the kiss ( 1988 film )
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the kiss (1988). stars: joanna pacula, meredith salenger. director - pen densham. moria - the science - fiction, horror and fantasy film review .
kiss daddy goodnight (1988) is a decent enough thriller - the kind of film you' d sit through on the lifetime channel and feel was not a complete waste .
douglas fetherling, ed. , documents in canadian film (toronto: broadview press, 1988) .
gene hackman and willem dafoe in the 1988 film mississippi burning. photograph: orion / sportsphoto ltd. / allstar
i know, where does the kiss fit in? – bear with me .
a nightmare on elm street 4: the dream master is the fourth nightmare on elm street film, released in the year 1988 .
clara' s heart is a 1988 american drama film based on joseph olshan' s 1985 acclaimed novel of the same name .
the kiss was released theatrically in the united states in october 1988 through tristar pictures. the film grossed $ 1. 9 million in the united states, and repeatedly sold around 25, 000 tickets in québec, where it was filmed .
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clara' s heart
opened in theaters on october 7, 1988 and grossed $ 588, 869 during its opening weekend. it closed in theaters on december 1, 1988 .
the film also marked a return to the director' s chair for robert mulligan, who had not made a film in six years after the critical and commercial failure of kiss me goodbye .
black magic, possession, and bizarre deaths turn a normal familys life into a nonstop nightmare in this occult thriller, the kiss. the terror begins in the belgian. when felice and hillary were children, they were separated to live with other people. october 1988 tv spot for the horror film the kiss starring joanna pacula, meredith salenger and nicholas kilbertus .
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toronto international film festival the website for the toronto international film festival. check out the latest film news and links to the bell lightbox, the film reference library, cinematheque ontario, sprockets, reel learning, film circuit, canada' s top ten, and related features .
1988 in hazelwood v. kuhlmeier, the us supreme court rules that student journalists may be censored by school officials .
“many film scripts could do with a rewrite. but many more scripts are overwritten, with too many drafts and too many fingerprints on them. that’s the kiss of death for original film - making. ”
the kiss is a family story first – the black magic tests the family. the greater the test – i felt – the stronger the demonstration of courage and love .
the story for the kiss is timeless. with that in mind, it is ripe for a remake. what would you think if they did a remake on this film ?
future noir: contemporary representations of visionary cities ,
east - west film journal, 3, no. 1 (december 1988), 20 - 44 .
david cronenberg a profile of celebrated canadian writer and film director david cronenberg. from the toronto international film group .
i received the vhs video
the kiss' with a week. i like the content but the video sound while playing is not so good .
yippie ki - yay, motherf - - ker .
die hard (1988) play clip (excerpt) :
1896 movies arrive in the us and soon attract large and enthusiastic audiences; critics assail them, including thomas edison' s landmark 1896 film, the kiss, as a threat to morality .
tracy👩🏼 was played by actress ricki lake in the 1988 film, whilst in the 2007 remake, she was played by nikki blonsky. the 2007 film was actually blonsky' s debut as a professional actress. lake also made a cameo appearance in the 2007 film. with hairspray live! in 2016, she was played by maddie baillio .
to this day i have people who tell me they consider the kiss a bit of a classic. i always feel slightly shy about claiming anything other than i was proud to make the movie and of the work contributed by everyone…. but, feel free to ask shane black about the kiss, he has shared some very cool thoughts on the film .
kiss’s gene simmons has repeated his claim that rock’n’roll is “dead”, insisting that not one “iconic” act has emerged in the past 26 years .
kiss were inducted last april into the rock and roll hall of fame. their most recent album, monster, was released in 2012 .
tracy edna turnblad is a major protagonist in both the 1988 and 2007 films. she is the oversized optimistic, racially color blind daughter of edna turnblad and wilbur turnblad .
“film history, film practices, ” scandia [ sweden ] 76, no. 2 (2010), 13 - 30 .
uma is beautiful to look at, but the remainder of the film is pretty dreadful .
moffett, james. storms in the mountains: a case study of censorship, conflict, and consciousness. carbondale, il: southern illinois university press, 1988 .
the first time i saw an indian character in an american movie was “ short circuit 2, ” a 1988 film in which a humanized robot named johnny 5 goes to new york and bonds with an indian scientist named benjamin jarhvi .
the kiss
movie on vhs was in excellent condition just as described! i love this movie and this is now a part of my horror collection .
hide me, eddie, p - p - p - puh - leeeease .
who framed roger rabbit (1988) play clip (excerpt) :
“this film is not based on the gospels, but upon the fictional exploration of the eternal spiritual conflict. ”
with the headline: review / film; two bears who are just plain folks .
naturally, it didn’t exactly find an audience in 1988, though it has become a cult item during its home video lifespan. while scream factory’s decision to pair it with
i have a head for business and a bod for sin. is there anything wrong with that ?
working girl (1988) play clip (excerpt) :
urltoken the kiss: nicholas kilbertus, jan rubes, meredith salenger, joanna pacula, pen densham, richard lewis, john watson, inc. wholestar prods. : movies & tv
overall, though, the kiss is a quality horror film that only sometimes falls into repetitive structures. it has some unique kills, and joanna pacula really makes this film shine – her sexy, lusty qualities do well to emphasize just how dangerous she is as a voodoo witch. though amy isn’t exactly the most endearing main character, the story surrounding her is entertaining, if not original. it’s a film that’s certainly worth at least a peck on the cheek .
the screenplay for the kiss was written by stephen volk, who had previously written gothic (1986) for ken russell, and would follow the kiss with william friedkin' s the guardian (1990). though set in albany, new york and los angeles, the film was shot on location in montreal, québec, canada. its special effects team was made up of charles carter, and chris walas, who supplied the special effects on gremlins (1984) and david cronenberg' s the fly (1986) .
2006 no film rated nc - 17 has been a major box office success .
authorship and film co - ed. with david gerstner (routledge, 2003 )
last temptation of christ, 1988. this film spurred boycotts over the depiction of a sexual relationship between jesus and mary magdalene. protests outside theaters read :
don' t crucify christ again ,
stop this attack on christianity ,
and
scripture not scripts .
roger ebert, (who gave the film a 1 1 / 2 - star review for the chicago sun times) praised whoopi goldberg' s performance but panned the film itself, writing ,
goldberg is magnificent. the character belongs in a different film, even a different universe, from the rest of the ludicrous plot .
i have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass... and i' m all out of bubblegum .
they live (1988) play clip (excerpt) :
this is the damnedest season i' ve ever seen. i mean, the durham bulls can' t lose and i can' t get laid .
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les amants (the lovers) 1958. it was not so much the graphic portrayal of sex in this malle classic, since the film only shows a glimpse of the protagonist' s naked breast, but rather its celebration of adulterous liaisons. ohio enforced an obscenity law to ban the film, but in 1968 the supreme court reversed the obscenity conviction of the ohio theater that exhibited the film .
the proposal generated intense lobbying in both ottawa and washington, and encountered stiff opposition from mpaa president valenti, who enlisted us president ronald regan to speak out against the bill. when the film products importation act was tabled in may 1988, the original proposals had been considerably weakened and, during the free trade negotiations that followed, the federal government agreed to abandon even those .
the problem is that digital film - making allows the studio executives to see the rushes before even the film - makers: “ [ they ] are ready with their notes the moment the director leaves the set. compare that to midnight express, where we shot for six weeks before the studio ever saw a foot of film. by then, the train had left the station and there was nothing they could do about it .
carnal knowledge, 1971. although the film explored highly nuanced themes and characters, the censors were blinded by the titillating title and suggestion of sex. in 1972, the film was seized and a theater manager was arrested in georgia. the supreme court eventually overturned the conviction .
willis handpicked the director of the film, john moore who directed “max payne, ” “the omen, ” and “behind enemy lines. ”
one of the most significant events in canadian film history was the establishment of the national film board of canada (nfb). in 1938, the federal government commissioned scottish filmmaker john grierson — who had coined the term “documentary, ” and had been head of the empire marketing board and the general post office in britain — to study the state of film production in canada. he wrote a report that year that led to the creation of the nfb in may 1939, and was named the board’s first film commissioner in october 1939 .
films that use the holiday as a backdrop for the plot such as 1988' s
die hard ,
which was no. 6 on the list, and 1983' s
trading places
at no. 9, were also eligible, the website said .
the film was released on vhs, and later on dvd in february 2004 by columbia tristar home video .
the kiss has some surprisingly gruesome moments like the aforementioned scene, and the methods felice uses to kill her victims are all elaborate, almost beautifully masterminded in their depiction. amy’s friend is cut by her necklace caught in the turning escalator; a man is boiled to death in an elevator thanks to felice’s voodoo dolls. the kiss doesn’t shy away from showing these moments, and for the most part the effects are very well done – and there’s tension in the way the deaths are shot, slow and painful and impossible to avoid .
the kiss
( rated r for sex and violence) is a potent calling card for pen densham, who knows his way around the horror genre, draws the best from his cast and handles action and gore with flair and dispatch .
bonnie and clyde, 1967. this film, released shortly after the end of the hays code, was notable for its portrayal of graphic violence. critics and the general public were concerned that the film glamorized violence because the main characters were highly engaging and likeable .
there had been a couple of strong drafts of the script – the original story and first screenplay by stephen volk and some great expansions by tom ropelesky. it was originally called the host, but came to be called the kiss as we saw the power in the physical transfer of the creature mouth to mouth .
natural born killers, 1994. this film' s graphic portrayal of seemingly random acts of violence caused blockbuster, k - mart and wal - mart to refuse to stock the director' s cut of the film .
the more you watch vampire' s kiss the more sense it makes. this is my third watch and now i' ve got over the shock of cage' s performance you know, there' s actually a really good story under there .
“from 1958 until 1988 … [ you can ] name hundreds and hundreds of classic rock acts, ” simmons said. “i’ve got elvis presley, the beatles, the rolling stones, jimi hendrix, led zeppelin. on and on and on. even motown. madonna, prince, michael jackson. from 1988 until today, [ can you even ] give me five? you can’t name [ them ]. iconic? nobody. how about that! ”
the los angeles times gave the film a positive review, declaring the film
smart, fast and sassy, as much fun as it is scary in its shock - cut grisliness - - but absolutely not for the faint - of - heart .
the film originally went under the two working titles the host and kissed and saw its release pushed back several times, ultimately given a regional release .
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nice beaver .
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let me help you with that .
the naked gun: from the files of police squad! (1988) play clip (excerpt) :
the 1984 film, based on the william wharton novel, tells the story of two teenage boys living in working - class philadelphia in the 1960s and who fought in the vietnam war .
“the centrality of affect in reception studies, ” [ on sweeney todd ] in film - kino - zuschauer: filmrezeption / film - cinema - spectator: film reception, ed. irmbert schenk, margrit tröhler, and yvonne zimmermann. marburg, germany: schüren, 2010. pp. 85 - 98 .
the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans. it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .
sandra gathercole, “the best film policy this country never had, ” cinema canada (june 1978), 28–31 .
“writing the history of american film reception, ” in hollywood spectatorship: changing perceptions of cinema audiences, ed. melvyn stokes and richard maltby. london: british film institute, 2001. pp. 19 - 32 .
the last picture show, 1971. this film, featuring a scene of cybil shepherd skinny - dipping, was banned in phoenix in 1973 for violating a state obscenity statute. a federal court later held that the film was not obscene .
fellas, last year i made three million dollars. but your fifty thousand was the most fun. are you ready? then, let' s go get' em .
dirty rotten scoundrels (1988) play clip (excerpt) :
wyndham wise, ed. , take one' s essential guide to canadian film (2001) .
only one english canadian feature film was made in the 1940s — bush pilot (1946), an imitation of hollywood’s captains of the clouds (1942). a print of the film was restored by the national archives (now library and archives canada) and tmn television network .
the 1978 film follows a young american student imprisoned in turkey after being caught smuggling drugs. it depicts appalling prison conditions and brutality. the film won two oscars and became a cult classic, but was criticised for its negative portrayal of turkey .
the '` gorky park '` actress will have some big - screen exposure this fall. tri - star has set an october release for '` the kiss, '` a supernatural thriller in which pacula 's character goes through four physical metamorphoses .
“willy and i did the usual tap dancing for the us producers, but they didn’t see how beautiful a film it could have been. ”
national film board of canada watch full - length films, clips, and trailers - all free for home viewing. scroll down the page to see links to online animated shorts and films in other categories. from the national film board of canada .
further initiatives were taken to assist in the marketing and promotion of english canadian feature films, an area always perceived as the industry’s achilles heel. amid the monumental missed opportunities of the failed québec cinema act and the film products importation bill, telefilm created the feature film fund in 1986. in 1998, the organization increased the broadcast fund to $ 60 million and created the feature film distribution fund, which introduced lines of credit for canadian companies to draw from in order to distribute films internationally .
this list shows all films released in 1988, including films that went direct - to - video, or only got an international theatrical release. for each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic (us / canada) theatrical release .
sketches. we see human crash tests: a human hits a wall at five miles per hour, 50 mph, and 3000. a woman kisses a man as he listens to his walkman; through the kiss, she experiences the... see full summary »
jeff sagansky, the president of tri - star, was going to make the kiss in montreal and our canadian status gave us a leg up. he asked us to produce the movie. in return i asked to direct it. it was my first solo chance at directing a feature .
manjunath pendakur, canadian dreams and american control: the political economy of the canadian film industry (detroit: wayne state university press, 1990) .
this late 80' s gem is lost in the dustbins of the vhs counters, but prevails over much lesser competition. if you liked waxwork you will love the kiss. meredith salenger is terrific! and watch for a surprise appearance by shawn levy as the love interest. (levy went on to direct the two night at the museum films) .
, created the most controversy. the sex scenes in the film turned it into an overnight sensation. kent went on to direct two more features on the west coast before moving to montréal .
pacula plays her part well, too; her accent can become quite menacing, and her sexuality is poignant throughout the film, not just for men but for women as well. there’s something to be said about the kiss’ focus on sex as a way to bewitch the innocent; it serves as a reminder that one must be careful of how close they let a partner get, at least at first .
he' s on life - support. doctors say he' s got a 50 / 50 chance of living, though there' s only a 10 percent chance of that .
the naked gun: from the files of police squad! (1988) play clip (excerpt) :
an interview with writer / director boots riley about his incendiary new film ,
sorry to bother you .
i also assemble vast collections of images to help me find striking and powerful shots and to draw on to conjure the film’s atmosphere .
perverse spectators: the practices of film reception. new york: new york university press, 2000. 241pp. includes reprints of :
taboos and totems: cultural meanings of silence of the lambs .
in film theory goes to the movies, ed. jim collins, hilary radner, and ava collins. ny: routledge / american film institute, 1993. pp. 142 - 54 .
department of radio - television - film the university of texas at austin 2504 whitis ave. stop a0800 austin, tx 78712 - 1067
) and the world’s first movie studio to rely entirely on artificial light (in new york city), it is almost impossible to speak of a canadian film industry at the birth of cinema. the first public screening of a film in canada took place on 28 june 1896, in
in response to the gathering storm of indictment against his film, scorsese included an epigraph and a disclaimer, both of which appear on the screen before the title. the epigraph is a quotation from the kazantzakis novel :
the growth of canadian nationalism around the first world war promoted a brief flurry in canadian production and other aspects of the film industry. the first widely released canadian newsreels appeared, and feature film production expanded, as did the canadian - owned allen theatres chain and associated distribution companies. the motion picture bureaus established by the ontario government in 1917, and the federal government in 1918, also contributed to the boom in activity .
morris, magder and handling. r. the canadian encyclopedia. (2012). history of the canadian film industry. retrieved july 9, 2018 from urltoken
morris, magder and handling. r. the canadian encyclopedia. (2012). history of the canadian film industry. retrieved july 9, 2018 from urltoken
pierre véronneau, peter morris, piers handling. 2012. history of the canadian film industry. the canadian encyclopedia urltoken (accessed july 9, 2018) .
1969 midnight cowboy wins three academy awards. it is the first and only x - rated film to receive an oscar for best picture .
in the digital age, film - making has become a still more pressured profession, he believes, as directorial autonomy is further eroded .
( 1922) — were not as profitable as his first, they were not failures. only his last film —
katherine monk, weird sex and snowshoes: and other canadian film phenomena (vancouver: raincoast books, 2001) .
although, the development of feature filmmaking in canada was still sputtering, pioneering work was being done at the nfb. by the late 1950s, norman mclaren had won eight canadian film awards, two major prizes at the berlin international film festival, an academy award for his short film neighbours (1952) and an oscar nomination for a chairy tale (1957). the board’s unit b was putting out work of consistent quality and the candid eye series was producing groundbreaking direct cinema films .
a 1976 musical starring child actors, the film is set in new york city during prohibition and is based loosely on the lives of al capone and bugs moran .
if you love this planet, 1982. this canadian documentary on the medical and social effects of nuclear war triggered concern because it interspersed short clips from ronald reagan movies. after the u. s. justice department labeled the film
political propaganda ,
the film gained notoriety, eventually leading to an oscar for best short documentary for director terri nash. in her acceptance speech, she thanked the u. s. government for so effectively
advertising
her film .
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all airlines have crashed at one time or another. that doesn' t mean that they are not safe .
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quantas .
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quantas never crashed .
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cage turns in an unforgettable, career - defining performance, and singled - handedly saves what is otherwise a dull film .
1961 in times film corp. v. chicago, the supreme court says that chicago' s licensing scheme, which required film exhibitors to submit films for police review before screening, is not a prior restraint on speech, leaving courts to rule in individual cases whether the result is constitutional .
1915 the naacp and others protest against birth of a nation, d. w. griffith' s film about the civil war and reconstruction, which incites riots in ohio, massachusetts, pennsylvania, and colorado. it will become the most banned film in u. s. history because of its controversial racial content .
“ film noir as male melodrama: the politics of film genre labeling, ” in the shifting definitions of genre: essays on labeling films, television shows and media, ed. lincoln geraghty and mark jancovich. jefferson, nc: mcfarland & company, 2008. pp. 71 - 91 .
film, reception, and cultural studies ,
the centennial review, 36, no. 1 (winter 1992), 89 - 104 .
the kiss
( citywide) is the
cat people
for the late' 80s - - and a much more effective film than paul schrader' s 1982 remake of jacques tourneur' s 1942 classic. it' s smart, fast and sassy, as much fun as it is scary in its shock - cut grisliness - - but absolutely not for the faint - of - heart. it' s a fine feature debut for british - born canadian director pen densham .
what’s the problem? probably rights again. new line picked up the distribution in the us, and warners did the vhs. but there were at least six production companies involved in the film’s creation, most of which never made anything again .
at its peak in 1925, the ompb distributed 1, 500 reels of film per month, using 28mm, non - theatrical safety stock in order to avoid the fire hazard posed by 35mm nitrate stock. its distribution system became outdated in the late 1920s when 16mm film stock replaced 28mm. after becoming inefficient and irrelevant, the ompb was shut down in october 1934. however, it established a legacy of government involvement in canadian filmmaking which would become a defining feature of the canadian film industry .
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i' m goin' steady. and i french kiss .
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so, everybody does that .
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yeah, but daddy says i' m the best at it .
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the tin drum, 1979. oklahoma city police confiscated the film from video stores, the public library, and private homes in june 1997, in response to complaints from oklahomans for children and families (ocaf). a federal judge held that the film does not contain child pornography, and that it is constitutionally protected because of its artistic value .
morris, peter, magder, ted and handling, piers. 2012. history of the canadian film industry. the canadian encyclopedia urltoken (accessed july 9, 2018) .
“authorship studies and gus van sant, ” film criticism 29, no. 1 (fall 2004), 1 - 22 .
“ kiss me deadly: cold war threats from spillane to aldrich, new york to los angeles, and the mafia to the h - bomb, ” in new directions in american reception studies, ed. philip goldstein and james l. machor. ny: oxford university press, 2008. pp. 279 - 88 .
1915 in mutual film corporation v. industrial commission of ohio, the supreme court holds that movies are not protected by the first amendment. the ruling allows state and local boards to continue censoring films .
beginning in the early 1970s, regional film cooperatives — such as the toronto filmmakers co - op (1971–79), the atlantic filmmakers cooperative in halifax (1974–) and the winnipeg film group (1974–) — began to train young filmmakers who remained committed to the concept of a cultural cinema. from the early 1980s to the late 1990s, a generation of talented independent filmmakers began to emerge, further aided by the introduction in the mid - 1980s of provincial funding agencies .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. what a space it opens…
but there are those moments where the kiss dithers away its scares. the cat that felice uses to attack people is so clearly a puppet that it fails to surprise; chalk this up to the fact that in every shot of the cat, it’s always got its fur standing straight up, with the same snarling face, as though the special effects crew didn’t bother to make a cat puppet that’s not in attack mode .
you look at the list and it' s all the classics... the cream floats to the top ,
atchity said, adding that the rankings were weighted to reflect the amount of reviews a film received, which could artificially boost or decline a score .
1959 in holding that the film version of lady chatterly' s lover is entitled to first amendment protection, the supreme court finds that its sympathetic portrayal of adultery is not obscene .
peter morris, ted magder and piers handling .
history of the canadian film industry .
in the canadian encyclopedia. historica canada, 1985—. article published january 11, 2012
pierre véronneau, peter morris, piers handling, r. the canadian encyclopedia. (2012). history of the canadian film industry. retrieved july 9, 2018, from urltoken
the nervous young actor warily edges up to his older, more seasoned co - star. they stare at each other for a long moment. then, very tentatively, they move closer. they embrace. they begin to nuzzle. they kiss. it' s a big, wet, messy one .
when we were looking for an asian actor for “master of none, ” my fellow creator, alan yang, asked me: “how many times have you seen an asian guy kiss someone in tv or film? ” after a long hard think, we came up with two (steven yeun on “the walking dead” and daniel dae kim on “lost”). it made me realize how important it was not to give up on our search .
the kiss
, while rare and oop, is quite a fun movie to watch. if you love' 80s horror movies, you will love this. it' s got a chilling score, likable characters, and an extremely fun, over - the - top ending. definitely give this one a watch if you can !
pierre véronneau, peter morris, piers handling .
history of the canadian film industry
in the canadian encyclopedia. historica canada, 1985–. article published january 10, 2012. urltoken
' the eyes are really the focus': photoplay acting and film form and style ,
wide angle, 6, no. 4 (1985), 14 - 23 .
the romances of the blonde venus: movie censors versus movie fans ,
canadian journal of film studies, 6, no. 2 (fall 1997), 5 - 20 .
in 2006 the québec comedy bon cop bad cop grossed nearly $ 12 million, making it the most successful canadian film at the domestic box office to date. in 2010, resident evil: afterlife 3d, a co - production with germany, became the top - grossing canadian film of all time, surpassing porky' s with a worldwide box office of $ 250 million .
“die hard, ” the 1988 action thriller that propelled bruce willis to movie stardom, came out on july 15. “die hard 2: die harder” was released july 6 two years later. “die hard: with a vengeance” followed on may 19, five years later, and “live free or die hard” was released june 27, 2007 .
it wasn' t until the principal photography was finished that was mulligan willing to discuss alternative ideas with levin in the editing room. they wound up finding common ground over one of the crucial scenes towards the end of the film in which clara confesses to david the truth about her son .
theatre ownership was traditionally the most lucrative sector of the film industry, with the theatre owner typically taking 50 per cent of every ticket sold. because of the high cost of film production, widespread distribution is vital to a film' s commercial success. in the 1920s, the major hollywood studios (paramount, rko, 20th century fox, mgm and warner bros .) adopted a vertically - integrated model of ownership, combining production and distribution under one umbrella. the majors then aligned themselves with the large national theatre chains in order to guarantee an outlet for their product, in some cases purchasing theatre chains outright .
peter urquhart, 1979: reading the tax shelter boom in canadian film history, department of art history and communication studies, mcgill university (montréal, 2004) .
hybrid or inbred: the purity hypothesis and hollywood genre history ,
film criticism, 22, no. 1 (fall 1997), 5 - 20 .
two years on, he is still active in the industry, representing film - makers as honorary president of fera (federation of european film directors). but there are no regrets for the days spent punting scripts in unpromising circumstances. parker’s passion now is painting, and his energy is currently focused on his first major exhibition .
morris, peter, ted magder and piers handling .
history of the canadian film industry
. the canadian encyclopedia. toronto: historica canada, 2012. web. 11 jan 2012 .
morris, peter, ted magder and piers handling .
history of the canadian film industry
. the canadian encyclopedia. toronto: historica canada, 2012. web. 11 jan 2012 .
one day in college, i decided to go on the television and film website imdb to see what happened to the indian actor from “short circuit 2. ” turns out, the indian guy was a white guy .
after 1912, film companies in several canadian cities began producing fiction as well as factual films. in halifax, the canadian bioscope company made the first canadian feature, evangeline (1913), based on the longfellow poem about the expulsion of the acadians. it was a critical and financial success. the company made several other less successful films before folding in 1915. the british american film company of montréal, one of several short - lived companies in that city, produced the battle of the long sault (1913). in toronto, the conness till film company made several comedy and adventure films from 1914–15, and in windsor, on, the all red feature company produced the war pigeon (1914), a drama about the war of 1812 .
when we had patched the film together (if wishes were horses) – to my utter surprise the thing won fourteen awards, was reviewed as the best movie of any length ever shown on canadian tv… and norman jewison invited me to hollywood to mentor me on feature film making! i was sure it was all a big mistake…. imposter syndrome, again .
in 2011, telefilm announced a new system to measure the success of canadian films, one that takes into account the sales of a film’s worldwide rights and gives points based on film festival appearances and awards, as well as the amount of private investment a film generates. in 2013, a group led by robert lantos that included david cronenberg, atom egoyan, paul gross and former alliance ceo victor loewy attempted to launch starlight, a television channel devoted to canadian movies. however, the proposed channel died when it was denied mandatory distribution by the crtc .
speaking this week, simmons claimed the problem could be traced to declining record sales. “i think it really comes down to when technology outpaces the laws of the land, ” he said. “it’s the wild west – people just go and grab territory and don’t pay for it. it devalues new bands. it doesn’t affect me – i make a living – but it’s sad, because the next beatles or the next kiss … does not have a chance. ”
individualism versus collectivism: the shift to independent production in the us film industry ,
screen, 24, no. 4 - 5 (july - october 1983), 68 - 79 .
“the revenge of the film education movement: cult movies and fan interpretative behaviors, ” reception: texts, readers, audiences, history 1 (fall 2008), 43 - 69. urltoken .
“great movies were made on celluloid film, when the studio executives didn’t interfere, frankly, because they couldn’t: the process was too cumbersome. the convenience of digital editing now allows the studios and producers to more often assemble their own cuts, ignoring completely the director’s intentions. ”
president / ceo katy wallin’s fierce commitment to creating visionary and innovative projects has led her to team up with some of the most recognized talent in the world and combine their creativity to bring innovative film projects to life. katy founded a film production banner focused on inspirational, aspirational storytelling, under which many of her projects have received critical acclaim .
we ended up, due to budget limits, working the most incredible hours. the climax of the film was a battle in an outdoor swimming pool at night. we were shooting in montreal – it gets real cold there .
a decision against the us cartel would have been a historic turning point for the future of filmmaking in canada. apart from the work of associated screen news and government production (which also suffered funding cutbacks during the depression), by the 1930s the canadian film industry had become virtually a branch plant of hollywood .
filmmakers have been flocking to seattle ever since the city' s film debut in 1933' s tugboat annie. seattle has been a backdrop for some of hollywood' s biggest movies and remains among one of the best cities to film in because of our diverse scenery, commitment to arts and culture and experienced local cast, crew and support services .
the pleasures and profits of a postmodern film historiography ,
norsk medietidsskrift [ olso, norway ], 2, no. 2 (1995), 7 - 17 .
as a child, i thought the villain of the film was oscar baldwin, the banker who tricks johnny 5 into helping him commit a jewel heist. as an adult, i thought the bad guy was actually mr. stevens, who mocked my ethnicity .
why do dogs bark at such innocent creatures as pigeons and squirrels... what are they afraid of? this film answers that eternal question .
director pen densham aims for style but the wimpily overdone pseudo - sinister 80s synth score and fake red herrings fail miserably and there is only a tacky amusement to be found in the entire film. mostly ,
in a strange move fox filmed entertainment announced the fifth die hard movie. the film will, of course, star bruce willis as john mcclane, and will be titled “a good day to die hard. ”
in the early 1980s, the film industry in canada was on shaky ground, almost wholly dependent upon government financing and unable to secure screen time in canadian theatres. francis fox, the liberal federal minister of communications, issued the national film and video policy in 1984, and the cfdc was transformed into telefilm canada with a $ 35 - million broadcast program development fund to reflect its new dual orientation: funding television programs as well as theatrical feature films .
, a film that shares screenwriter joseph minion’s oddball inclinations. a disturbing but amusing portrait of madness set amidst the backdrop of corporate america, it’s a wry takedown of boardroom culture. it’s
class, ethnicity, and gender: explaining the development of early american film narrative ,
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the history of world cinema: models for economic analysis ,
co - authored: janet staiger and douglas gomery, film reader, 4 (1979), 35 - 44 .
' tame' authors and the corporate laboratory: stories, writers, and scenarios in hollywood ,
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1971 the pentagon papers, describing the us involvement in vietnam, are published by the new york times. the government charges the times with violating the espionage act and seeks to enjoin further publication. the supreme court rejects the government' s argument and holds that the injunction violates the first amendment .
1955 – 1956 the legion of decency and the mpaa begin to clash: the legion approves man with a golden arm, including a depiction of drug use, but the mpaa does not, while elia kazan' s film baby doll is approved by mpaa but condemned by the legion for its erotic content .
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since the invention of the kiss, there have been five kisses that were rated the most passionate, the most pure. this one left them all behind. the end. now, i think you oughta go to sleep... . alright, ok, ok, ok, alright, so long .
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grandpa? maybe you could come over and read it again to me tomorrow .
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as you wish .
the princess bride (1987) play clip (excerpt) :
: this film goes more into the idea that freddy absorbs the souls of the teens he kills a bit. in a scene, we' re shown that freddy literally eats them, even comparing them to meatballs. near the climax, we also see the souls screaming in hapless agony inside of his body .
pierre véronneau, peter morris, piers handling
history of the canadian film industry
the canadian encyclopedia. eds. andrew mcintosh and wyndham wise. toronto: historica canada, 2012. web. 9 jul. 2018 .
rotten tomatoes, which analyzes film reviews and assigns a score based on total critical reception, applied that same formula to christmas films for the list, matt atchity, the website' s editor in chief, told reuters .
clearly considering himself well out of it, parker is disarmingly frank when it comes to the downsides of the film career that eventually wore him down. he had simply had enough of holding out the begging bowls to over - powerful and interfering studio executives .
the story is simple, but elaborately told. youk, the cub, is orphaned early in the film when his mother is killed by a rockslide as she tries to extract some honey from a beehive. this sequence is poignantly and picturesquely rendered in a mountainous setting that cries out for the trapp family (much of'' the bear'' was shot in the bavarian alps). and it launches the young cub on a series of adventures, with the older bear kaar and with such subordinate players as a frisky frog and a menacing puma. there are also evil human hunters who, by the end of the film, have learned to appreciate the grandeur of the bears and renounce the error of their ways .
in this film cage plays a yuppie executive at a firm who starts out as being a self centered asshole to pretty much everyone he is around. it is after…
film editor sid levin describes mulligan as being
a bit aloof
during their first meeting but coming across as
a caring, sensitive, decent man .
in 1997 atom egoyan' s the sweet hereafter won the grand jury prize, the international critics prize and the ecumenical award at the cannes film festival, making it the most honoured canadian film ever to play the festival. it was nominated for academy awards for adapted screenplay and best director, the first for a canadian director. in 2001, zacharias kunuk ’s atanarjuat (the fast runner), the first dramatic feature to be shot entirely in inuktituk with an all - inuit cast, won the caméra d' or at cannes. in 2004, denys arcand ‘s les invasions barbares / the barbarian invasions (2003) won the academy award for best foreign language film, another first for a canadian. four canadian films in the next eight years earned oscar nominations in the same category: mehta’s water (2006); villeneuve’s incendies (2010); falardeau’s monsieur lazhar (2011); and kim nguyen ’s rebelle (war witch) (2012) .
1927 independent film exhibitors, frustrated by movie studio rules that give them little say over what films they show, create the allied states association, and join other critics in calling for government regulation .
what’s the problem? all quiet on the western front is these days lauded as culturally and historically significant, but the road back remains a footnote to that story. neutering the film to appease the nazi regime (or “cultivate the good will of germany” as it was worded) is not universal’s finest hour. without the materials to reassemble whale’s director’s cut and put the mistake right, it’s an episode they would likely prefer stays in the vaults .
' the handmaiden of villainy': methods and problems in studying the historical reception of a film ,
wide angle, 8, no. 1 (1986), 19 - 27. revision reprinted in interpreting films .
all of these films were made on modest budgets and only a few enjoyed modest commercial success. the cfdc was pressured to raise the visibility of the material it was funding, either by legislating the marketplace in order to guarantee the distribution and exhibition of canadian films, or by employing foreign talent in conjunction with canadians. the ontario ministry of industry and tourism appointed producer and broadcasting executive john bassett to head a task force to study the canadian film industry. the conclusion of the bassett report was that “a basic film industry exists. it’s the audiences that need to be nurtured through theatrical exposure. the optimum method of accomplishing this is to establish a quota system for theatres. ”
tri - star had a great character on its staff. a development guy called paul stupin. paul had more energy, buoyancy and love of genre than any person i had met. he was a force of nature. he loved making spooky films. and was a major champion in the studio for the kiss. others in the system – like many today – tended to look down at scary films as beneath them. but paul pushed and jollied this film along. he found the canadian group astral, headed by harold greenberg who would co - invest, which lowered the risk to tri - star. luckily, harold was a friend and a fan of john and my work .
director: michael lindsay - hogg starring: the beatles, yoko ono what’s the story? a documentary about the beatles, which, as it turned out, chronicled more - or - less their last days – although a lot of the footage of the band falling out with each other was cut to make to make the film less abrasive. the final product follows the band recording at apple corps headquarters and staging an impromptu gig on the studio roof .
the canadian government motion picture bureau, founded as the exhibits and publicity bureau in 1918, was the first national film production unit in the world. its purpose was to produce films that promoted canadian trade and industry. as the minister of trade and commerce put it in 1924, the bureau “was established for the purpose of advertising abroad canada’s scenic attractions, agricultural resources and industrial development. ”
the bureau focused on travelogues and industrial films through the 1920s and 1930s, with sporadic attempts at more meaningful projects, such as lest we forget (1935) and the royal visit (1939). the bureau didn’t convert to sound films until 1934, and was effectively replaced in 1939 by the creation of the national film board (nfb), which officially absorbed the bureau in 1941.
the kiss is a 1988 american horror film directed by pen densham and starring joanna pacula and meredith salenger . the plot follows two young women who find themselves haunted by an ancient parasitic curse that was passed on to one of them by a kiss . film critics and historians have claimed the film to be an allegory of the aids epidemic of the late 1980s . 
the kiss is a 1988 american horror film directed by pen densham and starring joanna pacula and meredith salenger. the plot follows two young women who find themselves haunted by an ancient parasitic curse that was passed on to one of them by a kiss. film critics and historians have claimed the film to be an allegory of the aids epidemic of the late 1980s.
the kiss is a 1988 american horror film directed by pen densham and starring joanna pacula and meredith salenger. the plot follows two young women who find themselves haunted by an ancient parasitic curse that was passed on to one of them by a kiss. film critics and historians have claimed the film to be an allegory of the aids epidemic of the late 1980s.