https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-video-essay-highlights-the-smart-storytelling-of-back-to-the-future-20150429/ Mon, 23 May 2016 03:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-video-essay-highlights-the-smart-storytelling-of-back-to-the-future-20150429/#comment-132069 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:34:49 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/watch-video-essay-highlights-the-smart-storytelling-of-back-to-the-future-264575/#comment-132069 BTTF is has all the elements of great cinema. BTF III is a terriffic wrap-up to the series. #2 has it\’s critics but does a good job of continuing the elements in surprising ways.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-video-essay-highlights-the-smart-storytelling-of-back-to-the-future-20150429/#comment-132070 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:34:49 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/watch-video-essay-highlights-the-smart-storytelling-of-back-to-the-future-264575/#comment-132070 Try Robert Altman\’s THE PLAYER for an opening worth analysis.

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-video-essay-highlights-the-smart-storytelling-of-back-to-the-future-20150429/#comment-132071 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:34:49 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/watch-video-essay-highlights-the-smart-storytelling-of-back-to-the-future-264575/#comment-132071 Not only is that opening sequence amazingly rich, every bit of dialogue has a double or triple meaning. This is what makes the film so enjoyable to watch over and over. An all around brilliant example of screenwriting and filmmaking. Thanks for reminding us!

]]> https://staging2.theplaylist.net/watch-video-essay-highlights-the-smart-storytelling-of-back-to-the-future-20150429/#comment-132072 Mon, 23 May 2016 03:34:49 +0000 http://www.indiewire.com/2015/more/uncategorized/watch-video-essay-highlights-the-smart-storytelling-of-back-to-the-future-264575/#comment-132072 Very nicely done! Thank you for sharing.

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