The Portrait of a Lady on Fire is a lovely tale of romance and fighting traditional norms and stereotypes. In this story, Marianne, a very skilled artist has been asked to paint a portrait of Heloise,...Read More
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gGLmv4DfNg In this short summary, and even briefer analysis, of Holy Motors (2012), director Brian Trenchard-Smith gives some thoughts on the highly codified meaning o...Read More
The documentary, Paris is Burning, stands as an iconic representation of the Black and Latinx LGBTQ+ communities and drag ball culture in the 1980s. Directed by the talented Jennie Livingston, this ci...Read More
I was confused after watching this video for the first time just like how I was confused throughout the entirety of Holy Motors. After beginning the video with a short Introduction about the beginning...Read More
Alfred Hitchcock once said that he enjoyed playing the audience like a piano, he claimed that when the audience went home after the movies, their minds were played with. This was taken as a very negat...Read More
The Grand Budapest Hotel directed by Wes Anderson is a story about Mr. Zero, an immigrant who made a fortune and how his life was greatly influenced by a person he met, named M. Gustave. The entire st...Read More
Watching Holy Motors made me rethink about the role of continuity editing. The story was told in a linear/chronological fashion and there wasn’t even anything like a flashback or montage. We lea...Read More
To me, the theme of this film by Leos Carax was to comment on the dark nature of capitalism and the extent people are willing to go just for their job. Osars’ job symbolizes the extent and damag...Read More
In the film Holy Motors, we follow Mr Oscar as he travels around Paris in a limousine. He is a mysterious man with a unique job that requires him to transform into different characters and personas fo...Read More
Scorpio Rising is an experimental film that lacks true narrative structure. It pushes the boundaries of traditional filmmaking, and stresses the importance of focusing on the visual elements of the fi...Read More