1942′s In This Our Life has become a footnote in John Huston‘s esteemed filmography. Coming after the knock-down drag-out success of his first film, The Maltese Falcon—its powerful, and historically unusual, portrayal of institutional racism is electrifying, but it is this subplot alone that garners any and all critical affection the film receives.
This last, [...]
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“With organization you have the aid of your fellow man. Without organization you are a lone individual—without influence and without recognition of any kind.”—John L. Lewis, Pres. UMW 1920-1960
Harlan County, USA is 100% Grade-A #Occupy Wall Street canon. Its storied production and 35 year legacy can serve as both inspiration and education, and its [...]
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On September 17th a group of people gathered in New York City to protest the vice grip that money has on politics. Shortly thereafter, thirty years of assumed apathy exploded into a nationwide movement with international #occupations in London, Rome, and even Cairo. More Americans support the OWS movement today than supported [...]
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What is Setting?
Setting consists of three elements: places, props, and times. Visually, it’s the where, when, and what of a story, and it’s one of the most powerful aspects of mise-en-scene.
The human being is all-important in the theatre. The drama on the screen can exist without actors. A banging door, a leaf in the wind, [...]
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Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer is a film of profound emotional impact. It takes subject matter familiar to the movies—the psychosexual killer—makes it wholly its own, and it does this on the tail end of the biggest wave of cinematic Psychomania in history. Formally it is masterful in its deployment of mise-en-scene, cinematography, and [...]
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