red velvet is a 2008 american independent horror film directed by bruce dickson and written by anthony burns and joe moe .

the film stars henry thomas and kelli garner and is the final film of forrest j ackerman .

red velvet ( film )

wears a velvet smoking suit with velvet slippers and dangling gold earrings while out in venice .
with the headline : screen : musty scandal ; ' girl in red velvet swing ' is at roxy .
john douglas thompson stars as actor ira aldridge ( right , with joe tapper ) in shakespeare & company’s “red velvet . ”
jury member for the 70th cannes international film festival fan bingbing wang luodan poses on the red carpet at the opening of the 70th cannes international film festival . photo : xinhua
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there is the old adage “to the victor go the spoils . ” find out who is ultimately victorious in “the red velvet cake war . ”
any way you slice it , lines have been drawn and this friday the “the red velvet cake war” commences at the historic texas theater in downtown palestine .
the cast of lolita chakrabarti’s red velvet , directed by stafford arima , running march 25 – april 30 , 2017 at the old globe . photo by jim cox .
wears an violet midi - length roberto cavalli dress with metallic foil accents and high - heels with a dark red velour platform at the ambi dinner honoring her film the bleeder .
the girl in the red velvet swing is the true story of evelyn nesbit shaw , a beautiful showgirl caught in a love triangle with elderly architect stanford white and eccentric young millionaire harry k . thaw .
two former best friends who have not spoken in five years meet in a cafe , share a piece of red velvet cheesecake and confront each other about a crime they committed in college that was never found out .
red velvet cake is a modern day love story between a man named jake and his girlfriend blair , and how the two navigate a world together while jake lives with aspergers syndrome . blair is . . . see full summary »
wears a chartreuse and black flared mini with a gold chainstrap clutch and burgundy velvet platforms for a miu miu event .
multilayered magic ! ira aldridge is one of those ' hidden figures ' too long ignored . red velvet is a revealing story of pursuing and achieving a dream , reminding that in spite of onstacles , talent triumphs .
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gerry goodwin , as “newt blaylock , ” comforts “gaynelle verdeen bodeen , ” played by dixie dorsett , during a recent rehearsal of the palestine community’s theatre’s upcoming production of “red velvet cake war . ” the production opens at the texas theater this friday .
for some observers the war may be over red velvet cakes , but others may argue that the bet is merely frosting on the proverbial cake . consider the underlying ingredients : is the gamble simply a skirmish in that age - old battle between the sexes ?
ackerman was offered all those parts that makes him a figure of critical importance to science fiction film . of critical importance , because ackerman was the first and most enthusiastic science fiction film critic .
susan sarandon wore a deep plunging black velvet gown with oversized sunglasses , while julianne moore was resplendent in red feathers . chinese actress fan bingbing , who is also on the jury , wore a sweeping duck - egg blue dress with a built - in cloak .
wears a pumpkin - spice ruffled tea - length dress with stacked red lace platforms and a gold watch to the bad batch photocall .
little more than a competently acted and shot costume drama , it is neither a film of the ages or for the ages ; it is a film that has , however , aged , and poorly .
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almodovar took a tough line , telling reporters he could not imagine “the palme d’or nor any other prize being given to a film , and then not being able to see that film on a large screen” .
since its launch in 2008 , bicoastal / international station film has quickly established itself as one of the industry’s top creative shops . its roster of award - winning directors excels at cross - platform storytelling - from film , television , and music videos to vr / ar and digital creation . station film ' s partners are stephen orent and caroline gibney .
“there is a reverence on set when the camera is spitting film through its gate . ” : dp darran tiernan on
where we would be literally watching through laurie’s eyes as we had been watching through michael’s for so much of the film .
ford ties the two narratives together by cutting between susan and tony as the story goes on , in similar basic postures , in bed , in the bath , in the shower . there are textural continuities too — a deep - red velvet plays its part in what sometimes are deliberate tableaux . but however highly worked , almost operatic , this film may be ( and it is exquisitely photographed by seamus mcgarvey ) , that doesn’t diminish the emotional ferocity .
twentieth century - fox has resurrected the musty scandal of evelyn nesbit , stanford white and harry k . thaw to give itself the inspiration for another run - through of
bertha , the sewing - machine girl
in its latest cinemascope romance ,
the girl in the red velvet swing .
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is an episode of four weddings starring alana aldridge , tracy allessendro , and yana bludova . rachele enters her reception to the beat of performing japanese taiko drummers while nicolle ' s husband ' s college mascot helps cut their cake . travia celebrates her wedding and her 30th . . . see full summary »
filmmaker : finally , describe the finishing of the film . how much of your look was “baked in” versus realized in the di ?
to lump this film in with horror comedies is doing it a disservice , as i think it ' s so much better than that . personally , i don ' t care for horror comedies and thought this film was way too smart , clever and enjoyable to be deemed just another horror / comedy genre film . i can ' t wait to watch it with the commentary to see what i missed .
was 20th century - fox ' s original choice for the role of evelyn nesbit . she turned down this film and a forthcoming remake of
“red velvet” is one wacky ride , both in terms of content and experience , and it broke ground as the first scripted comedy put into a vr setting . as director brendan gibbons says , “there’s a huge desire for content , so we’re showing this is possible . ” the play - like theatrical experience was filmed on a h3pro7 gopro rig with seven hero4 black 4k cameras .
witness , therefore , the curious rewriting of film history that has now occurred in the public imagination . the cheap old films with karloff and bela
bab briefly interviewed byron hurt by phone , while he was attending the american black film festival in miami where soul food junkies won best documentary .
wears a complete philosophy di lorenzo serafini outfit , from her ruffled denim jumpsuit to her pale pink bag , while out at the film festival .
alberto ( miguel ángel silvestre ) has been left to run a store called velvet , one of the most prestigious fashion stores in spain , by his late father . velvet is a spanish television series ( english subtitles available on netflix ) . it takes place in the 50 ' s / 60 ' s and displays the beautiful clothing and cars from that era . the main storyline of the show is the business decisions surrounding the continuation of the fashion store and the steamy love story of alberto , heir of galerías velvet , and ana ( paula echevarría ) , who works as a seamstress there .
red velvet cake is a modern day love story between a man named jake and his girlfriend blair , and how the two navigate a world together while jake lives with aspergers syndrome . blair is constantly battling her family to meet him , and jake is constantly battling within himself to attend . it is a glimpse into the world of loving someone with aspergers syndrome , and being loved by someone who does not .
the glendale international film festival is a private non - profit organization whose mission is to show quality films which tell a story by using outstanding dialogue free from the common expletive ridden fare and honoring women film makers and screenwriters from around the world with the emphasis upon the local glendale film maker and screenwriter . the theme of the festival is ‘all creatures great and small from the animal kingdom ( especially cats , dogs and horses ! ) . ’ now in its 4th year , giff will be contributing 20 % of the proceeds from the festival to glendale / la canada / la crescenta public schools and glendale community college for film making and screenwriting programs .
the narrative of “red velvet” gives enough context to guide the viewer’s experience , but each trip into the world yields different results . you may at first notice the person clawing at the glass to your left , but another viewing reveals a large man stripping on the table behind you . “the challenge was to build a narrative around specific comedic beats that would fit together as a linear story but would also make people laugh no matter where they chose to look , ” brendan says . the replayability and immersion of the film is an excellent taste of the unique power of a well - crafted narrative vr piece .
the pairing of actor and role could not be more fortuitous . lolita chakrabarti’s bio - play “red velvet” ( alluding to the lure of theaters’ lush interiors ) provides a perfect showcase for thompson’s formidable gifts . under daniela varon’s inspired direction , thompson brings out resonances in the script that somehow failed to surface during the play’s first us production , by a british company , at st . ann’s warehouse in brooklyn , n . y . , last year .
, i would urge you to skip any synopsis of the film , as it spoils something that doesn’t really occur until the film’s final 15 minutes . and since this plot point makes up half of the ending , and the other half sucks , it sort of deflated my enjoyment of the film as a whole . what was intended to be a surprise instead comes off as “yeah , i knew that going in” , and what is a surprise comes off as “what the fuck just happened ? ” .
the story focuses on the latest trials and tribulations of the three verdeen cousins living in the fictional small town of sweetgum , texas . for a number of reasons , peaches and jimmie wyvette valiantly attempt to help gaynelle host a family reunion on what unfortunately turns out to be the hottest day in july with not only a tornado looming on the horizon , but the outcome of a jaw - dropping high - stakes wager on who bakes the best red velvet cake hanging in the balance .
in the psychotronic encyclopedia of film , michael weldon asks ,
aren ' t you tired of movie books beginning with abbott and costello ?
yes , which is exactly why i would prefer to omit them and instead begin with ackerman , a lesser - known but more significant contributor to science fiction film . the fact that i am completing a biographical encyclopedia of science fiction film with reasonable expectations of reaching a wide audience is due in large part to ackerman ' s herculean efforts on behalf of this field , so it would only be appropriate to grant him the honor of being its very first entry .
will smith and jessica chastain – who are both on the jury charged with awarding the coveted palme d’or top prize – were among the a - listers gracing the red carpet at a glittering ceremony to launch the 12 - day festival in the palm - fringed french resort .
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my background in indie film , working at a fast pace with limited resources , made me a good fit for the project . additionally , the film was to be shot entirely on location in utah , and because of tax incentives i was only allowed to bring one person from my la team . luckily , location shooting is something i’ve done multiple times , so the producers were confident i could find an excellent local crew .
6 : 00 to 7 : 30 pm – pre - screening reception is your chance to mix and mingle with the many screenwriters , filmmakers and vips participating in this year’s film festival . 7 : 45 pm – presentation of certificates . 8 : 00 pm – screening of the godfather . post - screening , attendees will get a chance to be a part of a q & a about the film followed by a short cocktail reception in the alex theatre forecourt .
three performers for six roles : this is the game of the film . a melodrama about two love triangles . in the first , hagalin is killed by his mistress and her lover . in the second , attorney . . . see full summary »
like i said though , i just didn’t care much for the ending , which seemed to involve “was it all real or just a dream” type nonsense mixed with over - stylized camerawork that felt out of place . supposedly if i “watch it again” it will make more sense , but alas i don’t have time to rewatch a film simply to get a point that should have been clear on a single viewing . there’s a big difference between re - watching a film and being rewarded for it ( such as
yet , in the face of staggering statistics of diabetes , high blood pressure , and certain types of cancer rampant the african american community , food experts in the film comment on the urgent need to increase awareness and make changes now , before it’s too late .
when people say african american cuisine , they think it’s synonymous with soul food , the deep - fried fatty meats like fried chicken and sugary desserts like red velvet cake - - which used to be just for holidays and celebrations . i’m not necessarily trying to discard those completely but get people to recognize these are only a part of our food ways . things have changed over the past 40 - 50 years . my grandparents had an urban farm . they grew vegetables , fruits and nuts . any dietician would tell you we should all be eating more fruit and vegetables . somehow growing food has taken on the meaning of being backward and just country folk . but it is vital to our society .
goes beachy and boho in a blue - and - white tie - dye prabal gurung dress with a drawstring waist , plus a low - key ponytail , delfina delettrez earring and double - strap mansur gavriel slides at the photocall for her film the light between oceans .
velvet is a tv series starring paula echevarría , miguel ángel silvestre , and aitana sánchez - gijón . a feel - good , compelling spanish story of a fashion house in madrid in the late 50 ' s , which is scene to money , fashion , drama , entanglements , love , jealousies , plots , counter - plots involving its owners , customers and residential employees .
the true story of the murder of prominent architect stanford white is the inspiration for this highly fictionalized drama , set in manhattan just after the turn of the century . the film speculates on the motivation of white ' s murderer , placing the blame on jealousy over a woman .
the streaming giant’s two films are among 19 vying for the palme d’or , which also include happy end , a film set against the backdrop of europe’s migrant crisis by amour director michael haneke , and sofia coppola’s american civil war thriller the beguiled starring nicole kidman and colin farrell .
others interviewed in the film , however , are still very attached to soul food ( the term was first coined in the ' 60s ) and find creative rationalizations to keep eating it , such as , “eve was made out of adam’s rib , so ribs must be good . ”
hurt ' s personal story is flanked throughout the film by commentary from a range of historians , scholars , soul food chefs , doctors , and everyday folk who illuminate the cultural complexities in the african american relationship to food . “soul food is a repository for our history , ” says one .
was an extra in the film . she was a member of the audience to one of the shows . on the dvd she can be seen as such on the menu screen , and in the beginning of the movie when the credit
based on the novel by sarah waters
is shown .
john cale has spent the last four decades of his career producing music for a number of successful recording artists , including barbra streisand , patti smith , andy warhol , lcd sound system and the stooges , and composing multiple film and video scores . best known for founding the velvet underground with lou reed and sterling morrison , cale developed a reputation for bringing the sensibilities of the avant - garde to rock music and helping to define the nature of punk in the early to mid - 1970s . his sonic fearlessness is perhaps best understood through the array of musical styles he has been known to use , everything from classical orchestra and noise to modern pop and heavy rock . nothing in the musical lexicon is too taboo , and cale has used it all .
a pair of teenage sisters resort to train robbery to raise bail money for their mother in deidra & laney rob a train , a new comedy from director sydney freeland . freeland returns to sundance with her second feature after 2014’s drunktown’s finest , which debuted in utah before earning a number of festival awards . below , the film’s dp quyen tran ( pali road ) discusses the influence of the coen brothers , filming on a moving train at night without any lighting and grounding an absurd story in naturalistic visuals . deidra & laney rob a train premiered at the 2017 sundance film festival and will be released by netflix on march 17 , 2017 .
hurt’s last film , hip - hop : beyond beats and rhymes , an award - winning documentary , was also selected for independent lens . it examines
masculinity and manhood in rap and hip - hop , where creative genius collides with misogyny , violence and homophobia , exposing the complex intersections of culture and commerce . ”
in a restaurant scene near the beginning of the film , architect stanford white castigates a magazine editor for not including in an article about him the boston public library , which he calls
the best thing i ever did .
white ' s partner , charles follen mckim designed the boston public library , not white .
( 1969 ) . having become a regular and well - received visitor to science fiction film sets , ackerman was consequently invited to appear in many of those films as well ; but his public activities on behalf of the genre were more influential , as his proselytizing encouraged many other people to acknowledge , or discover , that they loved those films too .
tran : when i got the script for deidra & laney , i had just returned from shooting a film in italy and was hoping to find a project in los angeles . but i fell in love with the story and decided to interview , and ended up really liking the creative and producing team . so when i got the offer i had to say yes .
the three - minute film stars trained improv actors in a job - interview - gone - wrong scenario : the employee being replaced spikes a coworker’s birthday cake with bath salts as vengeance , setting off comedically violent chaos . brendan strategically created audio and verbal cues to attract the viewer’s attention to different parts of the 360 degree set while also giving subtle directorial hints to his actors .
tran : i’ve shot most of my feature work on the alexa , but it wasn’t a netflix - approved camera system . therefore , i ended up choosing the red epic dragon for its 4k capability . since i knew we would see light sources in many of the shots at night , i shot flare tests with a multitude of lenses available in utah . the director and i both liked the look of the cooke s4s , which i’ve used dozens of times , and since they open up to a t2 i knew that would be sufficient for night work .
in his occasional , and usually brief , film appearances , forrest j . ackerman always seemed like an amiable amateur , content to do exactly what the director told him to do as best he could while striving to stay out of the way of the other , more capable performers . and , while sometimes given larger roles in cheap , terrible films , he was virtually invisible while making brief , uncredited appearances in major films like
eco - chef , food activist and author of several vegan soul food cookbooks , bryant terry spoke eloquently both as a commenter in hurt’s film as well as a panelist . the problem , says terry , is not soul food per se , but the industrialization of our food supply . the industrial food complex spends billions of dollars trying to convince people to eat food that’s the worst for them : highest in fat and sugar .
soul food junkies makes clear that hope for the future rests with the children . one of the last shots in the film is a group of african american elementary school children from st . philips academy in newark , new jersey . the school’s “family - style lunch program , rooftop garden , teaching kitchen and science lab encourage an understanding of sustainability from seed to table . ” we see the children yell happily , “vegetables are soul food ! ”
since he first started exhibiting work when he was 19 , lawrence weiner has been regarded as one of the key figures in establishing conceptual art . weiner came to attention in the 60s and 70s for his investigation into forms of display and distribution . he ' s known for pioneering text - based installations that have uniformly challenged traditional assumptions about the nature of the art object . weiner has also authored a number of books over his career , including green as well as blue as well as red and displacement ; he ' s also produced a number of films . solo exhibitions of his work have toured around the world in museums like the tate modern and the deutsche guggenheim in berlin .
tran : sydney and i talked extensively about how to sell the outrageous premise of the film – two high school girls who rob trains to bail their mom out of jail . we used raising arizona as one of our influences , both tonally and visually , because the coen brothers are masters at grounding characters no matter how outlandish their situation . it was a balancing act , to be sure , but by keeping the visuals realistic , we created a world where the audience could actually believe these two girls could pull off robbing trains .
tran : my general approach is to light the environment , as opposed to lighting faces . i like to see a character walk in and out of darkness . since we shot in very tight locations , this approach became a necessity . since i wanted to shoot 360 in many scenes , i would light through the windows and sneak a light or bounce just off camera . all our actors are gorgeous , but because of the wide range of skin tones i sometimes had to boost my fill light or create negative fill , which was tricky because of the wide lenses and framing i used for this film .
at a time when their creators regarded horror and science fiction movies as ephemeral junk to be rushed to theaters for a quick profit and then thrown away , forrest j . ackerman loved all of those movies ; and , since other science fiction fans of his time were mostly devoted to the written literature , ackerman made the celebration of those films his special mission . his activities on their behalf took many forms : he collected science fiction film props and memorabilia that might otherwise have been discarded ; he sought out and talked to the actors , directors , and technicians who made those films , obtaining invaluable information and insights ; he launched a magazine ,
food justice , food deserts , lack of access to healthy food and the proliferation of fast food all play a critical role in this discussion . as one food scholar puts it , “in america , there is a class - based apartheid in the food system . ” hurt realizes that traditions , especially those that speak to times of family togetherness and comfort , are resistant to change . instead of quitting classic soul food dishes cold turkey , some cooks in the film choose to tweak traditional recipes , like making oven - baked , skinless chicken instead of deep - fried . “we have to make it a part of popular culture . we have the power to change and if we don’t , we’ll be sick and die . ”
in this documentary film , selected by kqed’s independent lens series to air in the upcoming 2012 - 13 season , hurt uses his own family’s story as a through - line , centering on his father’s unflagging devotion to the artery - clogging classic dishes in the soul food repertoire . hurt recalls that growing up he wanted to be just like his “pops” and copied his sunday breakfast ritual of grits and eggs , smothered with cheese , salt pork and bacon . after college , hurt , ( as well as his sister and mother ) altered their diets . but , his father continued to gain weight , refusing to change his eating habits , even in the face of the pancreatic cancer that ultimately took his life at an early age .
ford has relocated the whole thriller section , set in the woodlands of maine originally , into the dusty and unforgiving badlands of west texas , saying that he needed it to be somewhere where there could be no cellphone reception ( so many great plots of the past would be stumped by a single text ! ) but it is also the region where he grew up and he has strong feelings about its rough conceptions of gender ( “as a boy growing up in texas i was anything but what was considered classically masculine , and i suffered for it” . ) this texas section , a film in itself , is worthy of the coen brothers at their best , its night - driving scenes reminiscent of , say , blood simple , while its rough injustice rivals that of no country for old men .
tran : the director and i discussed each character and their story arcs – how they grow and become stronger women throughout the film . working closely with the production and costume designers was integral in achieving the right palette for every character . deidra’s life is always in motion , going from taking care of family to tutoring students whilst maintaining her own status as valedictorian , so i used steadicam to navigate her through very tight , practical spaces . i credit my operator , chad persons , in helping pull off moving masters in tricky locations , as there was no stage work . laney’s character , on the other hand , is always overlooked , until she eventually finds her spotlight ( literally ) . so until she discovers a true sense of herself , we framed her to become part of the background , blending her wardrobe and even her hair and skin with the set design , whenever possible .
tran : when i found out the budget and the limitations of our train locations , my jaw dropped . we had to film on a moving train at night without any lighting , which seemed impossible . we considered drones and balloon lights , but the budget couldn’t support them . after shooting some day - for - night tests , we ruled out that option as well . finally , i thought we could use headlamps and flashlights held by our actors as our key light sources to overpower any ambient moonlight i could muster . and even though we couldn’t light the passing landscape , we searched for distant points of light along the train route , so we could have some frame of reference that we were actually on a moving train . for the closeups , i framed the dark night sky in the background and used a fan to simulate wind . hopefully , you can’t tell what we shot practically and what we shot poor man’s process !
ackerman , forrest j ( 1916–2008 ) . american science fiction fan and actor .
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but until that point , it’s a wonderfully odd and fairly original slasher . henry thomas plays a guy with obvious problems who goes out of his way to “meet cute” with a girl ( kelli garner ) and then spends the next half hour berating her and generally being a huge dick . normally this would make a movie unwatchable ( not to mention entirely implausible ) , but the script establishes that the girl has a real asshole for a boyfriend , which means she likes assholes , and is thus conceivably interested in at least talking to thomas despite his behavior . and she’s just as bitter toward him , so you get all of these traditional scenes ( they meet in a laundromat , go out for thai food , etc ) but they’re endlessly insulting each other in wholly loathsome ways .
the slasher stuff comes in from a party that she was supposed to attend . it’s the usual sort of
( where a peeping tom is offed instead of the two fornicating youths ) . but the difference is that our killer has a voice box and is sort of inept ( when a victim kicks him in the balls , he mutters “ah , no fair ! ” ) , and he’s into using oddball elements such as a tree saw . he also knocks two folks in a pit , and then tosses down a rope . since they think it’s just one of their friends playing a gag , they begin to climb the rope , unaware that the other end is tied to an alligator . hahahaha , awesome .
and it’s obvious that the writers know their slasher movies . in addition to the
( this might be wishful thinking on my part ) . i also dug a pov shot from the heroine’s perspective - pretty rare , might even be the first instance . imagine if there was a shot in
speaking of the writers , this movie has the strangest writing credit i ' ve ever seen .
written and story by anthony burns
, followed by
screenplay by anthony burns and joe moe
. so it ' s moe ' s screenplay , but he didn ' t write it ?
) , and having to do so in order to understand key plot points . shit , i still haven’t even re - watched
the dvd just hit stores , and contains a commentary and some other stuff . my screener was just the movie ( and was squeezed into a full frame aspect ratio ; i had to futz with my settings to get it to look right ) , so i cannot comment on their worth . but if the movie is cheap enough and you enjoy slashers that do something pretty original and intriguing while still delivering the slasher moments you expect ( i . e .
hmad - ing is actually somewhat expensive ! if you can , help bc pay for his various movie - getting services ( netflix , amazon , buying used dvds , etc . ) ! thank you ! ! !
through this method , he was able to capture spot - on performances in a piece that unfolds in one single take .
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it never caught my interest despite the juicy sensationalist story it promised to tell .
“i wish you 12 days full of enthusiasm , ” oscar - winning iranian director asghar farhadi said as he declared the festival officially open alongside french - american actress lily - rose depp , daughter of hollywood star johnny depp .
“twelve days to discover films that make you think about the human condition today . welcome to the 70th cannes festival . ”
the festival got off to a rocky start earlier wednesday as spanish director pedro almodovar , head of the jury , fired a warning shot at netflix – declaring that the movie taking home the palm d’or should be shown in cinemas .
netflix has refused to release its two movies in the running for the prize in french cinemas due to strict rules that mean subscription services cannot offer films for streaming until three years after their box - office release . the row has divided the cinema industry and sparked soul - searching over its future .
many read his comments as indicating that neither of netflix’s highly - touted films – okja starring tilda swinton and jake gyllenhaal , nor the meyerowitz stories with adam sandler and ben stiller – would win anything at cannes .
actor smith , who was nominated for an oscar for his portrayal of boxer muhammad ali , launched a spirited defence of netflix , saying it “broadens my children’s cinematic global comprehension” .
“in my house netflix has been nothing but an absolute benefit because they get to watch films that they never would have even seen , ” he added .
he had told french tv earlier he was “looking for the opportunity to slam my hand on the table and disagree with pedro – i’m looking forward to a good jury scandal” .
cannes organisers last week announced a rule change that could effectively ban netflix in future , insisting that movies in competition must be shown on the big screen in france .
the move sparked a bitter response from netflix , with boss reed hastings claiming “the establishment is closing ranks against us” .
kidman is the undisputed queen of this year’s cannes , starring in three movies as well as the tv series top of the lake , which is getting a special screening .
stars are arriving under tighter security than in previous years , 10 months after the truck attack in nearby nice that killed 86 people .
concrete barriers – in the form of giant flower pots – have been set up to try to block a similar assault , and snipers have been positioned above sensitive sites .
patrick mairesse , a top regional security official , said the goal was to be as “invisible as possible , to cause as little nuisance as possible – so the party can stay a party” .
in 1984 , british journalist arthur stuart investigates the career of 1970s glam superstar brian slade , who was heavily influenced in his early years by hard - living and rebellious american singer curt wild .
jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
three stories , each in a different genre , articulate todd haynes ' idea of a queer cinema .
ruminations on the life of bob dylan , where six characters embody a different aspect of the musician ' s life and work .
in 1950s connecticut , a housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world .
a transgender punk - rock girl from east berlin tours the u . s . with her band as she tells her life story and follows the former lover / band - mate who stole her songs .
karen carpenter ' s battle with anorexia nervosa and the cultural influence of the carpenters in the 70s .
1971 : glamrock explodes all over the world and challenges the seriousness within the flower power generation by means of glitter and brutal music . brian slade , a young rock star , inspires numerous teenage boys and girls to paint their nails and explore their own sexuality . in the end slade destroys himself . unable to escape the character role of
maxwell demon
that he created , he plots his own murder . when fans discover the murder is not real , his star falls abruptly and he is quickly forgotten about . 1984 : arthur , a journalist working for a new york newspaper , gets assigned the tenth anniversary story about the fake murder of brian slade . when arthur was young and growing up in manchester , he was more than a fan of slade . reluctantly he accepts the assignment and starts to investigate what happened to his old glamrock hero .
was only due to moon the disgruntled crowd . but inspired by the antics of
, he improvised , and ended up gesticulating wildly while flashing the audience , leaping about with his trousers around his ankles .
when brian is onstage at the sombrero club and the members of the audience are clapping along with him to the music , the motions of their hands do not match the rhythm in the music .
: for the first time in brian ' s life , he was simply telling it like it was . did he realize what he ' d actually done ? how could he have ? i mean , today there ' d be fighting in the streets , but in 1972 , it was more like dancing .
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tran : the trickiest scene was the finale where deidra climbs atop a boxcar to escape tim blake nelson’s character , who sprints after her across the roof and down a ladder . this was a night exterior with stunt doubles , so i wanted to make sure the actors had enough light to safely perform , but also make it feel perilous . to embrace the production value of the location , we lit the entire train yard with two maxi brutes on a condor , and designed a shot with a 25 foot jib arm and steadicam . working closely with the stunt coordinator and our awesome stunt team , we shot first team with a running steadicam beginning the ascent up the boxcar , then cut to the stunt performers running across the roof using the jib arm from behind . then , we shot first team again descending from the boxcar for the final jump . it took a lot of coordination between many departments , but it pays off in the final edit .
tran : since you never know whether you’re going to be available for the di , i always try to bake in the look as much as time permits . that way , i have more time to make finer adjustments in the coloring suite as opposed to the broader strokes . i am also a stickler when it comes to preserving highlights , so i maintain as much latitude as possible in my exposures so i can have the option in the di if i decide to push the curve .
lenox — if pioneering african - american shakespearean actor ira aldridge ( 1807 - 67 ) hadn’t existed , admirers of john douglas thompson’s award - winning stage portrayals might have been tempted to invent him .
we first encounter aldridge during the poignant twilight of his career . on tour in poland , he’s interrogated by an ambitious but inept young woman reporter ( christianna nelson ) , occasioning a flashback to what was surely his finest hour . for two nights , in 1833 , aldridge stepped in for an ailing edmund kean during a london run of “othello . ” not only did he thereby break a color barrier which , unbelievably , persists to this day ( the metropolitan opera’s decision to forgo blackface for an upcoming production recently made headlines ) , but also aldridge is credited — at least in this fictionalized rendering — with trying to nudge his fellow practitioners toward a more naturalistic acting style .
varon establishes the norms of the day brilliantly , starting with a stylized company salute ( en déshabille ) and continuing with balletic scene changes set to piano adagios . these interludes , replacing the usual rushed , apologetic shuffle , suggest an era of greater leisure and formality . and yes , the company , once assembled , proves hilariously grandiose in both word and gesture — especially young charles kean ( ben chase ) , who naturally assumes that , in his famous father’s absence , he’ll be promoted to the title role . every good drama needs a powerful villain , and chase’s charles — the embodiment of unbridled racist animus , as well as a big , spoiled baby — ably shoulders the task .
one premise of the play is that aldridge’s more realistic , less robotically physicalized portrayal proved too intense for the times : audiences apparently loved him ( attendance spiked ) , but the critics were merciless . their objections — relayed verbatim — constitute a time capsule of odious stereotype . these passages are shocking to hear , and it’s tempting to relegate such slurs to the distant past — yet one has only to think back to new york theater critic john simon’s racist commentary from the 1970s , when color - blind casting was just coming to the fore .
in chakrabarti’s retelling , another touchpoint arousing public censure in london ( the production shut down after only two performances ) was aldridge’s apparent success in getting his desdemona — here , the luminous kelley curran — to appear more responsive . one problem with the british cast ( which featured a rather mature desdemona — true to the standards of the day , but distracting ) is that they never fully shed their stiffness . in curran’s sensitive rendition , a staid , formulaic actress gradually softens , professionally and personally . the upshot is that desdemona’s reaction to the moor’s murderous embrace ends up so rapturous , slanderous insinuations are certain to ensue .
even under varon’s enlivening hand , the play starts on a bumpy note : why allot so much stage time to the polish reporter’s interrogation , except to stuff it with clumsy exposition ? but there’s another reason , revealed only when the framing device is picked up again at play’s end . prepare to discover your heart lurching into your throat . thompson , having masterfully portrayed a young man at the height of his furious , insistent powers , retains an ember of that passion as an old , not entirely defeated trouper still dedicated to his craft , whatever the cost .
cassandra clark ' s book is a cheat – but it cheats in the way that most authoritative historical crime fiction must . after all , any attempt to recreate the speech ( and thought processes ) of characters living in the 14th century has to be a conjuring trick that convinces us we ' re in the distant past , but doesn ' t render the language so archaic that it ' s impossible to relate to the characters .
clark is one of the most sure - footed practitioners of this difficult genre . she treads a careful line between current language and persuasive - sounding period speech which reads as if it might have been spoken in 1383 , when england is ruled by john of gaunt .
this linguistic balancing act is only one of clark ' s accomplishments ; like c j sansom in his tudor series , she boasts the most precious skill a historical writer can possess : the ability to transport the reader into a distant era , corralling all the sights , sounds and smells of the past . some may regret that her heroine , the nun hildegard , is yet one more in the overcrowded ranks of ecclesiastical sleuths , but clark makes the best possible case for her verisimilitude .
hildegard is a widow , wealthy , educated and independent , but choosing to live as a nun . at a time when travel is a dangerous enterprise , she is sent from her base in yorkshire in search of a priceless relic , the cross of constantine . political turmoil is the order of the day in england , with the crown at stake . many would like to see hildegard fail in her mission .
since ellis peters and umberto eco started the medieval ball rolling , a slew of historical novelists have mastered such techniques . what distinguishes clark in this sprawling , peripatetic narrative is the characterisation of her heroine . again , clark might be said to be cheating : a rich , tough and resourceful woman who survives much danger in the 14th century , and , what ' s more , is a nun ? but such is clark ' s dexterity that we are willing to accept the premise .
portrait of john cale by craig mcdean / art + commerce . all images courtesy of the kitchen .
the making of lawrence weiner ' s do you believe in water at the kitchen in 1976 , photo © daniel buren .
the kitchen ' s spring gala will take place on monday , april 17 at the hammerstein ballroom in manhattan . learn more about the event on the kitchen ' s website .
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off beat is a 1986 american comedy film about a young librarian who impersonates a police officer .

the film was directed by michael dinner , and stars judge reinhold , meg tilly , and cleavant derricks .

off beat ( 1986 film )

off beat
is filled with good character actors , bringing more dimensions to their characters than the roles might otherwise permit .
off beat
probably sounds contrived . the plot is filled with predictable devices , contrived meetings , wild coincidences and elements that seem borrowed from other films .
pennywise the dancing clown is the main antagonist in the novel it , by stephen king , published in 1986 .
he impressed casting directors so much that he beat off stiff competition from main rival hugo weaving - though will poulter was previously attached , and tilda swinton had been approached .
playbill - 50th new york film festival kicks off sept . 28 ; festival includes
little shop
and tribute to nicole kidman
you can ' t laugh this movie off . it won ' t let you .
alex cox ( b . 1954 ) is a british film director , screenwriter and actor . he studied radio , film and tv at the university of bristol . his early career successes include repo man ( 1984 ) and sid and nancy ( 1986 ) .
they tried to beat down the flames . they kicked at the burning graphite with their feet . . . they weren ' t wearing their canvas gear . they went off just as they were , in their shirt sleeves . no one told them .
8 . while there are tons of familiar coen brother film faces , the film doesn’t feature their most frequent collaborator .
it has been a long time since i ' ve found the characters in a comedy as sympathetic as they are in
off beat .
so many recent american comedies seem to hate their heroes , to want to make fun of them , but here is a movie about sweet , likable people who get into a funny situation and watch it grow funnier the more they try to escape from it .
off beat
is a movie with a sharp edge and more than a little hostility , but the over - all feeling is sort of warm and romantic .
duel was something of lucky charm once spielberg’s career began to take off , and he’d continually reference parts of the movie in subsequent films .
the marketing elements of a film project , such as script , signed film stars , director , locations , ' high - concept ' hook , etc .
in december of 2014 , the big lebowski became one of 700
culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant
films preserved for future generations through the library of congress’s national film registry . the 2014 class of 25 films included the likes of saving private ryan , rosemary’s baby , willy wonka and the chocolate factory , and ferris bueller’s day off . the registry praised the “tale of kidnapping , mistaken identity , and bowling” for its exploration of “alienation , inequality , and class structure via a group of hard - luck , off - beat characters suddenly drawn into each other’s orbits . ”
as the truck rams the car over the cliff and falls off in the final film , there is a low roar sound effect that the filmmaker included to emphasize the death of the truck . spielberg , who wanted the truck to seem
alien ( novel ) — the novelization of the film by alan dean foster .
alien ( 1984 video game ) — the video game based on the film .
ashman and oz realized something drastic had to be done to get the film released , and since the initial reaction had been so overtly positive , they chose the moment in which seymour pulls audrey from the jaws of the plant to begin their revision . delaying the film ' s release , the crew partially reconstructed sets and cast members returned to pinewood studios in september 1986 for two weeks of reshoots , at an exorbitant additional cost of $ 2 million .
paddy considine as dai donovan alongside bill nighy in the film pride . photograph : nicola dove
alien : the illustrated story — the comic book adaptation of the film by heavy metal .
the cinematic release of the film ran 119 minutes , while later video and dvd versions ran 116 minutes due to the different frame rates between film and video . mcintee , 14 .
eagle - eyed viewers will catch the word “flammable” scrawled across the back of the truck , yet when it careens off the cliff at the end of the movie it doesn’t go boom . the studio wanted a big explosion , but the director wanted a slower demise for his film’s villain .
almost every horror film since alien has ripped it off in some way , but most of the imitations have focused on details — a slimy killing - machine monster that is both vaginal and penile ; the dripping , cavernous interiors of the nostromo ; those immensely influential h . r . giger
biomechanical
designs — and missed what you might call the overall zeitgeist of the film .
cementing the film ' s legendary status as one of hollywood ' s costliest test - screening disasters .
the lead or main character in a film ; also known as hero / heroine ; contrast to antagonist .
joe is your average everyday , well , joe . he works in a library , gets dumped by his girlfriend , and to make his day worse he ruins a sting operation for his friend who ' s a local nyc cop . to appease the situation joe is to take the place of his friend officer a . washington , impersonating him , in the police dance recital that the city ' s precincts must participate in . and when he falls for a female officer things go off beat .
jessica gunning , left , as siân james , with imelda staunton in the film pride . photograph : nicola dove
an illustration of how delusion acts as the catalyst in the objective story is when bunny paints a fantasy about an old woman and her crippled son being the leaders of the village and agents for the viet cong army . after doing so , he commences to beat and kill the innocent civilians .
a year after john cusack and demi moore first became hot properties ( cusack in the off - beat comedy better off dead , moore in about last night ) , they were teamed together in this rom - com tale of a group of teens thrust together on the summer island of nantucket . cusack is a recent high school grad whose parents ' dreams of him getting a college basketball scholarship are shattered while he hopes to pursue his own dream of being an illustrator . along the way to vacation with his friend ( joel murray ) and little sister , they cross paths with a rock singer ( moore ) being pursued by a gang . it ' s all light - hearted fluff , but seeing cusack and moore in their early days makes it a fun watch .
on april 26 1986 , the no 4 reactor at the chernobyl power station blew apart . facing nuclear disaster on an unprecedented scale , soviet authorities tried to contain the situation by sending thousands of ill - equipped men into a radioactive maelstrom . in an extract from a new book by russian journalist svetlana alexievich , eyewitnesses recall the terrible human cost of a catastrophe still unfolding today
or the blatant placements of coca - cola in the company - owned columbia pictures ' release leonard part 6 ( 1986 ) ; or pampers in three men and a baby ( 1987 ) ; or mcdonalds and coke in mac and me ( 1988 ) ; or exxon in days of thunder ( 1990 ) ; or the numerous fedex product placements in cast away ( 2000 ) .
the charged erotic atmosphere makes the film something of a hallucination , but lynch ' s humor keeps breaking through , too .
during the film ' s editing process , several workprints were created to present how the movie could be potentially be cut together . it was not unusual for workrpints of the era to be transferred onto black - and - white film stock , as this was cheaper than color film , and it was only intended as a guide for the production team ( a complete b & w print of oz ' s previous film , the dark crystal , is in circulation in fandom [ 8 ] ) . at least 4 different b & w variations of scenes from the film exist , each with slightly different edits . [ 9 ]
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
originally , the film was to be directed by walter hill , but he pulled out and gave the job to ridley scott .
spielberg only had one take to pull off the climactic cliff crash because the initial shoot only had a single truck at their disposal . ( a backup truck was built during reshoots in case the engine of the main truck stopped working . the backup truck is
a speech , preface , introduction , or brief scene preceding the the main action or plot of a film ; contrast to epilogue .
the audition is not a happy event . most of the cops are angry about having to be there . joe figures he can flunk the audition , and that ' ll be that . but then his eyes meet the eyes of a high - spirited woman cop ( meg tilly ) , and he decides to stick around .
off beat
is the story of their love affair , crosscut with such other matters as a bank robbery , backstage intrigue at the library , the hostility of the other cops and the problems joe walks into by wearing a police uniform around the streets of new york .
an ice hockey star is accosted by a youth gang who attempt to rob him ; after he chases them off he catches the youngest member and gives him a ride home , where he meets the boy ' s mother . a . . . see full summary »
the feature film will be followed by a sequel as the story is being broken up into two parts , as with the original version .
producer “ david geffen said it right off , you can’t kill your lead characters in a movie , ” director frank oz later stated , [ 2 ] however , he gave oz and writer howard ashman free reign to shoot the movie as they intended . [ 3 ]
originally , no film companies wanted to make the film , including 20th century fox . they stated various reasons , most being that it was too bloody . it was not until walter hill came on board that 20th century fox agreed to make the film , on the condition that the violence was toned down ; even after agreeing to make the movie , fox still rejected the first cut for being
too bloody
.
critical reaction to the film was initially mixed . some critics who were not usually favorable towards science fiction , such as barry norman of the bbc ' s film series , were positive about the film ' s merits . others , however , were not : reviews by variety , sight and sound , vincent canby and leonard maltin were mixed or negative . a review by time out said the film was an
empty bag of tricks whose production values and expensive trickery cannot disguise imaginative poverty
. h . r . giger later commented that alien was a third - rate film , and said that he was secretly glad that he didn ' t
get a fair mention in the screen credits .
alien garnered both critical acclaim and box office success , receiving an academy award for best visual effects , saturn awards for best science fiction film , best direction for scott , and best supporting actress for cartwright , and a hugo award for best dramatic presentation , along with numerous other award nominations . it has remained highly praised in subsequent decades , being inducted into the national film registry of the library of congress in 2002 for historical preservation as a film which is
culturally , historically , or aesthetically significant
. in 2008 it was ranked as the seventh - best film in the science fiction genre by the american film institute , and as the thirty - third greatest movie of all time by empire magazine .
the success of alien spawned a media franchise of novels , comic books , video games , and toys , as well as three sequel and two prequel films . it launched weaver ' s acting career by providing her with her first lead role , and the story of her character ripley ' s encounters with the alien creatures became the thematic thread that ran through the film sequels aliens ( 1986 ) , alien 3 ( 1992 ) and alien resurrection ( 1997 ) . the film also led to two crossover films with the predator franchise , alien vs . predator ( 2004 ) and aliens vs . predator : requiem ( 2007 ) , as well as a prequel series comprising prometheus ( 2012 ) and alien : covenant ( 2017 ) .
lush and peculiar blue velvet , the latest film from the mind that spawned eraserhead , is an unnerving combination of the wholesome and the unholy .
refers to the main characters in a play or film ( usually those that have dialogue ) ; contrasted to protagonists or antagonists , or extras .
to capture the truck and the car at seemingly high speeds , spielberg shot each at low angles . to create those harrowing shots , spielberg borrowed the specially - made camera car from the 1968 steve mcqueen thriller bullitt , which could lower the camera to only 6 inches off the ground .
it took about 20 - 30 seconds to fill a wheelbarrow , and then another 30 seconds to throw the
garbage
off the roof . these special wheelbarrows weighed 40 kilos just by themselves . so you can picture it : a lead vest , masks , the wheelbarrows , and insane speed .
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…
alien was originally to conclude with the destruction of the nostromo and ripley escaping in the shuttle narcissus . however , ridley scott conceived of a
fourth act
in which the alien appears on the shuttle and ripley is forced to confront it . he pitched the idea to 20th century fox and negotiated an increase in the budget to film the scene over several extra days . scott had wanted the alien to bite off ripley ' s head and then make the final log entry in her voice , but the producers vetoed this idea as they believed that the alien had to die at the end of the film .
and there is dai donovan , welsh miner , courageous and open - minded , speaking with dignity at the 1984 benefit concert pits and perverts ( the phrase was the sun ' s , reclaimed by lgsm as a badge of honour . this was a wildly successful gig dedicated to raising money – £5 , 650 – for the miners , and starring bronski beat ) . cliff , an older miner ( in the film , a killingly funny and affecting bill nighy ) appears in the documentary saying :
the lesbians and gays have been super duper .
he started to change ; every day i met a brand - new person . the burns started to come to the surface . in his mouth , on his tongue , his cheeks - at first there were little lesions , and then they grew . it came off in layers - as white film . . . the colour of his face . . . his body . . . blue , red , grey - brown . and it ' s all so very mine !
a behind - the - scene book was released to accompany the film , titled the book of alien , containing many concept sketches and production photographs , as well as details on the making of the film . topps released a set of trading cards based on the film . a soundtrack album was also released on vinyl featuring selections of goldsmith ' s score , and a single of the main theme was released in 1980 . heavy metal also produced an alien calendar for the 1980 year .
all i knew about this was
meg tilly plays a cop
and it turns out that ' s all i really require . for a forgotten movie it ' s pretty charming even if it never hits any highs ( the ending dance off kinda rules tho ) , with a great supporting cast as well .
from the dizzyingly psychedelic “ stargate sequence ” to the strange hotel room and the appearance of the nebulous star baby , 2001 signs off with far more questions than answers—questions that have been discussed and dissected for 50 years . but now we might have a concrete explanation of just what was going on from kubrick himself .
the battle over the script came to a head when it came time to apportion screenplay credits for the film . according to o ' bannon , the film was originally to be credited solely to hill and giler . [ 4 ] as a result , o ' bannon filed a complaint with the writers guild of america , who eventually ruled in his favor . despite an appeal by hill , the film ultimately credited its story to o ' bannon and shusett , and the screenplay to o ' bannon ; hill and giler were not mentioned at all . however , despite this official ruling , it is certain hill and giler contributed at least some aspects to the finished film .
motion picture | feature film ( over 60 minutes ) . inc : gary kettel , frank ricotti , percussion . ( soundtrack personnel ) . motion picture ( form ) .
motion picture | feature film ( over 60 minutes ) . inc : emil richards , alex acuña , percussion . ( soundtrack personnel ) . motion picture ( form ) .
if audiences walk away from this subversive , surreal shocker not fully understanding the story , they might also walk away with a deeper perception of the potential of film storytelling .
miss basinger ' s previous credits include ' ' the natural , ' ' with robert redford , and ' ' fool for love , ' ' in which she co - starred with the playwright and actor sam shepard . to win the role of elizabeth , she beat out kathleen turner and teri garr , who interviewed for the part , and isabella rossellini , who , like miss basinger , did a taped audition scene with mr . rourke .
according to director ridley scott ' s commentaries on home versions of the film , the gore and horror in alien were greatly influenced by classic 1974 horror film the texas chainsaw massacre , of which scott is a fan . ridley scott has even stated in respect to the production of alien that he wanted to make
a slasher movie in space
.
the real - life surprise of the actors gave the scene an intense sense of realism and made it one of the film ' s most memorable moments . during preview screenings the crew noticed that some viewers would move towards the back of the theater so as not to be too close to the screen during the sequence . in subsequent years the chestburster scene has often been voted as one of the most memorable moments in film . in 2007 , the british film magazine empire named it as the greatest 18 - rated moment in film as part of its
18th birthday
issue , ranking it above the decapitation scene in the omen ( 1976 ) and the transformation sequence in an american werewolf in london ( 1981 ) .
david lynch ' s first fully realized masterpiece starts off seemingly straight forward and innocent but don ' t let the introduction fool you . you soon plunge into a strange world of sex , drugs and violence . featuring a horrific and amazing performance from dennis hopper as well as stellar performances from the rest of the cast . this is a must see .
ridley scott is reportedly quoted as saying that originally he wanted a much darker ending . he planned on having the alien bite off ripley ' s head in the escape shuttle , sit in her chair , and then start speaking with her voice in a message to earth . apparently , 20th century fox wasn ' t too pleased with such a dark ending .
although film plays at 24 frames - per - second , conway shot at high rates of up to 360 f . p . s . to ensure the miniatures looked realistic , resulting in countless complications . for example , a six - second shot of the giant plants tromping through the streets of manhattan required the crew to pull off all of the action in little more than a single second .
it ' s difficult for most people to understand high speed work ,
conway remarked .
you blink and it ' s over .
for the lowly protagonist , david mann , spielberg hand - picked character actor dennis weaver because he loved his performance as the jittery and feeble hotel night manager in orson welles’s 1958 film touch of evil .
on december 2 , 2003 , alien was released as part of the alien quadrilogy dvd box set , which featured both the theatrical release and a new alternate cut of each of the four films in the series , along with a host of bonus features . the director ' s cut of the film was specially created for the set , along with a new commentary track featuring many of the film ' s actors , writers , and production staff , and a feature - length documentary entitled the beast within : making alien . each film was also released separately as a stand - alone dvd , again featuring two versions of each movie .
motion picture | feature film ( over 60 minutes ) . inc : malcolm mcnab , trumpet ; jim thatcher , french horn ; emil richards , percussion . ( soundtrack personnel ) . motion picture ( form ) .
the dude’s rug is , in many ways , the driving force behind the big lebowski from start to finish . the notorious lebowski rug was such a central part of the film , the coens even participated in an interview with floor covering weekly while promoting the movie . in a dvd extra , ethan coen notes that producer joel silver thought the film should end with the dude getting his rug back , but the coens never followed through .
on screen , pennywise has been portrayed by two actors as there was a two - part tv movie of it made in 1990 , and one made as a brand new feature length film , released earlier in 2017 .
production refers to an entire movie project ; pre - production refers to the stage at which a film is prepared to go into production ; post - production refers to the stage at which editing , scoring and effects are executed on a motion picture ; production value refers to the overall quality of a film , based not on the script , acting , or director , but on criteria such as costumes , sets , design , etc .
and for more european travel , there ' s 1995 ' s before sunrise . there ' s not much of a plot to discuss since this incredibly popular film follows two strangers— ethan hawke and julie delpy —as they spend a day together in vienna . it ' s a small film that attracted such a passionate audience that it spawned two sequels , each nine years apart , before sunset ( 2004 ) and before midnight ( 2013 ) .
mess halls : similarly , alien , aliens , alien 3 , alien resurrection and prometheus all have scenes set in a mess hall , often as a means to introduce one or more of the major characters in the film .
elvis brings his beat to the beach !
proclaimed the promos for this 1965 musical farce that features the king
doing the clam !
shelley fabares is irresistible in the first of her three co - starring roles with presley and if you ' re looking for some light - hearted fare from the mid - 60s , girl happy more than fits the bill . trivia warning : don ' t expect any topless elvis scenes , because he is never shown sans shirt , even if he is on the beach . that colonel parker never really knew what the girls wanted .
the collection consists primarily of kern ' s show music , some holograph sketches ; most are manuscript full and vocal scores of kern ' s orchestrators and arrangers , especially frank saddler and robert russell bennett . film and . . .
a number of merchandise items were produced to coincide with alien ' s release . adaptations of the movie included a novelization by alan dean foster ( in both adult and
junior
versions ) , the officially authorized magazine of the movie alien , a promotional magazine from warren publishing that also included articles on the film , a coffee table photonovel produced by avon publications , and a comic strip adaptation of the film by heavy metal magazine entitled alien : the illustrated story .
' ' over the course of the film , ' ' she said , she and mr . rourke became estranged . ' ' we shot in sequence , and in the beginning , when the character was sweet , he was very sweet , too . later , when the movie started getting strange , he stayed in character . i am not usually an actress who stays in character . but in this , as it started getting stranger , i found my character staying with me . i couldn ' t wait to leave her . ' ' she described feelings of confusion , exaggerated mood swings off camera , and being depressed , moody , distant - ' ' not even being there . ' '
most of the real people who were involved are alive to tell their tales , although aids casts its shadow in the events of the film and has taken several lgsm members ( this is not pride ' s primary subject but readers who would prefer not to know anything about its impact on the film should stop reading here ) . beresford ' s problem was how to make contact with the survivors from the mining community and lgsm with no obvious internet trail to help him .
new film pride follows a group of gay activists who set out to help striking miners – only to find their support isn ' t welcome . ahead of its premiere at cannes on thursday , its director explains why the story felt so personal
, creating a fireball that blew off the reactor ' s 1 , 000 - tonne steel - and - concrete lid . burning graphite and hot reactor - core material ejected by the explosions started numerous other fires , including some on the combustible tar roof of the adjacent reactor unit . there were 31 fatalities as an immediate result of the explosion and acute radiation exposure in fighting the fires , and more than 200 cases of severe radiation sickness in the days that followed .
motion picture | feature film ( over 60 minutes ) .
everybody eats when they come to my house
by jeanne burns , performed by cab calloway ;
pennies from heaven
by johnny burke , arthur johnston , performed . . .
one or more of the chiefs of a movie production , involved in various logistical matters ( i . e . , scheduling , financing , budgeting ) ; raises funding and financing , acquires or develops a story , finalizes the script , hires key personnel for cast , crew , and director , and arranges for distributors of the film to theaters ; serves as the liaison between the financiers and the film - makers , while managing the production from start to finish ( post - production ) .
work on the restoration was done by a small team of 12 people [ 9 ] and took nearly a year - and - a - half - beginning 25 years after the film ' s original release , by which point the various elements had been scattered all over the world . 200 boxes boxes of film were found in vaults in hollywood , kansas and london , [ 3 ] and galvao ' s crew had to go through each bit of footage to find the correlating shots . [ 18 ] unfortunately , they kept overlooking the shot of audrey ii bursting into the bar at the disco , which was the final piece of footage found - after the crew had double - and - triple checked all of the film . [ 7 ]
in 2004 , a filmmaker parodied miss congeniality , cast away , and jurassic park in the film miss cast away and the island girls , starring none other than michael jackson in his last scripted performance . the film centered around beauty pageant contestants whose plane crashed on an island . fox wasn’t happy about the cast away usage and sent filmmaker bryan michael stoller a cease and desist letter . “i can ' t afford a lawyer right now , ” stoller said in an interview with the new york times . “i can’t get errors and omissions insurance . no distributor will pick it up . they’ve pretty much killed the movie unless i change the title . ” a year later the film was released on dvd , and in 2011 it was released on tv .
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urltoken critic andrew o ' hehir notes that alien
has a profoundly existentialist undertow that makes it feel like a film noir
and praises it over its
increasingly baroque
sequels as
a film about human loneliness amid the emptiness and amorality of creation . it ' s a cynical ' 70s - leftist vision of the future in which none of the problems plaguing 20th century earth—class divisions , capitalist exploitation , the subjugation of humanity to technology—have been improved in the slightest by mankind ' s forays into outer space .
motion picture | feature film ( over 60 minutes ) . inc : malcolm mcnab , trumpet ; jim thatcher , french horn ; james walker , flute ; tommy tedesco , guitar ; emil richards , percussion . ( soundtrack personnel ) . motion picture ( form ) .
he looks so funny , he ' s got pyjamas on for a size 48 , and he ' s a size 52 . the sleeves are too short , the trousers are too short . but his face isn ' t swollen any more . they were given some sort of fluid . i say ,
where ' d you run off to ?
he wants to hug me . the doctor won ' t let him .
sit , sit ,
she says .
no hugging in here .
seymour brings audrey ' s body to twoey ' s mouth , and sad tragedy music strikes . seymour is so upset he can ' t speak , and after audrey is inside twoey ' s mouth , the plant slowly swallows her , & seymour tries to touch her hand , but her hand disappears for the very last time . then , he runs out of the shop , nearly gets hit by a car , climbs a ladder on a building , and tries to commit suicide by jumping off a building . however ,
in an era of raging homophobia and strident union - bashing , two minority groups made common cause in a welsh mining community . as a new film – tipped to be a smash hit – that dramatises events is released , we hear the stories of those who were there
we were between 25 and 40 ; some of us had university degrees or diplomas . i ' m a history teacher , for example . instead of machine guns they gave us shovels . we buried trash heaps and gardens . the women in the villages watched us and crossed themselves . we had gloves , respirators and surgical robes . the sun beat down on us . we showed up in their yards like demons . they didn ' t understand why we had to bury their gardens , rip up their garlic and cabbage when it looked like ordinary garlic and ordinary cabbage . the old women would cross themselves and say ,
boys , what is this - is it the end of the world ?
as beresford talked to livingstone , he had a hunch the story ' s moment had come . by the time he ' d finished , livingstone ' s eyes were
moist
and beresford had secured his commission . pride – the word could not be more charged – is his first feature film as a writer . three years later and the film , shot in banwen , wales , and london , and directed by tony - winning matthew warchus ( responsible for matilda the musical , and soon to be artistic director of the old vic ) , is finished .
lgsm members and miners dancing at the welfare hall in the dulais valley , wales . siân james ( flowery dress ) and jonathan blake ( checked trousers ) were key figures and are played in the film by jessica gunning and dominic west . photograph : people’s history museum , manchester / lgsm archive
they announced over the radio that you couldn ' t take your belongings ! all right , i won ' t take all my belongings , i ' ll take just one belonging . i need to take my door off the apartment and take it with me . i can ' t leave the door . it ' s our talisman , it ' s a family relic . my father lay on this door . i don ' t know whose tradition this is , but my mother told me that the deceased must be placed to lie on the door of his home .
refers to a film ' s overall design , continuity , visual look and composition ( colors , sets , costumes , scenery , props , locations , etc . ) that are the responsibility of the production designer ; the art department refers to the people in various roles ( e . g . , matte painters , set designers and decorators , illustrators , title designers , scenic artists , and storyboard artists ) who work under the production designer ' s supervision ; the art director is responsible for the film ' s physical settings ( specifically refers to the interiors , landscapes , buildings , etc . )
i speak to blennerhassett – beresford ' s key to the story – and his partner , ray aller , on the phone and they agree that being involved in lgsm was
the best time of our lives
. they tell me they were paid extras in the film ' s final march :
we were costumed for the 80s . it was a stirring day to relive and many younger people were fascinated . one hope is that the film might revive political interest because the activism of the left has been sidelined , the trade unions are weak , gay rights issues aren ' t there .
the snakerama gas station seen in the film also appears in spielberg ' s 1979 world war ii comedy , 1941 , with actress lucille benson again appearing as the proprietor . the two elderly people weaver tries to flag down in a car also appear as helpless motorists in close encounters of the third kind .
abbreviation for properties - refers to the furnishings , fixtures , hand - held objects , decorations , or any other moveable items that are seen or used on a film ( or stage ) set but that are not a structural part of the set ; usually the responsibility of the prop man or property master .
so was miss basinger , she said , during the shooting of ' ' 9 1 / 2 weeks . ' ' the film is about an art dealer named elizabeth and her sexual obsession , domination and finally degradation by a man named john , whom she meets by accident . as shot , the film , from the novel of the same name by elizabeth mcneill , contains some explicit scenes with none - too - subtle overtones of sado - masochism , as the two engage in sexual games that become more and more uncontrolled . elizabeth finally calls a halt and they separate . the affair lasts 9 1 / 2 weeks .
the controversial subject matter and the more explicit sado - masochism in some of the scenes proved so alienating to preview audiences that the film was severely cut , and its opening repeatedly delayed . there appears also to have been some tension on the set , according to adrian lyne , the film ' s director , about the method he used to elicit the performance he deemed necessary from miss basinger . people watching the shooting , he said , who did not understand the rationale behind the approach , sometimes became disturbed at the intensity of the emotions the actress and director displayed - from rage to despair - as they worked together .
in january 2001 , one of the three original wilson volleyballs featured in the film was sold on an online auction . according to the los angeles times , it sold for $ 18 , 400 . but for a much cheaper $ 19 . 99 , you can buy a replica ball on wilson sporting goods’ website .
official documentation for the film states that the budget was $ 11 million , but other sources give different numbers . sigourney weaver has stated that it was $ 14 million , while ridley scott , ivor powell , and tom skerritt have each recalled it being closer to $ 8 . 4 million . mcintee , 14–15 .
the perspective from which the film story is told , and to let the viewer know what the character is seeing ; also refers to a shot that depicts the outlook , view , vantage point or position of a character ; also see omniscient and subjective point of view , and p . o . v . shot
“as we stepped back and looked at it , we thought , ‘it’s not product placement , we’re a character in this movie , ’” gail christensen , managing director for global brand management at fedex in 2000 , told the chicago tribune . “it transcends product placement . ” fedex had a sense of humor when they made a cast away - themed commercial for the 2003 super bowl . basically , a tom hanks - esque character finally drops off a package to a customer and asks what’s in it . “nothing really . just a satellite phone , gps locator , fishing rod , water purifier , and some seeds . just silly stuff . ”
like many of those i interview , they say the film made them weep and they see it , in part , as a memorial to mark ashton . blennerhassett says :
it is very hard to watch . when you see ben playing mark , it is like he has come back to life – it is unbelievable .
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i ' ve never liked horror films before , because in the end it ' s always been a man in a rubber suit . well , there ' s one way to deal with that . the most important thing in a film of this type is not what you see , but the effect of what you think you saw .
another popular myth surrounding the film — that a member of the cinema staff fainted during the chestubrster scene at the premier — is also only partly true . an usher working at the theater did indeed faint , although not in reaction to the chestbursting scene as is usually suggested , but as a result of ash ' s decapitation . [ 4 ]
examples : most of the films based upon raymond chandler ' s , dashiell hammett ' s and mickey spillane ' s film - noirish crime novels , i . e . , the big sleep ( 1939 ) , the maltese falcon ( 1941 ) , and kiss me deadly ( 1955 ) , featuring ' private dicks ' and ' femme fatales '
siân was
apprehensive
before watching the film but from
the moment the credits started to roll , we were enthralled , we were bang ! back into it…
jessica gunning ' s performance , she enthuses , is phenomenal .
she even caught my mannerisms . i ' ve a habit of standing with my hands linked across my stomach i ' d never noticed before .
but it is the film ' s message siân celebrates above all .
it doesn ' t matter what colour , sexuality or creed you are , there will always be a common thread .
and she exclaims :
we wanted this so much – we have waited 30 years for this story to be told .
meanwhile the director of the new film , andres muschietti , has said bill terrified the kids on set , explaining : “bill is like , seven - foot high , and i can ' t describe how scary he looks in person . he ' s a wiry man , crouching , making sounds , snotting , drooling , speaking in swedish sometimes . terrifying . ”
the film was a commercial success , making $ 78 , 900 , 000 in the united states and £7 , 886 , 000 in the united kingdom during its first run . it ultimately grossed $ 80 , 931 , 801 in the united states and $ 24 , 000 , 000 internationally , bringing its total worldwide gross to $ 104 , 931 , 801 .
with filmmaker edgar wright , spielberg explained , “ [ producer ] george eckstein told me after the network saw it , ‘well , we’re going back to the desert , they want to push the truck off the cliff again and blow it up again . ' i told george why that was such a terrible idea . i’d worked so hard to give the truck a long and painful death and i thought that’s what the audience wanted out of the resolution . i said , ‘if the network does force you to blow the truck up again , you get another director to do it because i’m not going to do it . ' george fought for me , and for himself because he agreed with me . ”
the stylized artwork that ridley scott used to create the storyboards that got fox to double the budget from $ 4 . 2 million to $ 8 . 4 million were inspired by the artwork of the late comic book legendary artist mœbius , who also designed the character costumes , the irc mk . 50 compression suit , the insignia and the crew uniforms for the film .
chris and his platoon release their tension and frustrations from the war on a small vietnamese village . chris contributes to the carnage by firing his rifle at the feet of a defenseless villager . there are many illustrations of chris “doing” throughout the film , however , the sequence where he and his platoon ravage a vietnamese village illustrates chris engaging in activities contrary to his essential nature .
when fedex employee chuck noland’s plane crashes , he ends up stranded on a deserted tropical island for four years , with an inanimate volleyball named wilson as his only friend . deemed an “existential blockbuster” for the 21 st century , not a whole lot of action occurs during cast away ’s 143 - minute running time . but hanks’ long beard and survival scenarios generated an iconic character and film .
refers to the four - five years ( 1930 - 1934 ) before the enforcement of the hays production code in hollywood , to rigidly sanitize and censor films . in film plots from mid - 1935 and lasting about the next 30 years , adultery and promiscuity were prohibited ( unless they ended in a miserable downfall ) , and all crimes ( and their criminals ) had to be punished .
flamethrowers : following on from the flame thrower featured in alien , flamethrower weapons would feature prominently in aliens ( the m240 incinerator unit ) , alien resurrection ( the draco double burner ) and prometheus ( the prometheus flamethrower ) . while alien 3 did not feature flamethrower weaponry , fire was still used against the dragon in the film . flamethrowers are also a staple element of video games based on the series .
spielberg got his start directing for tv at the age of 21 , helming episodes of such shows as night gallery and marcus welby , m . d . but the aspiring filmmaker was desperately searching for a property he could turn into a feature film . it was spielberg ' s secretary , nona tyson , who found matheson’s story in playboy and first sent it to her boss to potentially adapt into a movie .
the idea was supposed to be that he is taken in by god - like entities , creatures of pure energy and intelligence with no shape or form . they put him in what i suppose you could describe as a human zoo to study him , and his whole life passes from that point on in that room . and he has no sense of time . it just seems to happen as it does in the film .
a very popular sub - genre with the film ' s plot usually set within the walls of an institutional prison ; themes involve imprisonment and / or escape , the effects on the characters involved and interactions between officers and inmates , and issues of justice / injustice ; the prison flick sub - genre can be found in any major genre ( animated , drama , comedy , musical , science fiction , sexploitation , etc . )
as io9 points out , this kubrick video may be a little “too good to be true , ” especially since there’s no definitive visual evidence that he’s actually talking . still , the explanation does hold weight when taken with clarke’s writing , but after 50 years and countless essays and theories on the subject , it ' s doubtful that this will put an end to the discussions on one of the most complex endings in all of film .
the final stage in a film ' s production after principal photography or shooting , involving picture editing , the addition of sound / visual effects , musical scoring , mixing , dubbing , distribution , etc . ; in digital post - production , can also include changing facial expressions , removing flaws or obtrusive objects ( microphone , boom , etc . ) , enhancing the visual image , etc . ; aka post ; contrast to pre - production
a twelve - inch tall model kit of the alien was released by the model products corporation in the united states and by airfix in the united kingdom . kenner products also produced an 18
alien action figure , as well as a board game in which players raced to be first to reach the shuttle pod while aliens roamed the nostromo ' s corridors and air shafts . despite the popularity of the kenner merchandise , the company recalled all of its products due to complaints from parents that the toys were
too scary
and criticism over selling children merchandise for an r - rated film . as a result , the 18
figure in particular has become an incredibly sought - after item . [ 13 ] official halloween costumes of the alien were released for october 1979 . several computer games based on the film were released , but not until several years after its theatrical run .
when frank oz attended the 2012 premiere , he was bracing himself for a negative reaction similar to the ones he ' d endured during the test screenings , [ 3 ] but something unexpected happened : the 2012 film festival audience applauded audrey and seymour ' s respective deaths and cheered on the plants during their rampage . “sadly , i think audiences have gotten more cynical , ” he remarked of the modern audience ' s enthusiasm . [ 2 ]
this may seem obvious to some , but it probably comes as a surprise to others . the title the big lebowski is a reference to the millionaire jeffrey lebowski , and not the dude . jeffrey lebowski is referred to as “the big lebowski” many times throughout the script , but in the movie , the only evidence that he’s the “big lebowski” comes when the dude refers to him as such sporadically , just a few times throughout the film .
before shooting began , mr . lyne laid down some ground rules . he told his two co - stars that he did not want them to see each other before the film went into production and , once it did , that he did not want them to develop an ' ' ongoing intimacy . ' ' the object , he said , was to keep in place a kind of barrier between them that could be utilized in their performances .