Rant
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I was watching The American President on HBO tonight – a wonderful movie, by the way – and got to thinking about formulae. There are many well-known recipes in the film industry, none more often used, I think, than the romantic comedy. You get a man and a woman to meet cute, then spend the
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There’s this long-forgotten sub-genre of movies that can be classified as Indian fantasy. I realize that this sounds like a website featuring dimly lit videos, but I’m referring actually to movies that used to involve princes and swordfights and evil magicians. The villain (or his most powerful henchman) usually has his life hidden inside a
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Directors often ask actors to underplay closer shots, because too much facial movement translates into mugging or overacting. Billy Wilder once asked Jack Lemmon for “a little less” so many takes in a row that Lemmon finally exploded: “Whaddya want! Nothing?” Lemmon recalls that Wilder raised his eyes to heaven: “Please God!” — Roger
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I watched Casino Royale a few days ago. awesome movie, with a mesmerizing performance by Daniel Craig in his first Bond outing. There were a lot of dissenting voices when he was first chosen, but after this movie, I can’t imagine anybody still objecting. I have this long-overdue rant about Sean Connery as James Bond.
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