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Watch The Art Of Slow Motion In Cinema

Samantha Vacca — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 15:30:43 +0000

Cinema gives filmmakers an opportunity to be a modern-day Chronos: They can manipulate the time in their feature to their liking, whether it be in flashback dreamscape like Bernardo Bertolucci‘s “The Conformist” or tattooed on an amnesiac like in Christopher Nolan‘s “Memento.” Not only can the film be manipulated in execution, but a range of shots can be used to exemplify forward, or backward, timeliness.

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20 Celebrated Filmmakers Who Never Won A Best Directing Oscar

The Playlist Staff — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:42:07 +0000

20 Celebrated Filmmakers Who Never Won A Best Directing Oscar

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25 Films About Lovers On The Lam

The Playlist Staff — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 19:03:00 +0000

25 Films About Lovers On The Lam

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TCM Remembers 2010: Dennis Hopper, Eric Rohmer, Tony Curtis, Arthur Penn, Patricia Neal & More

The Playlist Staff — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 13:05:22 +0000

TCM Remembers 2010: Dennis Hopper, Eric Rohmer, Tony Curtis, Arthur Penn, Patricia Neal & More

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R.I.P. Arthur Penn 1922-2010

Kevin Jagernauth — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 16:45:00 +0000

Legendary film director Arthur Penn has passed away at the age of 88.

The director’s career spanned over five decades, allowing him to work with some of the most iconic film actors of our time. After honing his skills in television, Penn made his debut feature, the western “The Left Handed Gun” starring a young Paul Newman. However, it was his sophomore effort, “The Miracle Worker,” that brought him early attention. The biopic of Helen Keller earned five Oscar nominations with Anne Bancroft and Patty Duke winning Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress, respectively.

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R.I.P. Ground-Breaking Editor Dede Allen (1923-2010)

Oliver Lyttelton — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 14:22:00 +0000

Sad news broke over the weekend, with the announcement of the death of legendary film editor Dede Allen, who passed away on Saturday at the age of 86. Allen was a three-time Oscar nominee, who was also the first editor to receive solo credit on an American film, for her game-changing work on 1967’s “Bonnie and Clyde,” and was instrumental in many of the great films of 1960s and 1970s American cinema.

Allen was born in Cincinnati, Ohio in December 1923, and moved to Hollywood in the early 1940s to take a job as a messenger for Columbia Pictures.

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The Apocalypse Is Nigh: Hilary Duff To Star In ‘Bonnie And Clyde’ Remake?

Rodrigo Perez — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:48:00 +0000

What’s wrong with this picture? Maybe the fact that fucking Hilary Duff and this nobody Kevin Zegers are supposed to star in a remake of Arthur Penn’s 1967 classic, “Bonnie & Clyde.”

According to the Hollywood Reporter, this heresy, this impending sign of the apocalypse is true. Or at least both of these two jokers are in negotiations to play the roles.

Look, do what you have to do, Hollywood, but fucking call it something else.

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The NYTimes Recap: Jonah Hill, Tom DeCillo, Looking Back On “Bonnie & Clyde”

Rodrigo Perez — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 01:19:00 +0000

Are we on the NYTimes dick? Very possible, their movie weekend coverage slays.

“I am not a superlecherous guy. I usually enjoy having a girlfriend as opposed to dating a variety of women. I’m a nice Jewish boy.” – Superbad star Jonah Hill insists he’s not like his tang-obsessed character. The 23-year-old credits Dustin Hoffman with discovering him and is currently writing his first comedy to be produced by Judd Apatow called, “The Middle Child.” [NY Times]

“My wife, Jane, always says if there’s another Holocaust, I’ll be the first one executed.

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