The Art of Film
An introduction to cinematic language, principles of film form, film analyses, and the history of cinema.
MOVIE PLAYLIST | Film #1
Film #2
"It's a dirty job, enforcing the law”
FILM #3
[Watch by week 5]
"More human than human is our motto”
FILM #4
[Watch by week 7]
“Can you back away a little? you just spit in my eye”
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THE DARJEELING LIMITED | 2007
CAST:
Owen Wilson as Francis
Adrien Brody as Peter
Jason Schwartzman as Jack
Amara Karan as Rita
Wallace Wolodarsky as Brendan
Irrfan Khan as The Father
Bill Murray as The Businessman
Angelica Huston as Patricia
Kumar Pallana as Old Man
Natalie Portman as Jack’s Ex-Girlfriend
CREW:
Wes Anderson: Director
Robert Yeoman: Director of Photography
Andrew Weisblum: Editor
Milena Canonero: Costume Design
Mark Friedberg: Production Design
FILM #6
[Watch by week 9]
“It's All About Time”
[Watch by week 11]
“The whole jungle wanted him dead”
CAST:
Marlon Brando as Colonel Walter E. Kurtz
Robert Duvall as Lieutenant Colonel William “Bill” Kilgore
Martin Sheen as Captain Benjamin L. Willard
Albert Hall as Chief Petty Officer George Phillips
Larry Fishburne as Gunner’s Mate 3rd Class Tyrone, Mr. “Clean” Miller
Dennis Hopper as an American photojournalist
Harrison Ford as Colonel G. Lucas
Francis Ford Coppola as TV news Director (Cameo)
Bill Graham as agent, announcer in charge of Playmate’s show
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CREW:
Francis Ford Coppola: Director
Francis Ford Coppola: Writer
John Milius: Writer
Micheal Hurr: Writer/Narration
Vittorio Storaro: Director of Photography
Richard Marks: Editor
Walter Murch: Editor
Gerald B. Greenberg: Editor
Lisa Fruchtman: Editor
FILM #7
“The road to greatness can take you to the edge”
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WHIPLASH | 2014
CAST:
Miles Teller as Andrew Neiman
J.K. Simmons as Terrence Fletcher
Paul Reiser as Jim Neiman
Melissa Benoist as Nicole
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CREW:
Damien Chazelle: Director
Damien Chazelle: Writer
Justin Hurwitz: Music
Sharone Meir: Director of Photography
Tom Cross: Editor
FILM #8
“I don’t exist, I’m nothing”
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BIRDMAN | 2016
CAST:
Michael Keaton as Riggan
Zack Galifianakis as Jake
Edward Norton as Mike Shiner
Andrea Riseborough as Laura
Amy Ryan as Mike Sylvia
Emma Stone as Sam
Naomi Watts as Leslie
Linsey Duncan as Tabitha
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CREW:
Alejandro G. Iñárritu: Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu: Writer
Antonio Sanchez: Music
Douglas Crise: Editor
Stephen Mirrione: Editor
Emmanuel Lubezki: Director of Photography