sheet 2 1 inventor dominic a . perinc fi by a torney united states patent 3 , 250 , 384 multiple layer rupturable packaging film and containers therefrom dominic a . perino , bayside , wis . , assignor to milprint , inc . , milwaukee , wis . , a corporation of delaware filed jan . 27 , 1964 , ser . no . 340 , 423 9 claims . ( cl . 206 - 47 ) this invention relates to flexible multiple - layer packaging films wherein at least one of the layers includes a line of severance so that a container made from the film may be opened by rupture along the line of severance . in its more particular aspects , this invention relates to a method for the manufacture of flexible film of the foregoing type , containers made from the film , and packages including a combination of a container of the specified type and a commodity packed within the container .
severance is a 2006 british comedy horror film written by james moran ( doctor who ) , directed by christopher smith ( creep 2004 , triangle ) and starring danny dyer , laura harris and tim mcinnerny . in this film , a group of office workers for military arms corporation palisade defence are stalked by a group of bloodthirsty , psychopathic masked ex - soldiers while on a corporate team - building retreat in the mountains of hungary .
( “a right load of proper gander” ) , a film so ridiculous that it merited only mockery . ( happily , the whole review is
fig . 3 illustrates a sheet 28 also comprising superimposed layers of the first web 1 and the second web 16 firmly bonded to one another wherein the line of severance 19a consists of a series of spaced cut lines extending from one end of the sheet to the other . each out line extends entirely through the layer of first web 1 but the two portions of the layer of first web 1 on the opposite sides of the line of severance 19a are joined to one another along the short uncut ' intervals between the short cut lines forming the line of severance . this form of film material is easily made according to the method illustrated in fig . 1 by substituting an appropriate slitter that has a cutting edge designed to produce the interrupted cut lines of line of severance 19a .
according to the invention , a ply carries an integral , separable i . d . card . provided with the ply is a pressure sensitive adhesive - equipped transparent film having a first portion attached to the ply which is advantageously made of card stock and a second portion of the film is arranged in face - to - face relation with the card stock . the second portion of the film is equipped with a release liner over the pressure sensitive adhesive whereby upon removal of the release liner , the film is movable into covering relation with the i . d . card .
a lineof severance provides these important features and enables the attainment of a quick opening container that can still be maintained closed until it is desired to be opened .
fig . 4 shows a third sheet 29 of film material of this invention alsocomprising superimposed layers of first web 1 and second web 16 firmly joined to one another but showing a third construction for the line of severance . in this embodiment , the line of severance 1 % extends across the layer of first web 1 in the sheet 29 and comprises a series of spaced ' perforations wherein each perforation extends entirely through the layer of first web . again , this form of the line of severance can be produced with the process as illustrated in fig . 1 by the substitution of an appropriate perforating device for the slitter 13 .
another object of this invention is to provide a twolayer packaging film of dissimilar materials wherein one layer is a material of a relatively high elongation and the second layer is a material of a comparatively low elongation , in which the two layers are firmly joined to one another and the layer of low elongation has a line of severance formed therein prior to joinder of the two layers so that a container made from said material can be ruptured rapidly along the line of severance .
other styles of containers than the pouch 36 illustrated . in fig . 5 may be fabricated from the finished film of this invention . while it is generally sufficient to use the film of this invention for only one wall of the container , it is also possible to use it for both walls thereof . it is desirable that the line of severance be positioned on an exterior surface of the container wall although this may be varied in some packaging applications .
7 . an i . d . card product comprising a generally rectangular ply having a front , a rear and a pair of longitudinally - extending side edges , at least one of said side edges being equipped with a longitudinally extending control margin defined by a line of perforation extending parallel to said one side edge and spaced therefrom , said ply including card stock having intersecting longitudinal and transverse lines of weakness therein defining an i . d . card , pressure sensitive adhesive equipped transparent film having first and second portions , said first portion being attached to one face of said i . d . card , the second portion of said film being in face - to - face relation with said ply , said second portion of said film being equipped with a release liner in covering relation to said pressure sensitive adhesive and interposed between said film and said ply , said film second portion and release liner having longitudinally extending side edges adjacent said control punch margin , said film second portion having an attachment part adjacent the longitudinally extending side edge thereof secured to said ply , said attachment part being defined by a line of potential severance spaced inward of the longitudinally extending side edge of said film second portion .
another object of this invention is to provide a package comprising a liquid or finely divided solid that behaves as a liquid , packaged in a container wherein the container is manufactured from a pair of superposed sheets of flexible packaging material , at least one sheet of which comprises a two - layer film of dissimilar materials having different percentage of elongation and wherein the film having the lowest percentage of elongation carries a line of severance , so that application of hand or manual pressure to the package will cause the hydraulic forces then developed to rupture the container along the line of severance formed to enable the contents to escape from the container .
the murder of a 17 - year - old student from norfolk was based on a scene from a spoof horror film , a jury has heard .
cipc’s pierre and sophié van der westhuizen will hold the spotlight for an exciting piano duo performance as part of the cleveland international film festival film feast fundraising series . the concert will be held at the warrensville heights branch of cuyahoga county public library on saturday , february 9 , 2013 at 7 : 00 pm . the event is being hosted by allyn and john davies , who serve on the board of directors for both cipc and the film festival .
nice review , and i totally agree . i liked severance a lot ; very funny and very enjoyable . one of my favorite horror films that i saw in 2007 .
three killers have been given long sentences for
sadistically
murdering teenager simon everitt in a re - enactment of a scene from a spoof horror film .
9 . the i . d . card product of claim 7 in which the longitudinally extending side edge of said film second portion overlaps the longitudinally extending side edge of said release liner whereby said pressure sensitive adhesive adjacent the longitudinally extending side edge of said film second portion secures said attachment part to said ply .
between 1987 and 1991 . and for making me ponder the role women played in my own film education , which is to say : they were everything .
3 . the i . d . product of claim 2 in which said line of potential severance is spaced slightly inward of the longitudinally extending side edge of said release liner .
bernstein symphonic suite from on the waterfront – first severance hall performances thomas violin concerto no . 3 ( “juggler in paradise” ) – first cleveland orchestra performances copland symphony no . 3
( 4 ) the container , when closed and having deformable material enclosedwithin it , being rupturable along said line of severance upon manual deformation of the material to thereby open the container .
jurors were shown a clip from severance , a 2006 british horror film directed by christopher smith , in which a young man was similarly shown tied to a tree before being set on fire . khalil said the death of everitt re - created the
worst aspects
of the movie but involved
real people
and a
real
victim .
( 3 ) the container , when closed and having deformable material enclosed within it , being rupturable along said line of severance upon manual deformation of the material to thereby open the container .
( 3 ) said inner container being rupturable along the line of severance upon the application of a compressive force against the outer container to thereby cause admixture of said first and second materials .
still referring to figs . 1 and 2 , the numeral 29 designates a transparent film which , on its lower face , is equipped with pressure sensitive adhesive as at 30 . this insures that one portion 31 of the film 29 is in covering relationship to one face 32 of the i . d . card 28 - - the upper face as shown . the remaining portion 33 of the film 29 has its pressure sensitive adhesive covered by a release liner 34 which advantageously is constructed of silicone paper .
severance loses some points for originality and it doesn’t quite flesh out its relationships enough to justify bringing them up . still , it’s a worthwhile blend of the office and scream – just with a much less chatty maniac . movie fans who like their humor british and a little awkward and their slashers silly and a little self - aware should find themselves well - satisfied by severance .
( 3 ) said inner container being rupturable along the line of severance upon the application of hydraulic pressure from the liquid packaged in the inner container so that said liquid can escape from the inner container through the opening formed therein upon rupture along the line of severance for admixture with said first material , said hydraulic pressure being developed by the application of a compressive force against the outer container .
keep your comments focused on the film . don ' t post randomness / off - topic comments . jokes are fine , but don ' t post tactless / inappropriate ones .
in either event , there is provided an
underlap
as at 157 which facilitates separation of the release liner 134 from the second portion 133 of the transparent film 129 .
if billson showed that humour was an important tool in film writing , kael demonstrated that you could make your own rules . as nick pinkerton notes in his own contribution to that
( 3 ) said inner container being rupturable along the line of severance upon the application of a com - 10 pressive force against the outer container to thereby cause admixture of said first and second materials .
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our feature film is finding kukan by director robin lung . this screening is followed by an in - person q & a with the director , moderated by monika navarro , itvs .
( 1964 ) is the ending song ,
we ' ll meet again ,
played at the end of both films . the version played in
severance
is a hard rock version , however .
6 . an i . d . card product comprising a generally rectangular ply having a front , a rear and a pair of side edges , at least one of said side edges being equipped with a longitudinally extending control margin defined by a line of perforation extending parallel to said one side edge and spaced therefrom , said ply including card stock having intersecting longitudinal and transverse lines of weakness therein defining and i . d . card having first and second faces , pressures sensitive adhesive - equipped transparent film having first and second portions , said first portion being attached to said first face of said i . d . card , the second portion of said film being in face - to - face relation with said ply , said second portion of said film being equipped with a release liner covering said pressure sensitive adhesive and interposed between said film and said ply and said film second portion being movable into covering relation with said second face of said i . d . card , said film second portion and said release liner being adhesively attached to said control margin , with a line of perforation in said film second portion and said release liner aligned with the line of perforation in said ply whereby upon detachment of said control margin said second portion is available for removal of said release liner and pivoting into said covering relation .
seven distinguished guest conductors return to severance hall this season : cleveland orchestra music director laureate christoph von dohnányi , semyon bychkov , andrew davis , james gaffigan , matthew halls , jakub hrůša , and jaap van zweden .
celebrate the holiday season with the cleveland orchestra and choruses in these annual offerings of music for the season , including sing - alongs and a very special guest — all in the festive yuletide splendor of severance hall .
celebrate the holiday season with the cleveland orchestra and choruses in these annual offerings of music for the season , including sing - alongs and a very special guest – all in the festive yuletide splendor of severance hall .
ryan gilbey is the new statesman ' s film critic . he is also the author of it don ' t worry me ( faber ) , about 1970s us cinema , and a study of groundhog day in the
modern classics
series ( bfi publishing ) . he was named reviewer of the year in the 2007 press gazette awards and is film critic in residence at falmouth university .
thursday , february 23 , 2017 at 7 : 30 p . m . saturday , february 25 , 2017 at 8 p . m . the cleveland orchestra matthias pintscher , conductor cédric tiberghien , piano – severance hall debut
there has thus been described a method for the manufacture of a multiple - layer flexible packaging film wherein one of the layers has a substantially lower percentage of elongation than a second layer of the film and wherein the layer with the lower elongation carries a line of severance that was formed therein prior to the two layers being joined together . particularly effective results are obtained when the layer of highest elongation has a percentage of elongation no less than about twice that of the layer having the line of severance ; for the purposes of this invention , percentage of elongation is that measured in the direction perpendicular to the line of severence and may be either the machine or cross direction of the materials depending upon the orientation of the line of severance relative to the material . the line of severance includes cut lines extending through the one layer so that there is a very thin separation between the two portions of the layer on opposite sides of the line of severance to produce a thin unsupported section of the second layer that ruptures under specified conditions of use . the novel fihns thusly formed can be converted into containers that , after being filled with a commodity , may be opened by exerting force on the commodity so that the commodity can exert pressure on the thin section of container wall underlying the line of severance so as to cause rupture thereof to form an opening for the escape of the commodity packaged in the container . while this invention has been described with reference to several specific embodiments for the purpose of illustration , it is to be understood that it is intended to cover all changes and modifications of the exemplary embodiments , as well as other embodiments , which do not constitute a departure from the scope and spirit of this invention .
a 17 - year - old engineering student was murdered after being tied to a tree and having petrol poured down his throat in a re - creation of a scene in the horror movie severance , jurors were told today .
kitchener - berlin is interrupted midway by an archival canadian film made by dent harrison in the twenties entitled the highway of tomorrow or how one makes two . harrison arrived in canada penniless in the early part of the century and invented the rotating oven , allowing bakers to make bread without burning it . with the proceeds he bought a motion picture camera and eventually made what trap stevens , archivist at the national film and sound archives ( a man hoffman has worked with for years ) calls “the first canadian surrealist film . ” hoffman inserts this movie with few changes into the second half of kitchener - berlin .
another object of this invention is to provide a container made from a pair of superposed sheets of flexible packaging material , each sheet of material being formed of at least two layers , and wherein at least one of the sheets of material is formed of two layers and one layer carries a line of severance so that the sheet can be ruptured along the line of severance in order to open the container to permit escape of materials packaged within the container .
as if gartner auditorium and severance hall were not large enough to contain the glorious music of the cleveland international piano competition , 22 brightly decorated pianos will pop up on the streets of cleveland to help celebrate the event this summer .
the university of massachusetts boston is a nationally recognized student - centered urban public research university . one of the signature features of the university is our annual partnership with the independent film festival boston ( iffboston ) .
in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the birth of leonard bernstein , the complete version of the film west side story will be screened with the orchestra playing the film score live in june . ( please note that the starting times for the june 1 , 2 , and 3 performances have been changed to 7 : 00 p . m . , as listed in the updated calendar at the end of this release . )
now referring to fig . 7 , the release liner 34 underlying the second section 33 is being peeled away to expose the portion of the pressure sensitive adhesive 30 underlying the second portion 33 of the transparent film 29 .
to effect removal of the i . d . card from the remainder of the ply 121 , i provide a slit 155 in the transparent film 133 slightly inboard of the adjacent edge 156 of the release liner 134 .
5 . the i . d . product of claim 4 in which said ply is equipped along one of its longitudinally extending side edges with a control punch margin defined by a longitudinally extending line of perforation adjacent said one longitudinally extending side edge of said ply , said line of potential severance being aligned with said longitudinally extending line of perforation whereby detachment of said control punch margin simultaneously separates said attachment part from the remainder of said film second portion and said release liner .
2 . the i . d . product of claim 1 in which the longitudinally extending side edge of said film second portion overlaps said release liner side edge whereby said pressure sensitive adhesive secures said attachment part to said ply .
such comedy was felt to have a balancing effect and to lighten the tone of the bloody horror violence in a way that recalled two other recent british horror films , shaun of the dead and dog soldiers , both of which received a 15 certificate . the comedy in severance distinguishes it from strong horror works such as saw , hostel and wolf creek –and indeed its director’s first film , creep - that play the violence and threat ‘straight’ , and which were all classified at 18 .
with its corporate world setting and its cringe - inducing sense of humor , the comparisons between severance and the office are inevitable from the start . dig into the film more deeply , and those connections become even more apparent . director and co - writer christopher smith and co - writer james moran employ many character types from the show , including the daft , reality - blind boss , the overzealous second - in - command , and the too - cool - for - school salesman .
film criticism has plenty of robust , distinctive female voices — from charlotte o’sullivan at the standard and catherine shoard at the guardian to sophie monks kaufman at little white lies and my ns colleague antonia quirke ( whose brilliant and engaging guests spots hosting bbc1’s film 2015 render it absurd that the programme makers haven’t handed stewardship of that show to her on a permanent basis ) . the sight & sound piece has been chastening in one way . just because the female voice in film writing and broadcasting is implicit doesn’t mean it shouldn’t be emphasised and celebrated . how strange , and telling , that it took that feature to make me consider and acknowledge the importance of the female voice in my own development .
8 . the i . d . card product of claim 7 in which said side edges of said film second portion and said release liner are aligned , and adhesive means on said release liner secures said attachment part to said ply .
as indicated previously , fig . 1 is schematic in form and omits many of the drives and associated equipment that will be necessary to operate the various rollers and the finished film figs . 2 , 3 and 4 illustrate several forms of the films of this invention that can be made according to the method shown in fig . 1 . fig . 2 illustrates a sheet 25 of the finished film made as shown in fig . 1 , including one layer comprising the first web 1 and a second layer comprising the second web 16 . both layers are firmly joined to one another . as indicated , the line of severance 19 is a continuous cut line extending from one end of the sheet 25 to the other and passing entirely through the depth of the layer of first web 1 throughout its entire length . thus in this form , one portion 26 of the layer of first web 1 is completely separated from the other portion 27 of the layer of first web 1 along the line of severance 19 .
according to wikipedia , in the early decades of the 20th century there were as many as 7 , 000 organs installed in movie theaters in the united states for the purposes of entertaining audiences before and between shows and , especially , for accompanying silent films . the theaters have , alas , mostly vanished , the organs either destroyed or re - installed elsewhere , and the skills for accompanying silent films have been lost . that is why organist todd wilson’s performance on friday night at severance hall accompanying the 1923 american film
ugh god , danny dyer . . . severance is a british horror that i believe was trying to be similar to shaun of the dead . it turned out more like cabin fever , as fails to be a good comedy and fails to be a good horror film . i remember this stated ok but just got worse as it went along with a crappy ending . also what is with all these
if you go abroad , foreigners are invenitably going to hack you up
movies that keep coming out ? !
march 16 and 18 : an all - stravinsky program that includes the first cleveland orchestra performances of threni , lamentations of jeremiah with the vocal ensemble seraphic fire making their severance hall debut . also on the program are fireworks , apollon musagète , and the symphonies of wind instruments .
as it nears the centennial of its founding in 2018 , the cleveland orchestra’s commitment to artistic and musical excellence is demonstrated during the 2016 - 17 season with programs that juxtapose old and new masterpieces in meaningful context with 20th - and 21st - century masterworks . the 2016 - 17 season includes presentations of opera , ballet , education and family concerts , community engagement programs , fridays @ 7 , summers @ severance , film scores performed live , and collaborations with pop and jazz singers during the orchestra’s summer season at blossom music center .
the formal submission of severance was accompanied by the distributor’s request for a 15 certificate and the examiners assigned to view the film noted that the main classification issues were frequent use of strong language and strong violence with accompanying bloody detail and gore quite typical of the horror genre represented by the work . the film also features sex and drug references , as well as sight of soft drug use . the examiners agreed that the issues were contained at the upper end of the 15 category but echoed the view expressed at the advice stage that the strength and detail of the horror violence placed the work on the 15 / 18 borderline . in such cases the bbfc canvasses wider internal opinion and so a second examining team viewed the work , eventually concurring with the first team on the 15 category .
thursday , october 27 , 2016 at 7 : 30 p . m . friday , october 28 , 2016 at 8 p . m . saturday , october 29 , 2016 at 8 p . m . the cleveland orchestra stéphane denève , conductor james ehnes , violin – severance hall debut
since the action of the film takes place in paris in the environs of notre dame , there were many references to the organ works of louis vierne , the blind organist of the cathedral when the film was released . i heard the opening of vierne’s symphony for organ no . 3 ; the finale from his symphony no . 1 ; and his carillon de westminster ( wrong city , but the theme was used when quasimodo was ringing notre dame’s bells ) . there were probably more that i didn’t catch .
friday , october 14 , 2016 at 8 p . m . saturday , october 15 , 2016 at 8 p . m . sunday , october 16 , 2016 at 3 p . m . the cleveland orchestra alain altinoglu , conductor – cleveland orchestra debut baiba skride , violin – severance hall debut
thursday , march 16 , 2017 at 7 : 30 p . m . saturday , march 18 , 2017 at 8 p . m . the cleveland orchestra franz welser - möst , conductor seraphic fire , vocal ensemble – severance hall debut patrick dupré quigley , founder & artistic director cleveland orchestra chorus
as a prelude to the film , todd wilson played marcel dupré’s cortège et litanie using a lush registration that showed off the romantic sounds of of the norton memorial organ built by e . m . skinner in 1930 and reinstalled in 2000 as part of the renovation of severance hall . the skinner organ is not in the style of a theater organ ; it is a classical organ built in the “symphonic” style of its day . but it has a wealth of colors which wilson used to full effect during the course of the movie’s almost two hour running time .
the quantity of strong language in the film ( numerous uses of ‘f * * k’ and one of ‘motherf * * * * r’ ) established 15 as the minimum category which was also able to accommodate the relatively moderate nature of the sex references . the guidelines at 15 state that ‘drug taking may be shown but the film as a whole must not promote or encourage drug misuse’ and it was felt that the slacker steve’s use of marijuana , magic mushrooms and ecstasy did not , in the context of his character , glamorise the activity .
ere is a new british horror film from director christopher smith , who made creep , the scary movie set on the london underground . this new one is slickly made , respectably acted , lubricated with comedy and machine - tooled to sell nicely into its niche market . there are many in the industry who think this sort of shrewdly managed product is precisely what the british movie - world should be coming up with , as opposed to all those sub - loach kitchen - sink miseryfests . they could be right . yet , for me , severance lacked a certain spark .
after departing the drying oven 11 , the first web 1 is advanced between a back - up roller 12 and a slitter 13 . the slitter 13 is shown herein as a rotatable disc having a thin cutting edge , although it may also comprise a suitably arranged knife edge or other cutting device . the purpose of the slitter 13 is to cut a longitudinal line of severance 19 in the advancing first web 1 . the line of severance may be of various constructions such as a continuous out line , or a line of short cuts separated by uncut portions of the web , or a series of separated perforations or dots .
the closing night film is a restored version of jean - luc godard ' s contempt , his tale of the making of a movie adaptation of the odyssey is a subversive , complex . self - questioning work with a cast that includes brigitte bardot , jack palance and fritz lang .
where we work everyday is an adventure , and you never know if this day will be your last . words like layoff , termination and reorganization get thrown around a lot . another popular word which can make losing your job seem quite exciting is severance . but if the makers of this movie were real bosses i think i would just bypass the severance and just become a beach bum ! christopher smith directed this 2006 horror flick and included some actors you’ve seen but probably don’t know their names . laura harris ( 24 , dead like me ) who plays maggie is the most well known , but the entire cast does an above par job .
following his big screen debut with brit horror creep , director christopher smith cut a deal for severance . pitched as the office meets deliverance , critics and moviegoers loved the
slick mix of satire and splatter
. it fared well at the box office , although snakes on a plane stole most of its thunder . . .
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this support was evident in our largest and most successful competition ever , held this past summer at the cleveland museum of art and severance hall . a professional survey taken this year indicated that 87 percent of those responding rated their experience at the event “excellent . ” we are very proud of this result , which reflects well on our entire community .
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the film opens with george ( david gilliam ) and two women running through the woods . the women fall into a large pit trap while george , after refusing to help them , continues running only to be caught in a snare . as george hangs helplessly , a masked man approaches and disembowels him with a knife .
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the office
meets hostel in severance , a horror - comedy about a group of officer workers looking to partake in a weekend retreat and instead find themselves the target of several insane inmates who live in the woods . so , in essence , the people aren ' t inmates , but they ' re crazy sons - of - bitches . full movie review »
the court heard clarke had watched the film , which centres on a company team - building trip to hungary which goes horribly wrong , about a year before everitt was killed . he was heard to comment at the time :
wouldn ' t it be wicked if you could actually do that to someone in real life ?
the accumulation of these issues did , however , take the film to the higher levels of the 15 category and raise the question of whether it was more suitable at the adult 18 category - which is where the very evident comic elements in the work entered the argument as something that balanced the impact of the horror and violence .
horror channel frightfest celebrates 12th year at glasgow film festival with record - breaking fourteen titles – including ten premieres and a screening of the 4k restoration of phantasm ! frightfest passes are £70 and available from noon on mon january 16th 2016 . passes cover all films on fri 24 and sat 25 feb only . tickets for a cure for wellness and phantasm : remastered . individual tickets for the fri / sat films are on sale mon january 23rd from 10am . to book tickets : + 44 ( 0 ) 141 332 6535 / boxoffice @ urltoken / www . urltoken / festival from the press release : monstrous stories , unspeakable urban legends , brutal acts and fearsome folktales dominate as the uk’s favourite horror fantasy event returns to the glasgow film festival with a record fourteen films , including ten uk premieres , screening from thurs 23 feb to sat 25 feb 2017 at the iconic glasgow film theatre . kicking off with a special screening of a cure for wellness , an intense psychological ride from gore verbinski ,
uk - based financier the fyzz facility is producing and fully financing creep and severance director christopher smith ’s haunted house horror the banishing , screendaily reports . the banishing tells the story of a young reverend , his wife , and daughter , who move into a manor with a horrifying secret . when a demonic spirit possesses the little girl and threatens to tear the family [ … ]
free concert previews are presented beginning one hour prior to most cleveland orchestra concerts at severance hall . designed to enrich the concert - going experience , previews feature a variety of speakers , interviews , and performance presentations . for details about topics and scheduled speakers or artists , visit urltoken throughout the season . the concert preview series is funded by a generous endowment gift from dorothy humel hovorka .
james moran , whom you may know as the writer of severance , cockneys vs . zombies , and “ doctor who , ” is currently running a kickstarter campaign for his new short blood shed . get all the details here ! the campaign only runs until 27th… continue reading → the post doctor who writer james moran enters the blood shed ; sally phillips and shaun dooley to star appeared first on dread central .
one the office staple severance doesn’t nail is the love triangle . the movie half - heartedly introduces a quasi - love triangle between steve ( danny dyer ) , billy ( babou ceesayu ) , and maggie ( laura harris ) . although , it never really goes anywhere . in american office terms , it fails to rise to the level of jim - pam - roy or even jim - pam - karen .
in the british horror comedy severance , a company forces a small group of its employees to spend a weekend together playing paintball and bonding . the problem is they choose to do this in eastern europe and in true cinematic eastern european fashion , the environment proves hostile . compared to what a local masked maniac has in store , team - building exercises and uncomfortable co - worker interactions seem like a downright idyllic weekend .
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thursday , may 11 , 2017 at 7 : 30 p . m . saturday , may 13 , 2017 at 8 p . m . sunday , may 14 , 2017 at 3 p . m . the cleveland orchestra franz welser - möst , conductor julia fischer , violin itay tiran , actor – cleveland orchestra debut anya matanovic , soprano emily fons , mezzo - soprano – severance hall debut ladies of the cleveland orchestra youth chorus
if you follow the genre festival circuit long enough you come to understand that one name is synonymous with all things genre in the uk . even after it will no longer be a ' united ' kingdom ( thank you fuckwits ) frightfest will be always be the lead purveyors of all things phantasmic , fantastic and horrific . now heading into their lucky thirteenth year in bonnie glasgow , scotland frightfest has another remarkable weekend planned for the beginning of march during the glasgow film festival . over three nights there will be chills and thrills a plenty as some great international titles join a crop of home grown features . the festival kicks off with a screening of ghost stories , directed by andy nyman ( severance and black death ) and jeremy . . . [ read the whole post on screenanarchy . com . . . ]


spike is a 2008 horror-romance directed by robert beaucage , produced by string and a can productions , and starring edward gusts , sarah livingston evans , anna-marie wayne , nancy p. corbo , and jared edwards .

the film has been described by robert hope as " angela carter rewriting la belle et la bête as an episode of buffy the vampire slayer . "

spike ( 2008 film )

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thomson - jones , kathryn , 2008 . aesthetics and film , london : continuum .
- denzel washington / george clooney / clint eastwood ( 2008 ) . . . himself
––– , 2008 . the philosophy of motion pictures , malden , ma : blackwell .
was presented by spike jonze and david fincher , two friends of tarsem . ( spike jonze directed videos for the beastie boys ,
livingston , paisley , and carl plantinga , 2008 . the routledge companion to philosophy and film , abingdon : uk : routledge .
sugarland – all i wanna do music video ( mercury records ) apr 2008 on oahu .
- the lord of the rings and the two towers ( 2008 ) . . . gollum
- the dickensian aspect ( 2008 ) . . . det . james ' jimmy ' mcnulty
skate videos were spike jonze’s “gateway drug” to the world of movie - making . in this 2008 interview , the being john malkovich director and other skate - film legends discuss the enduring importance of the underground scene
the informant ( warner brothers ) feature film about a high - level agribusiness exec turned whistle blower . starring matt damon . june 2008 on oahu .
a documentary film about fifteen young sailors vying to win the famous trans - pacific sailing race , and the struggles they encounter . aug 2008 on oahu .
mariah carey – i’ll be loving u long time music video features rapper t . i . jun 2008 on oahu
germany’s answer to the popular series , america’s next top model . hosted by heidi klum . 2008 on oahu .
( 2008 ) . he has been married to catherine fitzgerald since june 26 , 2010 . they have four children .
among his many credits , vincent appeared in spike lee’s do the right thing and jungle fever and played a detective in the 2008 indie the tested . he had a cameo role in 2009’s stargate atlantis .
eisenstein , sergei , 1969 . film form : essays in film theory , new york : harcourt .
wedding day ( tnt ) reality series where a couple is given the wedding of their dreams . sep 2008 on maui .
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director spike lee at the oscars in hollywood in february . photograph : lucas jackson / reuters
reality television series that reunites a group of high school classmates for the first time in 20 years . jul 2008 on maui .
hannity : i ' m asking you about spike lee , who made an accusation about clint eastwood , because he portrayed it accurately in the film .
' we ' re not on a plantation , clint . ' spike lee hits back in war of words over black soldiers | film | the guardian
i went to the spike tv scream 2008 awards and have plenty of things to report back from it . first off , here’s a story i wrote that was published on the front page of the los angeles times this morning .
vincent was among the sopranos cast when the show received the 2008 sag award for outstanding performance by an ensemble in a drama series .
hannity : spike lee — i ' m asking you if he — spike lee plays the race card continually . i ' m asking you , if you have the intellectual honesty to admit it .
tags anna - marie wayne edward gusts jared edwards nancy p . corbo robert beaucage sarah livingston evans spike
a documentary series following the life of actress denise richards . airs sunday at 10 : 30 / 9 : 30c . apr 2008 on oahu .
ledger , who began his screen career in aussie tv shows sweat and roar in the mid 1990s , died in new york in january 2008 .
hannity : and do you think when spike lee said he was overrated because of his race . . .
entourage ( hbo ) television series about a hollywood superstar and his group of friends . starring jeremy piven and kevin connolly . apr 2008 on oahu .
clint eastwood has advised rival film director spike lee to
shut his face
after the african - american complained about the racial make - up of eastwood ' s films .
knight rider ( nbc ) updated version of the hit 80’s television series about a man and his car . starring val kilmer . oct 2008 on oahu .
colmes : well , no , it is the issue . he was criticized by spike lee for that , saying a white guy shouldn ' t have made that film . spike lee could have made that film , as well , and he employed 90 percent african - american actors in that film . to suggest clint eastwood somehow does not care to employ african - american actors , which is the implication here , is wrong .
do yourself a favor , if you decide you want to know more about the film “spike : a gothic fairy tale” , do not go to youtube and look up the trailer .
in march 2008 , jonze turned in a revised script . he hadn’t made major changes — he’d removed one scene and added two — but warner brothers acquiesced , giving him the money he needed to finish the film . “we felt that the changes spike made in the movie really addressed the majority of the issues , ” robinov told me .
illinois film officials won’t say whether lee’s film tax credits included a location fee for st . sabina . lee didn’t respond to emails .
his most famous role is baltimore commissioner ervin h . burrell , which he played on the critically acclaimed hbo series
the wire
from 2002 - 2008 .
a born director . a fearless actor . an unforgettable artist . i am heath ledger premieres may 17th on spike .
this is a rush transcript from
hannity & colmes ,
june 9 , 2008 . this copy may not be in its final form and may be updated .
wheel of fortune ( sony pictures television ) the iconic game show filmed 20 episodes in hawaii . starring pat sajak and vanna white . sep 2008 on big island .
tan , ed s . , 1995 . emotion and the structure of narrative film : film as an emotion machine , london : routledge .
“why won’t they show you the numbers ? i think they would be embarrassed by the numbers , ” says former state sen . rickey “hollywood” hendon , d - chicago , who sponsored the illinois film production services tax credit act of 2008 .
' a guy like him should shut his face ' - clint eastwood on spike lee . photograph : nicolas guerin / corbis
' we ' re not on a plantation , clint . ' spike lee hits back in war of words over black soldiers
new york  spike lee will film passing strange , stew ' s rock musical journey of self - discovery , during performances next week at broadway ' s belasco theatre , it was announced wednesday .
into the blue 2 : the reef ( mgm home entertainment ) straight to video feature film about a pair of professional divers who are hired to find columbus’ hidden treasure . starring chris carmack and laura vandervoort . may – jun 2008 on oahu .
this entry is organized around a number of issues that are central to the philosophy of film . they explore different aspect of film as an artistic medium , illustrating the range of concerns addressed within the philosophy of film .
special delivery ( lifetime ) television movie about a bonded courier who transports a bratty teenager on an international flight . starring lisa edelstein and brenda song . feb 2008 on oahu .
australia’s biggest loser : season 3 ( fremantlemedia australia ) a reality television series profiling a group of people as they compete to lose the most weight . feb 2008 on oahu .
the amazing race ( cbs ) a reality television series following teams of 2 on an international race around the world for half a million dollars . nov 2008 on oahu & kauai .
an article on sept . 6 about the film director spike jonze omitted a credit for the illustrations . they were by geoff mcfetridge , who also did the illustrations for the type about jonze on the cover .
hannity : spike lee ,
he ' s overrated because of his race . you listen to the white media . . .
for spike lee and members of his cast , & apos ; chi - raq & apos ; was a big , honking curveball .
heath ledger was an academy award - winning , australian actor best known for his roles in brokeback mountain and the dark knight . he died of an accidental prescription drug overdose in 2008 .
her character never once leaves her apartment during the entire course of the film .
hannity : spike lee ,
trent lott is card - carrying member of the ku klux klan .
is that acceptable , leo ?
life and business coach kimyon zari joins us tonight . start your week with powerful motivation . spike spillberg live from the director ' s chair
honoka’a boy ( fuji tv ) based on a true story , this feature film is about a young japanese boy who comes to honoka’a on the big island and becomes the projectionist at the honoka’a people’s theater . starring masaki okada . oct – nov 2008 on big island .
flirting with forty ( lifetime ) television movie about a divorced mother who falls for a younger man while on vacation . starring heather locklear and robert buckley . apr – may 2008 on oahu .
spike jonze , the director with the childlike imagination , and the actor max records . ( jonze is the one without a wolf suit . )
spike lee , director of
chi - raq
during a media availability at the waldorf astoria in chicago on nov . 23 , 2015 .
in order to justify the claim that film deserves to be considered an independent art form , philosophers investigated the ontological structure of film . the hope was to develop a conception of film that made it clear that it differed in significant ways from the other fine arts . for this reason , the question of film ' s nature was a crucial one for theorists of film during what we might call the classic period .
––– , 2007 . thinking on screen : film as philosophy , london : routledge .
the first trailer for the film about the late australian star was unveiled earlier this month along with news it would premiere at new york’s tribeca film festival this coming weekend .
before his unfortunate passing , heath ledger completed filming the dark knight , and the blockbuster that was rumored to have been heath ledger & apos ; s oscar winning performance opened in u . s . theaters on july 18 , 2008 . the film grossed more than $ 400 million in 18 days .
the problem is that the sub - field of film theory within film studies has been dominated by a range of theoretical commitments that many anglo - american philosophers do not share . many such philosophers have therefore felt a need not just to make minor revisions in the field and its understanding of film but rather to make a new beginning in the study of film that does not share the problematic assumptions of film theory itself . for this reason , as well as the earlier - cited view of film as a legitimate topic within aesthetics , they have felt it important to develop a philosophically informed mode of thinking about film .
hannity :
. . . and nobody ever played basketball before him .
that ' s your — that ' s your friend , spike lee .
hannity : let me raise it up a notch . your friend spike lee ,
shoot charlton heston .
you want to defend that , leo ?
arnheim , rudolf , 1957 . film as art , berkeley : university of california press .
( 2012 ) , the eponymous king kong in the 2005 film , caesar . . .
the best spike lee movie and the best 9 / 11 movie and the best new york movie of the last fifteen years . the competition on all three fronts is sadly weak but i’m not damning with faint praise ; this is a great film .
the debates about what the philosophy of film should look like are really just being joined . this is because it is only recently that a scientific conception of the philosophy of film has emerged as a competitor . but despite the increasing popularity of a cognitive approach to film , there are fundamental issues about the structure of the philosophy of film that remain to be settled .
jennifer hudson at the world premiere of spike lee ' s
chi - raq
at the chicago theatre on nov . 22 , 2015 , in chicago .
this spike lee film examines the life of an aspiring actress in new york . she is upset by the treatment of women in the movie industry during one of her screen tests with ' qt ' . out of work . . . see full summary »
still , there are some reasons why it might seem problematic for there to be a separate academic field of the philosophy of film . because the study of film is already institutionalized within academia in the discipline of film studies , and because that field includes a separate sub - field of film theory , it might seem that , unlike literature and music , say , film is already well - served by this institutional base . from this point of view , the philosophy of film is redundant , occupying a space that has already been carved out by an alternative discipline .
director spike lee ' s passionate adaptation of the thrilling broadway musical about a young bohemian who experiences sex , drugs and rock and roll on his journey to selfhood .
illustration from maurice sendak ' s children ' s book
where the wild things are .
photo of max records from the film version of
where the wild things are
from warner bros . photo of spike jonze by francois guillot / afp getty images
jon & kate plus 8 : season 4 ( tlc ) a documentary series following the lives of a couple as they struggle to raise a set of twins and sextuplets . airs mondays at 9 / 8c . 2008 on maui .
bryan appleyard has argued compellingly for man on wire ( 2008 ) as the “most important” 9 / 11 film . for appleyard , james marsh’s documentary account of philippe petit’s tightrope walk between the towers in 1974 – precisely by not mentioning the towers – affects an “anticipatory sadness and nostalgia for a pre - 9 / 11 world” .
ranciere , jacques , 2006 . film fables ( talking images ) , london : bloomsbury academic .
sinnerbrink , robert , 2011 . new philosophies of film : thinking images , london : continuum .
state officials won’t say whether they’ve ever rejected an application for film tax credits for any reason .
q : what ' s happening ? a lot of the film doesn ' t make sense .
i am heath ledger , a feature - length documentary celebrating his life using footage he had filmed himself , was released in theaters and aired on spike in may 2017 .
this idea of modeling the discipline of the philosophy of film on the natural sciences has been prominent among cognitive film theorists ( bordwell and carroll 1996 ; currie 1995 ) . this rapidly developing approach emphasizes viewers ' conscious processing of films , as opposed to the emphasis within traditional film theory on unconscious processes . in general , these theorists lean towards seeing the study of film as a scientific undertaking .
the oscars present hollywood as it wishes to be — refined , glamorous and high - minded — but on saturday night at the greek theatre , the spike tv scream 2008 awards showed the movie industry as it truly is in 2008 : obsessed with superheroes , overflowing with fake blood and relentless in its pursuit to sell popcorn to teenagers . and despite a name that sounds like a b - movie convention , the scream awards turned out to be so of - the - moment in their target audience that top studio executives , major stars and a - list directors not only attended , they talked backstage about the show as a sign of the times .
the philosophy of film has become a significant area for philosophical and aesthetic research . philosophers have concentrated both on aesthetic issues about film as an artistic medium — the philosophy of film — and questions about the philosophical content of films — films as philosophy . the sophistication and quantity of contributions in both of these areas continue to increase , as more philosophers have taken film seriously as a subject for philosophical investigation .
carroll , nöel , 1988 . philosophical problems of classical film theory , princeton : princeton university press .
jarvie , ian , 1987 . philosophy of the film , new york : routledge & kegan paul .
the acrimonious feud between two of hollywood ' s best - known film directors reached a new level of name - calling and accusation at the weekend as spike lee invoked america ' s bitter legacy of slavery in response to clint eastwood ' s comments to the guardian on friday .
hannity : i agree . and spike lee or clint , maybe one day , should do a movie on it . but that ' s not what this movie was about .
d . b . sweeney at the world premiere of spike lee ' s
chi - raq
at the chicago theatre on nov . 22 , 2015 , in chicago .
festive children ' s animation following the adventures of a young elf who graduates to santa ' s workshop . unfortunately , as hard as spike tries , he struggles to adapt to life in the workshop and cause no end of trouble . from the award winning producer of jungle bunch , spike is the amazing story of how a little elf save christmas .
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the topic of film narration thus continues to be a subject of intense philosophical discussion and investigation . various attempts to explain its nature remain hotly debated . as new and more complex styles of film narration become popular , it is likely that the subject of film narration will continue to receive attention from philosophers and aestheticians .
philosophers working in the continental tradition have advocated a more sweeping account of film ' s contribution to philosophy . indeed , the term
film - philosophy
has been introduced to refer to the allegedly new form of philosophizing that takes place on film . ( see sinnerbrink 2011 for a discussion of this idea . )
he acquired the rights to the film , and , he said , “i started to collect visuals . ”
is there any need for a separate philosophic discipline devoted to film in addition to more empirical studies of film undertaken under the aegis of film studies itself ? although this question has not always received the attention it deserves from philosophers , it is actually a pressing one , for it asks philosophers to justify their newly found interest in film as more than an opportunistic incorporation of a highly popular form of popular culture into their domain .
this stretching of the concept
film
to include both non - celluloid movies and television and other related mediums has led some philosophers of film to suggest replacing the term
film
with a broader category , such as moving picture or moving image . so far , such suggestions have not yet changed the way in which the field is designated , so i retain the term
philosophy of film
throughout this entry .
kupfer , joseph h . , 1999 . visions of virtue in popular film , boulder : westview press .
––– , 2011 . seeing fictions in film : the epistemology of movies , oxford : oxford university press .
geoffrey rush is an australian actor best known for his award - winning performance in the 1996 film shine .
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but moviegoers took little notice of those who attacked the film . they flocked to the cinemas , dirty harry ' s dialogue passed into common parlance , and it now occupies an important if uneasy place in film history .
the second peculiarity is that within film studies—itself an institutionalized area of academic study—there is a sub - field of film theory that has significant overlap with the philosophy of film even though the majority of its practitioners operate on significantly different philosophical assumptions than anglo - american philosophers of film . in the balance of this entry , i shall include both of these areas under the rubric of the philosophy of film , although my primary emphasis is on the contributions of anglo - american theorists and i will occasionally distinguish this field from film theory as practiced within the area of film studies . one of the characteristics of philosophy as a discipline is its questioning of its own nature and basis . the philosophy of film shares this characteristic with the field in general . indeed , a first issue that the philosophy of film must address is the grounds for its own existence . this involves not only the question of what the field should look like , but also that of whether it has any reason to exist at all .
singer , irving , 2010 . cinematic mythmaking : philosophy in film , cambridge , ma : the mit press .
in a meeting with mayor rahm emanuel , lee recalls ,
the mayor objected that the title was going to give chicago a bad image , that it would hurt tourism , that it would hurt economic development on the south side . but let ' s be clear : he never said to me , ' spike , don ' t make this film . ' what he said was : ' spike , i like your films . i just don ' t like the title of this one . '
was titled “do the race thing : spike lee’s afro - fascist chic , ” and accused lee of immaturity and propagandizing for black nationalism . in fact , lee is as hard on the film’s black characters for their political apathy as he is on the pizzeria owner , sal , who is scarcely a one - dimensional race baiter ; “do the right thing” is inarguably among the most thoughtful and unsentimental meditations on race relations committed to film . scorsese calls it “a wonderful film , a tough picture that puts it right out there . ” the
the discussion of the realist character of film continues to be a topic of heated debate among philosophers of film . most recently , the emergence of digital technologies for fashioning the image raise very basic questions about the plausibility of this view .
after all , as long ago as 2008 , her video for girlfriend became one of the first on youtube to bust through the 100m views mark . this traffic , though , was itself allegedly driven mainly from a dodgy source – one fansite that encouraged users to follow a link which would keep the video open in their browsers , then refresh it every 15 seconds to spike the view - counter . the malware motherlode normally comes through similar shady sub - scripts – the saga continues .
the trailer does nothing for this film . in fact , when i viewed it , i felt the movie looked cheap , silly , and somewhat amateurish . so when i sat down to watch “spike” , i was dreading it . i just plain did not want to watch the film . thankfully , i was wrong and the film is actually really good . that isn’t to say this is my type of film , which it isn’t , but this one could very well find an audience and become a cult classic . four friends are on a road trip in the middle of the night when their tire pops and the driver loses control , skidding to a stop in the woods .
it might therefore seem surprising that there is a significant tendency among film scholars to treat films as the product of a single individual , its auteur or author . on this line of interpretation , the director of the film is the creative intelligence who shapes the entire film in a manner parallel to how we think of , say , literary works being authored .
but once the philosophy of film is granted autonomy as a separate sub - field of aesthetics , the question arises as to its form . that is , philosophers are concerned with the issue of how the philosophy of film should be constituted as a field of study . what role is there for film interpretation in the field ? how do studies of particular films relate to more theoretical studies of the medium as such ? and what about philosophy in film , a popular mode of philosophic thinking about film ? is there a unified model that can be employed to characterize this newly vitalized domain of philosophic inquiry ?
but even though the film didn’t knock my proverbial socks off in a horror - related way , it’s actually not bad . . . as long as you’re not expecting to be scared . spike is a thoughtful , well - acted reprisal of the beauty and the beast legend , but with a modern and weird twist to it .
lee pace and catinca untaru in one of the swashbuckling scenes in the fall ,  a film with two parallel stories .
freeland , cynthia a . , and thomas e . wartenberg , 1995 . philosophy and film , new york : routledge .
krakauer , siegfried , 1960 . theory of film : the redemption of physical reality , new york : oxford university press .
litch , mary , and amy d . karofsky , philosophy through film , 3rd edition , abingdon , uk : routledge .
livingston , paisley , 2009 . cinema , philosophy , bergman : on film as philosophy , oxford : oxford university press .
ufc primetime : georges st . pierre vs bj penn ( spike ) television series that followed bj penn and georges st . pierre as they trained for their fight against each other . jan 2009 on big island .
mallett and henderson are represented by paul bresnick literary agency , llc , new york , and for film by united talent agency .
allen , richard , and murray smith ( eds . ) , 1997 . film theory and philosophy , oxford : clarendon press .
carel , havi , and greg tuck , 2011 . new takes in film - philosophy , basingstoke , uk : palgrave macmillan .
currie , gregory , 1995 . image and mind : film , philosophy , and cognitive science , cambridge : cambridge university press .
“we started implementing a corrective action plan in september that will ensure more accurate reporting of the growing and diverse film industry in our state , ” says illinois film office spokeswoman jacquelyn reineke . “the diversity standard we employ sets illinois’ film program apart from the rest of the country , and we continue to look for new ways to reach out and utilize the talents of minority vendors . ”
illinois has doled out more than $ 330 million in tax credits to 1 , 410 productions that spent more than $ 1 . 1 billion in the state since 2008 , state records show . the largest credit — $ 11 . 5 million — went to the company that produced the sci - fi film “divergent . ” the smallest — $ 4 , 817 — went to northfield’s towers productions for a tv pilot called “earth uncensored . ”
spike lee will co - write and direct
time traveler ,
a feature adaptation of a memoir by ronald mallett , one of the nation ' s first african - americans to earn a ph . d in theoretical physics .
you specifically wanted the film to hurt koch , right ? we have one scene where our man spray - painted dump koch . and also we had this plan because the film came out in august and that fall was the democratic primary . so throughout the film , you hear mister señor love daddy , played by samuel jackson , telling people to vote , vote , vote . and dinkins won .
just a small sampling of his other film and tv credits include copland , nypd blue , law & order , this thing of ours and spy . his imdb page lists an upcoming 2018 film , asbury park , which also includes his old pal and costar pesci .
bordwell , david , and nöell carroll . 1996 . post - theory : reconstructing film studies , madison : university of wisconsin press .
the film will screen in cinemas for one week only from thursday may 11 . the list of participating cinemas can be found at urltoken
i have one main gripe about this film . i hate to do it but i have to admit that the dialogue annoyed me , at times . that is a personal gripe though and there is a line in the film where the girl tells spike that what he said was the cheesiest line ever heard . this tells me that writer / director robert beaucage was well aware of the territory he was delving into and poked a little fun at it . and to the casts credit , really sell the story and the dialogue works . the story revolves around spike and the methods he chooses to try and win the love of the girl . edward and sarah have a chemistry that comes across on - screen and are gifted performers .
spike lee ' s take on the
son of sam
murders in new york city during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an italian - american northeast bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another .
festive children ' s animation following the adventures of a young elf who graduates to santa ' s workshop . unfortunately , as hard as spike tries , he struggles to adapt to life in the workshop . . . see full summary »
- every conceivable method is used to minimize and postpone expenditures . digital makes both easier . it reduces the cost of production by eliminating the cost of film stock and processing , and camera rental . digital also postpones , and in some cases eliminates , the cost of making film prints if filmmakers use digital projection at festivals . they often decide not to make a film print if theatrical distribution isn’t an option .
“she’s gotta have it” premièred at the san francisco film festival and prompted a bidding war for the distribution rights . it opened in the summer of 1986 , with what lee calls a “marketing gimmick” : for nearly a month , the movie could be seen at only one theatre in america , cinema studio , at sixty - sixth and broadway . “every night it was sold out , ” lee recalled . “and i would get there and hand out buttons . me and my friends were selling ‘she’s gotta have it’ t - shirts . ” when the film opened in wide release , it made about seven million dollars . the credits announced the film as “a spike lee joint . ” lee told me , “from very early on—not that i was that sophisticated , but , coming from the independent world , i knew that millions and millions of dollars were not going to be spent on the promotion and marketing of my film . so in a lot of ways i had to market myself and market the brand of spike lee . ”
lee is still angry about the accusations . “they’re , like , ‘so , spike , are you saying that every single jewish person is a crook ? ’ ” he told me . “get the fuck out of here ! that’s crazy . ”
jodie foster and samuel l . jackson are honorary co - chairs . spike lee gives the keynote address . john turturro hosts the show . a new filmmaker grant for emerging producers is added with a cash prize of $ 20 , 000 .
everal people have surprised me by saying that one of the movie’s biggest legacies is the impact you had on diversifying new york film crews .
' favorite scene in the original book , is when max meets a sea monster . that scene is however not included in the film .
in opposition to such a negative view of film ' s relationship to society , philosophers of film have argued that popular films need not support social domination but can even give expression to socially critical attitudes . in making this argument , they have corrected film theory ' s tendency to make broad generalizations about the relationship between film and society that are not grounded in careful analysis of individual films . they have instead concentrated upon presenting detailed interpretations of films that show how their narratives present critical takes on various social practices and institutions . class , race , gender , and sexuality are among the different social arenas in which philosophers of film have seen films make socially conscious , critical interventions in public debates .
smith , murray , and thomas e . wartenberg , 2006 . thinking through cinema : film as philosophy , malden , ma : blackwell .
thomson - jones , kathryn ( ed . ) , 2016 , forthcoming . current controversies in philosophy of film , new york : routledge .
––– , 1997 . “ le grand imagier steps out : the primitive basis of film narration , ” philosophical topics , 25 : 295–318 .
philosophers of film have generally opposed this view , seeing film as a source of knowledge and , even , as potential contributor to philosophy itself . this view was forcefully articulated by stanley cavell , whose interest in the philosophy of film helped spark the field ' s development . for cavell , philosophy is inherently concerned with skepticism and the different ways that it can be overcome . in his many books and articles , cavell has argued that film shares this concern with philosophy and can even provide philosophic insights of its own ( cavell 1981 ; 1996 ; 2004 ) .
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carroll , nöel and jinhee choi , 2005 . the philosophy of film and motion pictures : an anthology , malden , ma : blackwell publishers .
chatman , seymour , 1990 . coming to terms : the rhetoric of narrative in fiction and film , ithaca , ny : cornell university press .
but the agency that runs the illinois film office routinely has violated that part of the law , a chicago sun - times investigation has found .
oh , padding . the scene takes place in the film’s first few minutes , so it actually does serve a purpose , as it helps prepare us for all of the similarly useless padding to follow . spike “tortures” the guy three times throughout the course of the film , and we also have scene after scene of spike telling the girl how much he has missed her and how much he wants to be with her . we got it , buddy - move on . there is also a subplot about the other two ( the lesbians ) arguing over whether or not to try to find the others or look for a call box . these scenes are so similar they might as well have just filmed one such version and re - used it whenever they felt the need to cut to this drivel .
1 . george lucas and friends at the spike tv scream 2008 awards . 2 . christopher nolan accepts one of the 12 trophies for “the dark knight . ” 3 . marilyn manson owns a lot of black clothes . 4 . tim burton makes his way to the stage beneath ballons . 5 . frank miller is flanked by two of the actresses from “the spirit , ” paz vega on the left and jaime king on the right . 6 . wes craven was given a career excellence award . 7 . kerli performed , as did the smashing pumpkins . 8 . anothony hopkins was honored with a legend award .
the n . y . u . film program is one of the best in the country . ( the director ang lee was in lee’s class , jim jarmusch was there at the same time , and joel coen had graduated from the undergraduate film program a year earlier . ) during his first year at n . y . u . , lee was shown a number of classic movies by his professors , including the 1915 film “the birth of a nation , ” by d . w . griffith , who pioneered many cinematic techniques still in use today . but the film was notorious , even at the time of its release , for its endorsement of white supremacy and its glorification of the ku klux klan . ( griffith adapted the film from a
a stand - up comic at the time , martin lawrence made his feature film debut in the supporting role of cee , a local neighborhood teen .
cavell , stanley . 1979 . the world viewed : reflections on the ontology of film , enlarged edition , cambridge , ma : harvard university press .
cox , damian , and michael levine , 2011 . thinking through film : doing philosophy , watching movies , chichester , uk : wiley - blackwell .
read , rupert , and jerry goodenough , 2005 . film as philosophy : essays on cinema after wittgenstein and cavell , london : palgrave - macmillan .
––– , 2001 . “film , ” the routledge companion to aesthetics , berys gaut and dominic mciver lopes ( eds . ) , london : routledge .
wartenberg , thomas e . and angela curran , 2005 . the philosphy of film : introductory text and readings , malden , ma : blackwell publishers .
21 . miracle at st . anna ( 2008 ) : turns out that lee’s feud with clint eastwood over flags of our fathers ’ lack of black characters was a lot more memorable than the movie he made as a response to hollywood’s history of minimizing african - americans’ battlefield contributions . this 2008 commercial bomb fascinates because it shows the veteran filmmaker still pushing himself as he attempts a grand - canvas world war ii epic with some grippingly tense battle scenes . but as with so many of his ambitious misfires , miracle at st . anna works mostly as an intriguing experiment , saddled with a dull , sentimental narrative that traffics in the kind of war - movie clichés you’d assume lee would be too smart to repeat .
a related issue concerning narrative that has been a focus of debate is whether all films have narrators , including those without explicit ones . initially , it was argued that the idea of a narratorless narrative did not make sense , that narration required an agent doing the narrating , who was the film ' s narrator . in cases where there were no explicit narrators , an implicit narrator needed to be posited to make sense of how viewers gained access to the fictional world of the film . opponents responded that the narrator in the sense of the agent who gave film audiences access to a film ' s fictional world could be the filmmaker ( s ) , so there was no need to posit such a dubious entity as an implicit narrator of a film .
“spike” may not be for everyone . there isn’t much for the gore fiends and it is a story about finding and holding on to the one you love , in a very different and bizarre way , but love none the less . it is an interesting take on the “beauty and the beast” formula with a darker twist and much more of a tragic story . and that is why it worked for me . i hate romance films but love tragic ones . maybe that makes me a bit twisted , but if i wasn’t i probably wouldn’t be writing these reviews . robert beaucage is gonna be a talent to watch and “spike” is definitely a film deserving of a cult following .
on january 22 , 2008 , ledger was found unconscious in his bed by his housekeeper , teresa solomon , and his masseuse , diana wolozin , at his apartment in the soho neighborhood of manhattan . according to police reports , wolozin used ledger & apos ; s cell phone to call ledger & apos ; s friend , mary - kate olsen , for help .
as part of their argument , these film theorists have gone beyond examining individual films themselves and have argued that the very structure of the narrative film functions to assist in the maintenance of social domination . from this point of view , an overcoming of narrativity itself is required for films to be genuinely progressive .
associate professor of cinema studies and africana studies at new york university , ed guerrero ' s popular books do the right thing ( british film institute , part of the bfi ' s modern classics series ) and framing blackness ( temple university press ) explore black cinema ' s cultural , political and aesthetic history , as well as its critical discourse . here he discusses the rich legacy of spike lee ' s work .
the idea that the philosophy of film should model itself upon a scientific model has been contested from a variety of points of view . some philosophers , relying on the writings of pragmatists like william james , have questioned the idea that natural science provides a useful way to think about what philosophers are doing in their reflections on film . here , there is an emphasis on the particularity of films as works of art in contrast the to the urge to move to a general theory of film . others , making use of later wittgenstein as well as the tradition of hermeneutics , also question such a natural scientific orientation for philosophic reflections on film . this camp sees the study of film as a humanistic discipline that is misunderstood when it is assimilated to a natural science .
by prolific filmmaking ; creating a celebrity / actor persona ; applying a new business model ; and perhaps most importantly , focusing on survivability and success as a
final cut
director in mainstream commercial cinema , spike lee made a huge contribution to jump starting a whole new outlook on black filmmaking . by persisting in his vision , as he says to
make one film after another
for the mainstream industry and theatres , lee is one of a handful of directors to survive the ' new black film wave ' on his own commercial and creative terms . by industry standards , lee has kept busy making at least one commercial feature film a year , and this interspaced with a steady flow of other media and commercial projects .
, because if you took out every line of dialogue in the film and replaced it with something that sounded human , it might be an ok movie .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
faison reached new career heights after the film ' s release , with memorable turns in blockbusters like 1991 ' s
the silence of the lambs .
a film about a group of conquistadors who come across a group of aztec villagers that worship two tyrannosaurus rexes . starring ian ziering . 2007 on oahu .
family including ledger’s sister kate also speak in the film , but a press release today stated the family would not be conducting any interviews around its release .
ross douthat joined the new york times as an op - ed columnist in april 2009 . previously , he was a senior editor at the atlantic and a blogger for urltoken . he is the author of
privilege : harvard and the education of the ruling class
( hyperion , 2005 ) and the co - author , with reihan salam , of
grand new party : how republicans can win the working class and save the american dream
( doubleday , 2008 ) . he is the film critic for national review .
this list originally ran in august 2012 , tied to the release of spike lee ' s red hook summer . in the three years since , lee has released a 2013 remake of oldboy , last year ' s da sweet blood of jesus , and , as of this week , the powerful mess of a film chi - raq . we ' ve updated this list to include those recent offerings from this true hollywood original .
in his pathbreaking study of what he called “classical film theory , ” noël carroll ( 1988 ) argued that there were many illicit presuppositions at play in the classical theorists ' attempts to define film ' s nature . in particular , he accused them of confusing particular styles of filmmaking with more abstract claims about the nature of the medium itself . his accusations seemed to spell the end of such attempts to justify film styles by their grounding in the medium ' s nature .
lee has continued to explore racial themes in his works , as is the case with 1992 ' s
malcolm x
and 2000 ' s
bamboozled .
other credits include 1998 ' s
he got game ,
1999 ' s
summer of sam ,
2002 ' s
25th hour ,
2006 ' s
inside man
and 2008 ' s
miracle at st . anna .
lee ' s latest film ,
da sweet blood of jesus ,
was financed primarily through kickstarter donations .
9 . she ' s gotta have it ( 1986 ) : famously shot in two weeks on a nonexistent budget , lee’s first film is completely all over the place , part in - your - face polemic , part buppie–woody allen–esque social comedy . like its main character — spike’s mars blackmon , soon to be immortalized in michael jordan commercials — it’s obnoxious , loud , incorrigible , and completely ingratiating , in spite of its self .
in addition to acting in the film ( in which she had to perform topless in one of her scenes ) , perez also served as the official choreographer .
and then is television . although many film scholars and philosophers of film has a disparaging view of television , the emergence of such shows as the sopranos and the wire established television as a medium for making valuable works of art . as a result , it makes sense to include such shows under the rubric of films .
as film and its related digital media continue to expand in their influence upon the lives of human beings , the philosophy of film can be expected to become an even more vital area for philosophic investigation . in the coming years , we can look forward to new and innovative contributions to this exciting area of philosophical research .
hannity : next question about spike lee and his race obsession . he said about — after hurricane katrina and the catastrophe , he said ,
it ' s not too far - fetched , i don ' t think , to put past anything the united states government .
heath ledger was born on april 4 , 1979 , in perth , australia . his breakout role was in the film 10 things i hate about you with julia stiles . ledger received academy award and golden globe nominations for his role in brokeback mountain . in 2008 , after completing filming on christopher nolan & apos ; s the dark knight , ledger died as the result of an accidental prescription drug overdose . he received a posthumous best actor academy award for his performance as
the joker .
ledger had a daughter with actress michelle williams .
ledger had told the new york times in november of 2007 that he was taking ambien , a prescription medication used for the short - term treatment of insomnia . he discussed the difficulty that he was having with portraying the joker in batman sequel the dark knight ( 2008 ) , a character he described as a
psychopathic , mass - murdering , schizophrenic clown with zero empathy .