Adolescence: Meanings, Definitions, Expressions
Francois Truffaut (French director): “Adolescence leaves pleasant memories only for adults who cannot remember.” Share this:
Mother/Motherhood: Definition, Meaning, Expressions
Annabel Willart (played by Angela Lansbury) in the movie All Fall Down (1962): “It’s all part of your contempt for the family unity. You think mother is a dirty word.” Share this:
Shooting, The (1966): Monte Hellman’s Powerful, Existential Western, Starring Jack Nicholson and Warren Oates
One of Monte Hellman’s best films, the Western The Shooting was penned by Carole Eastman (Adrien Joyce is a pseudonym), starring Warren Oates, Jack Nicholson (before he became a star), and Millie Perkins.
Taste: Hierarchy, Good Taste, Bad Taste, Middlebrow Taste
Toward a History and Sociology of Cinematic Taste Samuel Johnson: “The vicissitudes of taste.” Jean Genet, The Thief Journal: “To achieve harmony in bad taste is the height of elegance.” Picasso: “The chief enemy of creativity is ‘good’ taste.” Samuel A (Roxy) Rothafel: “The public always knows what it wants just after it has seen […]
Writing: Definition, Meaning, Function
Moliere: “Writing I like prostitution. First, you do it for the love of it, then you do it for a few friends, and finally you do it for the money.” Henry James’ injunction to all writers: “Be someone on whom nothing is lost.” Ben Hecht: “Writing a good movie brings a writer about as much […]
Film Theory: Feminism–History, Theory, Issues
Feminism remains the single most dynamic arena of energy, in both theory and practice, generating new, exciting readings of classic Hollywood cinema as well as critical theoretical discussions.
Hitchcock: Characters
In many of his films, he balances pairs of couples. It could be the contrast between hero and villian Or a contrast between two women, or two couples. Share this:
Film Ideology: Idealism, Cynicism
In classic Hollywood cinema, the initial cynicism of the hero or heroine are eventually and ultimately dispelled in the name of a new restored idealism.
Birds of Prey: Decent Reviews but Commercial Flop
Birds of Prey (“and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn”) disappointed at the box office, earning just $33.25 million when it debuted in 4,236 U.S. theaters.
Directors: Careers That Never Took Off
Directors: Careers than never took off (Neil Labute, Andrew Nicol)