Film Reviews with Filmmaker on Wheels

  Sergei Parajanov studied at the same state-funded Soviet Union film school - V.G.I.K., as Andrei Tarkovsky, and was tutored by Dovzhenko -  This system was good for distributing the films that were made, despite restrictions on what films could be made regulated by censors of the state.  Ashik Karib was inspired by Turkish miniature portraits, sculptures and other Religions like Judaism, Hinduism, Sikhism and Christianity. Parajanov was also influenced by the Arabian, Persian, and Baroque styles choosing a middle eastern story One thousand and One nights wanting to capture the Poem-like stanzas with title cards and dream-like colour palettes playfully blending with the portraits and other art featured in the film like it would be visually shown in the copies of the book that partly inspired Parajanov to make Ashik Karib.  Historically, places of worship were being destroyed, so Parajanov was doing something risky, highlighting respect for other religions in his fil...

  I finally got to add a really recommended film to my watchlist, that Film being Inception. Inception on IMDB I found it captivating as a watch, which was refreshing since I sometimes get anxious about watching a film at certain points where I feel myself getting confused or bored by the plot. Sometimes, a film, for example, McQueen’s Hunger did make me really worried and anxious, which can put me off watching a certain film.  The storyline is simple in itself, being that a father won’t allow himself emotionally to get over the suicide of his wife to return to his young children. He is convinced that if he returns to America he will be held at the border or otherwise arrested for the circumstances of his wife’s suicide, which she made look like he was the sole cause of the confusion, leading to her early death.  The soundtrack is one of the main driving forces behind the visuals of this one so, it influenced me heavily, guiding a person who might watch this through easil...

I know I haven't posted here in a while because I just finished and submitted my Dissertation. I have a website for my Production company as a filmmaker, which I have been working on for at least a couple of months at a time for the last 3-4 years. (It really doesn't feel that long though...) after the recent feedback, I received I've decided to post on here about my scripts and projects development on here instead of on my website under an In developments... tab.  At the moment I have two ideas which are a couple of scripts or a series of scripts long. These are: Film Noir- an indie, crime drama with some violence involving a young woman and a man called Damien who she enjoys the company and perks like the gifts of until things turn sinister after a strange phone call, as well as an injured man, appear at their hotel. It's surprising how well she didn't really know him at all.  and  My Brother, Tobias an  indie drama, with a c oming-of-age social...

Part of my birthday present was a Matinée ticket for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. I'd missed this first time it'd come to Plymouth so I was excited to go on the 29th.  I also missed being in the Theatre atmosphere since being in the People's Company +18 class for acting around two years ago. The novel itself written by Mark Haddon and adapted by his playwright friend, Simon Stevens it tells through the experiences of Christopher, a young man who's hero is Sherlock Holmes which is where the book and adapted play's title comes from, The Adventure of Silver Blaze. The storyline itself is true to the book's honesty and social naïvety - starting with a misunderstanding of Christopher stargazing or wandering in the wrong place at the right time to be framed for the murder of the neighbor's dog, who he has a connection with that he considers strong than with any human connection.   The opening scene is his reaction to Mrs Shears and the ...

Previously, called 1:30 train this romance movie is Chris Evans' directorial debut which was first shown at Toronto international Film Festival. Brooke Dalton is a buyer and art enthusiast from London who misses the last train home from Boston, and gets robbed for her bag. She drops her phone and as she rushes towards the departing train. Forced to leave grand central station after it closes, she ends up meeting Nick Vaughan, a Bostoinian trumpet player who is due to go to an interview for the job of his dreams the next morning. Together they rush across Manhattan's lower east side to try and get home before Brooke's husband. Along the way they open up to each other about Nick's old relationship with Emma who he met while he was a sophomore in highschool. Brooke also has relationship issues with her husband after discovering emails showing he is having liaisons with a woman called Liz. Brooke also tells Nick the reason she needs to get back is because she wrote a lette...

Kingsman: The Secret Service (2014) Dir. Matthew Vaughn Adventure, Action, Comedy, Thriller and Crime I decide I would watch this because I’d seen trailers for when it came out and decided to watch it, especially after seeing Firth in “The King’s Speech” The first thing that I noticed was the editing particularly in the fight scenes because they’re sped up, when normally for a spy movie they would be slowed down. It’s quite simple technique when you think about editing especially as I don’t think I’ve seen it done before in fight scenes- that’s why I think it works so well.   I also found that I liked the sound design because songs that tied into certain event or feeling onscreen like when Eggsy steals a car and messes about with it to spite his stepdad’s gang. The song played is Bonkers with the lyric “ Some people think I'm bonkers, but I just think I’m free” playing at that moment to introduce Eggsy and his relationship with other character like his mum and his stepdad’s gang me...

O ne of the iconic Ealing Comedies to use a post-war London as it’s stage set for the entire Film Hue & Cry is about a gang of London kids called “The Blood and Thunder Boys” whose leader, Joe finds a copy of “The Trump” as it floats out of a church window. Joe absentmindedly wanders reading “The Trump” until he notices some of the details in the comic are happening before his very eyes. The Cinematography is by Douglas Slocombe who had a keen eye for memorable  Black and White shots, such as the roof scene in “Hue & Cry” and “The Lavender Hill Mob”.      The design of Ealing’s posters are amazing since they would be first thing you see when visiting movie theatres with their explosions of simple and effective designs in bright colours. I particularly like that the large Baddie is obviously a baddie because he’s wearing a stripey “Crook” style jumper. The second part of the poster shows others boys running into the design to correlate with a scene where an...