Ridley Scott’s “Robin Hood” (2010) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Originally posted on New York FEEDBACK Film Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/fQ6zXDSgwIY?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent Notable Festivals: Cannes If mainstream American cinema in the 21st century has been marked by any one dominant trend, it is this: intellectual property. As studio budgets soar ever higher, necessitating inflated ticket prices at the box office, producers have found they need to hedge their…

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Terrence Malick’s Google: “Pixel 3” Commercial (2018) — THE DIRECTORS SERIES

Originally posted on New York FEEDBACK Film Festival:
https://www.youtube.com/embed/lNg3Cb76G6M?version=3&rel=1&fs=1&autohide=2&showsearch=0&showinfo=1&iv_load_policy=1&wmode=transparent When director Terrence Malick’s commercial for Mon Guerlain fragrance arrived in 2017, many were quite surprised that the venerated, almost-mythic filmmaker could (and would) stoop to a supposedly “lower” format such as advertising. Its very existence seemed antithetical to Malick’s artistic creed— a product generated for…

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