Pursuit of visual experience: Films from 1965

Film is the product of people’s pursuit of the ultimate visual experience, which always stirs the emotions of the audience. Since 1965, a series of changes have taken place in world movie industry driven by the New Wave movement. There has been a great change in form, style as well as storytelling. However, the constant…

Historic vs Futuristic

“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get.” These famous words, uttered by Forrest Gump could have easily been describing Avatar director James Cameron. He did not know what he was going to get when he first dreamt up his 2009 blockbuster hit. It was four years in…

Change overtime

Movies have been around for a long time. Some people prefer watching horror movies, while others prefer watching comedy movies. On the other hand, some people would rather watch romance movies, while others would rather watch action movies. Although they all have different audiences, all of their respective audiences could agree that movies have changed…

The beauty of technological advancements

Avatar and the curious case of Benjamin Button, directed by James Cameron and David Fincher, are two interesting films with very weird plots.  Although the movies are both criticized because of their ideas, they both amazed their respective audiences with their use of advanced technology and their technique used when filming.  Avatar follows the story…