
Lady in the Water, Part I: A reappraisal
It was one of the most hated films of the 2000s, but with the trauma now at a distance, it is time to appreciate M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water for its very real qualities.
It was one of the most hated films of the 2000s, but with the trauma now at a distance, it is time to appreciate M. Night Shyamalan’s Lady in the Water for its very real qualities.
Before The Visit came M. Night Shyamalan’s early masterpiece The Village. Mismarketed and misunderstood as a horror movie, it has gained a following as a mood piece of pastoral beauty, intense emotion and stylised lyricism.
After a general evaluation of this M. Night Shyamalan tour de force, the large cast of characters and their relationships are examined, with a special emphasis on subtext and how that is expressed through mise-en-scène.
Whispered echoes, nightmare logic, high melodrama, relentlessly ingenious staging – this visual analysis of M. Night Shyamalan’s pastoral masterpiece preserves the film’s own gestures, often rearranged in surprising combinations.
The festival – of film or anything else – is a powerful modern symbol of freedom and, at its best, an astonishing outpouring of human creativity. It depends on a delicate balancing-act between order and spontaneity, however.
Presset av finanskrisen har det britiske kulturdepartementet valgt å legge ned Storbritannias høyborg for filmfinansiering. [9]
Det er knyttet stor spenning til Joachim Triers neste spillefilmprosjekt, som skal være norskspråklig og etter planen skytes i løpet av høsten. Nå har filmen fått en tittel. [2]
Forventningene til Peter Jacksons første film i Hobbiten-trilogien er mange og sammensatte, og Montages-redaksjonen preges av en lett nervøs stemning rundt det hele. Vi … [11]