tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77045830617234708042024-03-14T03:13:07.381-04:00The Film Doctorfilm, media, lifestyle The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger1038125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-37839564260546756852023-10-03T15:24:00.001-04:002023-10-03T15:24:13.043-04:00Priscilla trailer by Sofia Coppola <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/DBWk6BohVXk" width="320" youtube-src-id="DBWk6BohVXk"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-56470281398232074712023-10-02T13:44:00.000-04:002023-10-02T13:44:01.892-04:00Leave The World Behind trailer <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tvWUroNu61E" width="320" youtube-src-id="tvWUroNu61E"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-61643306529275451522023-09-30T13:06:00.001-04:002023-09-30T13:06:11.514-04:00Argylle trailer <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7mgu9mNZ8Hk" width="320" youtube-src-id="7mgu9mNZ8Hk"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-9282152626876814342023-09-17T14:41:00.003-04:002023-09-17T14:41:20.181-04:00Rebel Moon trailer by Zack Snyder <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/_rHLOXbFZtI" width="320" youtube-src-id="_rHLOXbFZtI"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-10270556423636235422023-07-24T16:42:00.013-04:002023-07-26T12:02:46.014-04:00"Irrepressible thoughts of death": appreciating Greta Gerwig's Barbie<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6X0kiI1qL_5XdiZQrKhBNBhHh8mXN-pMvzXmKPDEwHwaypzMuJtvz7WeC-x1B1O9SEiM_9vSi1Hl638LJx7R-raZ_oknZx36gSRSKozAqXyQ4MUYLSmW2Z0U9SOsKiljMlRE3Ntjk8woP704cKM-uTkWiqgbPZwo9oKVuSfjr3B-tta9JLpEs4EHR38/s1000/BAR-01227-1000x667.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><img border="0" data-original-height="667" data-original-width="1000" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6X0kiI1qL_5XdiZQrKhBNBhHh8mXN-pMvzXmKPDEwHwaypzMuJtvz7WeC-x1B1O9SEiM_9vSi1Hl638LJx7R-raZ_oknZx36gSRSKozAqXyQ4MUYLSmW2Z0U9SOsKiljMlRE3Ntjk8woP704cKM-uTkWiqgbPZwo9oKVuSfjr3B-tta9JLpEs4EHR38/w640-h426/BAR-01227-1000x667.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><p><br /></p><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I was stunned by Greta Gerwig's <i>Barbie</i>. It struck me as audacious, unrestrained, and cleverly flamboyant in ways that are downright odd in today's cinematic universe. I have admired Gerwig's work ever since she was in <i>Baghead </i>(2008). She appeared to reach a French New Wave-inflected high point with her work in <i><a href="https://www.thefilmdoctor.international/2013/11/frances-ha-cinematic-movement-and.html">Frances Ha</a></i> (2012), which I just rewatched recently. Gerwig starred in <i>White Noise </i>(2022), which was alright, but <i>Barbie </i>is comparatively fearless. Depression Barbie! I'll add more thoughts later. about Ken's discovery of the patriarchy, the movie's ironic mansplaining of <i>The Godfather</i> (1972), also allusions to <i>2001: A Space Odyssey</i> (1968), <i>Singin' in the Rain</i> (1952), and <i>The Wizard of Oz</i> (1939). For now, here's Gerwig explaining many of the cinematic influences that she incorporated into the movie:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/s2rNnOGfmv0" width="320" youtube-src-id="s2rNnOGfmv0"></iframe></div><p><br /></p><p>Here is America Ferrera's key monologue from later in the movie:</p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 17.7035px;">"It is literally impossible to be a woman. You are so beautiful, and so smart, and it kills me that you don't think you're good enough. Like, we have to always be extraordinary, but somehow we're always doing it wrong.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.7035px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.7035px;" /><span style="font-size: 17.7035px;">You have to be thin, but not too thin. And you can never say you want to be thin. You have to say you want to be healthy, but also you have to be thin. You have to have money, but you can't ask for money because that's crass. You have to be a boss, but you can't be mean. You have to lead, but you can't squash other people's ideas. You're supposed to love being a mother, but don't talk about your kids all the damn time. You have to be a career woman but also always be looking out for other people. You have to answer for men's bad behavior, which is insane, but if you point that out, you're accused of complaining. You're supposed to stay pretty for men, but not so pretty that you tempt them too much or that you threaten other women because you're supposed to be a part of the sisterhood.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.7035px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.7035px;" /><span style="font-size: 17.7035px;">But always stand out and always be grateful. But never forget that the system is rigged. So find a way to acknowledge that but also always be grateful. You have to never get old, never be rude, never show off, never be selfish, never fall down, never fail, never show fear, never get out of line.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.7035px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.7035px;" /><span style="font-size: 17.7035px;">It's too hard! It's too contradictory and nobody gives you a medal or says thank you! And it turns out in fact that not only are you doing everything wrong, but also everything is your fault.</span><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.7035px;" /><br style="box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 17.7035px;" /><span style="font-size: 17.7035px;">I'm just so tired of watching myself and every single other woman tie herself into knots so that people will like us. And if all of that is also true for a doll just representing women, then I don't even know." </span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 17.7035px;">--via <a href="https://www.elle.com/culture/movies-tv/a44640422/america-ferrera-full-barbie-monologue/"><i>Elle </i>magazine</a></span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: times;"><span style="font-size: 17.7035px;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p><br /></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-22454177611364337192023-04-28T14:20:00.007-04:002023-04-28T14:24:09.344-04:00The A.I. Dilemma video <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xoVJKj8lcNQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="xoVJKj8lcNQ"></iframe></div>An excellent video. I like the concept of "Reality Collapse." <p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-40916462339310355502023-04-25T15:18:00.002-04:002023-04-25T15:18:14.623-04:00"How to Make Your Life Into a Wes Anderson Film" by Jesus Jimenez <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8scdGiGuPfc8m9D_OoVF6ZpK899uBnIKMajEpIBCV55sb0_QyD607gUw2m5SiP5iZi8S-x6yIPSw516cRnn7pFxfIaD9XEg_kD9ypFNpdCshktZ6mIebyPY3DyZpmh3M9r4QLFVqnJPzs7ag5HmxdN60B79fr1TppzKx1DJMU-UfsgWj91pjgRcBvOQ/s1024/659473d09a81fe8c25d8e096f72c54eb.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="1024" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8scdGiGuPfc8m9D_OoVF6ZpK899uBnIKMajEpIBCV55sb0_QyD607gUw2m5SiP5iZi8S-x6yIPSw516cRnn7pFxfIaD9XEg_kD9ypFNpdCshktZ6mIebyPY3DyZpmh3M9r4QLFVqnJPzs7ag5HmxdN60B79fr1TppzKx1DJMU-UfsgWj91pjgRcBvOQ/w640-h360/659473d09a81fe8c25d8e096f72c54eb.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">“`As long as it’s deadpan, then you’re golden,' Ms. Williams said, adding that characters in Mr. Anderson’s films often “act more in body language as opposed to showcasing any real emotion.”</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">In Ms. Williams’s video, she first appears with a deadpan stare directly at the camera, standing in front of the train. She then puts her train ticket in a holder, pauses, and adjusts the ticket slightly to the right.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px 0px 0.9375rem; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">In another <a class="css-yywogo" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@keithafadi/video/7221582114880294150?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7158229150214571566" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="border: 0px; font: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration-color: var(--color-signal-editorial,#326891); text-decoration-style: solid; text-decoration-thickness: 1px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="">video</a>, of a man who takes his wife to lunch, there is a short clip of his wife trying to steal a French fry, before he quickly swats her hand away.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">`Those are the kind of elements that are tossed in out of the blue, and ultimately create the Wes Anderson aesthetic,` Mr. Koval said. `You know it when you see it.`”</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;"><br /></p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: var(--color-content-secondary,#363636); font-family: nyt-imperial, georgia, "times new roman", times, serif; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 1.25rem; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: 1.875rem; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline; width: 600px;">Here's the <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/24/arts/wes-anderson-film-tiktok.html">link</a>.</p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-25400584986377669272023-04-04T14:27:00.006-04:002023-04-04T14:31:24.380-04:00Barbie trailer 2 <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xLV6iiUQ04I" width="320" youtube-src-id="xLV6iiUQ04I"></iframe></div><br /> Only in theaters on July 21.<p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-9728954226867081802023-03-29T12:42:00.003-04:002023-03-29T12:42:29.676-04:00Asteroid City trailer by Wes Anderson <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/FW88VBvQaiI" width="320" youtube-src-id="FW88VBvQaiI"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-43719306590195126112023-03-02T14:27:00.006-05:002023-03-02T14:28:15.028-05:00Succession Season 4 trailer<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/t3D3ewle7XY" width="320" youtube-src-id="t3D3ewle7XY"></iframe></div><br /> I'm looking forward to it. <p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-26061722125758069962023-01-14T08:21:00.002-05:002023-01-14T08:21:51.969-05:00The Best Video Essays of 2022, the Sight and Sound poll <p> It's fascinating how the art form of the video essay has evolved. The <i>Sight and Sound </i>poll of the best video essays has been <a href="https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/polls/best-video-essays-2022?fbclid=IwAR0tEwnSvYkqVRFaalHGUy86GLWe6P4kYouCK3C_X76YMvLz2ojeV3E87Hg#binotto">released</a>. </p><p>Here's one of my favorites, Wickham's Flannagan's <i>Maschinenmensch</i>:</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><iframe allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="360" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/680488488?h=dd4fd8fb03" width="640"></iframe>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/680488488">Maschinenmensch by Wickham Flannagan, Batuhan Buldu & Ruya Nese</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/sanarchy">Sanarchy Collective</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-78844400205760566592022-12-17T08:39:00.021-05:002022-12-18T11:47:19.593-05:00Barbie Teaser Trailer <iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5XMK33YLI-Y" width="400" youtube-src-id="5XMK33YLI-Y"></iframe><div><br /></div><div><i>Barbie </i>looks like fun. </div><div><br /></div><div>Some Greta Gerwig related posts:</div><div><br /></div><div>concerning <i><a href="https://www.thefilmdoctor.international/2020/04/writing-doesnt-confer-importance-it.html">Little Women</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="https://www.thefilmdoctor.international/2013/11/frances-ha-cinematic-movement-and.html">Frances Ha</a></i></div><div><br /></div><div><i><a href="https://www.thefilmdoctor.international/2016/01/all-romance-and-failure-review-of-noah.html">Mistress America</a></i></div>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-22837539522068641992022-11-27T06:55:00.001-05:002022-11-27T06:55:32.561-05:00White Noise trailer <iframe class="BLOG_video_class" allowfullscreen="" youtube-src-id="SgwKZAMx_gM" width="400" height="322" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/SgwKZAMx_gM"></iframe>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-49281657504235155942022-10-21T18:09:00.001-04:002022-10-21T18:09:36.041-04:00The Cat by Wickham Flannagan<p> </p><iframe src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/762732424?h=073a70ac31" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allow="autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen></iframe>
<p><a href="https://vimeo.com/762732424">THE CAT</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user10284471">Wickham Flannagan</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p> The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-21597011676442164172022-09-11T17:43:00.002-04:002022-09-11T17:43:23.698-04:00Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery a Netflix teaser trailer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/-xR_lBtEvSc" width="320" youtube-src-id="-xR_lBtEvSc"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-17149436433549490402022-09-08T12:14:00.005-04:002022-09-08T12:17:12.550-04:00Olivia Wilde breaks down the Don't Worry Darling dinner party scene (with thanks to Vanity Fair) <script async="" src="//player-backend.cnevids.com/script/video/631755fc76d3567a5b63d382.js?iu=/3379/vanityfair.dart/share"></script>
The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-55995314454888599382022-08-30T14:17:00.003-04:002022-08-30T14:17:38.297-04:00Decision to Leave trailer <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/9aMHyTqvIvU" width="320" youtube-src-id="9aMHyTqvIvU"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-50623180974657710672022-08-17T17:34:00.000-04:002022-08-17T17:34:10.062-04:00Wednesday Addams teaser trailer <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Di310WS8zLk" width="320" youtube-src-id="Di310WS8zLk"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-89272846131925120712022-06-18T09:19:00.000-04:002022-06-18T09:19:08.221-04:00Cynicism: Jurassic World: Dominion<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClwS33qUVnMGt4M1auCLYxHKLB4ji6N1WnjQCcjMnUcbI_OY-fEaui656T4d7KNnEaO-wN6gWnP8KyeNQ3OZfCP9I_ujKv82u4WjBjI1GD1j3QAjD96y-nuck209HOeef3GIy0At6giodgEUiGTUcq1GtKTClHuyvsQbg6qRH5L9138UTc4rsNvVoyw/s960/jurassic-world-dominion.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhClwS33qUVnMGt4M1auCLYxHKLB4ji6N1WnjQCcjMnUcbI_OY-fEaui656T4d7KNnEaO-wN6gWnP8KyeNQ3OZfCP9I_ujKv82u4WjBjI1GD1j3QAjD96y-nuck209HOeef3GIy0At6giodgEUiGTUcq1GtKTClHuyvsQbg6qRH5L9138UTc4rsNvVoyw/s320/jurassic-world-dominion.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div>I found <i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Jurassic World: Dominion</i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;"> to be exceedingly dull once I figured out that the PG-13 dinos will never harm any of the lead actors even though they must attack someone in every scene. The movie distinctively lacks dramatic focus. It resembles some sort of amusement park ride where some critter snarls or clicks menacingly as Bryce Dallas Howard hides underwater. Chris Pratt could only summon a look of mild concern for much of the movie as Sam Neill proved far more expressive (with his Australian squinting and double takes) than most anyone else. </span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">If I were a dinosaur, I would sue Universal Studios for mucking up the species' image. Fearsome, they are not. The giganotosaurus arrives to pose snarling along with the t-rex in the jungle as the Mark Zuckerberg-esque villain of Biosyn (Campbell Scott) gets attacked by yet more critters in a subway car. </span></p><p><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Jaws </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">(1975) worked much better because you couldn't see the shark for much of the movie, and there's only one of them, thus the movie has suspense that creates genuine fear. </span><i style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">Jurassic World: Dominion </i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Times New Roman", Times, serif; font-size: 18.6667px;">reassembles the leads of 5 other <a href="https://www.thefilmdoctor.international/2015/05/jurassic-bore-prediction-of-infinite.html">movies</a> to appear semi-scared when they look up as they cower under an overturned jeep. I was mostly frightened by the thought that the movie would never end.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-38636360253122846252022-04-23T13:28:00.009-04:002022-04-24T07:44:45.095-04:00Woof! Aaroarrrr! 5 notes on Robert Eggers' The Northman<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94ZS0TSZQbt_fOqXetlB6EXmoSQVTk84HxKuLm8UvkygqEGTwLbZop7DAsB05xyN2nxwABKF7H8ZuP6gR84JG08SNYfxtg_BLpRMmZ4V_Nl12mJwvj8VqrDNsWZe23qV9rx60xsnf-IbW9MlaR2cy0FTH3fr1d9mwo1FZcCl7P0VUqVkH5KGtPjytZw/s960/7907e7c4167e8edf2565bb40e8742a88.webp" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="960" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg94ZS0TSZQbt_fOqXetlB6EXmoSQVTk84HxKuLm8UvkygqEGTwLbZop7DAsB05xyN2nxwABKF7H8ZuP6gR84JG08SNYfxtg_BLpRMmZ4V_Nl12mJwvj8VqrDNsWZe23qV9rx60xsnf-IbW9MlaR2cy0FTH3fr1d9mwo1FZcCl7P0VUqVkH5KGtPjytZw/s320/7907e7c4167e8edf2565bb40e8742a88.webp" width="320" /></a></div>1) Yowsah! <i>The Northman</i> is so manly, I went home, put on a hair shirt, and then ran into the woods where I dwell to this day, roaring by the bonfire with my fellow smelly bearded roughnecks, barking, lapping mystical potion up from a doggie bowl, gesturing around with my spear, grunting, rooting in the weeds, howling, burping, swearing revenge, screaming at the camera, reading <i>Iron John: A Book About Men </i>by Robert Bly, contracting poison ivy rashes, etc. No more civilized comforts for me! No more irony, just the reek of male sweat and the dark woods cinematically lit with torchlight. Soon, we will have visions! <p>2) Anya Taylor-Joy appears as an oddly refined and blonde sorceress named Olga. I can't help but think that it should be a mandatory part of her contract with any film or TV production that she play some chess somewhere, even if only for a scene or two. As we learned from <i>The Queen's Gambit</i>, she's very good at winning high level chess tournaments in places like Russia. </p><p>3) It's a shame that Amleth (Alexander Skarsgard) couldn't take up bird watching or flower arranging or mindful breathing exercises in those occasional interludes between Viking boat trips through rainstorms or raging midnight slaughters as a blood-soaked berserker in the land of Rus. Why couldn't Amleth collect pretty pebbles along the unruly Hrafsney shoreline? Is it really necessary for the intensity of all of Amleth's scenes to be turned all the way up to 11? Perhaps Amleth could have played chess with Olga during their occasional breaks from being slaves for Fjolnir? </p><p>4) If we've learned anything from his previous movies <i>The Witch </i>(2015) and <i>The Lighthouse </i>(2019), Robert Eggers <i>thoroughly researched</i> the world of Vikings of AD 895.</p><p>5) What does one learn from <i>The Northman</i>? After killing a relative of the king, keep the poor sod's heart in your back pocket. It may come in handy later. Also, cultivate flocks of ravens. They can be helpful if they like you. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-33218166958085821992022-04-13T16:03:00.002-04:002022-04-13T16:03:22.152-04:00"Chaise Longue" by Wet Leg <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Zd9jeJk2UHQ" width="320" youtube-src-id="Zd9jeJk2UHQ"></iframe></div><br /> <p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-39184843741797838072022-02-13T16:43:00.002-05:002022-02-13T16:43:26.514-05:00Nope trailer<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/In8fuzj3gck" width="320" youtube-src-id="In8fuzj3gck"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-77005074860039107902021-12-14T16:23:00.002-05:002021-12-14T16:23:37.065-05:00Everything Everywhere All At Once trailer <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/wxN1T1uxQ2g" width="320" youtube-src-id="wxN1T1uxQ2g"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-34307471295390116722021-11-25T11:45:00.009-05:002021-12-09T11:08:32.818-05:00The Carefully Controlled Carrot: Two Notes on The French Dispatch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-idOhJzBK2h0/YZ-4Nsj29mI/AAAAAAAAKdo/dIY2SehO02U6EsHNrr_jkhsGqCi9Ih7tgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/french.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1496" data-original-width="2048" height="234" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-idOhJzBK2h0/YZ-4Nsj29mI/AAAAAAAAKdo/dIY2SehO02U6EsHNrr_jkhsGqCi9Ih7tgCLcBGAsYHQ/s320/french.jpeg" width="320" /></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-idOhJzBK2h0/YZ-4Nsj29mI/AAAAAAAAKdo/dIY2SehO02U6EsHNrr_jkhsGqCi9Ih7tgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/french.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-style: italic; text-align: left;"><br /></span></a>1) I waited a long time to see <i>The French Dispatch</i> on a smaller screen in the local Regal cineplex. I pre-read and enjoyed the accompanying book of <i>New Yorker</i> essays entitled <i>An Editor's Burial</i> assembled by Wes Anderson. I thought the movie would never arrive at my small town in South Carolina, but it did . . . and I went away feeling a bit let down. Next to Greta Gerwig and Sofia Coppola, Wes Anderson is one of my favorite of the younger directors out there, and I teach <i>Rushmore</i> (1998) regularly, but <i>The French Dispatch</i> is so constrained, the <i>mise en scene</i> so boxed in, every frame within a frame within a frame, the storylines are so short that they leave only the tiniest suggestion of any character arcs for any of the many excellent actors. I hear they all have great dinners after a day's shoot, but Bill Murray only has time to look slightly wistful as the main editor Arthur Howitzer, Jr. Timothee Chalamet looks intense with playfully revolutionary hair. Tilda Swinton comically provides the viewer with a slide show, and Frances McDormand plays Lucinda Krementz who appears as a bemused reporter. The movie is mostly breathtaking for the way it squanders major stars with so little screen time: Saoirse Ronan (as Junkie Showgirl # 1) gets one brief close up of her blue eyes through a grate. Every shot is oh so crafted, appreciating the film requires a kind of archeological dig into the analysis of each frozen frame. I wish that Anderson would just loosen up a bit, and give his talented actors more time to breathe and exist on screen as he used to do. His OCD filmmaking resembles a salad so chopped up and Cuisinarted, one is left doing what one can to appreciate the occasional artfully sculpted fragment of a carrot.<br /><br />2) All that said, I did like Benicio del Toro's droll interpretation of the tortured artist Moses Rosenthaler. Anderson appears to take pleasure in puncturing the pretensions of the art world, and del Toro's dry delivery accentuates that. <i>The French Dispatch </i>can be surprisingly funny.</div><p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-92209555208185089532021-11-19T17:49:00.004-05:002021-11-19T17:49:42.776-05:00Don't Look Up trailer <p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vN2yLmlUQsk" width="320" youtube-src-id="vN2yLmlUQsk"></iframe></div><br /><p></p>The Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.com0