conspiracy ( 1930 film )
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the following is an overview of 1930 in film, including significant events, a list of films released and notable births and deaths .
continuum film blog: die drei von der tankstelle (three good friends) (1930) d. wilhelm thiele / pt. 2
die drei von der tankstelle (three good friends) (1930) d. wilhelm thiele / pt. 2
american domination of the canadian film industry meant that, as early as 1923, canada had no real, viable film industry of its own. by 1930, american film distributors controlled the canadian market under the umbrella of vertical integration, controlling almost 95 per cent of film distribution in canada .
the afi catalog silent film database contains over 25, 000 entries for silent american films from the years 1893 - 1930. entries for silent films produced after 1911 are for feature - length films only .
. and these allegations are virtually unchallenged; many people fervently believe in the hemp conspiracy, even though the evidence to back it up vaporizes under even minimal scrutiny .
an investigation into what was effectively an american monopoly in the canadian film sector began in september 1930 under the federal combines investigation act. prime minister r. b. bennett appointed peter white to investigate more than 100 complaints against american film interests operating in canada. white’s report concluded that famous players was a combine “detrimental to the public interest. ”
the mystery surrounding a video that appears to show a young woman talking on a cell phone in 1938 may be solved. the explanation, if true, is sure to disappoint many conspiracy theorists .
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i like the way cars are used in the film. as richard traubner said at his
november 1: the big trail featuring a young john wayne in his first starring role is released in both 35mm and a very early form of 70mm film. it is the first large scale big - budget film of the sound era costing over $ 2 million. the film is praised for its aesthetic quality and realism that will not become commonplace until many decades later. however, due to the new film format and the film' s release during the great depression, the film will go on to become a financial failure at the box office .
most of this film also appeared in the 1956 version of around the world in 80 days .
march 10: release of goodbye argentina (adiós argentina), the first argentine film with a (musical) soundtrack. ada cornaro has her first starring role and libertad lamarque makes her film debut .
g. t. bondurant of horsepasture in henry county was torn in his reaction to the film .
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in the early years of the film industry, the regulation of the embryonic film sector in canada was left largely to the provinces, which set parameters for film content, exhibition and distribution. at the turn of the 20th century, several provinces went beyond this and established cinema offices, producing films to boost tourism and entice immigrants .
a similar
time traveler
video captured the imaginations of conspiracy theorists in 2010. the clip consists of unreleased footage from a 1928 charlie chaplin film and shows a woman in the background walking while appearing to talk on a cell phone. was she a time traveler, or was she just holding her hand up to her face as she passed in front of the camera ?
a feature film about priests who abuse children is being released on 25 march. which happens to be good friday .
sandra gathercole, “the best film policy this country never had, ” cinema canada (june 1978), 28–31 .
; many people inspired to cannabis activism by jack herer' s hemp - can - save - the - world vision and passionate denunciations of pot prohibition buy into the whole
conspiracy against marijuana
package. another is that many stoners love a good conspiracy theory; secret cabals are simpler and sexier villains than sociopolitical forces. the conspiracist worldview, a hybrid of the who - really - killed - the - kennedys suspicions of the' 60s left and the bilderbergs - and - illuminati demonology of the far right, is especially common in rural areas and among pothead
by the mid - 1990s, levy - gardner - laven was one of the oldest surviving independent film production companies in hollywood .
despite american domination over nearly all aspects of the canadian distribution sector, canadian filmmakers and producers have been fighting since the postwar years for a national film industry protected by pragmatic government policy. government agencies such as the canadian film development corporation (cfdc) — created in 1967 and reorganized as telefilm canada in 1984 — approached the film industry as a cultural imperative, and worked to challenge american control over distribution and exhibition .
and now we come to something even more controversial than fake moon landings: silent film scores. there is nothing that silent film fans will argue about more (well, that and projection speed) than whether or not a score is suitable. period music only! no synthesizers !
powerful and influential though it was, the phoebus cartel was short - lived. within six years of its formation, the cartel was already starting to struggle. between 1930 and 1933, its sales volume dropped by more than 20 percent—even as the overall market for lighting was growing. the cartel was also weakened by the expiration of ge’s basic lightbulb patents in 1929, 1930, and 1933, by occasional conflicts among its members, and by legal attacks, particularly in the united states. what ultimately killed phoebus, however, was world war ii. as the members’ host countries went to war, close coordination became impossible. the cartel’s 1924 agreement, which was supposed to last until 1955, was nullified in 1940 .
film distribution is one of the three main branches of the film industry, providing the link between film production and exhibition. it is also the most predictably profitable of the three sectors, at least for the large multinational conglomerates that dominate the industry internationally. film distribution companies supply movies, television programs, videos and new media to outlets such as cinemas and broadcasters in territories where they have acquired rights from the producers. traditionally, distribution companies are the prime source for financing new productions. the distribution sector has been called “the invisible art” because its practices tend to only concern industry insiders and go unnoticed by audiences. american companies dominate film distribution in canada and have controlled access to canadian screens since the 1920s .
the hemp - conspiracy theory blames that law on hearst and dupont' s plot to suppress hemp paper and cloth. the theory is that the invention of a hemp processor known as the
decorticator
made it easier, faster and much more cost - effective to extract hemp fiber from the stalks. in february 1938 ,
bone shot cord dead after he non - chalantly put on his sunglasses. the gun blast abruptly ended the film as it cut to black .
founded by fritzi kramer, movies silently’s mission is to make silent film fun and accessible with reviews, articles, animated gifs and daily updates .
it is difficult to believe that in the 1950s so many germans born after 1930, like radmann, knew little if anything about auschwitz, even though many older family members belonged to the nazi party and some even worked at the camp. those confronted with committing atrocities in the past smugly trot out the familiar defense that they had no choice and were just following orders .
morris, cuthbert and zuschlag. r. the canadian encyclopedia. (2012). film distribution in canada. retrieved july 9, 2018 from urltoken
morris, cuthbert and zuschlag. r. the canadian encyclopedia. (2012). film distribution in canada. retrieved july 9, 2018 from urltoken
manjunath pendakur, canadian dreams and american control: the political economy of the canadian film industry (detroit: wayne state university press, 1990) .
at moma, the opening shots of the film are almost langian. i love that oskar karlweis slides down the wheel fender and that the dancers walk
the engaging film opened in dark shadows in an apartment as two men beat to death another individual - they threw him into a lamp and he hit the floor - and then they fled. the catalyst of the film was this murderous incident (told in various flashbacks) that occurred one drunken evening .
this prescient vision has led to some… interesting observations. one documentary on méliès bizarrely brings up the “fake moon landing” conspiracy theory. “they could have faked the landing—like melies! but he did it first! nya nya nya! ” that’s taking their admiration for their subject a little far, don’t you think? (lunar truthers. feh! )
peter morris and pamela cuthbert revised: paul townend. 2012. film distribution in canada. the canadian encyclopedia urltoken (accessed july 9, 2018) .
michael dorland, so close to the state / s: the emergence of canadian feature film policy (toronto: university of toronto press, 1998) .
an intelligent, beautiful film. a gift. thank you alanis. i wish i could say
thank you
to gene boy. peace. sue
even in those dark times for lovers of silent cinema, a trip to the moon continued to gleam as one of the crown jewels of early film .
he had not made a picture in years but méliès was not without his champions. one of collectors of the past was jean acme leroy. he obtained a partial print of a trip to the moon and upon his death, the museum of modern art purchased his film collection. moma widely circulated the film (along with the great train robbery) as an example of early narrative film and this is generally accepted to be the start of its revival outside of france .
screenwriter / director vincenzo natali' s debut feature film was this low - budget, psychological sci - fi horror - thriller. two of its taglines were :
great job of discussing a great film. this was the movie that made me want to start my own project to discover the cinema of an earlier era .
the national film board of canada (nfb) was established on 2 may 1939 under the national film act. its mandate was to produce and distribute canadian - made films aimed at aiding all canadians in better understanding their country and fellow citizens. originally created as an advisory board in the shadow of the canadian government motion picture bureau, the nfb transitioned into film production (and quickly absorbed the bureau) due to the national need for consolidated information dissemination during the second world war .
morris, peter, cuthbert, pamela and zuschlag, anna. 2012. film distribution in canada. the canadian encyclopedia urltoken (accessed july 9, 2018) .
i love this film! the hugo book was, along with my discovery of clara bow, what really introduced me to the world of silents – and méliès .
there are a lot of different editions floating around but i will restrict the discussion to high quality releases. the restored color version of a trip to the moon was released on dvd and blu - ray by flicker alley. the release also includes an interview with air, a documentary on méliès and the restoration of the color film. it also contains the more familiar black and white version of the film with multiple score options. it really is the one to get for fans and film buffs .
thousands of short films were released during the first decade of commercial moviemaking. out of those thousands, why is this film the one that has drilled deep into our consciousness? i am not in favor of dissecting this particular film down to its molecules (let’s preserve the magic) but here are a few thoughts on the subject .
geddit? the sacrifice of the innocents. a conspiracy of religious hierarchs. hand - washing by the secular authorities. i’m sure i can think of some more analogies if you give me time, but that’s enough to be going on with. enough, certainly, for the distributors to boast that the movie is ‘controversially slated to be released on easter [ sic ] good friday’ .
by film' s end, safe, untrapped rooms on the cube' s outer edge where escape was possible were ultimately discovered to be marked with prime power numbers .
peter morris, pamela cuthbert and anna zuschlag .
film distribution in canada .
in the canadian encyclopedia. historica canada, 1985—. article published june 11, 2012
peter morris and pamela cuthbert revised: paul townend, r. the canadian encyclopedia. (2012). film distribution in canada. retrieved july 9, 2018, from urltoken
jan - christopher horak is director, ucla film & television archive and professor, ucla critical studies. phd. westfaelische wilhelms - universitaet, muenster, germany. publications include :
scratch a pothead and ask them why marijuana is outlawed, and there' s a good chance you' ll get some version of the
hemp conspiracy
theory. federal pot prohibition, the story goes, resulted from a plot by the hearst and dupont business empires to squelch hemp as a possible competitor to wood - pulp paper and nylon. these allegations can be found anywhere from wikipedia entries on
morris, peter, pamela cuthbert and anna zuschlag .
film distribution in canada
. the canadian encyclopedia. toronto: historica canada, 2012. web. 11 jun 2012 .
morris, peter, pamela cuthbert and anna zuschlag .
film distribution in canada
. the canadian encyclopedia. toronto: historica canada, 2012. web. 11 jun 2012 .
peter morris and pamela cuthbert revised: paul townend .
film distribution in canada
in the canadian encyclopedia. historica canada, 1985–. article published june 10, 2012. urltoken
it was a rare hollywood social issue film - a landmark film and one of the first to indict anti - semitism, prejudice and bigotry, along with this year' s best picture - winning gentleman' s agreement (1947). other than double indemnity (1944), the picture was the only 1940s - era film noir to be nominated for a best picture oscar, and notable as the first b - picture to receive a best picture nomination. it also influenced another thriller about bigotry, bad day at black rock (1955) .
he began his career as an actor during the silent screen era and was thought to be the last surviving cast member from lewis milestone’s first world war epic, all quiet on the western front (1930). after switching to film production during the second world war, in 1951 he teamed up with jules levy and arnold laven to form levy - gardner - laven productions. in the decades that followed, the company produced dozens of films and television shows, including the big valley (1965 - 69), a western television series starring barbara stanwyck as a matriarchal ranch owner, which also marked the first major roles for lee majors and linda evans .
as radmann pursues his research, evidence of what might be called a national conspiracy of silence accumulates. there comes a point when he is sidetracked by his obsession with capturing the notorious nazi doctor josef mengele and bringing him to justice. in one of the creepiest scenes, radmann learns that mengele, who fled to south america, has secretly returned to germany under a pseudonym for the funeral of a family member in günzburg. the prosecutor crashes a family banquet; mengele, as we now know, was never apprehended, and the film portrays the guests at that dinner as tacit conspirators in helping him evade capture .
distribution was the last of the three branches of the film industry to develop, yet it quickly came to dominate the industry' s economic structure. by the early 1920s, the largest wall street - financed us distributors had acquired production companies and theatre chains. these acquisitions created vertically integrated combines that enabled the majors to dominate first the us and then the international film industry .
excellent review of a cinematic cornerstone. but i’m curious about the black and white version that i’ve seen broadcast several times on tcm, the one with the clumsy (and completely unnecessary) spoken narration that supposedly was based on something melies intended to be used with the film. do you know what the story is on that aspect, the “narration, ” of the film ?
there were many other films with the simple premise of a killer murdering people one - by - one in an isolated or confined setting - for example, the bat whispers (1930), the old dark house (1932), one frightened night (1935), the cat and the canary (1939), hold that ghost (1941), and then there were none (1945), ten little indians (1965), and murder by death (1976) .
who is guilty of what? even if we knew, the narratives are too messy to attract funding for a big - budget feature film. there are no oscars in paedophile ‘grey areas’ .
peter morris and pamela cuthbert revised: paul townend
film distribution in canada
the canadian encyclopedia. eds. . toronto: historica canada, 2012. web. 9 jul. 2018 .
a face in the moon with a rocket in its eye. that image from a trip to the moon is so famous that it is instantly recognizable even to people who have never seen a single silent film. it has been referenced and imitated in everything from children’s books to music videos. martin scorsese’s 2011 film hugo was built around the scene and its creator, georges méliès .
a trip to the moon was méliès most ambitious production to date and it was an immediate hit with audiences. it also became one of the most pirated films in the young film industry. it was stolen, it was imitated and, ultimately, it was almost lost. its recovery is one of the success stories of film preservation and part of the secret of its longevity .
cutter became obsessed with tracking down the killer with valerie, believing that cord represented all that was wrong with america in the post - watergate, post - vietnam era. he concocted an entrapment and blackmail scheme that would extort a large sum of money from cord if a wild conspiracy theory proved correct .
mo
told her disgruntled husband that his plan to blackmail / extort cord regarding the girl' s murder was itself a dumb crime :
as publicity stunts go, this isn’t subtle. but the film is. the club, directed by the chilean pablo larraín, sets out to perplex us from the first frame until the last .
betty ann campbell of penhook, the daughter of howard bondurant (played by jason clarke in the film), agreed with her cousin betty lou mitchell that the violence and language was just too much .
arthur gardner, who has died aged 104, was an actor and hollywood film producer who was responsible for discovering lee majors and burt reynolds and reviving the flagging careers of john wayne and barbara stanwyck .
a 1930' s pre - code, and my very first. i wasnt sure what to expect. surprisingly it was a not too hard to follow story about a broad in danger after the murder of a mobster. bessie love is exquisite to watch but sadly we spend more time with ned sparks as the eccentric winthrop' little nemo' clavering. the whole thing was based on a play so that explains some of the stilted dialogue. anyway, i wouldn' t mind seeing more pre - codes in the future
in 2015, all the top 10 canadian box office spots were taken by american releases and canada contributed $ 988 million to hollywood profits. the state of film distribution in canada is still very much an industry and government concern (the latest parliamentary review occurred in june 2015). with the film industry’s power consolidated in distribution, the sector has accrued significant power to determine what films make it to the screen .
offering a unique look behind the barricades at one man' s impassioned defense of sacred territory, the film is both a portrait of horne and the generations of daring mohawk construction workers that have preceded him .
detailed information on cast, crew, plot summaries, subjects, genres and historical notes are included for each film. in many cases, entries from previously published catalogs have been updated and augmented with additional information .
- - an omnivorous conglomeration of newspaper clippings and historical documents about hemp and marijuana, held together by herer' s cannabis evangelism and fiery screeds against prohibition - - has been a bible for many pot activists. unearthing a 1916 department of agriculture bulletin about hemp paper and a world war ii short film that exhorted american farmers to grow
hemp for victory ,
herer more than anyone else revived the idea that the cannabis plant was useful for purposes besides getting high. unfortunately, he' s completely wrong on this particular issue. the evidence for a
hemp conspiracy
just doesn' t stand up. it is far more likely that marijuana was outlawed because of racism and cultural warfare .
but let’s say we are not dealing with the heavy metal crowd. let’s say that we are hiring a jazz, electronica or cabaret act. what then? often, the problem with hiring bands for silent film scores is that they have no experience in movie music of any kind, aside from contributing a song to a compilation soundtrack. stating the obvious but writing a film score is very different from writing a 2 - 5 minute song. air had written and performed the acclaimed score for the virgin suicides (1999) so they were in a much better position to understand the needs of a silent film than many of their brethren .
the provinces of ontario, saskatchewan, alberta and bc took fpcc and the american distribution cartel represented by the cmpda to court in ontario. after a lengthy trial, fpcc and other defendants were found not guilty on three counts of “conspiracy and combination. ” the cooper organization re - structured in 1940, removing all exhibitors and re - naming itself the canadian motion picture distributors association (cmpda), which continues to represent american and canadian distribution interests in canada as the motion picture association–canada .
the film' s twist was that the main killer was
richie' s
deranged brother dale, who had forced his pretty sister rose to play - act the role of their deceased brother
richie .
is an emerging filmmaker program for indigenous youth which produced 3 separate collections of short films from manitoba, saskatchewan, and alberta. produced in association with cbc, aptn, scn, saskfilm and manitoba film & sound .
a motion picture with thirty scenes? that may not seem like much but it was quite ambitious in 1902. further, méliès was creating an entire fantasy planet to enchant his viewers. his investment of time and money paid off in worldwide enthusiasm for the film. méliès himself saw little of the profits and only part of the acclaim. as mentioned before, the film was quickly pirated and passed off as the work of others .
for a band to succeed, respect for the film that they have been engaged to accompany is a must. air clearly has that respect. their style may not be for everyone but it suits me just fine .
in the film, set in 1931 during prohibition when moonshine was shipped out of the county to large cities, the bondurant brothers stand up to a violent special agent from chicago who demands a large take of their moonshine profits .
of course, if the social and political satire flies over the heads of modern viewers, we can at least take comfort in the fact that contemporary audiences also took the film at face value and simply enjoyed the fantastic adventures .
of newsprint - - and when the price rose from $ 40 a ton to over $ 50 in the late 1930s, he fell so deep in debt to canadian paper producers and banks that he had to sell his prized art collection to avert foreclosure .
it therefore seems that it would have been in hearst' s interest to promote cheap hemp paper substitutes, had that been a viable alternative ,
dale gieringer wrote in his article, calling the hemp - conspiracy theory
fanciful
and a
myth .
he is the youngest son of the late jack bondurant, one of three franklin county moonshine - making brothers portrayed in the film, which is based on his nephew matt bondurant' s book
the wettest county in the world .
fortunately, a color print showed up in spain. after years of painstaking restoration (the film was so badly decayed that it had fused into a solid mass), a trip to the moon was finally available with its original colors .
the 2010 documentary the light bulb conspiracy explores the phoebus cartel as an early example of planned obsolescence and includes interviews with markus krajewski. for more on the cartel and planned obsolescence, see the author’s “fehler - planungen. zur geschichte und theorie der industriellen obsoleszenz, ” in technikgeschichte, vol. 81, no. 1, p. 91–114, 2014, and “vom krieg des lichtes zur geschichte von glühlampenkartellen, ” in das glühbirnenbuch, edited by peter berz, helmut höge, and krajewski (braumüller verlag, 2011). both publications are in german .
that' s the first time many of them have been to a movie in a lot of years ,
he said, adding that he sees a lot of movies and understands that film producers want to sell tickets so they make it stand out with violence .
the nfb quickly drew the ire of the american film industry, which worked hard to protect its control over canadian distribution. in 1948, the canadian government announced the canadian cooperation project (ccp), an agreement with american filmmakers who promised to increase the “canadian” presence in their films and distribute more canadian films in the us—so long as they had unfettered (i. e. , untaxed and unrestricted) distribution for their motion pictures. the nfb’s new commissioner, ross mclean, suspected that the motion picture export association of america’s (mpeaa, now the motion pictures association of america) support for the ccp was merely a way to prevent the canadian government from instituting film quotas, which had been discussed in parliament. mclean also believed that a percentage of mpeaa member profits should be reinvested in the canadian feature film industry .
maybe they decided it was too far advanced for people and they abandoned the idea... . ideas are hatched, prototypes are made and sometimes like this phone they are forgotten until somebody discovers some long lost film of the world first wireless phone and marvels at it .
the stylized film' s themes were brainwashing, the manipulation of identity, paranoia, and corporate espionage, conducted between two rival and faceless computer conglomerates: digicorp technologies and sunways systems. there was something to be learned from the multiple meanings of the title word cipher - -
in this film, a traditional ojibwa legend about a hungry hunter, a huge snake and a wily fox is told to a group of children. played by puppets, the characters assume increasingly human characteristics, ultimately delivering this moral: do not make promises you cannot keep .
at film' s end, it was noted that in the year 2002, a new digital clock in the train station replaced the older one. and benjamin died the next year in 2003. daisy held benjamin (as an infant) in her arms as he passed away .
this short documentary depicts an aboriginal winnipeg teen’s struggle to stay in school and away from local gangs. filmed over 2 years, the film is a moving portrait of one family trying to break the cycle of addiction, violence and poverty in an environment filled with anger and despair .
the extraordinary voyage, the 2011 documentary that accompanies that home media release of a trip to the moon, shows how the restoration was achieved and how a combination of old - fashioned film work and the latest technology joined forces to save a movie that would otherwise have been lost .
oh, this film is a classic. the effects might seem crude by today’s standards but this was revolutionary when it came out, and in that sense it’s still impressive especially when you consider what other filmmakers were doing at the time (the lumière bros. , for example) .
in summary, everyone except surprise fbi plant mr. green (michael mckean), actually posing as a homosexual state department employee, had murdered someone that night. but then he exclaimed when the film was concluding that he had also killed master blackmailer mr. boddy, in the hall with a revolver :
a trip to the moon is an iconic silent film and probably the single most famous motion picture of the decade of the 1900s. it is also a window into a simpler age when it seemed that anything was possible in the movies. all i can say is that you really should see it for yourself .
the main avenue for the domestic distribution of nfb films was its non - theatrical “circuits” system, which the bureau had also used. the circuits system distributed films via rural, industrial and union contacts, and eventually resulted in the creation of film libraries, which would become the centre of the nfb’s postwar distribution system .
that was a good survey of the movie and its importance, fritzi. i think one of the first things that got me excited about searching on the web was finding a page on the trip to the moon operetta and the attraction at coney island’s luna park. i didn’t remember encountering them in film history books .
this was hollywood’s first big film about the catholic abuse crisis, yet it gave us no more than a glimpse of the perpetrators. given that the latter have cost the us church $ 3 billion and unpicked some of the oldest fabric of american society, you’d hope for at least one convincing portrayal of an abuser priest .
in recent years, hollywood majors have flouted the 1988 policy, increasingly distributing small, independent films. trade organizations, such as the non - profit canadian association of film distributors and exporters (cafde, established in 1991), have called for renewed government attention to the distribution sector to combat the increasing encroachment of us outfits, urging more forceful application of the 1988 policy. part of this push includes lobbying governments to expand the definition of distribution to include new digital platforms, and working to see better funding strategies for prints and advertising (key expenses in film distribution) that would encourage reinvestment in the marketing — and production — of canadian feature films .
in september 1918, the federal government created the first national film production unit in the world, the exhibits and publicity bureau, to produce films promoting canadian trade and industry. the canadian government motion picture bureau (the organization’s name after 1 april 1923) produced short informational films, such as the series seeing canada, and distributed them across canada and abroad. in the 1920s, the bureau had the largest film production studio in canada. bureau productions were distributed across the commonwealth, to european nations like france and belgium, the united states, japan and china. its success in distribution was found in non - theatrical screenings, though some of its films were shown in theatres .
this triple - ended murder - mystery spoof set in the mid - 1950s in a remote new england mansion was a comic adaptation of the popular parker bros. board game. it was revealed in the third ending (
this is what really happened
), the most complex and believable of the multiple endings to the film, that :
in the 1980s, several legislative initiatives emerged in an attempt to combat us monopolies in the hopes of keeping canadian - generated distribution and exhibition profits in the country. in 1983, the province of quebec — which has its own effectively self - contained film industry, with a built - in, receptive audience — moved to challenge american control with the passage of the québec cinema act. the act stipulated that distributors not already operating in québec before december 1982 must have their primary location in the province in order to receive a distributor’s licence. moreover, all distributors doing business in québec were required to reinvest a minimum of 10 per cent of revenues back into québec - made film productions .
the household disintegrates in the first minutes of the film. a fifth priest called father garcia (marcelo alonso) arrives, pursued by a drifter called sandokan (roberto farías) who stands outside the house and shouts details — more explicit than you can imagine, unless you have a truly filthy mind — of the sex acts this priest performed on him .
despite encouragement from such prominent hollywood figures as director d. w. griffith, who told a toronto audience that canada “should have [ its ] own films and exchange them with those of other countries, ” the federal government did little to boost, or even safeguard, the nation’s nascent feature film industry. in fact, canadian companies structured themselves after the highly successful, vertically integrated american industrial model, whereby production studios also owned distributors and exhibitors. for example, in the early 1900s, the allen amusement corporation used their film exchange to obtain exclusive rights to films from pathé, independent motion pictures and later paramount pictures. as a result, by 1920, the allen theatres chain was the largest in canada .
studying the voluminous files stored at the united states army document center, radmann finds his worst fears substantiated. he is encouraged in his investigations by fritz bauer, a real - life prosecutor wonderfully played by gert voss, who died in 2014 and to whom the film is dedicated. bauer wears an expression of wide - eyed, infinitely sad knowledge of evil .
the proposals encountered stiff opposition from the mpaa, and generated intense lobbying in both ottawa and washington. when the film products importation bill (bill 109) was tabled in june 1988, the original proposals had been weakened considerably and, during the free trade negotiations that followed, the federal government apparently agreed to abandon those as well. the bill was subsequently shelved .
the film opened with a significant prologue. it began with the story about a blind clockmaker named mr. gateau (meaning cake) who, after he lost his son in the great war (in 1918), created a train station clock that went backward in time. it was a symbolic gesture - an attempt to turn back time. the clockmaker explained, apologetically :
this film follows the aftermath of the oka crisis, which brought indigenous rights into sharp focus. after the barricades came down, the royal commission on aboriginal peoples was created, and travelled to more than 100 communities and heard from more than 1, 000 representatives. for two - and - a - half years, teams of indigenous filmmakers followed the commission on its journey .
note: unless otherwise stated, the cited essays can be found in the anthology fantastic voyages of the cinematic imagination: georges méliès’s trip to the moon. the book comes very highly recommended as a serious and scholarly dissection of this famous film, though it does occasionally become bogged down in its own jargon and does that kill - the - magic thing i have been talking about .
when
monty
arrived at the right address for best buddy floyd, the scene of floyd' s murder, he revealed his obvious guilt .
monty
fled from police onto the street and was shot dead by finlay from a second story window, as the film concluded. finlay concluded :
he was dead for a long time. he just didn' t know it .
this short documentary by celebrated filmmaker alanis obomsawin is a portrait of eugene
gene boy
( pronounced genie boy) benedict, from odanak indian reserve (near montreal, quebec). at 17, he enlisted in the us marines and was sent to the frontlines of the vietnam war. this film is the account of his 2 years of service and his long journey back to odanak afterwards .
there were some classic set - pieces - the electrocution murder of a maintenance man - informant who was about to tell dr. wheeler about the conspiracy, her climb up a hospital' s ladder (shedding her shoes and pantyhose) to follow the path of a tube that carried carbon monoxide from the hospital' s basement to operating room # 8, her tour visit to the jefferson institute where long - term comatose vegetative patients were taken from the hospital and suspended in a naked state by wires from the ceiling - and the pursuit - chase after her by security guards ending with her escape atop a emr vehicle, her stalking in the hospital' s amphitheatre and an anatomy classroom by a hired assailant - and their confrontation in a morgue freezer filled with cadavers, and the concluding scene of dr. wheeler being unnecessarily operated on for appendicitis by dr. harris himself, who wished to silence her forever .
in short order, canadian box office revenues were incorporated as part of the “domestic” profits of the american film distributors. foreign companies overwhelmed the canadian distribution and exhibition sector as the major hollywood studios acquired direct or indirect control of the country’s two largest theatrical chains: famous players and odeon theatres (now merged under the name cineplex entertainment). this ensured a steady flow of hollywood films into canadian theatres .
also, further examination of the tale shows us that the story may not be as simple as we think. film historian matthew solomon points out that méliès 1890s political cartoons mocked militant nationalism and bullying colonialism. the whimsical path of destruction wrought by barbenfouillis and his associates suddenly takes on disturbing real - world implications. it’s reasonable to conclude that méliès was not celebrating the violent expedition to the moon; he was satirizing it .
i enjoyed hearing the thoughts of the band members, which were included as an extra on the dvd / blu - ray release. air respected the film enormously but they did not want to be stuck in another time. they stated that they had no wish to be forgers, that is, replicating the sounds of 1902 exactly. rather, they wanted to include nods to the old days but make the score modern .
the film told about a moonlighting, kinky la street - walking, pill - popping prostitute named china blue (kathleen turner) who wore a platinum wig but by day worked as a prim but workaholic fashion designer named joanna crane. in a grungy downtown area filled with xxx adult stores, bars, live nude and peep shows, she wore a platinum wig and light blue silky dress and frequented the paradise isle hotel for tricks .
it was weber who won him a contract at paramount and advised him to change his name to gardner, on the ground that goldberg was “too jewish”. gardner appeared opposite ruby keeler in shipmates forever (1935), while in assassin of youth (1937) he played a reporter writing a story on the influence of marijuana on the youth of the day; the film flopped at the time but has since become a cult classic .
director david fincher' s romantic fantasy was based upon f. scott fitzgerald' s 1922 short story (adapted for the screen by eric roth, with some modifications). its basic plot was about the title character, benjamin button (portrayed by brad pitt), who was born old and grew younger as he aged in reverse (both physically and mentally). its unusual premise was reflected in the film' s many taglines :
then, about halfway through the film, he switched sides and thursby was recruited to work as a counter - intelligence double - agent for sunways. he was briefed by its head of security frank callaway (timothy webber). sunways' goal was to have thursby feed digicorp false and corrupted data to sabotage their operations. he wasn' t aware that both companies were ruthless corporations that planned to eliminate him after he had completed his espionage operation .
the sleeper film opened inside an immense, b / w cube - shaped room, with vault - like doors situated in the center of its six square surfaces. each door led to another similar interlocking cubed room, although in different colors (blue, red, amber, green, etc .). some of the maze - connected rooms were booby - trapped and triggered with motion - detectors, heat and sound sensors, and many destructive devices :
a film, also called a movie, motion picture or photoplay, is a series of still images which, when shown on a screen, creates the illusion of moving images due to the phi phenomenon. this optical illusion causes the audience to perceive continuous motion between separate objects viewed rapidly in succession. a film is created by photographing actual scenes with a motion picture camera; by photographing drawings or miniature models using traditional animation techniques; by means of cgi and computer animation; or by a combination of some or all of these techniques and other visual effects. the word
cinema
, short for cinematography, is often used to refer to the industry of films and filmmaking or to the art of filmmaking itself. the contemporary definition of cinema is the art of simulating experiences to communicate ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty or atmosphere by the means of recorded or programmed moving images along with other sensory stimulations .
movies had been in color since almost the beginning. in the case of méliès, certain films were meticulously colored by hand. a trip to the moon was one of these films. (méliès painted his sets in black and white, assuring that they would film well on the primitive nitrate .) when interest in this magician of early cinema was rekindled, the copies of a trip to the moon were battered, damaged, incomplete and in black and white .
daisy uttered her own last words :
good night, benjamin
- with a symbolic hummingbird at her window. as she died, hurricane katrina struck the hospital and flooded the city of new orleans, including a warehouse where a reverse - running clock built for the train station (at the time of benjamin' s birth) had been stored and was still functioning. benjamin' s voice - over concluded the film, commenting on the diversity of human life :
in 1946, the motion picture export association of america (mpeaa, now mpaa) was established to promote hollywood productions in foreign markets. although the original vertical combines of the majors were broken up in 1948 under us antitrust legislation, the basic operating principle continued. most of hollywood’s production is still controlled, and generally financed, by the major studios. the consecutive patterns of vertical integration and distributor - controlled production have continued to seriously impact the sustainability of the canadian film industry .
i subscribe to the belief that music is as important as the images on the screen. so when a score is said to “draw attention to itself, ” that is not a bad thing in my book. a great many iconic sound film scores (lawrence of arabia; star wars; alexander nevsky; the good, the bad and the ugly; yojimbo; the elephant man) do draw attention to themselves but they also support and harmonize with the images on the screen .
staff photo by charles boothe: many descendants of the late jack and howard bondurant attended the premiere showing of “lawless” at the eagle cinema in rocky mount wednesday night. they gathered for a party at the cinema before seeing the film. sitting at the table in the foreground are, from left, carol bondurant (wife of g. t. bondurant), jack bondurant’s daughters, emmie lee gagni and betty lou mitchell, mitchell’s husband howard, and jack bondurant’s son, g. t. bondurant .
you can take any piece of wwii footage showing someone holding something to the side of their head talking, and claim it is a time traveling cell phone user ,
mikkelson said .
film clips aren' t of sufficient resolution to see what the people are carrying. it could be anything from a handkerchief to a hearing aid, or who knows what. and this video is silent, so you can' t even tell if the person is engaged in a two - way conversation .
the talkie revolution hit in the late 1920s and silent films were seen as relics. some were scavenged for footage to be glued into sound films. some were destroyed. some simply rotted away. around the time that al jolsen was declaring that we ain’t seen nothing yet, interested parties in france were trying to track down and preserve the early history of film. in the case of méliès, after the collapse of his studio, he destroyed his own body of work, burning hundreds of his own films .
the earnest post - holocaust drama “ labyrinth of lies ” can be viewed as a sequel of sorts to “ judgment at nuremberg, ” the much - decorated 1961 stanley kramer film about the nuremberg trials of the 1940s, in which top - ranking nazis were tried for crimes against humanity. the trials are still imprinted in many people’s minds as the ultimate moment of reckoning, after which a horrific chapter of history was more or less closed and the world moved on. of course, it wasn’t as simple as that .
in 1924, the motion picture exhibitors and distributors of canada (mpedc) was created as an instrument to protect american film industry interests. known as the cooper organization, after its president, john alexander cooper, the organization took its direction (and funding) from the motion picture producers and distributors of america (mppda). the cooper organization ensured that us industry practices were introduced, and cemented, in canada, particularly discriminatory methods (such as requiring cash in advance) aimed at curbing the success of independent exhibitors.
conspiracy is a 1930 american pre-code mystery melodrama film produced and distributed by rko pictures and directed by christy cabanne . it is the second adaptation of the play the conspiracy by robert b. baker and john emerson and stars bessie love and ned sparks . 
conspiracy is a 1930 american pre-code mystery melodrama film produced and distributed by rko pictures and directed by christy cabanne. it is the second adaptation of the play the conspiracy by robert b. baker and john emerson and stars bessie love and ned sparks.
conspiracy is a 1930 american pre-code mystery melodrama film produced and distributed by rko pictures and directed by christy cabanne. it is the second adaptation of the play the conspiracy by robert b. baker and john emerson and stars bessie love and ned sparks.