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I read in the papers that we're living in a great period of fantasy films, made possible by the tremendous breakthroughs in special effects technology and the soaring imaginations of a new generation of American filmmakers. But scratch a Star Wars or a Close Encounters and what you find is the same old realism: a linear, cause-and-effect story line

Dave Kehr • When Movies Mattered: Reviews from a Transformative Decade

“The reaction from the film industry has been curiosity and excitement, but also confusion,” he said. “Everyone wants me to make a director’s cut. I could make a really good one, but that would be sort of antithetical to the whole exercise, for me to exert that level of control.”

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“The packaging of all moving images as equitable content “has created a situation in which everything is presented to the viewer on a level playing field, which sounds democratic but isn’t,” Scorsese continues. “If further viewing is ‘suggested’ by algorithms based on what you’ve already seen, and the suggestions are based only on subject matter or... See more

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John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them

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Based on Claire Keegan’s novella of the same name, Tim Mielants' film is surprisingly understated and yet still full of dramatic power. Read our review for "Small Things Like These": https://t.co/CC9FYUDd4E... See more

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Writing Movies for Fun and Profit: How We Made a Billion Dollars at the Box Office and You Can, Too!

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In early 1981, Galen’s hard work came to fruition. English producer Michael Deeley decided that the book would make a perfect movie and quickly got Ridley Scott on board as director. The Ladd Company signed up for the distribution. PKD was initially delighted at this news but then he began to worry about what Hollywood would do to his novel. Things