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What is Great Cinema?: Top 50
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What is Great Cinema? Blog on Film Theory and General Topics in Film. Yes, I have come up with a top 50 list of favorite movies, despite my disdain for lists. Or links to other people's work. Are normally brought up as conventional examples of specific ideas and thus a mixed bag in terms of overall quality. How did I come up with this list? Comparisons. The list is now a secret list on imdb.com. I do intend to re-watch and re-rank some of my choices. I've just taken the top fifty choices for here bec...
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What is Great Cinema?: Books
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What is Great Cinema? Blog on Film Theory and General Topics in Film. Here is a list of all books referenced on this blog. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. Bible: New Oxford Annotated Bible with Apocrypha. Diary: Divine Mercy in My Soul. The Diary of a Country Priest. The Intellectual Life: It's Spirit, Methods, Conditions. The Interpretation of Dreams. The Last Book on Screenwriting You'll Ever Need. Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality. The Story of Art.
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What is Great Cinema?: Christianity is Cinematic
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What is Great Cinema? Blog on Film Theory and General Topics in Film. Sunday, June 28, 2015. I intend to point out reasons for this that even a secular person can mostly relate to. Many of literary and film history's most common tropes and themes are Biblical. This includes all the different types of Christ-figure. Other common tropes include David and Goliath. Attempting to control the Divine. And evil sacrifices to idols. Drama is about high stakes. This is why many movies are built around life and...
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What is Great Cinema?: Movie Review: The Notebook
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What is Great Cinema? Blog on Film Theory and General Topics in Film. Wednesday, October 8, 2014. Movie Review: The Notebook. Many people would consider this movie a "chick flick." I dislike that classification in general. What does it mean? Few people can define it, but they know it when they see it. To my knowledge, it means a romance or romatic comedy that isn't good. I've been told that Casablanca. This movie has little to no substance. It has the main problems common to romace movies. The Long Take ...
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What is Great Cinema?: Why Do American Christian Movie Audiences have Bad Taste?
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What is Great Cinema? Blog on Film Theory and General Topics in Film. Saturday, August 8, 2015. Why Do American Christian Movie Audiences have Bad Taste? I've written before on the trouble with "Christian movies". Much of what comes out of America's Christian film industry is terrible. For an example of what I am talking about, see my review. Of Facing the Giants. Why do Christian audiences have such bad taste in movies? This is a complex question with at least a few answers that will be outlined here.
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What is Great Cinema?: Movie Review: Facing the Giants
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What is Great Cinema? Blog on Film Theory and General Topics in Film. Tuesday, March 17, 2015. Movie Review: Facing the Giants. I've already written an article on so-called Christian movies. Movies which of course don't represent all Christians, Christian filmmakers or Christian movies. This seems like the sort of movie that people either think is terrible or "THE BEST MOVIE EVER." I partially respect. Now on to the writing. What can I say about this movie that isn't on the surface? Much too neatly wrapp...
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Newsom, Joanna – Ys [2006]. By gar *, on December 23rd, 2006%. Joanna Newsom Ys 2006 / Drag City. 美國豎琴唱作人 Joanna Newsom 在處女大碟 “the Milk-Eyed Mender” [2004] 寫出了好幾首活潑調皮而旋律長青的短曲 在 “Bridges and Balloons”, “Sprout and the Bean”, 還有筆者偏愛的 “Cassiopeia” 中, 豎琴的琶音配以 Newsom 小女孩般半嚷半唱的歌聲, 調製成揉合典雅和童真的魔法. Nudge – Cached [2005]. By gar *, on June 7th, 2006%. Nudge Cached 2005 / Kranky. 如此風馬牛不相及的風格拼湊起來, 你大概會猜這隊 Nudge 的音樂將是雜亂無章的野種吧? 這樣的猜想其實也不錯, 不過 Nudge 的音樂卻正是那種風格多樣化, 難得又因其多元化而受惠的罕有品種. By gar *, on June 7th, 2006%. 根據這樣的擺放...
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Fiery Furnaces, the – Bitter Tea [2006]. By gar *, on September 4th, 2006%. The Fiery Furnaces Bitter Tea 2006 / Fat Possum. 時至今天, 相信沒有哪位喜愛獨立音樂的樂迷不認識 the Fiery Furnaces 吧? 在2004年的大碟 “Blueberry Boat”, 這對好兄妹把旁人幾張大碟加起來也未及的古怪念頭濃縮在一張大碟之中, 上演一幕幕場景轉了又轉, 風格換了又換的奇幻遊記, 令聽者大開耳界. 樂迷熱切期待的接力作 “Rehearing My Choir” 在2005年推出, 這次兩人甚至找來祖母 Olga Sarantos 客串獻聲, 跟孫女 Eleanor Friedberger 柴娃娃地對唱, 絮絮不休地道出現代城市生活的種種, 有人視之為難以消化的嘮叨, 也有人稱之為新鮮有趣的嘗試. Flaming Lips, the – At War with the Mystics [2006]. By gar *, on July 26th, 2006%. 然而, 這...