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A film’s brilliance should never be reliant on its budget. Of course, certain ideas aren’t possible to execute without the proper funding, but a great idea will always shine through the humble production lighting. In fact, on many occasions a lack of budget can work to a film’s advantage; found footage horror films benefit from their thrifty productions, and some go on to gross millions at the box office despite being independently financed and filmed using rental equipment (Blair Witch Project 1999 is the obvious example).
While a million dollars sounds like a lot of money, in film production it really isn’t. To some studios, $30,000,000 is still considered a “low” budget. This is partially due to high price-tag actors “selling” a movie to otherwise skeptic audiences; partially to the prevalence and necessity of VFX today, and partially due to the investment value of popular franchises, or opening the door for a new series or franchise with the potential for marketing value much higher than that “low” $30, 000, 000 initial cost.
However, direction is often the difference with independent or low-budget productions; several of the listed films are career-launching projects for some of Hollywood’s current directorial elite. These pictures serve as inspiration for all those with dreams of directing, writing, producing, and acting in film.
Often, when a film is in trouble, studios will just throw money at it and hope it turns out well; usually, this produces unoriginal or plotless drivel. On the other side of the coin, the films below all demonstrate vision, sublime execution and a fantastic final product, all on a shoestring allowance with no backup funds or money-throwing.
While a million dollars sounds like a lot of money, in film production it really isn’t. To some studios, $30,000,000 is still considered a “low” budget. This is partially due to high price-tag actors “selling” a movie to otherwise skeptic audiences; partially to the prevalence and necessity of VFX today, and partially due to the investment value of popular franchises, or opening the door for a new series or franchise with the potential for marketing value much higher than that “low” $30, 000, 000 initial cost.
However, direction is often the difference with independent or low-budget productions; several of the listed films are career-launching projects for some of Hollywood’s current directorial elite. These pictures serve as inspiration for all those with dreams of directing, writing, producing, and acting in film.
Often, when a film is in trouble, studios will just throw money at it and hope it turns out well; usually, this produces unoriginal or plotless drivel. On the other side of the coin, the films below all demonstrate vision, sublime execution and a fantastic final product, all on a shoestring allowance with no backup funds or money-throwing.
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One of the most relevant battles in contemporary filmmaking is between the looks and the brains of the film. Many critics and filmgoers always tend to pick a side, between the poetry that is conversation, and the floating ambience that imagery and the art that can be created when enveloping a story.
If this exercise has an end, other than a never ending clash of two very different intellects, it should be that one can’t negate the other. Both brains and looks are necessary when it comes to a moving picture. Sure, looks have an orgasmic vitality, but they can be easily abandoned if there is no passion and no story to be told later.
Both of these aspects converse and aid each other in the theme, the idea of communication that shouldn’t be kept by the author in post-statements and interpretations, but rather in the very experience of the universality of delicate subjects that either make us laugh or cry.
In the lines that follow, you should find a selection of films that make amends with this dispute, proving fire and judgement can be tamed into a sole beast.
If this exercise has an end, other than a never ending clash of two very different intellects, it should be that one can’t negate the other. Both brains and looks are necessary when it comes to a moving picture. Sure, looks have an orgasmic vitality, but they can be easily abandoned if there is no passion and no story to be told later.
Both of these aspects converse and aid each other in the theme, the idea of communication that shouldn’t be kept by the author in post-statements and interpretations, but rather in the very experience of the universality of delicate subjects that either make us laugh or cry.
In the lines that follow, you should find a selection of films that make amends with this dispute, proving fire and judgement can be tamed into a sole beast.
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One of the many virtues of cinema is sheer entertainment value. Not everything has to be deeply thought provoking or life changing. Although there is bound to be an overlap with some if not all of the movies on the list given the subjective nature of cinema.
This list ranges from dark comedies to light-hearted crime capers with many other genres in between. They all have one thing in common though: They are all endlessly re-watchable, whether it’s thanks to quotable dialogue, memorable characters or an engaging plot, or all of the above.
This list ranges from dark comedies to light-hearted crime capers with many other genres in between. They all have one thing in common though: They are all endlessly re-watchable, whether it’s thanks to quotable dialogue, memorable characters or an engaging plot, or all of the above.
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Some have claimed that the 21st century has seen increased levels of isolation and depression. This has been the result of many social factors, such as the impact of social media. Accordingly, there has been a steady rise in unemployment, and a wave of global suffering that works to bring us all down.
In this way, it seems fitting that there have been a lot of films this century that deal with this collective experience of hopelessness, loss, and sadness.
These films have dealt with a plethora of issues, characters, and settings in which such negative feelings have been felt. Indeed, they have also left the audience with similarly indelible experiences, which make us think about the complexity of the human condition and the times in which we live.
In this way, it seems fitting that there have been a lot of films this century that deal with this collective experience of hopelessness, loss, and sadness.
These films have dealt with a plethora of issues, characters, and settings in which such negative feelings have been felt. Indeed, they have also left the audience with similarly indelible experiences, which make us think about the complexity of the human condition and the times in which we live.
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Just like surrealism and fantastic realism, science fiction is a genre that allows a great degree of creative freedom, since the narrative is not bound by the constraints of present-day reality.
Thus, it provides a fertile ground for all sorts of allegories, metaphors, and alternative realities, as well as a way of bypassing censorship.
The defining characteristic of the genre is the approach toward science and technology in some way, but these themes do not necessarily need to be their subject matter.
In fact, some films on this list simply use technology as a way of justifying the existence of worlds in which some aspects of our own reality are clearer, or detached from a series of pre-conceived ideas, providing the audience with enough detachment to interpret them in a new light.
Be it by exploring the consequences of the development of certain technologies, or by creating allegories that relate to certain ideas, the following movies go beyond simple storytelling to provide powerful philosophical insights into aspects of our existence.
Thus, it provides a fertile ground for all sorts of allegories, metaphors, and alternative realities, as well as a way of bypassing censorship.
The defining characteristic of the genre is the approach toward science and technology in some way, but these themes do not necessarily need to be their subject matter.
In fact, some films on this list simply use technology as a way of justifying the existence of worlds in which some aspects of our own reality are clearer, or detached from a series of pre-conceived ideas, providing the audience with enough detachment to interpret them in a new light.
Be it by exploring the consequences of the development of certain technologies, or by creating allegories that relate to certain ideas, the following movies go beyond simple storytelling to provide powerful philosophical insights into aspects of our existence.
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