Since the time when moving pictures first become a reality, things have changed in the more than one hundred years. From the silent era to the first talkies, it was really the Sixties when things started to be close to how we know it now. In the fifty years since then, while things like the…
Author: T.B Todd
Alien- The Power of Fear
The screen opens to an unsettling black background when lines slowly appear before your eyes. The title is just as unsettling as the lack of sound, and it sets the mood for the rest of the film. In an interview with Richard Greenberg, the one who created the title, says, “I think Steve Frankfurt once…
Blazing Saddles- The Western Spoof
Blazing Saddles was a cheeky take on westerns and helped define the parody for years to come. Even though it takes place in a western setting with horses and guns, critics debate if it is a considered a hybrid or a full-fledged western itself. When we look at the movie poster, it seems like it…
Breathless (A Bout De Souffle)
Breathless is a French New wave film that was released in 1960, and was directed by Jean-Luc Godard. When it was released, it shook the world. This was a film that had unknown actors, took risks, and was considered to be bad editing for the time. What they ended up with is something truly unique…
The Matrix
I still remember the first time I had watched The Matrix. I was sixteen at the time, and it had happened to be in a film class. The teacher had set up a sheet that he used as a makeshift screen. Up close we saw the giant Pods that held the humans captive, Neos mouth getting…
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