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From: blenderdumbass . org

I remember sitting at the entrance to a local cinema near me, shivering from a new kind of depression. I was waiting to enter the screening of Avatar: The Way Of Water, which was released in cinema just after The Fabelmans. The previous film I have seen in that very cinema, may...

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blenderdumbass . orgHow The Fabelmans Traumatized Me

In one of my more provocative arts essays from 5AM STORYTALK, I get into the extraordinary story behind the making of Charlie Chaplin’s masterpiece THE GREAT DICTATOR, the rise of what I call Cinema of Denial, and wonder if Hollywood is no longer fit for cultural purpose.

#film #movies #cinema #culture #art #Hollywood #filmmaking #independentfilm #climatechange #trump
 
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5AM StoryTalk · Charlie Chaplin and Hollywood's Forgotten Love Affair with HitlerBy Cole Haddon

From: blenderdumbass . org

1941 ( a 1979 Steven Spielberg action comedy film ) seems like a parody of Michael Bay. The film's credits literally have explosions happen all throughout, under the scrolling text. There is so much colorful destruction, so much over the top action scenes, so much loud over-bombardment, that I believe this is the...

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blenderdumbass . org1941 is the Ultimate Steven Spielberg Film

2016. After wrapping the last shoot on Ollie & Emma #TelusOptik #webseries #FilmProduction at the Village Foods grocery store in #Sooke.
Me & the lighting crew were the last ones to clock out. I was always the last crew to leave sets because I was also the locations manager. We goofed around with wigs & accessories props from my costumes tickle trunk. I provided several props for the production filming from my own personal collections.
I was on contract with Less Bland Productions in #VictoriaBC at the time.

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If anything our teachers wanted us to learn in my not-so-flawless art academy is that being a filmmaker, like being a journalist, comes with significant social responsibility. Every frame you choose is a political act.

That is why I have immense respect for filmmakers who stay authentic to their truth regardless. This is the only way to justify the existence of this art.

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The Guardian · Hamdan Ballal: Oscar-winning Palestinian director attacked by Israeli settlers and arrestedBy Lorenzo Tondo