David Bordwell, an influential film scholar and longtime professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, died Feb. 29 after fighting a long with cancer. He was 76.
Film Theory: Mise en Scene–Deep Focus
March 2, 2024 by
Research in progress, March 2, 2024 Deep focus is a technique using a large depth of field. Depth of field is the front-to-back range of focus in an image, or how much of it appears sharp and clear. In deep focus, the foreground, middle ground, and background are all in focus. Deep focus is achieved […]
Death in Hollywood: Buddy Duress, Robert Pattinson’s “Good Time” Co-Star, Dies at 38
February 27, 2024 by
Buddy Duress, known for his role alongside Robert Pattinson in the Safdie Brothers’ Good Time, has died. He was 38.
Death in Hollywood: Charles Dierkop, Actor in ‘Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid,’ ‘The Sting’ and ‘Police Woman,’ Dies at 87
February 26, 2024 by
Frequently cast as heavies, he also appeared in The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre, Star Trek and The Andy Griffith Show.
Film Theory: Characters–Villains
Film Theory: Characters–Villains Hollywood Types Villains In film noirs of the 1940s, malevolent image of seductive femininity In films of the 1950s, communists The two malevolences combine in the representation of dark-haired exotic Soviet agent 1949: I Married a Communist The Woman on Pier 13 he Red Menace Villains in the 1970s tended to be […]