Edward R. O'Neill, Author at Collaborate X!

The Child Catcher

I saw the movie 1968 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang when it came out and I was a child: six years old. I don’t remember much about it. I remember the flying car. And I think I remember people dancing around and playing candy musical instruments. It was based on a book by the author of the…

Tarkovsky’s THE SACRIFICE: Art, Not Entertainment

Quintessential World Art Cinema Andrei Tarkovsky made seven films. 1986’s Sacrifice was his last. These films are all visually beautiful, slow, and mysterious. They are “art films,” and Sacrifice became increasingly perceived as such over time. Absorbing Visuals The visual elements of Sacrifice have drawn a lot of attention: specifically, some very long takes, and the…

Mise-en-scene in PULP FICTION

PULP FICTION is a contemporary classic. It’s well-regarded by critics, and it’s popular, too. I suspect most everyone has seen it–unless you don’t like violence, which I quite understand. I would personally rate it as one of Tarantino’s better films. It has the trademark violence, but it’s not all cartoonish: it has emotional impact, too….

Tarkovsky’s THE SACRIFICE: Appreciating an Emblematic Art Film

Questions without Answers One summary of the plot of Andrey Tarkovsky’s 1986 film Sacrifice begins this way: An old actor and writer, Alexander…is celebrating his birthday with his family at his secluded country house. He has spent the morning planting a tree with his son and discussing Nietzsche with the psychic postman. Jets fly overhead….