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1) A hero goes on a journey. 2) A stranger comes to town. I heard that many years ago, I can’t remember where. It stuck with me, but, to this day, I can’t decide if it’s a useless classification or if there’s something profound to it. You can find many examples of 1 (Lord of the rings, Star...

I thought I could always distinguish CGI from real photography. But after watching Rango I think the line between the 2 is now definitively blurred. See for yourself. These are 2 screengrabs: Soon the job of production designer will be done by a computer guy with a digital library of...

I'm talking about artistic achievement rather than commercial success. (in no particular order) 1. Charles Laughton – The night of the hunter A commercial failure but a classic today. 2. Kevin Costner – Dances with the wolves 3. Sofia Coppola – Lost in translation 4. Harold Ramis –...

The look of video games is not very appealing to me. It lags far behind what has been achieved in feature films. Years ago I used to play Half-Life. While I enjoyed it, I thought the graphics were pretty crude. Everything seemed to be made out of chunky dull geometric blocks. I haven't played...

In terms of pixel numbers, DSLRs can capture much larger pictures in still than in video. I was wondering how the sensor was used in both case. I can think of 2 possibilities. 1) In video mode the part of the sensor used is a smaller rectangle inside the whole sensor. 2) In video mode the...

Looking at the technical specs of famous recent movies at IMDB, I don't think I've ever come across one filmed with Leica lenses. The most commonly used lenses seem to be Panavision and Zeiss followed by Arri and Angenieux. But never Leica. So, I started to think that Leica was not in the...

Here's the official selection: Pedro ALMODÓVAR LA PIEL QUE HABITO 2h00 Bertrand BONELLO L'APOLLONIDE - SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE 2h02 Alain CAVALIER PATER 1h45 Joseph CEDAR HEARAT SHULAYIM (Footnote) 1h45 Nuri Bilge CEYLAN...

I know some people who think that Brian Singer is a genius because of the clever twist in the final minutes of “The Usual Suspects”. I dislike the device because I think it encourages the production of movies that are watchable only once. Or twice if you want to look for clues with the benefit...