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Making It Out Alive
Making It Out Alive
Conflict. Resolution. Roll credits. Avoid eye contact with the mint holding teen who has to pick up the extra buttery popcorn you spilled.
Rob Gall
May 12, 2020
Women, Film, and the 40's
Women, Film, and the 40's
In this latest series of blog posts, we’ve talked a lot about adaptation. Whether it be adapting a book into a movie, or adapting a style…
Rob Gall
May 10, 2020
A Star is Worn
A Star is Worn
Boy that’s a big picture, huh? It’s made even bigger by the big star it features sprawled on a Hawaii beach, Burt Lancaster. This still…
Rob Gall
Apr 14, 2020
You Can’t Fight the System, Man
You Can’t Fight the System, Man
The art of adapting a story for film is about much more than changes in plot or dialogue. As we discussed last week, film adaptations are…
Rob Gall
Apr 3, 2020
The Medium is the Message
The Medium is the Message
“The medium is the message” is a phrase coined by philosopher Marshall McLuhan in the 60s. In his day, he watched and studied the…
Rob Gall
Feb 18, 2020
Rio Bravo (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959)
Rio Bravo is a classic John Wayne western directed by Howard Hawks, who also directed the first film we analyzed on this blog, Twentieth…
Rob Gall
May 13, 2019
Prince of Darkness (1987)
Prince of Darkness (1987)
John Carpenter’s 1987 horror film Prince of Darkness is the chilling adventure of Satan (or in this case “the anti-god’s son) unleashing…
Rob Gall
May 13, 2019
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