I've taught this book in my AP Lit class for 15 years, and every year I do fantasy casting and imagine how it could be adapted to screen. This film is like a realization of a dream for me. I enjoyed it immensely. Baumbach, Driver, Gerwig, and Cheadle --*chef's kiss*.
Just finished showing this to my Film Appreciation and Analysis class as a an example of a film heavily focused on mood or emotional effect. I also get to point out many film techniques having to do with camera placement, angle, movement, and point-of-view to my students who are just starting to notice these aspects. Bonus: PG13.
It's a film that intrigued me years ago when I first saw it, but now that I have my own young son, the…
A documentary detailing the rise and fall of the auteurs of New Hollywood. This film gives a strong sense of the timeline and social factors that created space for the film school generation and the choices and forces that put power back in the studios' hands. The film doesn't shy away from the sex, drugs, and politics of the era.