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just some thoughts on "experimental" stuff in general; maybe you're well aware of it anyway. What is the point of experimental films? Well to "experiment" with new (narrative) structures, new techniques, new ways of this and that - in short: to be innovative and to try out whether the things you...

Well to a certain extent, yes; Kubrick certainly knew his craft, and compared to other box-office hits his films are/were extraordinarily deep, but compared to "art"-films his movies don't quite have the same "artistic" level, which is probably due to being somewhere between "Hollywood" and...

I'd make a piece of shit that makes 200 million, and then an artistic film that 1000 rabid fans love.

The scenes they shot digitally looked really good, think it's the best faked "filmlook" I've seen so far. I found the film entertaining, nothing more, nothing less. Technically perfect but completely failing at keeping me interested beyond its running time; even though I liked it, I will forget...

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without knowing much about the business part of the "movie-business"; imho the key to success (becoming a professional filmmaker, that is) is to get your foot in the door, a deal with a studio might just be what you need. otherwise you might be forever known as the guy who turned a 1 Million $...

found it as "Horrors of War" on amazon germany http://www.amazon.de/Horrors-War-Jon-Osbeck/dp/B0032HC0Q0/ref=sr_1_5?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1295888752&sr=1-5

actually most films are such films, that's why I find them to be so annoying. however, as long as someone admits that everything s/he wants is the audience to be entertained I'm okay with that, because at least they're honest. what I can't stand are directors who talk about the "deeper meaning"...

a big budget. Edit: oh I did not see that.

the rule of thirds is not really a "rule". it's one way among many of composing a shot. I don't see why you consider not using the rule of thirds a "con". I'd rather consider overusing it a bad thing, as how you compose a shot should always depend on what's in the shot and what you want to...

keep in mind that there are numerous adaptations of the Faustus legend. Goethe's "Faust" and Marlowe's "Doctor Faustus" are the most famous ones, afaik; ever thought of creating your own adaptation instead of "adapting an adaptation"?

I saw it when it hit the theatres, one year or so ago. It's a shocking film, like every Lars von Trier film, and like many Lars von Trier films there's not much more that makes the film any interesting (apart from the beautiful cinematography, probably). Personally, I found the film to be a...

When I talk about the possible fall of the big industry, I'm not talking about the death of the whole filmmaking business. However I believe that movies with $237 million budget will eventually be a thing of the past. I think in the future there'll be numerous "independent" studios producing...

Piracy might kill the big industry but it will not prevent people from making music, films or computer games. I don't consider a possible fall of the major studios/labels a bad thing at all, on the contrary, I believe that will allow smaller studios and independent filmmakers/musicians to get...

I'm a proponent of the auteur-theory, and thus I believe that neither the screenwriter nor the director alone, assumed they're two different people, should be considered the "true author" of the film. The screenwriter, naturally, can't be the "true author" of a film because a film is only a film...

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"A Man Escaped or: The Wind Bloweth Where It Listeth"

omg, how dare you tell me that?!!!! :grumpy: ;) just one question: who of us is Elton John? <3

is there an "objective" evaluation routine you go through before deciding whether you liked something or not? I'm just trying to imagine how such a process would look like. "Ok I just listened to this song, let's think about it whether I like it or not. Interesting, sophisticated guitar playing...

just corrected the spelling, apart from that I wholeheartedly agree with this post. both of these directors released new films relatively recently (The White Ribbon and Certified Copy, respectively) if by "new" you mean contemporary filmmakers I would add Béla Tarr from Hungary (Werckmeister...