It is no surprise that Leos Carax’s masterpiece in the avant-garde, Holy Motors, is anything but conventional. In the movie, we are taken on a nonsensical day of “Mr. Oscar”, a man w...Read More
David Bordwell’s essay “The Art Cinema as a Mode of Film Practice” explores the concept of art cinema and its distinct characteristics within the realm of film practice. Bordwell lay...Read More
I also finished the reading of <From metaphors on vision> before the reading adjustment was made, and I was impressed by several points the author made. Brakhage first explains that our eyes are...Read More
Although it has been a while since we have watched singing in the rain, I came across another film that reminds me a lot of it recently and wanted to share. Singing in the rain highlights an evolution...Read More
Just as the definition says, experimental film is cinema made outside of the film industry on an artisanal basis, largely without regard to the structures and demands of traditional narrative film. Ac...Read More
In David Bordwell’s essay, “The Art Cinema as a Mode of Film Practice”, we learn about a new style of film called art film. Art film is a style of film that emphasizes realism and am...Read More
David Bordwell’s “The Art Cinema as a Mode of Practice” is about the characteristics of art cinema that differentiate it from the conventions of modern and classical American cinema, thus making...Read More
In his article titled “The Art Cinema as a Mode of Film Practice,” David Bordwell describes art films as having a “certain drifting episodic quality.” Art films merely share this “drifting...Read More
In times of writers strikes and SAG AFTRA Walkouts, documentaries and other reality-ridden entertainment become increasingly valuable and mass produced. With the lack of new episodes of our favorite d...Read More
Documentaries, while often considered a window into reality, are not always 100% truthful representations of what is happening. When a camera is introduced into a situation, it can have several effect...Read More