The Great Train Robbery (full), 1903
"I had the standard movie geek childhood, because for as long as I can remember all I wanted to do was make movies."
— Paul Thomas Anderson
— Paul Thomas Anderson
The “Dance of Death” in The Seventh Seal (1957, dir. Ingmar Bergman)
“The final scene when Death dances off with the travelers was, as I said, shot at Hovs Hallar. We had packed up for the day because of an approaching storm. Suddenly, I caught sight of a strange cloud. [Cinematographer] Gunnar Fischer hastily set the camera back into place. Several of the actors had already returned to where we were staying, so a few grips and a couple of tourists danced in their place, having no idea what it was all about. The image that later became famous of the Dance of Death beneath the dark cloud was improvised in only a few minutes.
That’s how things can happen on the set. We made the film in thirty-five days.”
– Ingmar Bergman, Images: My Life in Films
The Sundance Channel has teamed up with Barron’s Educational Series to bring the popular film compendium “1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die” to the small screen in a new weekly series. Every Sunday, Sundance Channel will air a classic Hollywood, independent or foreign film featured in the latest edition of the book.
This Sunday kicks off with Darren Aronofsky’s brilliant psychological doppelganger thriller “Black Swan,“ starring Natalie Portman in the role that won her an Oscar in 2011. Jonathan Demme’s “Philadelphia,” starring Tom Hanks (who won the Best Actor Oscar) and Denzel Washington, screens on August 4, with Neill Blomkamp’s “District 9" screening on August 11, in time for the theatrical release of Blomkamp’s follow-up “Elysium.“
The series will unspool for at least the next couple of years. You can check out the full schedule here.
cinema is an infinite place without anxiety
a little world you can go to whenever you want, for as long as you want. where nobody is going to judge what you’re wearing or laugh if you stumble trying to put a sentence together. where the people behind the screen don’t know what you weigh or how many scars you have or that bad thing you did when you were sixteen. it’s just a quiet place that’s always going to be there for you whenever you need it, and welcomes you with open arms as if you were coming home every time
and if you don’t think that’s magic, i don’t know what is
The Anniversary You Can’t Refuse: 40 Things You Didn’t Know About The Godfather
From early on in his legendary career, Marlon Brando used cue cards for his lines, which he felt increased his spontaneity. His lines were printed and placed in his character’s line of sight; stills from the production show that they sometimes required clever placement. In one photo, a cue card is taped on the wall behind a lamp. In another, Robert Duvall is seen holding Brando’s cue cards up to his chest. In the scene above, they are held just beyond the view of the camera.
Some thought Brando used the cards out of laziness or an inability to memorize his lines. Once on The Godfather set, Brando was asked why he wanted his lines printed out. “Because I can read them that way,” he said. And that was the end of the cue-card discussion. —Nate Rawlings
Robert Duvall with Brando’s Godfather cue cards twitpic.com/bk4lov
— Emma Green (@emmafgreen) December 8, 2012
The Academy Award Nominated Cinematography of Roger Deakins
how I understand this 3-seconds moment.
(original gif: becausehiddles)