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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004) - The POV Shot

5 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

Personally, I love this film. At one point I read Wes Anderson said he felt it was his worst received movie.You never know. Art is opinion is life. (Even the IMDb synopsis makes me laugh from the start: "With a plan to exact revenge on a mythical sha...

Isle of Dogs (2018) - Favorite Food As Motif

1 Jan 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

This is the most amazing stop motion piece I have ever seen. Let me just get that out of the way.Every scene is packed with legit visuals. Amazing work on a technical scale. (image source) As for the creative scale, for me Wes Anderson never disappoi...

Die Hard (1988) - "Ding" As Audio Motif

31 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

(image source) One of the best love stories ever written ;-) Broad or specific, this is a feast of a film conversation movie. An action packed adventure 30+ stories up.At the core, a love story. Today though, audio motifs are on the mind, and Die Har...

Adaptation (2002) - A Non "Pure Cinema" Opening

25 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

(image source) This film is awesome on so many fronts. Beautiful in tone, character, honesty in question, truth in creative journey. Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=c6woPWN7X5U Charlie Kaufman writes an amazing script based on Susan Orlean's b...

Interstellar (2014) - Family Lost As Midpoint

23 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

A true point of no return. What a gutsy move.A shocking turning point that tears at us, hits, and settles at the midpoint of the story: new loss, reintroduced characters, new limits, new goals. (image source) Cooper has lost 23 years, 4 months, 8 day...

The Princess Bride (1987) - Film Structure Analysis

16 Dec 2020 1 minute read 2 comments Lion Suit

The lovers' split is what kicks off the action and imbalance of the film, ultimately establishing the question(s) of the movie: can these true lovers survive, and can this true love survive? Act 1 to Act 2 transition is probably the most unclear. To...

Moneyball (2011) - Structure Analysis and Key Character Arc

14 Dec 2020 1 minute read 1 comment Lion Suit

Moneyball Trailer: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D1R-LwHbld4 I love looking at a film in terms of core story points. Can you tell me the story in simplified terms? In five sentences? If not, no problem, but simplifying can add clarity. This is it to...

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) - Film Structure, Tools, and Motif Analysis to Midpoint

8 Dec 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

Returning yet again to Eternal Sunshine.It most likely will not be the last time. Masterpiece. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ffkXkWRa-C0 --- Be well.[LionSuit.com](http://www.lionsuit.com)(words and i...

Double Indemnity (1944) - Dramatic Irony

25 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

Great film. Classic noir to the core. Directed by Billy Wilder, written by Wilder and Raymond Chandler, from the novel by James M. Cain. Double Indemnity IMDb: https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0036775/ (image source) In a sense, heist and con movies pull o...

Psycho (1960) - Telegraphing/Foreshadowing

20 Nov 2020 1 minute read 0 comments Lion Suit

Hitchcock. Master.Psycho. Masterpiece.One tool in particular that is well used here is foreshadowing. (image source) As Marion is packing early in the film we can see past her through the room, into her bathroom, into her open shower to the showerhea...