the invisible informer is a 1946 action film starring linda stirling , william henry , and adele mara .

produced by republic pictures , it was directed by philip ford and written by gerald adams and sherman lowe .

the invisible informer

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a scientist finds a way of becoming invisible , but in doing so , he becomes murderously insane .
stalker is another powerful creature hayden encounters . this one however is completely invisible and it only reveals itself when shot or frozen in place .
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lunchtime arrives , and the narrator returns to the locker room to retrieve his lunch , interrupting a union meeting . some members accuse him of being a “fink , ” or an informer , when they hear that he is brockway’s assistant . the men resolve to investigate the narrator and then allow him to retrieve his lunch . when brockway learns about the union meeting , he becomes furious and threatens to kill the narrator if he doesn’t leave the plant . the narrator denies belonging to the union . brockway and the narrator begin pummeling each other until brockway loses his dentures while biting the narrator . brockway blubbers about the union trying to steal his job . the narrator notices the boilers hissing , and brockway shouts for him to turn the valve in order to lower the pressure . the narrator doesn’t have the strength to do so , however , and the boiler explodes . the narrator falls unconscious under a pile of machinery and “stinking goo . ”
two people solve the mystery of the disappearance of a heavily insured emerald necklace .
the narrator arrives at the liberty paints plant . a huge electric sign reads “
in february ahead of the retail launch in march 2008 , the game was banned by the oflc ( the office of film and literature classification ) for sale in australia .
a bout de souffle was the first feature directed by jean - luc godard and one of the films introducing the french new wave in the late 1950s . godard had made several short films before a bout de souffle , but this feature established the international reputation of the director who is regarded as one of the most important filmmakers of the 1960s .
the narrator’s experiences at the liberty paints plant give ellison the chance to debunk a social and historical myth prevalent since before the civil war—that of the north as the land of freedom for black americans . the north , it turns out , perpetuates its own racist social structure , with which the narrator becomes further acquainted in the second half of the novel . the liberty paints plant serves as an extended metaphor for racial inequality in america . the factory’s authorities , with their slogans emphasizing concepts of whiteness and purity , imply the moral superiority of their whiteness . the inclusion of “liberty” in the factory’s name emphasizes that the factory’s leaders’ notions reflect those held by the leaders of america , a country supposedly founded on “liberty” and equality but in fact , ironically , advocating more freedom for the individuals it deems worthiest .
fill in the blank : the huge electric sign at the liberty paints plant reads : “keep america _ _ _ with liberty paints” .
when brockway boasts that one would have to crack open a chunk of coal painted with liberty paints’ optic white in order to determine its black essence , he illustrates how blackness becomes invisible beneath whiteness at the plant . mr . kimbro brags that the paint’s pure whiteness will cover anything , and indeed it covers the black chemical used to create it . that this specific shade of white is called “optic” equates whiteness with clarity . this label is ironic , however , because the brilliance of the paint is blinding . like a mask , the paint covers and conceals .
the blackmarket dealer is an arms dealer who supplies weapons and equipment without the governors on them to hayden for a number of rubles . he hides in the lasrian sewers all over the city .
dark sector has been one the most recent games to be banned in australia by the oflc . however on july 22 , 2009 , the full version of dark sector was released on the coverdisc of pc powerplay , an australian pc gaming magazine , although this is the censored version of the game .
later , the narrator is sent to the furnace room to assist the engineer , lucius brockway . brockway , who believes that assistants are always college - educated men who want to usurp his job , declares that he doesn’t need an assistant but sets the narrator to work anyway . he instructs the narrator to watch the pressure gauges on the boiler . brockway takes pride in his indispensable role in making optic white paint , liberty paint’s trademark color , since he alone can mix the base for the paint correctly . the slogan for the color is , “if it’s optic white , it’s the right white . ” the slogan reminds the narrator of an old southern saying : “if you’re white , you’re right . ”
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hayden tenno ( voiced by [ michael rosenbaum ) is the game ' s main protagonist and anti - hero . infected by the technocyte virus , he sets out to stop the virus from spreading across the world .
an aristocratic but destitute southern family attempts to swindle an insurance company by faking the theft of a valuable emerald necklace . the company assigns operatives eve rogers and mike regan to the case . eve is nearly strangled by the scion of the family before being rescued by mike .
dark sector also has an online multiplayer aspect . there are only two modes ( titled ' infection ' and ' epidemic ' respectively ) and they feature : one randomly selected hayden character in a deathmatch against many soldier characters . another mode involves two hayden characters on separate teams ; with one team attempting to kill the opposing team ' s hayden first . in both modes , hayden will have superior powers compared to the soldiers . hayden will be able to become invisible , use the glaive , etc . whereas the soldiers cannot . the developer of dark sector , digital extremes , has also developed the critically acclaimed unreal series , well - known for their frantic and robust multiplayer .
after making contact with his superior again he is told that mezner has some infected on a ship and is trying to export the technocyte virus to the rest of the world . after fighting and hijacking another tank hayden pushes to the coast and hitches a ride on a helicopter to the ship . fighting the crew , he makes it into the cargo hold and accidentally releases a highly evolved technocyte monster which sinks the ship . hayden escapes with his life but yargo has been found and captured by the military .
when only a little of the black chemical remains , kimbro instructs the narrator to go to the tank room to get more . there , however , the narrator finds seven tanks marked by incomprehensible codes , leaving him unable to determine which tank contains the right chemical . he chooses one by scent and continues to mix and paint the tiles , but the tiles turn out sticky and gray , not hard and glossy . kimbro returns and becomes infuriated , scolding the narrator for putting concentrated remover into the paint and thereby ruining some seventy - five buckets of paint . kimbro fills the dropper with the correct chemical and leaves the narrator to his job . the paint samples still dry with a vague gray tinge , but kimbro doesn’t seem to notice .
an aristocratic but destitute southern family attempts to swindle an insurance company by faking the theft of a valuable emerald necklace . the company assigns operatives eve rogers and mike regan to the case . eve is nearly strangled by the scion of the family before being rescued by mike . written by les adams
working in dr . cranley ' s laboratory , scientist jack griffin was always given the latitude to conduct some of his own experiments . his sudden departure , however , has cranley ' s daughter flora worried about him . griffin has taken a room at the nearby lion ' s head inn , hoping to reverse an experiment he conducted on himself that made him invisible . unfortunately , the drug he used has also warped his mind , making him aggressive and dangerous . he ' s prepared to do whatever it takes to restore his appearance , and several will die in the process . written by garykmcd / edited by statmanjeff
hayden wakes up later with yargo , who tells him that he laced the booster with enferon , a chemical that kills the infected . he claims that he was worried that hayden would turn out like mezner because he had the same injections and the same infection , he also tells hayden that he can get a suit similar to the nemesis ' in the same building ; the vosro research facility , where the technocyte virus was made during the cold war . hayden saves yargo by sending him through the ventilation system and makes his way down towards the labs where the other suit is kept . after killing hordes of technocyte infested mutants and bypassing automated security systems , hayden discovers the suit in an airtight chamber . he enters the room , shooting the lock as he goes so nothing can follow him inside . just before he puts on the suit , nadia arrives outside the door and hayden pleads with her to leave before things get worse than they already are . she says that she ' s in too deep to get out now and that she is taking yargo to open the vault .
the game ' s main character is a man named hayden tenno ( voiced by michael rosenbaum of smallville fame ) , a morally ambivalent clean - up man employed by the cia . he has congenital analgia ( a real - life disorder ) which renders him unable to feel pain . on a mission in a fictional former eastern bloc nation , he is exposed to a biological compound which mutates him , dramatically changing his right arm , and giving him the ability to grow a three - bladed throwable weapon called a glaive at will . as explained in game informer magazine , the glaive is a part of his body , can be used to generate light , and can be controlled remotely by the player .
in the early ‘90s , id software flipped the gaming industry on its side when it popularized the first - person shooter with doom and wolfenstein 3d . now shooters are one of the most common video game genres on the market , delivering everything from high - intensity shootouts like call of duty to thought - provoking stories like bioshock and even sprawling loot - fests like borderlands . the diversity of today’s first - person shooter market is due – in large part – to the inventive trailblazing of the original deus ex . but to better understand the impact of ion storm’s original shooter / rpg hybrid , you have to time travel back to the beginning of its development , in the early ‘90s .
an aristocratic but destitute southern family attempts to swindle an insurance company by faking the theft of a valuable emerald necklace . the company assigns operatives eve rogers ( linda stirling ) and mike regan ( william henry as bill henry ) to the case . eve is nearly strangled by the scion of the family before being rescued by mike .
he arrives at the entrance of the vault to rendezvous his superior ( his name is revealed to be
dixon
as seen on his uniform ) , who says he has made a deal with mezner and gives him a booster
for the road
. hayden is outraged and stabs him in the neck with the booster , and tells him that he
likes it
[ the infection ] and goes to destroy mezner . he kills all of the men under his superior ' s command and then enters the vault . once inside , mezner tries to convince hayden to join him . this doesn ' t work and hayden goes deeper into the vault . he then finds the source of the technocyte , or at least the first known source : the submarine that appeared off the coast of lasria , only hayden finds out that the submarine was actually american ( either by accident or on purpose , we don ' t know ; it is implied that the american government knew all along ) . after the final showdown with mezner , and the technocyte hydra - like monstrosity he controls , yargo arrives to tell hayden that the transmission is still going out . hayden tries to fry the circuitry by using his glaive but before the dying mezner , who is not quite dead yet attacks him one last time stunning his right arm , before telling him
you are one of us now
. hayden then catches the now electrified glaive with his left hand and impales mezner ' s skull with it . with the transmission finally halted , the game ends with yargo saying
that was how it started , the irony of this disease , that in all the others it made evil , but for him it saved his soul
.
yargo menshik ( voiced by jürgen prochnow ) is a
sleeper agent
and a scientist who knows the origin of the technocyte virus .
the sales and product manager for afa interactive ( the local distributors of dark sector ) , adam zweck , told gamespot au that the game was banned due to its high impact violence , in particular the finishing moves the player can perform .
obviously we ' re disappointed in it .
we feel there is justification for an appeal . however , we ' re exploring several avenues at the moment to see what we can do to get the game on australian shelves .
hayden gets the suit and slaughters his way through infected and non infected alike , taking down 3 powered armour soldiers and finally finding nemesis . in the final showdown , hayden kills the nemesis and learns that it was actually nadia all along . she apologises for infecting hayden and tells him mezner is planning a worldwide transmission to spread the technocyte virus everywhere , hayden says that he can ' t stop him because the organization is in the way . nadia then tells him that she knows he ' ll
. . . do the right thing this time
, leaves him with the key to the vault , and then dies . hayden then hijacks another jackal tank and kills everyone in his path on his way to the vault .
he then arrives at a radio station to contact his superior for further instructions , with his right arm ' s skin degenerated and exposed flesh . the superior is informed of the situation and tells hayden to meet up with their sleeper agent , yargo mensik , to obtain boosters for the infection . soon , he hears the footsteps of an enemy soldier and attempts to ambush him . the soldier quickly gets the upper hand and pins hayden down . hayden ' s infected arm then produces the glaive , and slits the soldier ' s throat . another soldier enters the shed and shouts that he has
found him !
over his radio , only to be brutally decapitated by the glaive as hayden throws it at him . hayden continues along the coast , slowly gaining new abilities with the glaive as the infection progresses and produces some kind of metal that eventually surrounds his right arm completely , encountering both soldiers , haz - mat soldiers in masks , and the infected ( people infected with the virus and driven mad from pain . ) eventually hayden encounters a massive , ape - like monster with flesh covered in the same type of metal as hayden ' s infected arm . after a short conflict in which both hayden and the creature come to a neutral standstill , the monster is called back by some sort of signal .
the gunplay is similar to that of gears of war , resident evil 4 and dead space . the camera is positioned over the shoulder for third - person shooting , and the player can also take cover by standing next to an object such as a pillar or wall . while in cover , the player can pop out and fire , and also throw the glaive ; however there is no blind fire . there is also a sprint function , which works similar to that of gears of war . the game has no hud ( except for the ammo counter ) ; hayden ' s health is shown by the screen flashing red when he takes damage . if the player takes too much damage , the flashes will be faster , and a heartbeat will be heard , indicating hayden is
bleeding out
.
robert mezner ( voiced by dwight schultz ) is the game ' s main antagonist . cruel and ruthless , he plans to expand and spread the virus around the world . he claims he wants to create a new utopia .
hayden then makes his way further up the coast to a temporary military base set up in an abandoned pier . after fighting his way closer to the main building he overhears a lasrian soldier calling for help on a radio as he is slowly driven insane by the infection . hayden then delves into the basement area and after taking care of several infected makes his way to the roof . it is there he gains a new mutation ability and finally finds yargo . he tells hayden that his orders have been updated and gives him the booster to help slow the infection . hayden refuses and asks about the new intel .
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walsh , martin , the brechtian aspect of radical cinema , london , 1981 .
although mort glickman is listed in the onscreen credits as the musical director of this film , richard cherwin is credited in that capacity by numerous reviews . according to a
. ” the narrator’s supervisor , mr . kimbro , leads him to a long room filled with buckets of paint . kimbro demonstrates the job : he opens buckets filled with a foul , milky brown substance and drips ten drops of another black chemical into them ; then he stirs the buckets vigorously until the paint becomes glossy white ; last , he applies the paint to small , rectangular wooden boards and waits for them to dry . if they dry brilliant white , then the job has been done correctly . kimbro brags that the optic white of liberty paints is the purest white that can be found anywhere . he says that it can cover up almost anything .
the oflc responded stating ,
dark sector contains violence that is high in impact and is therefore unsuitable for persons aged under 18 years to play .
the finishing moves and most violent game play includes decapitation , dismemberment of limbs accompanied by large blood spurts , neck breaking spurts , neck breaking twists and exploded bodies with post action twitching body parts . these moves are relatively easy to accomplish and once the player has mastered the moves and is able to get close to his foes , these violent moves can be executed ,
said the oflc ' s ruling .
successfully shooting an opponent results in the depiction of blood spray . when hayden cuts off his opponent ' s limb with the glaive , large amounts of blood spray forth from the stump and the injured person screams in agony which increases the impact .
sadly , spector’s plan didn’t work and the two teams immediately started causing more conflict , stalling the game - development process . there was so much tension between the two groups that spector had to name the two teams “design team 1” and “design team a , ” because neither group would concede to being called “2” or “b . ”
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yargo tells him that he and the agency believe that mezner wants to recapture the infected which hayden released when he detonated the lasrian military base . mezner had retrieved an old transmitter which emits a signal that attracts technocyte creatures to its location and concealed it within an old church . we also learn that nadia , a woman hayden knows , is also working for mezner . hayden moves on towards the church to destroy the transmitter all the while taking care of legions of both lasrian soldiers and infected . being infected himself hayden is also attracted to the transmitter . on his way he fights a jackal tank and is knocked out after a fight with an agile , humanoid technocyte creature . he wakes up at night and continues his mission . eventually , he makes it into the church building where hayden and the colossus have one final showdown , after killing the colossus he makes his way into the catacombs and finds the transmitter . nadia , who has a deep - rooted hatred for hayden after his last meeting with her , confronts him . she escapes and leaves him to fight his way through a swarm of infected and escape before the c4 he set goes off .
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set in the crumbling infrastructure of a fictional soviet - bloc country in the near future , the game features both single and multi - player action , with players working their way through a world where biological weapons are a hellish nightmare , let loose on an unsuspecting populace .
in a postmortem on the game inside the november 2000 issue of game developer magazine , spector talked about why his team faced so many design challenges . “i put together two groups of people with differing philosophies – a traditional rpg group and an immersive sim group . we were making a game designed to bust through genre boundaries , and i thought a little competition and argumentation would lead to an interesting synthesis of ideas . i thought i could manage the tension between the groups and that the groups and the game would be stronger for it . ”
on the dvd short documentary , claude rains ' daughter tells of a time when the two went to see this movie in the theater years after it was made . it was bitterly cold and his face was completely covered by a hat and scarf . when he spoke to ask for the tickets , the attendant immediately recognized his voice and wanted to let them in for free . rains was quite upset at this and demanded that he pay full price . see more »
despite all the technical problems , i still managed to finish homefront ' s campaign , but i can ' t say i had fun . all of the game ' s ambitions are undone by its flaws , offering only the rare glimpse of what could have been . dambuster has already stated they are committed to improving the game with additional patches , but given everything that ' s currently wrong , the studio faces a greater uphill battle than homefront ' s desperate underdogs .
the film ' s story is fairly simple . michel poiccard ( jean - paul belmondo ) , a small time hood , casually kills a policeman . he goes to paris to collect some money in order to leave the country , and tries to convince his american girlfriend patricia franchini ( jean seberg ) to go with him . she is less interested in accompanying him than she is in playing the role of an american intellectual in paris . ( she hawks the new york herald tribune on the champs - elysées while trying to establish herself as a journalist . ) when michel finally secures the money he needs and is ready to leave the city , patricia betrays him to the police , and he is shot as he half - heartedly attempts to escape .
at the beginning of the game when we do the prologue he ' s just kind of this anti - hero kind of guy . and very simply , concretely in the game , there are certain types of barriers that he has to open with contextual stuff . and then when he changes , then he begins tearing those things off and becomes much more brutal . so what we ' re trying to do is convey that evolution on the inside , but also convey it on the outside so that those game elements that are around him are evolving as he does .
an aristocratic but destitute southern family attempts to swindle an insurance company by faking the theft of a valuable emerald necklace . the company assigns operatives eve rogers and mike . . . see more »
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these fundamental flaws are disappointing , because there are some interesting elements at play in homefront . the shift to an open - world setting was undoubtedly the right call for the series . the large zones you travel through contain plenty of character and open buildings to explore , and taking on the kpa forces demands novel hit - and - run tactics . customizing your guns in the heat of battle also works well , though being limited to two primary weapons meant i hardly touched a number of alternate guns . these features instill a sense of gameplay freedom that military shooters often lack ; i would have enjoyed them if it weren ' t for the perfect storm of other problems .
review : a pair of private eyes with the usual romantic interests try to track down a missing necklace insured for $ 100 , 000 . a trail of bodies which have either been strangled or torn apart by police dogs leads the snooping duo to the culprit . actress linda stirlin… ( more )
spector’s team set up a new office in austin and began working on their dream project in august 1997 , hoping to release the game by christmas 1998 . unfortunately , the deus ex’s development was so troubled that it would take another two years , and wouldn’t hit the market until summer 2000 .
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lakeith stanfield and his sorry to bother you director boots riley discuss the stress of filming sex scenes .
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making his way to the train station he fights through more evolved versions of the infected and even more lasrian soldiers . he finds yargo as well as the creature he let out of the ship . after killing it and mutating again he gets yargo and attempts to use the booster , but yargo tries to say something . before yargo can get the words out , nemesis appears and forces them to split up . hayden attempts to take nemesis head on but he soon finds out he ' s still not strong enough to fight it . mezner arrives and offers hayden a chance to kill him , however mezner has grown powerful enough to mentally control technocyte infected victims , and begins to mentally overpower hayden . in a last ditch effort , hayden injects himself with the booster , which breaks mezner ' s control while simultaneously preventing further mutations . mezner tells him that he had the same booster and both he and hayden were being prepared for the technocyte ' s release . hayden passes out and both the nemesis and mezner leave him for dead .
the same is true for one of homefront : the revolution ' s biggest stumbling block : the framerate . despite a hefty day - one patch designed to improve performance , homefront ' s framerate frequently stutters , and on some occasions felt more like a slideshow than a video game . the best shooters aim for a solid 60 frames per second – homefront is lucky to claw its way to 30 , and rarely stays there for long . the performance issues don ' t just kill the already shaky gunplay – they also gave me headaches during prolonged play sessions , something i have never experienced in my many years playing shooters .
with a story penned by hollywood director and screenwriter john milius , the original homefront was an ambitious military shooter rendered mediocre by technical limitations , dated graphics , and a lack of distinguishing features . a few regime changes later – which include both the series ' developer and publisher – and homefront : the revolution returns with some novel additions including a unique take on the open - world format and on - the - fly weapon customization . unfortunately , developer dambuster studios failed to slay homefront ' s true enemy ; an unending litany of glitches , a . i . failings , and performance issues that do indeed differentiate homefront from other shooters , but for all the wrong reasons .
initially a windows version of dark sector was planned and was to be released on the same date as on consoles . but later it was dropped and there was no news on its release for a while . on january 19 , 2009 , some sites reported that a youtube video [ 1 ] was available , showing dark sector running on a pc . later it was confirmed that the game was indeed ported to windows and was on sale , though only in russia and the language was russian by default . after a while , hackers found ways to run the game in english . an english french version was added to steam on march 24 , 2009 . the pc version ' s multiplayer mode is only available via local area network play , as the game is a straight port of the console version with no extra code for internet connectivity .
cast : jean seberg ( patricia franchini ) ; jean - paul belmondo ( michel poiccard , alias laszlo kovacs ) ; daniel boulanger ( police inspector vital ) ; henri - jacques huet ( antonio berrutti ) ; roger hanin ( carl zombach ) ; van doude ( journalist van doude ) ; liliane robin ( liliane ) ; michel favre ( plainclothes inspector ) ; jean - pierre melville ( parvulesco ) ; claude mansard ( used car dealer , claudius ) ; jean domarchi ( drunk ) ; jean - luc godard ( informer ) ; andré - s . labarthe , jean - louis richard , and françois mareuil ( journalists ) ; richard balducci ( tolmatchoff ) ; philippe de broca ; michael mourlet ; jean douchet ; louiguy ; virginie ullman ; emile villon ; josé bénazéraf ; madame paul ; raymond ravanbaz .
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hayden rushes back to yargo ' s place all the while killing huge amounts of infected and a large power - armoured soldier . he finds the place but yargo has been moved to another location where nadia is torturing him , demanding that he let her into
the vault
. his superior , seeing the horrible mess of things , contacts hayden and tells him that he ' s coming to take over and to stand down . hayden doesn ' t listen and goes to save yargo anyway .
in 1993 , burnt out on fantasy and science - fiction tropes , producer warren spector decided that he wanted to design a game set in the real world and started to draw up a design document for a game he called troubleshooter . unfortunately , spector was working for looking glass studios , which didn’t have the budget to fund the kind of game that spector dreamed of making .
in spite of deus ex’s long gestation and troubled studio culture , an impressive game started to take shape . the game was no longer set in the modern day , but something more inventive began to take shape . inspired by real - world conspiracy theories and shows and movies like the x - files and men in black , ion storm began to envision a sci - fi adventure that would wrap together cultural elements such as area 51 , cia drug trafficking , and even the john f . kennedy assassination .
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a pair of private eyes with the usual romantic interests try to track down a missing necklace insured for $ 100 , 000 . a trail of bodies which have either been strangled or torn apart by police dogs leads the snooping duo to the culprit . actress linda stirling was better known for starring in serials before retiring in 1947 and attending college ; in 1965 she . . . read more
of course , deus ex wasn’t the first shooter to break this mold . games like half - life had already experimented with telling meaningful stories in first - person . system shock has played with non - linear gameplay and environmental puzzle solving . and thief : the dark project had tested first - person stealth gameplay . deus ex , on the other hand , did all of this and more .
when asked about a sequel in a 2008 gamespot interview , steven sinclair stated that there was
nothing definitive
planned , but commented that he would
love to do one
, and that dark sector only scratched the surface of the character and weapon ' s potential .
once you play through the lackluster intro , you ' re free to start taking back the city of philadelphia one district at a time . unfortunately , it doesn ' t take long for homefront : the revolution ' s fundamental problems to arise . a number of games deliver compelling first - person shooting with a controller . homefront isn ' t one of them . the gunplay is sluggish and inexact , making even perfect headshots unsatisfying . navigation doesn ' t fare much better ; vaulting over objects feels stilted and breaks your flow of movement , and the hit detection for grabbing onto ledges is spotty , often requiring multiple hops for your character to recognize a climbable surface . these basic problems feel like they belong to a bygone generation .
two insurance investigators turn their focus on the members of a financially troubled southern family when a necklace insured for $ 100 , 000 is reported stolen .
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digital extremes has recently created a free - to - play title called warframe , and is a spiritual successor [ 2 ] to dark sector . this game borrows many names , similar models , and lore , but is set much farther in the future . the main protagonist faction is called the tenno , possibly named after dark sector ' s hayden tenno . in warframe , one may also acquire a glaive , which resembles hayden tenno ' s glaive . the lotus symbol is also a commonality between the two games . in it ' s first open beta anniversary , hayden ' s armor ( known ingame as excalibur proto - armor ) was made avaiable for 150 platinum for a week and in the second , hayden ' s glaive ( proto - glaive ingame ) was made avaiable for 50 platinum . it has never been confirmed by digital extremes that warframe is a direct continuation of dark sector , but rather a spiritual successor or
new beginning
.
all of homefront ' s shortcomings are compounded by a relentless barrage of glitches , which are more oppressive than the occupying kpa forces . you can ' t go 30 seconds without seeing something downright embarrassing . for starters , the game freezes for several seconds every time you complete an objective , acquire a new mission , or exit out of a weapons locker . getting stuck in the environment is an uncommon but ever - present threat , as is enemies spawning right in front of you .
viktor sudek is a minor agent captured by the lasrian hazmat team . he becomes infected and is promptly killed by hayden under orders to kill him by his superior .
developed by digital extremes . the game was released on march 25 , 2008 , in north america , march 27 , 2008 , in japan and april 4 , 2008 , in europe .
colossus is a powerful creature from the infected virus . it appears to be a large powerful entity which can climb walls and utterly level a building in seconds . hayden has a few encounters with this creature .
executive narrative director mary demarle ( myst iii : exile , deus ex : human revolution ) explains how jensen has changed since the last time we saw him , embracing what he has become . warning : contains spoilers for deus ex : human revolution
money ( rubles ) , ammo , weapon upgrades , and grenades can only be found in set locations , so they are impossible to farm . downed enemies drop their guns , though after his infection , hayden can only carry these weapons for a few seconds before they self - destruct . permanent weapons can be purchased and upgraded in black markets , one small for his off - hand use with the glaive ( replacing the pistol ) and one large , such as a shotgun or rifle .
falkenburg , pamela ,
' hollywood ' and the ' art cinema ' as a bipolar modeling system : a bout de souffle and breathless ,
in wide angle ( athens , ohio ) , vol . 7 , no . 3 , 1985 .
dark sector was met with mixed reviews . many critics compared it to resident evil 4 and gears of war due to the similar style of play and story , yet it was praised for its visuals , originality of action and weapon - based gameplay .
nadia sudek ( voiced by julianne buescher ) is a woman who works along side mezner . hayden and nadia apparently know one another , but their connection isn ' t dwelled upon . she later turns out to be nemesis , a metallic creature with the same powerful abilities as hayden ' s .
in 1997 , as looking glass studios continued to face financial troubles , spector and his team were laid off from their jobs . fortunately , john romero – flush with cash from the doom and quake series – was happy to let spector and his team join his new company , ion storm .
when deus ex released in june of 2000 , it was clear that ion storm’s troubled three - year development had been worth the effort . deus ex received over 30
best of
awards in 2001 alone , and was praised for its immersive world full of open - ended game design that let players approach each challenge in a number of different ways .
as a shooter , deus ex took elements from other popular shooters of the day such as dark forces , system shock , and goldeneye 007 . but where most shooter developers were focused on improving visuals and working up large arsenals of weapons for players to cause havoc with , ion storm was hoping to break industry conventions and deliver a game that was part rpg , part first - person shooter , and part adventure game .
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production : impéria films , société nouvelle de cinéma ; black and white , 35mm ; running time : 89 minutes . released 16 march 1960 , paris . filmed 17 august through 15 september 1959 in paris and marseilles ; cost : 400 , 000 n . f . ( about $ 120 , 000 ) .
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dixon is hayden ' s cia superior . he gives hayden ' s orders to guide him of out lasria . however its later revealed he used hayden for his own evil purposes and he later makes a twisted deal with mezner . hayden becomes enraged and kills dixon .
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victory is a 1996 french-german drama suspense film written and directed by mark peploe and starring willem dafoe , irène jacob , sam neill and rufus sewell .

the novel had been adapted into film on multiple previous occasions , including a 1919 silent version directed by maurice tourneur and featuring jack holt , seena owen , lon chaney , sr. , and wallace beery ; the 1930 william wellman directed dangerous paradise , starring nancy carroll , richard arlen and warner oland ; and the 1940 version , featuring fredric march , betty field , and sir cedric hardwicke .

victory ( 1996 film )

one of the film ' s creatures on the cover of the july 8 , 1996 issue of time .
record row : cradle of rhythm and blues - 1996 - michael d . mcalpin
dialogue on film : bibi andersson .
, american film , march 1977 .
victory is a 1996 french - german drama suspense film written and directed by mark peploe and starring willem dafoe , irène jacob , sam neill and rufus sewell . it is based on the novel of the same name by joseph conrad .
the 1996 summer movie preview : july entertainment weekly . retrieved on july 8 , 2008 .
: loneliness is over , wang . we ' ll never be lonely again . we ' ve won our victory .
holler victory . . . liam neeson ( central , wearing a hat ) as michael collins . all photographs : ronald grant archive
the film was directed by christopher hampton , also a playwright , whose film “ carrington ” was one of last year ' s best . this project is dead in the water . read the book . better still , read “victory . ”
he has just completed his 9th short film in an award - winning film series , he is writing a musical feature film which he will direct and he teaches a course in film production and financing at san francisco state university .
titanic ( 1996 ) ( tv version - catherine zeta - jones , george c . scott , peter gallagher ) napisy pl
this is the oral history of the 1996 tour championship , as told by the individuals who were a part of it .
whitty , stephen ( july 2 , 1996 ) . template : citation / make link . mercury news : p . 1e .
when world war ii ended , the american film industry seemed to be in an ideal position . full - scale mobilization had ended the depression domestically , and victory had opened vast , unchallenged markets in the war - torn economies of
independence day ( 1996 ) also known as :
id4
.
rotten tomatoes . retrieved on october 16 , 2007 .
the american film industry’s various problems and the nation’s general postwar disillusionment generated several new film types in the late 1940s . although the studios continued to produce traditional
( 1950 ) , which won the golden lion at the 1951 venice film festival . the film , a meditation on the nature of truth set in the
the minutemen refused . they still would lose . but the wildcats , who had turned the national collegiate tournament into an extended highlight film , were pushed en route to a 81 - 74 victory in a way they had not been challenged in the last two weekends .
aberly , rachel and volker engel . the making of independence day . new york : harperpaperbacks , 1996 . isbn 0 - 06 - 105359 - 7 .
the film had its official premiere held at the now - defunct mann plaza theater in los angeles on june 25 , 1996 . [ 37 ] it was then screened privately at the white house for president bill clinton and his family [ 38 ] before receiving a nationwide release in the united states on july 2 , 1996 , a day earlier than its previously scheduled opening . [ 39 ]
meanwhile , the # 1 ranked golfer in the world in 1996 was 11 - year veteran shooter mcgavin . mcgavin had been racking up tournament wins throughout the 90’s , and 1996 was one of his best years ever , but a tour championship still eluded him . golf fans began wondering , “can shooter win the big one ? ”
the film was scheduled for release on july 3 , 1996 , but due to the high level of anticipation for the movie , many theaters began showing it on the evening of july 2 , 1996 , the same day the film begins . the movie ' s combined domestic and international box office gross is $ 816 , 969 , 268 , which at one point was the second - highest worldwide gross of all - time . it holds the 25th highest worldwide gross of a movie all - time .
visual and special effects film milestones . urltoken . retrieved on july 8 , 2008 .
propaganda film
reefer madness
was produced by the french director , louis gasnier .
jason kapps finished second to happy gilmore in the 1996 waterbury open . this was the closest he ever came to securing a full - time spot on the professional tour .
victory is such an odd book that i ' m not surprised it doesn ' t really translate to film well ( haven ' t seen any other adaptations yet ) . the changed ending was not a great idea either . some fun performances from sam neil and rufus sewell as the baddies , though .
new york ' s tv and film industry is growing . these are the chefs feeding it
peter bratt is an award winning screenwriter and independent filmmaker whose first feature follow me home premiered in competition at the 1996 sundance film festival and won the best feature film audience award that same year at the san francisco international film festival . in 2009 , he and his brother benjamin produced , la mission , a feature film shot on location in their hometown of san francisco . la mission , which peter wrote and directed , premiered at the 2009 sundance film festival and was the opening night film at the 2009 san francisco international film festival , the 2009 new york international latino film festival , and the 2009 outfest film festival in los angeles . for his work on la mission , peter received the prestigious norman lear writer’s award and was one of 10 american independent filmmakers selected by sundance and the president’s committee on arts and humanities to launch sundance film forward – a program that uses film and conversation to excite and introduce a new generation to the power of story . peter is currently the co - writer and director of dolores , a feature documentary about the life of controversial activist , dolores huerta - - a film he is co - producing with brian benson and grammy award winning musician , carlos santana . peter is also a san francisco film commissioner and a long time consultant for the friendship house association of american indians , a local non - profit serving the bay area’s native population .
while promoting stargate in europe , emmerich came up with the idea for the film when fielding a question about his own belief in the existence of alien life . he and devlin decided to incorporate a large - scale attack when noticing that aliens in most invasion films travel long distances in space only to remain hidden when reaching earth . principal photography for the film began in july 1995 in new york city , and the film was officially completed on june 20 , 1996 .
shot in 1994 , this third official bigscreen version of joseph conrad ' s
victory
is not quite as bad as its unreleased status would indicate , but it does have little to offer as a commercial attraction for modern audiences .
novi film ( new film ) , which also included such directors as puriša djordjević , aleksandar petrović , and živojin pavlović , all of whom were temporarily purged from the film industry during a reactionary period in the early 1970s . this dark period came to an end in 1976 when the filmmakers of the
donald reilly relentlessly taunted happy gilmore throughout the 1996 pepsi pro - am , and eventually hit gilmore with a car during the final round of the 1996 tour championship . reilly claimed that shooter mcgavin paid him to interfere both times ; shooter mcgavin has not only denied these claims , and but also denied knowing who donald reilly was numerous times since . reilly declined to comment for this feature .
vistavision that exposed double - frame images by running film through special cameras and projectors horizontally rather than vertically ) , and many studios were experimenting with wide - gauge film systems ( e . g . ,
i saw this film about 15 years ago and cannot find a copy of it anywhere . it remains the best version i have seen to date and it captures the story and mood very well . no film can ever remain true to its mother book , but i found this version to be the best . in fact without reading the book it is a good film in its own right . the characters are well developed in the short time and although not everything is captured on film it is still honest and faithful to the book , as much as possible within an hour or so of film . i am seeking this film ardently and look forward to watching it again . if you ' re looking for a good film and then possibly reading the book i recommend this 1940 version as a ' film ' and a ' movie ' .
top ten : most shameless uses of product placement in film urltoken . retrieved on july 8 , 2008 .
in 1961 the indian government established the film institute of india to train aspiring directors . it also formed the film finance commission ( ffc ) to help fund independent production ( and , later , experimental films ) . the national film archive was founded in 1964 . these organizations encouraged the production of such important first features as
and andrey tarkovsky , who both were later persecuted for the unconventionality of their work . paradzhanov’s greatest film was
shooter mcgavin ( former pro golfer , 1996 tour championship runner up ) : i didn’t care about making friends on the tour or being liked . i cared about winning . and nobody won more than shooter .
despite this , the movie won the academy award for visual effects , [ 69 ] beating twister and dragonheart . it was also nominated for an academy award for best sound but lost to the english patient . [ 70 ] composer david arnold won a grammy award for his work on the film . [ 71 ] the movie also won an amanda award for best foreign feature film . [ 69 ] viewers voted for independence day to receive an mtv movie award for best kiss , [ 72 ] a people ' s choice award for favorite dramatic motion picture , [ 73 ] and a kids ' choice award for favorite movie . it received saturn awards for saturn award for best director , best science fiction film , and best special effects . [ 74 ] the film was awarded best film editing and best visual effects at the inaugural golden satellite award ceremony . the film received a golden raspberry nomination in 1996 for worst written film grossing over $ 100 million but lost to twister . [ 69 ]
access to audiovisual entertainment was film ; television was the medium of the rich and powerful middle class . the indian film industry was for much of the later 20th century the world’s largest producer of low - quality films for domestic
end credits bear a 1995 copyright and list miramax as distributor , although pic is not currently on its release schedule . film is rumored to be headed for an official international bow at the san sebastian film festival in late summer .
in 1939 and was so taken with her that he sought ( unsuccessfully ) to have her appear in this film .
group , but he identified with the new wave through style and theme . his most famous film is the postmodern mystery
) emerged to take prizes at international film festivals . some impressive literary adaptations were produced during the 1960s ( grigory kozintsev’s
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if wild strawberries is bergman ' s most plagiarised film , and the seventh seal his most parodied , then persona is certainly the most written about . no other individual bergman film has generated such extensive critical and academic attention . one of the latest works on the subject is an anthology in the cambridge film handbooks series edited by lloyd michaels , entitled simply ingmar bergman ' s persona . widely regarded as his most important film , this view of persona is shared by bergman himself . writing in images :
doug thompson ( former pga commissioner ) : before happy joined the tour in the spring of 1996 we were facing an identity crisis . we were struggling to transition from the era of arnold palmer and jack nicklaus to whoever the next generation would bring us . guys like greg norman and nick faldo and seve ballesteros did a fine job bridging that gap , but nobody on the tour in 1996 was able to make solid connections with our fanbase , and our fanbase as a whole was dwindling .
doug thompson : happy had a chance to putt for a victory on the 18th hole , and it would have been a beautiful end to an otherwise disastrous tournament . but i was foolish for thinking that things end in such smooth fashion if the entire tournament had been so unpredictable from start to finish .
great britain’s film industry , however , has a long history of rebounding from periods of crisis . a major factor in the revival of british cinema during the late 20th century was the founding in 1982 of channel 4 , a television network devoted to commissioning—rather than merely producing—original films . its success led to the establishment of a subsidiary , filmfour ltd . , in 1998 . internationally acclaimed films produced or coproduced under either the channel 4 or the filmfour banner include a room with a view ( 1986 ) , the crying game ( 1992 ) , four weddings and a funeral ( 1994 ) , trainspotting ( 1996 ) , secrets and lies ( 1996 ) , the full monty ( 1997 ) , and welcome to sarajevo ( 1997 ) . also contributing to the resurgence of british film was the national lottery , which , after its establishment in 1994 , annually contributed millions of pounds to the film industry .
, which was brought into being over the next decade through the establishment of the kuratorium junger deutscher film ( 1965 ; young german film board , a grant agency with funding drawn from the cultural budgets of the federal states ) , the filmförderungsanstalt , or ffa ( film subsidies board , which generated production funds by levying a federal tax in part on theatre tickets ) , and the independent distributing company filmverlag der autoren ( 1971 ; authors’ film - publishing group ) , with additional funding from the two west german television networks .
a month after the film ' s release , jewelry designers and marketing consultants reported an increased interest in dolphin - themed jewelry , since the character of jasmine in the film wears dolphin earrings and is presented with a wedding ring featuring a gold dolphin . [ 55 ]
, or “sword - fight , ” film to the status of art . he made films in other genres , including literary adaptations ,
the nationalistic overtones of the film were widely criticized by foreign reviewers . movie review uk described the film as
a mish - mash of elements from a wide variety of alien invasion movies and gung - ho american jingoism .
[ 65 ] the speech in which whitmore states that victory in the coming war would see the entire world henceforth describe july 4 as its independence day , was described as
the most jaw - droppingly pompous soliloquy ever delivered in a mainstream hollywood movie
in a bbc review . [ 66 ] in 2003 , readers of the united kingdom ' s most popular movie magazine empire voted the scene that contained the speech as the
cheesiest movie moment of all - time
. [ 67 ] conversely , empire critic kim newman gave the film a five - star rating in the magazine ' s original review of the film . [ 57 ]
2001 / 122 min . this endearing film explores the lives of three chicago - based artists : photographer dawoud bey , painter richard hunt , and collage artist allen stringfellow . the film presents each artist’s process , philosophy , and vision of the future of art . throughout the film , each artist periodically adds various bits of wisdom that stick with the viewer , such as the importance of the process of discovery .
the development of an indigenous film culture in africa occurred at different moments in the history of the continent . the various timelines are related to the political , social , and economic situations in each country and to the varying effects of colonialism on the continent . only egypt had a truly active film industry for the first half of the 20th century ; the development of cinema elsewhere on the continent was largely the result of individual efforts . one such example is paul soumanou vieyra , the first african graduate of the french film school institut des hautes études ciné , who joined with friends to produce the short film afrique sur seine ( 1955 ) , considered the first fiction film by black africans .
other asian nations have had spotty cinematic histories , although most developed strong traditions during the late 20th century . the film industries of china ,
world war ii physically and economically devastated the film industries of the soviet union , japan , and most european nations . italy’s early surrender , however , left its facilities relatively intact , enabling the italian cinema to lead the post - world war ii film renaissance with its development of the
—who would make their mark in the 1970s ; but , as england’s economy began its precipitous decline during that decade , so too did its film industry . many british directors and performers defected to hollywood , while the english - language film market simultaneously experienced a vigorous and unprecedented challenge from australia . in the 1980s , amid widespread speculation about the collapse of the film industry , british annual production reached an all - time low .
produced distinguished cinemas . following the pattern set by the soviets , these countries nationalized their film industries and established state film schools . they experienced a similar period of repressive government - imposed restrictions between 1945 and 1953 , with a “thaw” during the late 1950s under soviet premier nikita khrushchev . in
shot in 1994 , this third official bigscreen version of joseph conrad’s “victory” is not quite as bad as its unreleased status would indicate , but it does have little to offer as a commercial attraction for modern audiences . caught at its sole cannes market screening at fest’s end , this elaborate international co - production possesses the same ponderous , [ … ]
doug thompson : my one big regret , and i have many , of the 1996 tour championship was not delaying the finish in order to remove the tv tower from the 18th green . regardless of what happened after the fact , i think that was my biggest error of judgment .
if you haven ' t seen the 1939 original with bette davis , this updated version of
dark victory
is a pretty good made - for - tv movie ( i haven ' t seen it since the original tv showing in 1976 , so i ' m relying on my memory ) . elizabeth montgomery is always good , anthony hopkins did well in an early role , and the story will hold your interest . however , if you have seen the original - forget this version ( the same comment applies to the other remake of
dark victory
- the 1963 film
stolen hours
with susan hayward ) . like most remakes , it doesn ' t compare to the
real thing
. you can ' t improve upon a movie that was already perfect of its kind , and is an acknowledged classic of the cinema .
since its founding in 1973 , illinois humanities has provided key support to filmmakers striving to tell the stories of our state , the nation and the world through documentary film . our funded films have been broadcast nationally on public television , toured film festivals around the globe , and won many honors and accolades , including academy awards . illinois humanities particularly prides itself on providing the crucial seed money for documentary film projects to generate momentum for future funding .
a watchable and mostly well - judged film on a worthy subject , but one that is undermined by a couple of careless liberties with the facts .
] , 1976 ) . in the mid - 1960s , however , competition from multiple - channel colour television and from american distributors forced the japanese film industry into economic decline . a decade later , two major studios were bankrupt , and film production was increasingly dominated by two domestic exploitation genres : the
while the film was still in post - production , 20th century fox began a massive marketing campaign to help promote the film , beginning with the airing of a dramatic commercial during super bowl xxx , for which fox paid $ 1 . 3 million . [ 30 ] the subsequent success of the film at the box office resulted in the trend of using super bowl air time to kick off the advertising campaign for potential blockbusters . [ 31 ] [ 32 ]
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…
brian benson is an award - winning bay area producer and assistant director with over three dozen films and hundreds of commercial projects under his belt . after his film haiku tunnel screened at the sundance film festival in 2001 he was awarded the prestigious sundance producing fellowship . brian co - produced rob epstein and jeffrey friedman’s film howl and assistant directed peter bratt’s la mission and marielle heller’s diary of a teenage girl , starring kristen wiig and alexander skarsgård . as writer / director ,
verne lundquist : i was criticized by some fans for emphasizing the gilmore / mcgavin pairing a little too much throughout the day . but these same fans are likely the ones who say that the 1996 tour championship is the greatest golf tournament ever . and if it weren’t for those two , that wouldn’t be the case .
author stephen molstad wrote a tie - in novel to help promote the film shortly before its release . the novel goes into further detail on the characters , situations , and overall concept not explored in the film . the novel presents the finale of the film as originally scripted , with the character played by randy quaid stealing a missile and roping it to his crop duster biplane . following the success of the film , a prequel novel entitled independence day : silent zone was written by molstad in february 1998 . [ 40 ] the novel is set in the late 1960s and early 1970s , and details the early career of dr . brackish okun . [ 41 ] molstad wrote a third novel , independence day : war in the desert in july 1999 . the novel is both a midquel and sequel to the film . set in saudi arabia on july 3 , it centers around captain cummins and colonel thompson , the two royal air force officers seen receiving the morse code message in the film .
, the hollywood film industry cooperated closely with the government to support its war - aims information campaign . following the declaration of war on japan , the government created a
1968 , many new wave films were banned , the czechoslovak film industry was reorganized , and several prominent figures , including forman and němec , were forced into exile .
buñuel’s presence in mexico between 1946 and 1965 had little effect on the general mediocrity of that nation’s film industry , however . the commercialism of the mexican cinema was briefly
virginia venit - gilmore : 1994 was my first year involved with the pga , and everyone was expecting it to be shooter’s year . it didn’t happen . then everyone said 1995 was going to be shooter’s year . didn’t happen . i was promoted to director of public relations in 1996 , right when shooter started getting hot .
shooter mcgavin : gilmore never golfed again after the 1996 tour championship . you know why ? do you ? it’s because he knew i would beat him every single time . he beat shooter once . everyone loves a guy who wasn’t a loser one time in his life . congratulations gilmore , one hell of a career ya had !
the film ' s plot deliberately and closely follows the plots of classic alien invasion fiction , most notably the war of the worlds by h . g . wells and its 1953 film adaptation . whereas the premise of the film bears little resemblance , there are many elements from war of the worlds , including the aliens ' resistance against nuclear weapons ( on a related note , the same scene shows , in the wreckage , a lamp post twisted into the shape of the heat ray from the 1953 film ) , and the aliens defeat via a virus ( however , wells ' aliens were killed by a biological virus ) . independence day has also been an influence on later fiction .
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independence day ( also known by its promotional abbreviation id4 ) is a 1996 science fiction film about a hostile alien invasion of earth , focusing on a disparate group of individuals and families as they coincidentally converge in the nevada desert and , along with the rest of the human population , participate in a last - chance retaliation on july 4 – the same date as the independence day holiday in the united states . it was directed by roland emmerich , who co - wrote the script with producer dean devlin .
skip bayless ( co - host of fs1’s undisputed ) : personally , i’ve always believed that happy gilmore’s shot on the 18th hole at the 1996 tour championship is one of the most overrated , over - hyped and downright lucky moments in sports history . there have been at least fifty more impressive shots in my lifetime than that one !
bill pullman as president thomas j . whitmore : a former persian gulf war fighter pilot and current president of the united states whose approval ratings early in the film indicate the nation ' s dissatisfaction with his performance . to prepare for the role , pullman read the commanders by bob woodward and watched the documentary film the war room . [ 4 ]
1995 / 60 min . this film presents the life of polka musician frank yankovic and his role in polka music history . the program examines yankovic’s lifelong passion “to keep polka alive , ” which has resulted in the creation of a uniquely american genre that incorporates elements of slovenian music . this is a lively film that includes several of yankovic’s signature songs .
simultaneously introduced a new multilayered film stock in which emulsions sensitive to the red , green , and blue parts of the spectrum were bonded together on a single roll . patented as
after world war ii the soviet union’s film industry experienced greater stagnation than that of any other nation except germany . the socialist realism doctrine imposed during stalin’s dictatorship caused film production to fall from 19 features in 1945 to 5 in 1952 . although stalin died the following year , the situation did not improve until the late 1950s , when such films as mikhail kalatozov’s
chubbs peterson was a former pro golfer who was forced to retire from golf in the middle of his prime after an alligator bit his right hand off during a tournament . for months before his death , peterson served as a mentor to happy gilmore . peterson’s death , which came three days before the 1996 tour championship , was ruled an accident .
anamorphic lens to squeeze a wide - angle image onto conventional 35 - mm film stock and a similar lens to restore the image’s original width in projection . cinemascope’s aspect ratio was 2 . 55 to 1 , and the system had the great advantage of requiring no special cameras , film stock , or projectors . by the end of 1954 , every hollywood studio but
( “camera - pen” ) , in which film was regarded as a form of audiovisual language and the filmmaker , therefore , as a kind of writer in light . bazin’s influential journal
i have been wondering ever since i read it why someone doesn ' t make a movie out of joseph conrad ' s novel “victory . ” it tells the story of a proud , lonely man , the young woman who comes to share his hideaway on an island , the murderers who invade their solitude , and the way he must choose between philosophy and violence . i see john malkovich as the man and lili taylor as the woman .
during world war ii , imports of hemp and other materials crucial for producing marine cordage , parachutes , and other military necessities became scarce . in response the u . s . department of agriculture launched its
hemp for victory
program , encouraging farmers to plant hemp by giving out seeds and granting draft deferments to those who would stay home and grow hemp . by 1943 american farmers registered in the program harvested 375 , 000 acres of hemp .
allies , did not begin to develop film industries until after world war ii . yugoslavia was the most immediately successful and produced the countries’ first internationally known director : the political avant - gardist
since its full - length premiere in 1996 , commissioned by spoletto festival usa , peter and wendy has been performed in new york on three engagements , at regional theaters in the u . s . , and at the dublin and edinburgh international theater festivals . it received two obie awards : to the creators for “best production” and to karen kandel for “outstanding performance” .
ricky denegri ( former pro golfer , 1996 tour championship 2nd runner - up ) : everybody seems to forget that i was right there in contention too . i was three strokes off the lead heading into the final round , and only one stroke back when happy and shooter teed off on 18 . but of course , everyone just wants to talk about those two .
1991 / 102 min . winner of the 1991 academy award for best feature documentary , this film captures working men and women making tough choices about survival during a time of economic crisis in the american midwest . american dream also won the 1992 director’s guild of america award for best feature documentary and the 1991 sundance film festival grand jury prize , the audience award and the filmmaker’s trophy .
) , he used long - take sequence shots equating film time with real time to create a vision of the reverberating emptiness of modern urban life . antonioni then began to use colour expressionistically in
some countries , such as morocco , did not develop a strong national cinema ; others , such as algeria and tunisia , nationalized all or parts of their film industries . several african nations joined the fédération pan - africaine des cinéastes ( fepaci ; “federation of pan - african filmmakers” ) , formed in 1969 to oversee the political and financial problems of the film industries throughout the continent .
final act is devoted to the tense cat - and - mouse games played out among the principals , with treacherous goon martin ( rufus sewell ) trying to sway alma over to his side , everyone waiting to see who will be the first to strike , and the nonviolent heyst roused to a “straw dogs” - like defense of his home and woman . ending is basically tragic , with the “victory” referring to the emotionally stunted heyst finally discovering his ability to love .
doug thompson : shooter got off to such an incredible start in 1996 , and we thought it was finally happening . we started prepping him to be our guy . sending him to promotional shoots , setting him up with additional sponsors . it seemed like our problem was finally solved . then happy gilmore showed up on the tour and we had a completely new problem to manage .
happy gilmore ( former pro golfer , 1996 pga tour champion ) : i hated golf . i thought it was a stupid game . i was only planning to play until i made enough money to buy my grandma’s house back , and then i was going to start training for the upcoming hockey season again . but money stopped being my only motivation when i met shooter mcgavin .
in the mid 70 ' s , following the announcement that francis ford coppola ' s
apocalypse now
was based on joseph conrad ' s
heart of darkness
, studio ' s began to look at other conrad properties . ridley scott ' s debut was conrad ' s
the duellists
, and there was also talk of
nostromo
being filmed . sydney pollack and louis malle were being courted by paramount to direct
victory
around 1978 .
2000 / 60 min . this film explores czech composer antonin dvorak’s three years in the u . s . between 1892 and 1895 . combining archival material , never - before - released letters , and musical compositions , the film examines the historical and cultural context of dvorak’s visit to america with a particular focus on the ethnic groups from which he drew musical influence , particularly the african - american community .
randy quaid as russell casse : a widowed , alcoholic crop duster and veteran vietnam war pilot who claims to have been an alien abductee ten years prior to the events of the film . he struggles to care for his three children . at the end of the film , he sacrifices himself to destroy an alien destroyer , gaining the admiration of his eldest son , who previously held little respect for him .
1997 / 57 min . this film documents the cultural and ethnic diversity found along the 400 mile stretch ending in chicago’s halsted street . beginning in quiet , rural , predominantly white illinois along route 1 , the film continues north to the outskirts of chicago , where gang violence brews and local residents are primarily people of color . the journey takes viewers through the stockyards district of chicago , bridgeport , pilsen , maxwell street , cabrini green , lincoln park , and , finally , all the way up to boystown on chicago’s north side . the film incorporates footage from a 1932 documentary films on the same subject . the film is compelling because it clearly shows the differences in socioeconomic status , cultural celebrations , gender specification , and racial composition of the communities that lie along a street that winds its way through 14 different counties .
the film , which has the look and feel of authenticity , opens with a one - sided british victory over ira troops that tried to occupy dublin ' s main post office . collins sees , correctly , that if the ira adopts conventional tactics , it will be destroyed by the british troops , and so he argues for a strategy in which ira men melt into the crowds , are indistinguishable from civilians , and disappear after sudden strikes . this approach is good enough to force the british to the negotiating table ( despite the intransigence of winston churchill ) , even though de valera continues to argue for more conventional methods ; he seems to feel diminished by not leading a proper - looking army .
doug thompson : at that time we weren’t putting much of an emphasis on our brand , or rather , our golfer’s brands . i suppose that’s our own fault , but in all honesty we didn’t have much to work with . the best golfer in the world from the early nineties well into 1996 was shooter mcgavin , but for whatever reason , shooter just couldn’t relate to the fans of golf .
jennifer petrucelli has worked as a producer in film and television for nearly 20 years . recently she wrote , produced and conducted extensive archival research on a series of historical documentaries for lucasfilm . topics of these documentaries ranged from artstotle to mata hari to general john pershing . the films appeared on the history channel in 2008 . jennifer also wrote and produced the lucasfilm feature documentary double victory about the tuskegee airmen , and served as co - producer on manifest destiny , a three - part series on u . s . foreign policy , which was broadcast on public television in 2012 . in 2014 , jennifer co - founded sub - basement archival with colleague , rachel antell - who served as archivist on dolores .
illinois humanities - supported documentary films * below , please find information more than 70 films made and completed with the support of illinois humanities through its community grants program . in addition to synopses of each film , included are links to web resources where the film is available for purchase . many of these films are also accessible on vhs and / or dvd from the illinois state library , via the illnet catalog online .
australian film and television school , later the australian film television and radio school , or aftrs ) to train directors and other creative personnel , and initiated a system of lucrative tax incentives to attract foreign investment capital to the new industry . the result was a creative explosion unprecedented in the english - language cinema . australia produced nearly 400 films between 1970 and 1985—more than had been made in all of its prior history .
, 1979 ) . unlike the productions financed with foreign capital by the canadian film development corporation during the same period , these new australian films had indigenous casts and crews and treated distinctly national themes . by the end of the 1970s , australian motion pictures were being prominently featured at the cannes international film festival and competing strongly at the box office in europe . in 1981 australia penetrated the american market with two critical hits , beresford’s
1996 / 57 min . this film charts the history of the american civil liberties union from world war i to the present . the origins of the aclu as an organization created to enforce the bill of rights are discussed in great detail . the film also spends a significant amount of time discussing roger baldwin , the founder of the aclu . through a thought - provoking historical analysis of the types of struggles the organization has taken part in , viewers are made aware of the delicate balance between the rights of individuals and the rights of groups or of the government . the aclu’s dedication to defending the extremes of society , from the most liberal to the most conservative , show not only how this controversial organization has been essential to american liberty , but also how it has contributed to the discussion about the tension between legal rights and moral laws .
the idea for the film came when emmerich and devlin were in europe promoting their film stargate . a reporter asked emmerich why he made a movie with content like stargate if he did not believe in aliens . emmerich stated he was still fascinated by the idea of an alien arrival , and further explained his response by asking the reporter to imagine what it would be like to wake up one morning and discover 15 - mile - wide spaceships were hovering over the largest cities in the world . emmerich then turned to devlin and said
i think i have an idea for our next film .
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the new wave made france the leading centre of modernist and postmodern film and film theory , a position it continued to hold for many years . by the 1990s france had followed the lead of other european countries in assimilating into the world market . the influence of the new wave was still evident , but increased demands for commercial fare resulted in several crime thrillers and period costume dramas , genres that were often specialties of young directors .
this isn ' t a surprise ,
all - america center aaron graham said .
after watching film , we knew we could move the ball on them . and our defense had a great plan .
in spite of the major film companies’ elaborate strategies of defense , they continued to decline throughout the 1950s and ’60s . because they could no longer dominate the exhibition sector , they faced serious competition for the first time from
in april 1986 , oxford suffered their first defeat to cambridge in the boat race in eleven years . the defeat was devastating for oxford , but their resolve to regain victory at all costs in 1987 was to lead them to the brink of disaster . directed by ferdinand fairfax , written by rupert walters ( restoration ) , and starring dominic west , johan leysen , dylan baker , geraldine somerville and josh lucas . a film4 production , released in the uk on 15th november 1996 . how to contact film4 : if you are in the uk & eire and want to buy any of these films on dvd or download please search here urltoken if you are a viewer , and want to contact us about anything on any of our channels ( including film4 channel ) please follow this link urltoken if you are a filmmaker , and want to contact us about film4 productions please follow this link urltoken for general information about film4 please follow this link urltoken if you are based outside the uk and want to see any of these films on dvd or download please check with your local distributors if you are an international distributor or film festival , and want to license the film4 library films please follow this link urltoken
, a documentary on the impact of mass incarceration . this work led him to co - found a film school in san quentin prison and a pilot program that empowers at - risk youth with filmmaking tools in oakland california .
) , confirmed that he is essentially a religious artist . throughout the 20th century , the scandinavian film industries remained small , state - subsidized , and ( after the introduction of sound ) oriented largely toward the domestic market .
wooden acting by dafoe and another lackluster english - lingo perf by jacob give the film a hollow center , so the arrival of neill , quite effective without matching the brilliance of his predecessors in the role , at least intros some welcome melodrama . curiously , peploe makes even less of the gay subtext of mr . jones’ relationships with his toadies than did earlier versions . more scenes with this unsavory trio would at least have provided the film with more villainous juice .
the movie was marketed with several taglines , including :
we ' ve always believed we weren ' t alone . on july 4 , we ' ll wish we were
,
earth . take a good look . it could be your last
, and
don ' t make plans for august
. the weekend before the film ' s release , the fox network aired a half - hour special on the movie , the first third of which was a spoof news report on the events that happen in the film . roger ebert attributed most of the film ' s early success to its teaser trailers and marketing campaigns , acknowledging them as
truly brilliant
. [ 36 ]
] , 1972 ) began to be internationally recognized . the rigorous training given students at the budapest film academy ensured that the younger generation of hungarian filmmakers would rise to prominence , as happened in the case of istván szabó ( 1981 ;
collins , who died at 31 , was arguably the key figure in the struggles that led to the separation of ireland and britain . he was also , on the basis of this film , a man able to use violence without becoming intoxicated by it . the film argues that if he had prevailed ireland might eventually have been united , and many lives might have been saved . we will never know . but de valera was right . history has judged collins at his expense .
during the 1980s the fortunes of the american film industry were increasingly shaped by new technologies of video delivery and imaging . cable networks , direct - broadcast satellites , and half - inch videocassettes provided new means of motion - picture distribution , and
independence day was the highest - grossing film of 1996 , beating twister , mission : impossible and the hunchback of notre dame . [ 50 ] in the united states , independence day earned $ 104 . 3 million in its first full week , [ 51 ] including $ 96 . 1 million during its five - day holiday opening , and $ 50 . 2 million during its opening weekend . [ 52 ] all three figures broke records set by jurassic park three years earlier . [ 51 ] that film ' s sequel , the lost world : jurassic park , claimed all three records when it was released the following year . independence day stayed in the number one spot for three weeks , and would gross $ 306 , 169 , 268 in the domestic market [ 50 ] and $ 510 , 800 , 000 in foreign markets during its theatrical run . [ 50 ] the combined total of $ 816 , 969 , 268 once trailed only the worldwide earnings of jurassic park as the highest of all - time . [ 53 ] it has been surpassed by several 21st century films since , and currently holds the 24th highest worldwide gross for a movie all - time . hoping to capitalize in the wake of the film ' s success , several studios released more large - scale disaster films , [ 54 ] and the already rising interest in science fiction - related media was further increased by the film ' s popularity . [ 38 ]
meanwhile , fooda , which helps restaurants cater during off - hours , and catercow , a marketplace for booking caterers that focuses on office lunches , are both trying to tap into the film and tv business . a . napadol opened thai restaurant samui in august near the brooklyn navy yard’s steiner studios with the hope of serving film companies . but the bookings have yet to come . “it’s always been part of my dream to get better food for people in crews , ” she said .
but feeding a movie crew breakfast is not as simple as making a great egg - and - cheese burrito . “we’re trying to create a culinary experience while enduring this logistics stuff , ” said tom morales , owner of nashville - based tomkats , which established a new york operation in 1996 and did catering for sex and the city , the sopranos and other long - running shows . the cooking occurs in a truck about the size of a typical new york city kitchen .
film , which mixed sex and sadism . during the 1980s and ’90s , japan continued to produce the highest annual volume of films of any country in the world , but the studios remained in decline , and most serious productions , such as kurosawa’s
after a six - week , $ 30 million marketing campaign , independence day was released on vhs on november 22 , 1996 . [ 45 ] it became available on dvd on june 27 , 2000 , and has been re - released on dvd under several different versions with varying supplemental material ever since , including one instance where it was packaged with a lenticular cover . [ 46 ] often accessible on these versions is a special edition of the film , which features eight minutes of additional footage not seen in the original theatrical release . [ 47 ] independence day became available on blu - ray discs in the united kingdom on december 24 , 2007 , [ 48 ] and in north america on march 11 , 2008 . [ 49 ]
such as the musical and the gangster film , and the wide - screen format similarly created a bias in favour of visually spectacular subjects and epic scale . the emergence of the three - to four - hour wide - screen “blockbuster” in such films as
, the social realist film was generally shot in black and white on location in the industrial midlands and cast with unknown young actors and actresses . like the new wave films , social realist films were independently produced on low budgets ( many of them for
, and mexico’s should be commended because it allowed buñuel to work after he was forced out of spain by the fascists . ( buñuel also worked frequently in france . ) in a career that spanned most of film history , buñuel directed scores of brilliantly