Movie Stars: Belmondo, Jean-Paul–Iconic French Actor and International Movie Star
The 2011 Cannes Film Fest celebrates Jean-Paul Belmondo, French and international movie star for six decades.
Sociology: Art, Literature–Theory, Approaches, Methods
The sociology of literature, a subfield of the sociology of culture, studies the social production of literature and its social implications. Classical Sociology None of the ‘founding fathers’ of sociology produced a detailed study of literature, but they did develop ideas that were subsequently applied to literature by others. Karl Marx’s theory of ideology has […]
100 Book: 100 Texts That Influenced My Thinking–Lucien Goldmann
The Hidden God A Study of Tragic Vision in the Pensées of Pascal and the Tragedies of Racine By Lucien Goldmann Preface by Michael Lowy Translated by Philip Thody This remarkable text, first published in 1964, was a landmark of its era and remains, in the words of Michael Löwy, a work of “remarkable richness.” […]
Film Theory: Hidden God (ed) Kent Jones, Philip Lopate, Sarris
The subject of God has often been touched on in the movies. European directors like Ingmar Bergman, Robert Bresson, Luis Bunuel, Carl Theodor Dreyer, Krzysztof Kieslowski, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Roberto Rossellini and many others have dealt directly with the theme throughout their careers. Hollywood too has told stories based on the Bible, the lives of […]
Hitchcock: Auteur, Audience, Vision, Technique, Wolrd View
The screen ought to speak its own language, freshly coined, and it can’t do that unless it treats an acted scene as a piece of raw material which must be broken up, taken to bits, before it can be woven into an expressive visual pattern–Hitchcock
Joker: Deconstructing the Subway Scene
Cinematographer Sher deconstructs the key scenes, breaking down the main elements.
Star Is Born, A (2018): Movie Scenes to Remember, Shallow, Sung by Cooper and Lady Gaga
Jackson and Ally’s performance of “Shallow” in “A Star Is Born,” sung by Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga.
Film Theory: History, Historiography, Decade Approach, Significant Eras, Crucial Years
The film historian asks: How does the past engage the present? Film Studies may or may not be nostalgic, but they should be heritage-oriented discipline. We need to know the old ways and traditions, without necessarily wishing to maintain or recreate them. Historiography Historiography is a relatively new film theory as the medium itself is […]
Movie Cycles: Roger Corman-Edgar Allan Poe Horror Films, Starring Vincent Price
The Raven was the fifth in the Corman-Poe cycle of eight films, featuring adaptations of Edgar Allan Poe stories produced by Roger Corman and released by AIP.
Cinematography: Role, Theory and Practice
“Every picture defines its own look, and that definition begins with the director’s intention”–Sven Nykvist