The Sixth Sense, Part III: Motifs and a Funeral
We conclude our in-depth analysis of M. Night Shyamalan’s masterpiece with a close look at motifs and structural aspects, concluding with a shot-by-shot commentary on the post-funeral sequence.
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The Village, part II: A tapestry of characters
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.
The Cinema and the Gallery – When worlds collide?
A strange case of parallel universes explored through Declan Clarke’s Geist Trilogy from 2015. Are you ready for film at its absolute weirdest, flouting all cinematic conventions and ‘hung out’ in a gallery?
Genuinely socialist: The Midnight Sun Film Festival
Like many of its own films, the Midnight Sun Film Festival remains true to perhaps the greatest cinematic – and human – aspiration of them all: to express an understanding of, and solidarity with, all the others washed up with us here on this strange little planet of ours.
Eksklusivt: 10 ferske avsløringer om Lars von Triers nye erotiske drama Nymphomaniac
Montages kan i dag eksklusivt presentere 10 tidligere ukjente elementer ved Lars von Triers Nymphomaniac. [2]
Signs, Part II: Motifs and horror shows
M. Night Shyamalan is particularly adept at creating a set of hidden motifs that govern the film. We look at circles, water, doors, houses, the sky and how they operate in two brilliant horror set pieces.
48 minutter med Roger Deakins – del 2
Her i del 2 av vårt intervju med Roger Deakins fortsetter vår samtale med mesterfotografen om hans særegne uttrykk, samarbeidet med Coen-brødrene på True Grit, med mer.
Kortklipt, 29/8
Hvor i Vest-Afrika finnes de kuleste filmplakatene? Hvilket britisk filmblad er vakrest? Og hvem er Rumle Hammerich og Andrea Arnold? Svarene, og et vakkert filmklipp, finnes i denne ukas Kortklipt. [2]
The Village, part I: Motifs and story arc
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.
Split, Part IV: Creativity in cramped quarters
A final look at M. Night Shyamalan’s Split, this time its formal approach with a special emphasis on his inventive use of point-of-view shots, stealthy camera movements, overhead and underhead shots, and many other subtleties.
Desperate connections: An analysis of Anne Sewitsky’s Homesick (2015)
«Homesick primarily plays on the unspoken. Dialogues are marked by pauses and silent tensions between characters. Most films increase their pace towards a climax, but in Sewitsky the pauses just grow longer and more pregnant.»
Return to Oz (1985)
This Disney film is remarkably dark and sophisticated for this company, made during a brief period of a more adult approach to their live action family films. 11-year-old Fairuza Balk is absolutely enchanting as the resourceful heroine.
Eksklusivt: Steve McQueens femfilms-antologi Small Axe nærmer seg endelig norsk distributør
Frem til nå har det vært stille rundt hvordan vi i Norge skal få sett Steve McQueens kritikerroste antologi Small Axe, men nå kan Montages melde at ting endelig er på vei til å skje. [1]
Tre nyheter om Lars von Triers Nymphomaniac
I likhet med stormen Bodil har Lars von Triers Nymphomaniac kastet en markant skygge over København de siste par dagene. I kjølevannet av det mye omtalte pressearrangementet har det dukket opp et knippe nyheter om filmen.
The Sixth Sense, Part II: Beginnings and Ends
A visual analysis of key scenes of M. Night Shyamalan’s masterpiece and his virtuoso use of motifs, staging and interconnectedness to achieve coherence and closure.
Konsertrapport og samtale med James Horner i Wien
Hollywood in Vienna 2013: Montages var tilstede da James Horner holdt konsert i Wien Konserthus. Vi fikk også anledning til å slå av noen ord med den legendariske komponisten.
Vil Oscar tåle 10 nominerte?
Dagens mest forbløffende filmnyhet må være endringen i Oscar-reglene fra Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, som i dag ble offentliggjort. [3]
Kortklipt, 15/7
Kortklipt har hatt en ukes opphold til fordel for vår festivaldekning fra Karlovy Vary, men er denne uken tilbake i normal modus.