A blog that makes you think

Category: Movies

  • Two Actors, Two Memoirs

    In 1942, Ustinov’s first professional play, House of Regrets was published and received great praise. At the same time, he received his papers to serve in the military.


  • The Guns of Navarone Vs. Where Eagles Dare

    These two scenes raise the level of The Guns of Navarone from a straightforward action thriller to a thought provoking drama that pauses the action to confront these deep questions that would stump even the greatest of philosophers.


  • Akira Kurosawa’s Action Scenes

    Akira Kurosawa’s Action Scenes

    Let us say that you want to direct a battle scene in a movie. How would you go about doing it? Where will you place the camera? This is important because it will decide from whose point of view the scene will be shot. Usually, this means point of view of multiple characters. With the…