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To watch a film you pay for it not with your money, but with your time...
Watching films is a tricky activity, especially for filmmakers. To begin with, you obsessively start watching must-see lists in search of both great examples of filmmaking craft and inspiration. However, at some point this process could become so extensive that it could harm your own film style and language, and you could unconsciously start copying others. Moreover, you could get frustrated about your own inability to create a worthy film compared to the acclaimed masterpieces. But if you are not falling into this trap, watching films can be very educational and inspirational!
Once you start digging into the filmmaking process from a professional point of view, you will be able to see films' structure and spot work performed by every department and creative person involved. And at this very moment you will also be able to detect films' strengths and weaknesses and
Once you start digging into the filmmaking process from a professional point of view, you will be able to see films' structure and spot work performed by every department and creative person involved. And at this very moment you will also be able to detect films' strengths and weaknesses and
to understand why some films are great, others are good, and the rest are just films.
It's difficult to remain objective when it comes to film appreciation.
What can be found useful is a popular comparison of a film director to a conductor because they do have a lot in common: a script and a music sheet, different departments and different musical instruments in the orchestra that you need to direct to create a harmonious but at the same time very powerful artwork. If this harmony is ruined, so as the film. That's why in great films nothing particularly stands out such as the script, directing, acting, cinematography, production design, music or editing. Instead all these components stand out together in their harmony and power.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, a Mexican film director, once said
"To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war; to make a very good film is a miracle".
In this part of MY KINOROOM, you'll see some of the miracles and also other places where these miracles can be found.
It's difficult to remain objective when it comes to film appreciation.
What can be found useful is a popular comparison of a film director to a conductor because they do have a lot in common: a script and a music sheet, different departments and different musical instruments in the orchestra that you need to direct to create a harmonious but at the same time very powerful artwork. If this harmony is ruined, so as the film. That's why in great films nothing particularly stands out such as the script, directing, acting, cinematography, production design, music or editing. Instead all these components stand out together in their harmony and power.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, a Mexican film director, once said
"To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war; to make a very good film is a miracle".
In this part of MY KINOROOM, you'll see some of the miracles and also other places where these miracles can be found.
To watch a film you pay for it not with your money, but with your time...
Watching films is a tricky activity, especially for filmmakers. To begin with, you obsessively start watching must-see lists in search of both great examples of filmmaking craft and inspiration. However, at some point this process could become so extensive that it could harm your own film style and language, and you could unconsciously start copying others. Moreover, you could get frustrated about your own inability to create a worthy film compared to the acclaimed masterpieces. But if you are not falling into this trap, watching films can be very educational and inspirational!
Once you start digging into the filmmaking process from a professional point of view, you will be able to see films' structure and spot work performed by every department and creative person involved. And at this very moment you will also be able to detect films' strengths and weaknesses and to understand why some films are great, others are good, and the rest are just films.
It's difficult to remain objective when it comes to film appreciation.
What can be found useful is a popular comparison of a film director to a conductor because they do have a lot in common: a script and a music sheet, different departments and different musical instruments in the orchestra that you need to direct to create a harmonious but at the same time very powerful artwork. If this harmony is ruined, so as the film. That's why in great films nothing particularly stands out such as the script, directing, acting, cinematography, production design, music or editing. Instead all these components stand out together in their harmony and power.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, a Mexican film director, once said
"To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war; to make a very good film is a miracle".
In this part of MY KINOROOM, you'll see some of the miracles and also other places where these miracles can be found.
Once you start digging into the filmmaking process from a professional point of view, you will be able to see films' structure and spot work performed by every department and creative person involved. And at this very moment you will also be able to detect films' strengths and weaknesses and to understand why some films are great, others are good, and the rest are just films.
It's difficult to remain objective when it comes to film appreciation.
What can be found useful is a popular comparison of a film director to a conductor because they do have a lot in common: a script and a music sheet, different departments and different musical instruments in the orchestra that you need to direct to create a harmonious but at the same time very powerful artwork. If this harmony is ruined, so as the film. That's why in great films nothing particularly stands out such as the script, directing, acting, cinematography, production design, music or editing. Instead all these components stand out together in their harmony and power.
Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, a Mexican film director, once said
"To make a film is easy; to make a good film is war; to make a very good film is a miracle".
In this part of MY KINOROOM, you'll see some of the miracles and also other places where these miracles can be found.
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FEATURES
This is a selection of feature fiction and documentary films and TV series which were released in the past few years or are about to be released. Some of these films have very good festival history, having won awards; others, were undeservingly underrated. These films are examples of those films you can definitely learn from and get inspiration for your own film projects.
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SHORTS
These short films you've probably never seen but they are hidden treasures for filmmakers, especially for the beginners since they were made by great film directors who were beginners themselves a long time ago. It's thrilling to see what these first shorts made by Stanley Kubrick, Michelangelo Antonioni, Jean-Luc Godard, Ridley Scott, David Lynch, etc. Did those first shorts already possess these directors' unique style and language? The only way to find out is to watch and decide for yourself how these great film directors showed their talent in a short form.
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FILMS ABOUT FILMS
This section is dedicated to films about filmmakers and to the film production in general and in particular. There are films about film history, film directors, cinematographers, composers, production designers, editors, etc. And there are films about how great films were made starting from just an idea and ending in a big theatrical release. It's an extraordinary opportunity to sneak behind the scenes and see big budget and iconic productions from the inside, meet the crew and discover the filmmaker's journey through all the stages of the filmmaking process.
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HIDDEN GEMS
Check these film ratings, they can list some really great films:
Or check top film directors' favourite films:
"Among my favourite films I'd name "Diary of a Country Priest" (1951) and "Mouchette" (1967) by Robert Bresson; Ingmar Bergman's "Winter Light" (1963), "Wild Strawberries" (1957) and "Persona" (1966); then, Luis Buñuel's "Nazarin" (1959); "City Lights" (1931) by Charlie Chaplin; "Ugetsu Monogatari" (1953) by Kenji Mizoguchi; Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" (1954) and "Woman of the Dunes" (1964) by Hiroshi Teshigahara."
1) "I Vitelloni" (1953) by Federico Fellini; 2) "Wild Strawberries" (1957) by Ingmar Bergman; 3) "Citizen Kane" (1941) by Orson Welles; 4) "The Treasure of the Sierra Madre" (1948) by John Huston; 5) "City Lights" (1931) by Charlie Chaplin; 6) "Henry V" (1944) by Laurence Olivier; 7) "La Notte" (1961) by Michelangelo Antonioni; 8) "The Bank Dick" (1940) by Edward F. Cline, Ralph Ceder; 9) "Roxie Hart" (1942) by William A. Wellman; 10) "Hell's Angels" (1930) by Howard Hughes, James Whale, Edmund Goulding.
1. "The Circus" (1928), "City Lights" (1931), "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) by Charlie Chaplin; 2. Any Marx Brothers or Laurel and Hardy; 3. "Stagecoach" (1939) by John Ford; 4. "Rashomon" (1950) by Akira Kurosawa; 5. "The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie" (1972) by Luis Bunuel; 6. "2001: A Space Odyssey" (1968) by Stanley Kubrick; 7. "Paisan" (1946) by Roberto Rossellini; 8. "The Birds" (1963) by Alfred Hitchcock; 9. "Wild Strawberries" (1957) by Ingmar Bergman; 10. "8½" (1963) by Federico Fellini.
"Andrei Rublev" (1971) by Andrei Tarkovsky; "The Circus" (1928) by Charlie Chaplin; "The Conductor" (1980) by Andrzej Wajda; "Marianne and Juliane" (1981) by Margarethe von Trotta; "The Passion of Joan of Arc" (1928) by Carl Theodor Dreyer; "The Phantom Carriage" (1921) by Victor Sjöström; "Port of Shadows" (1938) by Marcel Carné; "Raven's End" (1963) by Bo Wilderberg; "Rashomon" (1950) by Akira Kurosawa; "La strada" (1954) by Federico Fellini; "Sunset Boulevard" (1950) by Billy Wilder.
1) "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966) by Sergio Leone; 2) "Rio Bravo" (1959) by Howard Hawks; 3) "Blow Out" (1981) by Brian De Palma; 4) "Taxi Driver" (1976) by Martin Scorsese; 5) "His Girl Friday" (1940) by Howard Hawks; 6) "Five Fingers of Death" (1972) by Jeong Chang-Hwa; 7) "Pandora's Box" (1929) by G. W. Pabst; 8) "Carrie" (1976) by Brian De Palma; 9) "Unfaithfully Yours" (1948) by Preston Sturges; 10) "Five Graves to Cairo" (1943) by Billy Wilder; 11) "Jaws" (1975) by Steven Spielberg.
"The Mirror" (1975) by Andrei Tarkovsky; "The Good and the Bad" (1975) by Jørgen Leth; "The Night Porter" (1974) by Liliana Cavani; "Journey to Italy" (1954) by Roberto Rossellini; "La Notte" (1961) by Michelangelo Antonioni; "Arabian Nights" (1974) by Pier Paolo Pasolini; "Touch of Evil" (1958) by Orson Welles; "Barry Lyndon" (1975) by Stanley Kubrick; "Wild Strawberries" (1957) by Ingmar Bergman; "West Side Story" (1961) by Jerome Robbins and Robert Wise; "Singin' in the Rain" (1952) by Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly.
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