[Update 8 Sept 10: If you're reading this, you might also be interested in my related posts, "Art as Device, and Device (When it Works) as Miracle," and "Scott Pilgrim vs. Inception for the Future of the Cinematic Imagination." —Adam] [Update 4 Oct 10: As well as this post: "More on Inception: Shot Economy and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Roman Polanski’
Seventeen Ways of Criticizing Inception
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Andrew O'Hehir, Ariadne, Bob le flambeur, Bryan Singer, Christopher Higgs, Christopher Nolan, Chuang Tzu, Cornelia Parker, Days of Heaven, Edith Piaf, George P. Cosmatos, Harold Pinter, Inception, Jean Baudrillard, Jim Emerson, Kiss Me Deadly, Lily Hoang, Paul T. Anderson, Philip K. Dick, Quentin Tarrantino, Rififi, Roman Polanski, Ron Silliman, Seinfeld, Simulacra and Simulation, The Asphalt Jungle, The Betrayal, The Dark Knight, The Gateless Gate, The Ghost, The Matrix, The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, Zabriskie Point on August 8, 2010 | 163 Comments »
There Will Be 2001
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 2001: A Space Odyssey, Burning Star Core, Chinatown, Daniel Day-Lewis, György Ligeti, John Huston, Jonny Greenwood, Milton, Oil!, Paradise Lost, Paul Thomas Anderson, Punch-Drunk Love, Roman Polanski, Stanley Kubrick, There Will Be Blood, Thus Spake Zarathustra, Upton Sinclair on July 26, 2010 | 16 Comments »
This is somewhat late to the party, but three years later I still haven’t seen this argument made anywhere else, so here goes. Many critics have noted that Daniel Day-Lewis‘s performance in There Will Be Blood (2007) drew heavily from his fellow Irishman John Huston‘s turn in Chinatown (1974). See, for instance, here, here, here, [...]
A Sentence about a Sentence I Love
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Al Pacino, Chinatown, Cronus, Francis Ford Coppala, John Cazale, Mario Puzo, Roman Polanski, The Godfather II on May 14, 2010 | 3 Comments »
“It’s the way Pop wanted it.” – from The Godfather Part II, screenplay by Francis Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo