Archive for the ‘LOST ART OF FILMMAKING’ Category

Lost Art of Filmmaking represents my attempt to highlight examples of film language that no longer seems to appear on the radar of a majority of working filmmakers.

Each column, I’ll choose a clip from a movie that demonstrates a ‘lost art’ of some sort, ask you to watch it, and then go into detail about why this particular slice of movie is worth bringing back into focus…

SERENITY

I came very late to the cultish fan base of Browncoats that have kept a 13 episode series called FIREFLY alive in the geek subconscious.  And I did it completely backwards. Read the rest of this entry »

Lost Art of Filmmaking represents my attempt to highlight examples of film language that no longer seems to appear on the radar of a majority of working filmmakers.

Each column, I’ll choose a clip from a movie that demonstrates a ‘lost art’ of some sort, ask you to watch it, and then go into detail about why this particular slice of movie is worth bringing back into focus…

CHILDREN OF MEN

Imagine if all your movies started like this:

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CHILDREN OF MEN is a criminally underseen film about a dystopian future in which the abiity for humans to procreate has vanished. No more children are being born. In 2027… all that we are now is all that we have left.

Until one day… a young girl becomes pregnant. Read the rest of this entry »

Lost Art of Filmmaking represents my attempt to highlight examples of film language that no longer seems to appear on the radar of a majority of working filmmakers.

Each column, I’ll choose a clip from a movie that demonstrates a ‘lost art’ of some sort, ask you to watch it, and then go into detail about why this particular slice of movie is worth bringing back into focus…

Orson Welles is a legendary Hollywood figure, and is most famous for his work as Unicron in TRANSFORMERS: THE ANIMATED MOVIE.

He also directed a few films. Might have heard of some of them. (”Citizen Kane! Citizen Kane!” — Kids in the Hall).

TOUCH OF EVIL

There are two stories to how Welles got involved:

A:) Charlton Heston learned that Welles was in the cast, he expressed greater interest in starring if Welles would also direct.

B.) Interested in working with Albert Zugsmith (aka “King of the B’s), Welles asked him for the worst script he had in order to prove that he could make gold even out of a bad script.

Here are some shots that prove that point:

First… the opening sequence to the movie. One that many critics believe to be the best of all time. Read the rest of this entry »

Lost Art of Filmmaking represents my attempt to highlight examples of film language that no longer seems to appear on the radar of a majority of working filmmakers.

Each column, I’ll choose a clip from a movie that demonstrates a ‘lost art’ of some sort, ask you to watch it, and then go into detail about why this particular slice of movie is worth bringing back into focus…

Waaay back, I wrote a little blog called The Perfect Channelsurfing Cocktail. Give it a looksee.

Because of that tendency I have to channelsurf… I’ve recently been re-introduced to BASIC INSTINCT, and cannot stop watching it.   Purely for research purposes.

BASIC INSTINCT

Ok, so I’ve now watched it maybe fifteen times in the last month (same as SHOWGIRLS – the cable programmer’s got a hard-on for Verhoeven lately – but SHOWGIRLS is an entirely other beast of a blog for another time).  What should I watch instead?  FOOL’S GOLD? Read the rest of this entry »

Lost Art of Filmmaking represents my attempt to highlight examples of film language that no longer seems to appear on the radar of a majority of working filmmakers.

Each column, I’ll choose a clip from a movie that demonstrates a ‘lost art’ of some sort, ask you to watch it, and then go into detail about why this particular slice of movie is worth bringing back into focus…

This is what I’m talking about.  This is what the LAOF series is all about.

OK Go is a band that became famous for its’ viral video “Here We Go Again.”  That video was genius in its’ simplicity.  Choreography on treadmills.  If you need a reminder… take a look.

Here It Goes Again – OK Go Treadmill Video

Simple, right?  I would’ve embedded it, but couldn’t find a clean version for y’all.

Now, they’ve come up with another one. Read the rest of this entry »