The 21st Century Film

[shakahislop]

 

[shakahislop]

 

[version]

 

[version]

Aspect ratio's another thing being played with in 21st century film. There's a lot of that A24 sort of stuff done in various ratios. Wes Anderson does it too. And Xavier Dolan.

 

[luka]

What is aspect ratio

 

[version]

What is aspect ratio

Width to height.

 

[luka]

sounds boring

 

[Murphy]

width to height, right ladies

 

[luka]

probably will not watch this in the traditional sense. just watch all the clips available . same with corpseys fvourite film ministry of ungentlemanly warfare.

 

[shakahislop]

What is aspect ratio

it's BMI

 

[mixed_biscuits]

Filming digital in different aspect ratios is like putting shit in different containers.

 

[Murphy]

Oscar films - maybe one of, say, a dozen ‘serious’ US films that immediately gather ‘Oscar contender’ references

from 2016 they’re fuckin gash and these are just 2010’s (few removed for ‘having a go’)

Fences Hacksaw Ridge
Hell or High Water
Hidden Figures
La La Land
Lion
Manchester by the Sea
The Shape of Water
Call Me by Your Name
Darkest Hour
Dunkirk
Get Out
Lady Bird
The Post
Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
Green Book
Black Panther
BlacKkKlansman
Bohemian Rhapsody
The Favourite
Roma
A Star Is Born
Vice
Parasite
Ford v Ferrari
The Irishman
Jojo Rabbit
Joker
Little Women
Marriage Story
1917

 

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The Hallmark Empire

I can’t pick any films from this because none of them stand out but it is nevertheless an important and unavoidable part of the 21st C film industry and the most effective exponent of American soft power after Disney and Marvel.

Recent developments in this genre, clarified by the rise of Netflix’s ‘Hot Frosty’:

‘I couldn’t look away!’ The rapid, runaway rise of ridiculous Christmas romcoms

It’s that season again, when the streamers bring us hot snowmen and heroes who still believe in Santa. Why are they competing to make the most ludicrous movie possible – and why do we keep watching them?

www.theguardian.com

 

[Ian Scuffling]

Anyone see Anora? Good stuff, I would have treated her better

 

[kid charlemagne]

it was ok

 

[IdleRich]

Anyone see Anora? Good stuff, I would have treated her better

I thought it was really a lot of fun. It was much more simplistic and dumb than all his other films but I don't get why some people seem to hate it (including the Russians I know).

 

[catalog]

Didn't hate it but thought it wax pretty shit.

 

[sufi]

this is an extraordinary document https://d1dlq8f5fkueth.cloudfront.net/annual-lists/2024.pdf

Every December, we survey hundreds of Hollywood film industry executives about their favorite unproduced screenplays from that calendar year. The result - the annual Black List - is a showcase of the industry's most liked unproduced screenplays.

surprising that it exists, pulling back the curtain on the industry's workings

 

[version]

You seen a group of filmmakers have relaunched Dogme 95 as Dogma 25?

Dogma 25 Explodes at Cannes, Spearheaded by New Quintet Led by May el-Toukhy: ‘A Rescue Mission and a Cultural Uprising’

DOGMA 25 Launches at Cannes, Spearheaded by New Quintet Led by May el-Toukhy

variety.com

 

[GhostofKinski]

Off the top of my head:

Children of Men (also on my all-time list)
28 days later
Apocalypto
Hunger
The Lives of Others
Don’t Look Up
Birdman
Anchor Man 2
The Big Short