(The Public Enemy, 1931)
Hi there!
I want to share a few interesting articles /trailers with you that have caught my attention in the last couple of days.
The first is an article about classic Depression era (1930s) Hollywood films: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/feb/25/depression-films-credit-crunch
This is interesting both for the wonderful films which are in the list (several of which you can find on YouTube if you're interested, or rent in places like the Puskin Mozi upstairs), and for the question of what will be the cinematic equivalents in our own time. What do you think? Are we already seeing films about the New Depression? What films are they? What are the current trends in film?
The second piece is also very interesting: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/feb/27/sexism-equality-hollywood
It's about sexism in cinema classics, and it evaluates some very well known classic films for how sexist they are. Can you think of some well known films which are particularly sexist (Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs springs to mind), or which give women strong leading roles (e.g. Stephen Daldry's The Hours)?
Speaking of Tarantino, here's a trailer for his latest effort: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/feb/24/inglourious-basterds-tarantino-trailer
along with a brief review/evaluation of the trailer. What are your thoughts on Tarantino and his films?
Finally, here's a trailer for a much more serious film which looks very interesting: http://vimeo.com/2992103 I wonder if any of you saw An Inconvenient Truth, and if you did, what you thought of it. The comments here are interesting as well. This kind of cinema about current affairs and issues tends to provoke strong reactions. What are your feelings about films like this? What do you think about the issue of man-made global warming?
If you have any thoughts about any of these topics then please take a few minutes to share them with us.
Cheers,
Frank
Hi there!
I want to share a few interesting articles /trailers with you that have caught my attention in the last couple of days.
The first is an article about classic Depression era (1930s) Hollywood films: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/feb/25/depression-films-credit-crunch
This is interesting both for the wonderful films which are in the list (several of which you can find on YouTube if you're interested, or rent in places like the Puskin Mozi upstairs), and for the question of what will be the cinematic equivalents in our own time. What do you think? Are we already seeing films about the New Depression? What films are they? What are the current trends in film?
The second piece is also very interesting: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/feb/27/sexism-equality-hollywood
It's about sexism in cinema classics, and it evaluates some very well known classic films for how sexist they are. Can you think of some well known films which are particularly sexist (Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs springs to mind), or which give women strong leading roles (e.g. Stephen Daldry's The Hours)?
Speaking of Tarantino, here's a trailer for his latest effort: http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/filmblog/2009/feb/24/inglourious-basterds-tarantino-trailer
along with a brief review/evaluation of the trailer. What are your thoughts on Tarantino and his films?
Finally, here's a trailer for a much more serious film which looks very interesting: http://vimeo.com/2992103 I wonder if any of you saw An Inconvenient Truth, and if you did, what you thought of it. The comments here are interesting as well. This kind of cinema about current affairs and issues tends to provoke strong reactions. What are your feelings about films like this? What do you think about the issue of man-made global warming?
If you have any thoughts about any of these topics then please take a few minutes to share them with us.
Cheers,
Frank
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I think I will definitely not go to watch Tarantino's new movie. Just watching the trailer makes me sick with all that aggression and violence. Also, the way Brad Pitt speaks is kind of funny. I don't know... I guess he is supposed to be a frightening and cruel character but I couldn't help but laugh during his speech to his soldiers...
ReplyDeleteAnd it may sound strange but the trailer sort of reminded me of 300. The music and the blood-splattering were quite a bit familiar...
But The Age of Stupid seems very interesting. Usually I do not like these type of films, but this one approaches the subject from a pretty different way, so it might be well worth watching. I just hope that it will be shown here in Hungary as well.