parasite is a 1982 science fiction horror film produced and directed by charles band .

the film is set in a dystopian , post-apocalyptic future in which the united states has been taken over by a criminal organization who unwittingly create an uncontrollable deadly parasite and set it loose on the population .

the film received negative reviews from film critics , who viewed it as a poorly written b-movie with unconvincing special effects .

the film is notable in that it features actress demi moore in her first major film role .

parasite ( film )

parasite ( film ) <EOT> this film was given a sequal via the video games parasite eve and parasite eve 2 that contiue the story after the events in the film ( and book it was based on ) .

brood parasite is an independent feature film by multi - award winning writer / director ian vernon .

the film features demi moore in her second film role , and stan winston among the special effect staff .

drool hello : miss daley notices parasite ' s drooling from above before it attacks her .

hand in the hole : zeke checking out the canister holding the parasite is played like this .

humanity is under attack by human - mimicking flesh - eating alien parasites . one parasite bonds with his young high school student host , and he convinces the parasite to help him stop the others .

parasite eve is a japanese novel by hideaki sena , first published in kadokawa horror bunko in 1995 .

brood parasite - an independent feature film by multi - award winning writer / director ian vernon . produced by ivfilm productions & biffa productions in manchester . running time 94 minutes .

parasite is one of the genre greats and somewhat of a classic , admittedly for all the wrong reasons .

ntriguingly , the new film will also confirm the fate of the troubled credence ( ezra miller ) , whose suppression of his magical abilities led to the formation of a deadly obscurus parasite in the last film . miller is confirmed to return in the role .

kill it with fire : wolf and the remaining parasite are killed when they are engulfed in a gasoline explosion .

strapped to an operating table : paul in his nightmare that opens the film .

arc words : " ( you / we need to ) film everything . "

the boy ( s ) in the attic from the first and second film .

whoever is the host to the demon parasite worm is immune to the virus , and is not infected once it leaves .

song kang - ho is cast in new bong joon - ho directed film “ parasite ” ( literal title ) . this is the fourth time that song kang - ho will appear in a bong joon - ho directed film . movie will revolve around a family going through a disturbance .

dying town : joshua , where paul takes refuge for the remainer of the film .

medeiros uses a claw hammer as a weapon during the finale and the second film .

the end . . . or is it ? : patricia declares that everything is over upon the death of the remaining parasite , but the final shot of the film hangs the proverbial question mark on that statement .

parasite is lethargic between its terror scenes , making it a test of patience for all but the fanatical followers of horror cheapies .

live - action jojo ' s bizarre adventure film ' s reception threatens potential for sequels .

immediate sequel : the second film chronologically starts five minutes after the end of the first .

live - action jojo ' s bizarre adventure film ' s reception threatens potential for sequels . : twobestfriendsplay

it was later adapted into a film in 1997 , with a heavier focus on romance than horror .

, it took a little while for the infection to take hold . in this film , it seems to take seconds .

the tomatometer score — based on the opinions of hundreds of film and television critics — is a trusted measurement of critical recommendation for millions of fans . it represents the percentage of professional critic reviews that are positive for a given film or television show .

took place , establishing both stories taking place at the same time . some dialogue at the beginning of the film also establishes that

gross - up close - up : being a 3d film , a closeup is done on a pipe impaling one of the rapists .

the new film in the series , which is scripted by rowling and scheduled to hit cinemas in november 2018 , will mark the first appearance of law as a younger dumbledore , although depp ' s grindelwald was previously revealed at the climax of the first fantastic beasts film .

apocalyptic log : all the camera footage . everyone repeatedly says to keep the film running so there will be a log of what happened .

in spain was a technical release in cinemas only in madrid ( artistic metropol ) . the film was projected for 1 day in subtitled version .

lighter and softer : while the first two films were strict survival horror , rec 3 added elements of romance drama due to clara and koldo ' s relationship and motivations . the film ' s use of traditional cinematography and the fact that the film actually had a musical score contributed to this trope .

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" the ballad of narayama " is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…

nothing is scarier : the films run on this quite a bit , especially the first film . at least , until all hell well and truly breaks loose .

paul dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach . he and his female companion , patricia welles , must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid ricus , . . . see full summary »

in 2008 , the first [ rec ] was remade in america as quarantine . in 2009 a sequel , [ rec ] 2 , was released . the third film , called [ rec ] 3 : génesis takes place at roughly the same time as the events of the first two films are happening , and the fourth and final film , [ rec ] apocalipsis , concludes the saga with the infection spreading to unknown proportions ; the film was released in spain on october 31 , 2014 .

spoilers ahead . and explanations . q . i just saw upstream color . what … just happened ? a . upstream color is about two people , kris ( amy seimetz ) and jeff ( director and screenwriter shane carruth ) , whose lives and behaviors are affected by a complex parasite—without them even knowing it . the parasite has a three - stage life cycle in which it passes from humans to pigs to orchids . carruth eloquently calls this the “ worm - pig - orchid life cycle . ”

the demon worm parasite survives the destruction of the boat and gets " eaten " by a fish . since it can infect animals , it ' s likely only a matter of time before it returns to land and the cycle of infection starts again .

but in a film industry full of franchises , a benchmark exists for a reason . if “star wars” is really what scott wants , he will have to try again .

paul dean has created a deadly parasite that is now attached to his stomach . he and his female companion , patricia welles , must find a way to destroy it while also trying to avoid ricus , his rednecks , and an evil government agent named merchant .

color film is a new york - based art pop duo formed in 2012 by daryl palumbo and richard penzone . the musical project is a re - contextualization of . . .

q . why pigs ? a . luckily , somebody asked this at a q & a i attended . for one thing , carruth chose them because he knew they would stay put . you couldn’t have the sampler chasing around chickens . furthermore , he didn’t want anything too exotic ; it wouldn’t fit the look of the film . finally , he chose them because they’re physiologically fairly similar to humans , meaning it’s easier to imagine a parasite passing between us and them .

in this scene and throughout the film , godard uses jump cuts - - cuts within continuous movement or dialogue , with no attempt made to make them match . the technique " was a little more accidental than political , " writes the australian critic jonathan dawson . the finished film was 30 minutes too long , and " rather than cut out whole scenes or sequences , godard elected to trim within the scene , creating the jagged cutting style still so beloved of action filmmakers . godard just went at the film with the scissors , cutting out anything he thought boring . "

spanish / english review : el principal problema de ' parasite eve ' es que por un lado no se sabe bien a qué género pertenece o qué nos quiere contar ; eso no tiene porqué importar según qué películas , pero con obras de estilo narrativo como estas es un fallo importante .

this is a great low budget horror film despite its made for tv look . this horror film is pretty well made and provides the right sense of suspense and blatantly depicts the actions and situations that may occur when trust and jealousy begins to coexist . this film is about an experiment gone wrong after a scientist instructor participates in a mesmerism experiment . after a couple of days , he begins to feel weak , sleepy , and starts doing unordinary actions towards his teachings , his students , his fancé , and his friends . as things start to escalate , the evil one behind this situation begins to invade his environment , his brain , and his love life . i really enjoyed this film , for anyone who sees this in a video store , i suggest giving it a try , i did !

towards the end of the film , when the power goes out , james davidson says ' there ' s a generator out back ' , yet when he goes to start it he goes to the basement .

the fantastic beasts films are set in the same world as harry potter , but take place many years beforehand , with the first film taking place in 1926 , and this new sequel taking place in 1927 .

with the headline : orson welles ' s controversial ' citizen kane ' proves a sensational film at palace - - ' that uncertain feeling ' at music hall - - ' great american broadcast ' at roxy .

this is not to say that there is no audience for “alien : covenant . ” but in the age of billion - dollar - earning blockbusters , a high - budgeted film that performs just fine raises eyebrows .

at first it seems like it ' s gonna be a found - footage film like the other movies , but at the end of the first act the camera gets smashed and then it jumps to a traditional style of filming . besides , no main characters from the first two movies appear on the third . lastly , it has more parodic elements ; it is more of a dark comedy than a horror film at times .

kiseijuu is a movie starring shôta sometani , eri fukatsu , and ai hashimoto . the humanity is suffering from murders all over the globe , called " mincemeat murders " . high school student , izumi shinichi has a parasite living off him , having replaced his right hand , and he might be the discoverer of truth .

it has its moments , but for a film of its genre , it ' s both a bit melodramatic and overplays the creepy sound effects . the narrative and content is actually more effective in the video game format .

within the withering spotlight as no other film has ever been before , orson welles ' s " citizen kane " had is world premiere at the palace last evening . and now that the wraps are off , the mystery has been exposed and mr . welles and the rko directors have taken the much - debated leap , it can be safely stated that suppression of this film would have been a crime . view full article in timesmachine »

found footage films : averted completely for the first time in the series , along with apocalyptic log . the entire film is traditionally shot ( albeit with shaky cam ) , interspersed with footage from the ship ' s security feed .

a four - part anthology in the spirit of the twilight zone , this film starts off with a group of commuters stranded at a train station in the rain , listening to stories told by one of the . . . see full summary »

the last part of the film has pablo and angela trying to sneak past the medeiros girl - in a crowded apartment they ' re unfamiliar with , in pitch darkness . of course they bump into something and make enough noise to get themselves killed .

crazy cat lady : mrs . izquierdo , the old woman whose breakdown after being infected sets the events of the film in motion , is referred as such by other characters . however , we never happen to see any of her pet cats . . .

, scamanader ' s mysterious old school friend and former love interest ( glimpsed in the first film in a photograph ) , and war & peace star callum turner as scamander ' s intimidating - sounding older brother theseus , an " auror and war hero " .

one inside joke in the film is always mentioned , but is not really there . michel ' s alias is " laszlo kovacs , " and countless writers inform us this is a reference to the legendary hungarian cinematographer . in fact , godard had not met kovacs at the time , and the reference is to the character belmondo played in chabrol ' s " a double tour " ( 1959 ) . in a film with so many references to the past of the cinema , it is amusing to find a coincidental reference to its future .

nice one ! tokyo , 2034 : sophisticated robots called boomers ( and on first sight almost indistinguishable from us , humans ) are among us . they are meant to assist us in the shores we despise , but more an more things go wrong and take a nasty turn . in 3 linked short stories we see a world where humanity is as much a thing of machines , as of " biological " units . parasite dolls is blade runner meets strange days in animation . especially the capturing of emotions from the boomers for pity sexual " human " games seemed like a very interesting idea , although this was not worked out in much detail . the rest of the ideas behind the film weren ' t very original , but the 3 stories were plotted very well and the characters were nicely developed . the score helped bringing a very real " emotional " feel to the film . the animations aren ' t spectacular compared to what you see in ghost is the shell for example , but they are adequate . if you have a change to see this film , i can only recommend to actually go and see it : a classic artificial intelligence story ( what ' s humanity , how about emotions , . . . ? ) that ' s very well scripted and adequately animated .

this blend of sci - fi and horror starts off very well , as a young doctor looses his wife to an accident , and then decides to reconstruct her through his mitochondrial research . this part is full of grandiose melodrama , set to a lush romantic score by none other than jo hisaishi . let ' s face it , no one does melodrama as expertly as the japanese . it is during the second half of the film however where the plot of the film is literally lost . the doctor stumbles upon a hidden conspiracy carried out by mitochondria since the beginning of time , and his newly reconstituted wife becomes the first vessel towards world domination . if it sounds absurd , rest assured it ' s treated with utmost seriousness here , as though people are really going to think this is possible . oh well . the commitment is admirable and the film is still rather watchable .

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“i see a really huge franchise here — honestly , as big as ‘ star wars . ’” the director told bbc 4’s francine stock in an interview that aired in may , just before the film was released overseas . “i’m trying to open it up . this is not an innocent plan , ” he said .

internal deconstruction : to the previous two films ' social media before reason : koldo gets enraged when the cameraman doesn ' t stops recording to help ( this is something that also happened even all the way back on the first film , but angela ordered the cameraman to continue ) and smashes the camera as a result .

in between swigs from a very large bottle of whiskey , he runs the gamut from waxing philosophical ( “it takes a willing hand to punish horrible men ! ” ) to issuing florid insults ( “you are not an unfortunate man , you are an auspicious parasite ! ” ) when leland isn’t offering dire warnings about the threat to his community posed by murderous “bogeymen . ” chief among the latter : atticus , the relentless assassin effectively played by leguizamo as only slightly less indestructible than jason voorhees .

no , this is not a very good movie at all . however , i saw it when it was first released in 1982 in 3d , and not once since then , and i still remember some creepy scenes . the big gross - out in the movie - - when the dripping parasite falls down on you from the ceiling in 3d ! ! - - had me squirming in my seat in 1982 . i saw a number of films during the short - lived 3d revival of the early ' 80 ' s , and , believe me , there were very few kick - ass uses of the 3d effect anywhere , but parasite had one of the better ones . ( most of the other good 3d moments are in house of wax with vincent price . even hitchcock couldn ' t figure out what to do with the gimmick . ) by the way , in 1982 no one had ever heard of demi moore . did we predict big things for her after seeing her in this ? yeah , right .

the genesis of the mitochondrion was not in humans but in a species thought to be similar to bacteria . regardless , mitochondria cannot survive without the constant supply of biomolecules and environment provided by the host cell . while mitochondria are linked to certain diseases and cell death , they cannot “rebel” . also , the concept of rebellion implies conscious action , and even under the most generous terms mitochondria would not be attributed with the level of intelligence required for rebellion , much less the fantastic powers they have in parasite eve .

the second film confirms it : the virus is actually the vehicle of a worm - like demonic entity which uses it to control the infected and jump its mind from one to another , and is able to talk with different voices in different bodies ( an infected 40 - year - old talking with the voice of the infected little girl is disturbing ) .

the closest anyone gets to an explanation in the first film is a room full of crazy covered in newspaper clips about a " medeiros girl " who seems to have been infected or possessed , a recorder that plays back some ramblings about a virus , an infected hyper - aggressive little boy and , finally , the girl herself that kills the last two survivors .

in this gory sci - fi outing , shot and originally released in 3 - d , dr . paul dean ( robert glaudini ) is a scientist living in the near future , after america has fallen under the control of a repressive paramilitary regime . dean ' s research causes him to absorb an especially voracious parasitic worm , which feeds inside the human stomach until it becomes strong enough to burst out in search of a new host . in time , dean is able to extract the creature from his body , but soon it escapes from captivity , and dean and his friend patricia ( demi moore ) must find a way to stop it as they find themselves on the run from brutal government agent merchant ( james davidson ) and a gang of thugs led by ricus ( luca bercovici ) . parasite was demi moore ' s second film , shot while she was still a regular on the daytime serial general hospital .

with “alien : covenant , ” ridley scott had an ambitious new hope . “i see a really huge franchise here — honestly , as big as ‘star wars . ’” the director told bbc 4’s francine stock in an interview that aired in may , just before the film was released overseas . “i’m trying to open it up . this is not an innocent plan , ” [ … ]

we’re still a few months away from bong joon - ho ‘s new monster movie okja , but the snowpiercer director has already revealed his next project . the feature will be titled parasite , and although not a great deal is known yet , it will “revolve around a family going through a disturbance , ” according to asian wiki . led by his previous collaborator song kang - ho ( the host , memories of murder ) , production will kick off in january for what sounds to be a more horror - focused outing perhaps , judging from the title . it is expected to be released in 2018 .

not for fox’s distribution chief chris aronson , who was “feeling great” sunday morning , and said the film’s lower opening than 2012’s “prometheus” was the “normal course of business . ” “prometheus” was positioned as an “alien” prequel , and the acclaimed director’s return to the franchise he created in 1979 . it went on to make $ 403 . 4 million worldwide — the highest grossing by far of the eight - film franchise ( including both ‘alien vs . predator’ movies ) . aronson , praising the “efficient and proficient” scott , pointed out that “alien : covenant” was made for 27 percent less than “prometheus . ” “he wanted to go back to the roots of ‘alien , ’ and i think he succeeded in doing that , ” aronson said of what has been described by some critics as a return to form for the director .

q . so how exactly does this affect kris and jeff ? a . well , first it costs them their life savings . when the worm is inside the thief’s victims , it makes them susceptible to being put in a hypnotic trance . during this trance , the thief orders his victims to sell their possessions , take out mortgages on their houses , etc . this goes on until the victims eat , which in turn gives the parasite , currently in the stomach , food to feed on and grow , at which point the worm extends all the way to the ends of each of the victim’s limbs .

but why isn’t “alien : covenant” earning more ? critics generally applauded it — the movie currently has a generally positive 73 percent on rotten tomatoes . then there was the film’s marketing , which teased out the premise with a series of short films directed by scott for fans to pounce on and dissect . also , r - rated franchise blockbusters have become less taboo thanks to the recent success of “deadpool” and “logan . ”

the technique adds charm to a scene where the two drive through paris in a stolen convertible , and there is a series of closeup cuts over her shoulder as michel describes her . when the two lovers , fleeing the police , sneak into a movie , it is a scene directly quoted in " bonnie and clyde " - - which , we recall , both godard and truffaut were once to direct . in each case , the dialogue reflects the action ; bonnie and clyde hear " we ' re in the money , " and michel and patricia hear dialogue about a woman " covering up for a cheap parasite . "

godard ' s key collaborator on the film was the cinematographer raoul coutard , who worked with him many times , notably on " weekend " ( 1968 ) . it was only coutard ' s fourth film , and his methods became legend : how when they could not afford tracks for a tracking shot , he held the camera and had himself pushed in a wheelchair . how he achieved a grainy look that influenced many other fiction films that wanted to seem realistic . how he scorned fancy lighting . how he used hand - held techniques even before lightweight cameras were available . how he timed one shot of belmondo so that the streetlights on the champs elysses came on behind him . there is a lovely backlit shot of belmondo in bed and seberg sitting beside the bed , both smoking , the light from the window enveloping them in a cloud .

the film takes place in an arizona hamlet near the mexico border where a few locals earn an off - the - books income by selling ammunition to a drug cartel . there’s a new sheriff in town , wallace ( patrick wilson ) , a straight - arrow prodigal son who returns to his old stomping grounds to replace leland ( ian mcshane ) , a beefy and boozy cynic with a reputation for shooting first and seldom asking questions later .

q . who are all those other people ? the guy with the frizzy hair and the pigs , or the guy who steals all kris’s money ? a . at each stage of the worm - pig - orchid cycle there’s someone who profits from that stage and , unknowingly , advances the parasite to the next stage . the first person , whom the credits call the thief ( played by thiago martins ) , infects victims with the worm to brainwash them and steal their money . we see him do this to kris , and we learn that he’s also done this to jeff . the second person , whom the credits call the sampler ( andrew sensenig ) , takes the worms from the thief’s victims and puts them into pigs . the transfer of the worm establishes a connection between the victim and the pig , and the sampler can then use the pigs to “sample” the victims’ experiences—each time he approaches a victim’s pig , he can see what’s going in that victim’s life . the sampler is then inspired by these experiences to record music , which he sells through his record company , quinoa valley rec . co . the third person , or actually the third group of people , are the two orchid farmers—the credits call them the orchid mother ( kathy carruth ) and the orchid daughter ( meredith burke ) . when the sampler disposes of pigs by bagging them and throwing them into a nearby stream , the parasite leaches out of the pigs and into white orchids , turning them blue . the two orchid farmers then pick these rare blue orchids and sell them through their company , e + p exotics . the thief then buys these rare blue orchids—at the beginning of the film we can see that the flower pots he buys are labeled e + p exotics—and uses the worms that come out of them , beginning the w - p - o cycle anew .

a . i mean , sorta . q . but what does it all mean ? a . carruth wants people to take away a fairly specific interpretation , though he prefers that people come to it on their own . still , when pressed at all , he’s mentioned in several interviews and q & as that the film , for him , is about identity , “ about whether we control our identity or whether our identity controls us . ” he elaborated , to io9 :

the movie had a sensational reception ; it is safe to say the cinema was permanently changed . young directors saw it and had abandoned their notions of the traditional studio film before they left the theater . crowther of the times , who was later to notoriously despise its descendant " bonnie and clyde , " said of " breathless " that " sordid is really a mild word for its pile - up of gross indecencies . " the jump cuts to him were " pictorial cacophony . "

modern movies begin here , with jean - luc godard ' s " breathless " in 1960 . no debut film since " citizen kane " in 1942 has been as influential . it is dutifully repeated that godard ' s technique of " jump cuts " is the great breakthrough , but startling as they were , they were actually an afterthought , and what is most revolutionary about the movie is its headlong pacing , its cool detachment , its dismissal of authority , and the way its narcissistic young heroes are obsessed with themselves and oblivious to the larger society .

“it ain’t never been a rat problem in baltimore . always been a people problem , ” says harold edmond , a member of the city’s rat rubout program , in rat film . theo anthony’s thrillingly unconventional documentary , however , argues that , for the last century or more , maybe it’s been both – and that the two are inextricably intertwined . it’s a fascinating hypothesis , and one that’s laid out in daring video - essay form by the filmmaker’s feature debut , which stands as one of this year’s most idiosyncratic , and impressive , non - fiction works .

an old man who bears the scars of a life of factory work . a woman , alone apart from her small baby , who moves in with him . the film sketches out the day - to - day lives of the three of them , taking in their cramped quarters and mutual dependency , thrown back on bare existence . the camera records and stages in equal measure : three bodies at the beginning of life , at its end and somewhere in between . need , self - sacrifice , decline . and again and again , the inescapable necessity to eat . along with the infant’s cries , the only sounds to pierce their otherwise wordless life together are those of smacking lips , slurping and chewing , which together with the noises of their surrounding environment build to a tense crescendo . finally , a nocturnal foray out into life , a moment of great intimacy and a brief sense of release . anka and wilhelm sasnal , two of the most interesting artists working in poland today , made their third feature - length film with an actress and a man who’d never acted before . its aesthetic radicalism and almost unbearable immediacy are of a strange and tender beauty .

yet crowther conceded , " it is no cliche , " and the film ' s bold originality in style , characters and tone made a certain kind of genteel hollywood movie quickly obsolete . godard went on to become the most famous innovator of the 1960s , although he lost the way later , with increasingly mannered experiments . here in one quick , sure move , knowing somehow just what he wanted and how to obtain it , he achieved a turning point in the cinema just as surely as griffith did with " the birth of a nation " and welles with " citizen kane . "

segueing to okja , netflix has released a trio of new images , which feature mija ( an seo hyun ) , who has cared for the titular creature in the film , as well as tilda swinton ‘s ceo character of lucy mirando , and then there’s jake gyllenhaal as zoologist and tv personality dr . johnny wilcox . while we’re still not sure what to expect , everyone involved looks to be having a great deal of fun — just look at that mustache . also starring paul dano , giancarlo esposito , steven yeun , and lily collins , check out the images and new synopsis above and below .

i found this movie by chance and a good chance i did as i found this 80 ' s style thriller very enjoyable from start to finish . i would not say much for the story but a little entertainer for a night in with a few cans of beer . looking back i cannot say i could associate this with any film i have seen in the past but maybe there is something like it out there in somebody ' s old video collection . i would say if your an 80 ' s kid into john carpenters ' assault on precinct 13 to stephen hopkins ' judgement night , i believe you will enjoy it !

well , in the film the main characters are being affected at a distance by things they can’t speak to . and the three points in the triangle , as far as the worm - pig - orchid cycle , each of them are performing acts that are independent of the next one in the line… they would all be dealing with things that seemingly came from “upstream . ” and “color” … i think of it as building up a personal narrative , and the shape of that is easy , the color is what’s difficult . i don ' t know if that means anything , but it seemed appropriate to me at the time .

rat film , in other words , is not your typical documentary , and its mesmerizing electronica score by dan deacon – full of whirring , bleeping and blipping , cacophonous noise , and ominous tonal swells – only enhances its eccentricity . in an era of non - fiction efforts marked by formulaic techniques , anthony’s approach is enlivening . he creates a swirl of facts , figures and symbolic photographic gestures that locate the ways in which the modern story of baltimore’s rats is tangled up in the city’s socio - cultural attitudes , and public policy , toward african - americans , the economically disadvantaged , and anyone else who might be deemed “undesirable . ”

why are so many modern horror films so cheesy ? honestly , this film is about an experiment that went wrong that produced oversized bacteria with teeth that look more like worms actually than bacteria and whose purpose is obviously to eat people . the acting was crap - nearly by every cast member . special effects were some of the worst i ' ve ever seen , in particular those involved in explosions and slow - motions . even some pre - 2000 video games have better graphics than that . this is not a horror movie - this is a cheesefest . i only enjoyed the bit when the giant worm thing bit a guy ' s head off towards the end .

[ rec ] ( 2007 ) is a spanish horror film following a news reporter , ángela vidal , and her cameraman , pablo , as they cover the night shift in one of barcelona ' s local fire stations for the fictional documentary while you sleep . however , the two intrepid reporters get much more than they bargained for when the firehouse receives a call from an apartment building about a woman who is trapped . as they tag along with the rescue effort , ángela and pablo find themselves chronicling the discovery and progression of an apparent zombie outbreak in the apartment building , which forces the police and military to seal off the building , trapping everyone inside . soon they are forced to fight for their lives , as the virus slowly takes over the residents and firemen around them .

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uninspired actors intone a banal script , reduced by clumsy pacing to a minimum of suspense .

this is a badly acted b movie without much flair for involving its audience .

this is the proverbial bottom - of - the - barrel ; it really doesn ' t get much worse than this .

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trippy indie madeline ' s madeline is the movie that lakeith stanfield and boots riley from sorry to bother you want to see the most .

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a young couple with a newborn baby don ' t realize that the nanny they hired is a magical nymph who sacrifices infants to an evil tree .

partially deaf teenager carafotes becomes alienated when prevented from playing football because of his handicap . he must deal with his parents , coach , teammates , his new girlfried and a . . . see full summary »

the crypt keeper returns to tell the story of a funeral parlor that moonlights as a vampire bordello .

in a small town , roy seeley and his girlfriend mandy pullman are camping by the lake . out of the blue , they are attacked and roy is murdered while mandy is violently raped . dr . sam cordell . . . see full summary »

horror thriller set in 17th century england about the children of a village slowly converting into a coven of devil worshipers .

not ready for marriage , a fashion model moves into an unbelievably cheap brooklyn heights apartment , where weird occurrences turn into a much more frightening turn of events .

an airplane exposed to radiation lands , and blood drinking zombies emerge armed with knives , guns and teeth ! they go on a rampage slicing , dicing , and biting their way across the italian countryside .

a man who runs an apartment house for women is the demented son of a nazi surgeon who has the house equipped with secret passageways , hidden rooms and torture and murder devices .

a young man and his girlfriend move into an old mansion home , where he becomes possessed by a desire to control ancient demons .

an evil ninja attempts to avenge his death from beyond the grave , by possessing an innocent woman ' s body .

four teenage friends spend the night in a carnival funhouse and are stalked by a deformed man in a frankenstein mask .

a pair of psychotic hoodlums and an equally demented nymphomaniac woman terrorize two young girls on a train trip from germany to italy .

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in one scene he and his wife are having a candle light dinner and the lighting shows the candles flickering , but the flames on the candles never move .

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in the dystopian future of the 1990s , scientist named paul dean creates parasitic creatures ( which resemble tadpoles ) as a biological weapon . realizing what he has done , he tries to destroy them but ends up infected himself . now he has to find a cure to his condition while being chased by a represantive of the company he used to work for .

after the end : dialogue suggests some sort of vague atomic war took place before the story begins .

an arm and a leg : wolf cuts off buddy ' s hand after he lies about not seeing paul passing by .

the apunkalypse : the various gangs that populate this world meet this standard . one of the gang members in joshua is even played by cherie curie , former lead singer all - girl punk band the runaways .

attempted rape : paul comes across two thugs attacking a woman , and intervenes with his laser gun .

awesome , but impractical : wolf drives a lamborghini when pursuing paul , which while indeed is a cool car , is not the most practical vehicle for cross country pursuits given the fuel shortages the world is experiencing .

chairman of the brawl : one of the rapists attacks paul with a chair .

crapsack world : taking place after the end , features the typical dystopian tropes of oppressive mega corp , roving bands of gangs ruling decaying towns , inflated cost of living ( $ 40 a gallon for gas and meals costs a silver coin ) and general breakdown of society ( resources are scarce and paper money is scoffed at ) .

destination defenestration : while fighting the rapists , paul sends one of them through a window .

faux affably evil : wolf usually comes across friendly and congenial with folks when he first meets them , striking up small talk with them . but the minute he suspects they ' re lying to him his nasty side comes out . . .

fricking laser beams : people working for the merchants have an access to laser weapons .

man on fire : wolf flails around for a while after he is caught inside the explosion .

mega corp : xyrex . it is also implied that it more or less controls the government .

names to run away from really fast : wolf , the suitman who ' s after paul .

privately owned society : the xyrex corp . seems to have control over various major industries affecting people ' s daily lives with no police or other government oversight left .

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for 10 idyllic years , young mija ( an seo hyun ) has been caretaker and constant companion to okja—a massive animal and an even bigger friend—at her home in the mountains of south korea . but that changes when the family - owned multinational conglomerate mirando corporation takes okja for themselves and transports her to new york , where image obsessed and self - promoting ceo lucy mirando ( tilda swinton ) has big plans for mija’s dearest friend .

with no particular plan but single - minded in intent , mija sets out on a rescue mission , but her already daunting journey quickly becomes more complicated when she crosses paths with disparate groups of capitalists , demonstrators and consumers , each battling to control the fate of okja…while all mija wants to do is bring her friend home .

deftly blending genres , humor , poignancy and drama , bong joon ho ( snowpiercer , the host ) begins with the gentlest of premises—the bond between man and animal—and ultimately creates a distinct and layered vision of the world that addresses the animal inside us all .

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a new documentary draws damning parallels between how a city handles its rodent problem and its history of racism .

anthony’s avant - garde modus operandi is established immediately , with a series of introductory starting - line car - racing images set to maureen jones narrating a creation myth : “before the world became the world , it was an egg . inside the egg was dark . the rat nibbled the egg and let light in . ” at that point , an explosion of flames bursts out of one vehicle’s backside , and the action cuts to murky downward - gazing shots of a rat trapped inside a trash can . its beady little eyes glowing like fire , the skittering creature attempts to leap out its makeshift prison , all while jones informs us that a normal adult norway rat can , on average , jump 32 - inches high – and that baltimore city trash cans , not coincidentally , stand 34 - inches tall .

at once expressionistic and drolly funny , this opening sets the stage for anthony’s subsequent inquiry , comprised of crazily eclectic components : close - up studies of rats ; trips through baltimore via both out - the - car - window glimpses of row houses , and tours of a video game’s simulated 3d city ; vignettes concerning edmond and others who like to pass their time murdering the rodent population ; and archival maps , documents and pictures which lay out the relationship between the metropolis’ rat infestation and its troubling racial history . it is , to be sure , a lot to take in . and the fact that anthony refuses to hold one’s hand through this mélange of modes and materials doesn’t make it any easier to digest , especially since , at least on the surface , it’s sometimes difficult to discern the precise relationships shared between a particular historical incident and contemporary character portrait , or random legislative event and anecdotal aside .

as edmond opines while going about his pest - control work , rats live side - by - side with people who have the least education and resources – those who have “no dreams , no aspirations . just survival . ” that comment connects back to an earlier rumination on whether infant rats – who spend their first two weeks with their eyes closed – dream . the answer , from all accounts , is probably not , given that they’re too busy struggling to avoid being preyed upon by some of the amateur rat assassins anthony depicts carrying out their nightly duty . one wields a variety of bb guns for headshot kills in alleys . another duo sticks peanut - butter - coated chicken on a fishing rod line , and then bashes their hooked prey to death with a baseball bat . in this urban wasteland , it’s kill or be killed . survival of the fittest .

beth and ben are a newly married couple . after returning home from their honeymoon , ben discovers that a ghost appears in the bedroom each night . the entity has designs on his beautiful wife . night after night , growing in form , lust , and power . . .

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the king of paris ( russian : король парижа , translit : korol ' parizha ) is a 1917 russian silent feature film directed by yevgeni bauer .

the film was shot in the cinema factory of aleksandr khanzhonkov in yalta .

this was the last work of yevgeni bauer .

as he worked on his previous film , for happiness ( ru : « за счастьем » ) , bauer broke his leg , and he shot this film while in a bathchair , but soon fell ill with pneumonia .

he began shooting in early summer of 1917 , but he was soon placed in yalta hospital and on 9 june 1917 he died .

actress olga rakhmanova finished the film .

the king of paris ( 1917 film )

the king of paris ( 1917 film ) <EOT> worldwide release of the lord of the rings : the return of the king live - action film , directed by peter jackson .

england : duke of connaught decorates men of the " contemptibles " at chelsea . ( 1917 )

release of the return of the king animated film , directed by arthur rankin , jr and jules bass .

unauthorised paperbacks of the two towers and the return of the king are published by ace books .

the subtitles the fellowship of the ring , the two towers and the return of the king are chosen for individual volumes of the lord of the rings .

tolkien’s poem ‘the battle of the eastern field’ is printed in the king edward’s school chronicle .

bbc radio serialises the two towers and the return of the king in 6 half - hour episodes .

kennedy , harlan . " the world of king arthur according to john boorman . "

paris 1900 . dvd - r . ( grapevine us ) - compilation documentary made in 1947 about paris in the early 1900s , includes footage of stars like bernhardt .

the film index : a bibliography . vol . 1 : the film as art .

tarpley , fred . " king arthur on film . " in william e . tanner , ed .

release of the lord of the rings animated film , directed by ralph bakshi .

but , despite such details , the replica paris was not quite finished before the last german air raid in paris , in september 1918 , meaning it was never tested .

wallace , david . " ' the fisher king ' s ' catch . "

presents probably the most faithful film version of the medieval legend of tristan and isolde .

[ paris ] 357 ( august - september 1982 ) : 235 - 37 .

this film was the last work of yevgeni bauer . at work on the film previous , for happiness ( «за счастьем» ) bauer broke his leg , and he shot his last film while in his chair , but soon fell ill with pneumonia . he began shooting in early summer of 1917 . but he was soon placed in yalta hospital and 9 june 1917 he died .

denmark ; dir . jytte rex ; norsk film production and the danish film institute .

magid , ron . " the fisher king ' s logistical knight - mare . "

vaines , colin . " king arthur ' s yankee enters the space age . "

the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states : film beginnings , 1893 - 1910 .

the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states , film beginnings , 1893 - 1910 .

“ ' split reel ' notes for the theatre men . ” motography ( 31 march 1917 ) : 665 - 666 .

tolkien drafts the chapters ‘the land of shadow’ , ‘mount doom’ , ‘the field of cormallen’ , ‘the steward and the king’ , ‘many partings’ , ‘homeward bound’ , ‘the scouring of the shire’ and ‘the grey havens’ .

although the film is mostly set in france , most of the scenes were filmed in germany within the babelsberg studios in potsdam , near berlin . this studio , built in 1917 , was also used to film goebbels ' s propaganda films .

yevgeni bauer ' s final film , and one of his weakest , the king of paris has some visual flair and plenty of nice , clean shots ( especially compared to similar films of the era ) . unfortunately its story is quite convoluted and bauer ' s usual striking imagery and disturbing ideas are not really present . there is a crisp and sufficiently tense duel though . with a lot of intertitles and plenty of static camerawork , the king of paris is bauer at his least interesting even if he still creates an atmosphere and mood that few silent films accomplish . the king of paris is a decent swan song for bauer , but it ' s not exactly fitting considering his many superior films .

worldwide release of the lord of the rings : the fellowship of the ring live - action film , directed by peter jackson .

mata hari , the archetype of the seductive female spy , is executed for espionage by a french firing squad at vincennes outside of paris .

tolkien meets forrest j . ackerman to discuss an animated film of the lord of the rings .

roughly only 30 % of the film is in spoken english , the language which dominates the film is either french or german , with a little italian . chapter three of the film , ' german night in paris ' , is completely devoid of any english . this is highly unusual for a hollywood production .

" brillantes premières à vichy et à paris de ' l ' éternel retour . ' "

at the proletkino film studio in moscow . it was a semi - educational film , alternatively called

bernhardt ( a / d / w / p ) beseeching paul dubois’s joan before the cathedral at reims , mothers of france ( 1917 ) . frl

james , caryn . " ' the fisher king ' is wise enough to be wacky . "

ballantine books publish the 3 paperback volumes of the revised text of the lord of the rings .

with a look - alike humanoid robot in tow , a reluctant astronaut is inadvertently whisked back to king arthur ' s court to battle mordred and merlin on the king ' s behalf . of all the adaptations of twain ' s

borgzinner , jon . " the shining pageant of camelot " and " the limerick lad in king arthur ' s court . "

french planners chose an area around the commuter town of maisons - laffitte , some 15 miles from the centre of paris , and on a stretch of the river seine similar to the one in the capital .

worldwide release of the lord of the rings : the two towers live - action film , directed by peter jackson .

worldwide release of the hobbit : the battle of the five armies live - action film , directed by peter jackson .

parsifal , having overcome a number of opponents and various temptations , assumes his rightful place as the guardian of the holy grail , curing the wounded king amfortas in the process .

worldwide release of the hobbit : the desolation of smaug live - action film , directed by peter jackson .

a young man named roger is suspected of cheating at cards . with the help of the well known parisian adventurer , vencon , an elusive criminal , and using the famous duke diernstein , and his relationships , and thanks to his cheating in card games , roger becomes indeed “the king of paris” .

“the ' voix d’or ' on silent film : the case of sarah bernhardt . ” in

on this day in 1917 , the exotic dancer mata hari is executed by a french firing squad at vincennes , outside of paris , for the crime of espionage . born margueretha gertruida zelle in a small town in northern holland and formerly married to a captain in the dutch army , mata hari had . . .

19 september 1991 : arts and film 86 ; 20 september 1991 : arts and film 37 .

the film displayed in the second marquee of the cinema is le corbeau , a film produced during the nazi occupation of france and it features hidden anti - nazi messages that slipped past the censors .

against the wishes of their tyrannical parents , jean and marie decide to elope to paris but the sudden death of jean’s father makes it impossible for him to meet her at the station , and marie heads for paris alone . a year later , jean finds her in . . .

" rivals dethrone tenn . ernie ' s ' king ' in rating ' s race . "

lacy , norris j . " arthurian film and the tyranny of tradition . "

the use of arthurian legend in hollywood film from connecticut yankees to fisher kings .

images in the dark , an encyclopedia of gay and lesbian film and video .

in the first of chaney ' s two other horror masterpieces , he appeared in one of the earliest versions of victor hugo ' s novel about the hunchbacked quasimodo - a tortured bellringer living in a cathedral tower in love with gypsy dancer esmeralda ( patsy ruth miller ) in director wallace worsley ' s the hunchback of notre dame ( 1923 ) - it was another silent film version of the classic tale . [ an earlier version was the darling of paris ( 1917 ) , a lost film starring vamp theda bara as esmeralda . ]

bernhardt , sarah . ma double vie : mémoires de sarah bernhardt . paris : eugène fasquelle , 1923 .

the fake paris was rapidly deconstructed after the war , said professor delarue , who suggested that it had long since been built over .

the celtic warrior arthur fights saxons , picts and jutes , as well as king mark of cornwall , to protect his people and the integrity of his homeland . never commercially released , this film is really just a cobbled together videotape version of three episodes of

tolkien works on the chapters ‘minas tirith’ , ‘the passing of the grey company’ , ‘the muster of rohan’ , ‘the siege of gondor’ , ‘the battle of the pelennor fields’ ‘the pyre of denethor’ , ‘the houses of healing’ , ‘the last debate’ and ‘the black gate opens’ .

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in its retelling of scenes selected from the thirteenth century french prose vulgate cycle , this film presents the stories of arthur and guinevere , of morgan and her jealousy , of merlin and his enchantment by vivien , and of the fisher king bron , his daughter , and her son , galahad .

while paris remained largely unscathed from both world wars , london was severely damaged , with thousands killed or injured .

before this date the black riders have appeared during the writing of the lord of the rings .

tolkien is paid to accompany two mexican boys and their aunts to paris and dinard . one of the aunts is hit by a car and dies .

as their source , but the film ' s real debt is to the american movie western and the classics illustrated series . the film ' s significance lies in its being the first mgm film in cinemascope , not in any new light it sheds on the legend of arthur and the knights of the round table .

romero ' s film is nonetheless undervalued . it represents one of the better attempts to link the story of arthur with the american dream .

tolkien works on the lothlórien chapters and the first versions of ‘the breaking of the fellowship’ and commences work on the early chapters of the two towers .

release of the hobbit animated film , directed by arthur rankin , jr and jules bass .

one further essay was published : herbert reynolds , “aural gratification with kalem films : a case history of music , lectures and sound effects , 1907 - 1917 , ” film history 12 . 4 ( 2000 , pages 417 - 442 .

, caeserini ' s film still suffers from a problem common to many early filmed operas , the inability to synchronize the film itself with the musical accompaniment .

tolkien polishes the text of the lord of the rings including ‘eärendel was a mariner’ and ‘the tale of aragorn and arwen’ .

tolkien resumes work on the quenta silmarillion including ‘of valinor and the two trees’ , ‘of the coming of the elves’ and ‘of men and dwarves’ .

in 1916 rakhmanova’s first script was directed by bauer himself . only what’s lost is forever told the story of the tragic rupture between an artist and his family and friends , who are unable to understand his creative aspirations . together with most of khanzhonkov’s cast and crew rakhmanova went to crimea in the summer of 1917 for the annual location shoots . when bauer suddenly died at the very beginning of the trip , several of his films were left unfinished , including the adventure melodrama the king of paris ( 1917 ) . since all the interior scenes for it had already been shot in moscow , the film was finished on location by members of the cast and crew . in the restored version of the film , preserved at the russian state film archive , rakhmanova is listed as its co - writer and co - director together with bauer , which is also reflected in historical overviews of the period ( e . g . , ginzburg 2007 , 385 ) . some contemporary sources , however , stated that the film was finished by its cast headed by emma bauer , the director’s widow . at least , the studio’s head , aleksandr khanzhonkov , says as much in the unabridged , unpublished version of his memoirs , the first years of russian film industry , written in the mid - 1930s and held at the russian state film archive ( 310 ) . alternatively , lev kuleshov , who was the film’s art designer , claimed in his memoirs that he participated in the collective efforts to finish the film ( 1988 , 43 ) , and his participation has been recently more and more emphasized by scholars . eventually , the new “restored” version of the film shown on russian television in 2008 credited kuleshov and bauer , but left no mention of rakhmanova .

" special service section on ' a connecticut yankee in [ sic ] king arthur ' s court . ' "

paris , in contrast , prepared far better . at the end of the war jacopozzi was honoured for his defensive work , and went on to find fame illuminating the eiffel tower for the first time .

the early part of the year is taken up with correcting proofs for the lord of the rings . tolkien works on the appendices and index throughout much of the second half of the year .

famous quartiers of paris , including those around the arc de triomphe and opera , were created , as well as industrial suburbs like saint - denis and aubervilliers .

made for german television , this film of the story of parsifal is unusual in its use of wolfram rather than wagner as a source .

tolkien has to spend a lot of time revising the text of the lord of the rings to establish copyright in the us .

proceedings of the purdue university fifth annual conference on film october 30 - november 1 , 1980 .

online release of the hunt for gollum live - action fan film , directed by chris bouchard .

the tolkien society hosts “the return of the ring” conference in honour of the 75th anniversary of the hobbit . michael tolkien was a guest speaker .

details of the incredible creation emerged as the french capital prepares to commemorate the 93rd anniversary of the armistice .

the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states , feature films , 1931 - 1940 .

the american film institute catalog of motion pictures produced in the united states , feature films , 1911 - 1920 .

the only film that survives from the post - war period is a fragment of the death scene from daniel ( 1920 ) .

tolkien attends king edward’s school , birmingham as a fee - paying student , but he does not attend in december .

a second paris , complete with a champs - elysées and gard du nord , was built towards the end of the first world war to fool german bombers , it has emerged .

a raid by gothas on the english capital in june 1917 saw 162 people killed , including 46 children at a kindergarten in poplar , in the east end . up to 500 more people were injured .

during the 1990s , the widow and children of martin luther king , jr . , spoke publicly in support of ray and his claims , calling him innocent and speculating about an assassination conspiracy involving the u . s . government and military . u . s . authorities were , in conspiracists’ minds , implicated circumstantially . fbi director j . edgar hoover obsessed over king , who he thought was under communist influence . for the last six years of his life , king underwent constant wiretapping and harassment by the fbi . before his death , dr . king was also monitored by u . s . military intelligence , who may have been called to watch over king after he publicly denounced the vietnam war in 1967 . furthermore , by calling for radical economic reforms in 1968 , including guaranteed annual incomes for all , king was making few new friends in the cold war - era u . s . government .

thynne , jane . " £500 can buy slice of the action in a new british film . "

worldwide release of the hobbit : an unexpected journey live - action film , directed by peter jackson .

tolkien rewrites earlier parts of the narrative , and continues to alter the names of the hobbits .

the film is set in an alternate history of the second world war in which the entire top leadership of nazi germany , namely hitler , göring , goebbels and bormann attend a film premiere in paris celebrating the exploits of a german sniper who had managed to kill 300 american soldiers in italy . the time frame of the film is set in early june 1944 , after the d - day landings but before the liberation of paris . the film tracks the separate attempts to kill hitler by two disparate forces , one being " the basterds " , a motley crew of jewish american soldiers out for revenge against the nazis . the basterds have a modus operandi whereby each man must cut off the scalp of a dead nazi soldier , with orders to get 100 scalps each . the basterds allow one german soldier to survive each incident so they can spread the news of the terror of their attacks . however , the basterds carve a swastika into the forehead of that german . the other force concerns shosanna ( mélanie laurent ) , the only jewish survivor of an attack led by ss - standartenführer hans landa , also known as the " jew hunter " that had killed all her family . the basterds and shosanna remain unaware of each other throughout the film .

the first version of the cottage of lost play is completed by this date .

this difficulty of attribution is characteristic of most of rakhmanova’s output as a director . a simpler case is presented by her next film ,

tolkien probably writes ‘aldarion and erendis’ , ‘a description of the isle of númenor’ and ‘the line of elros : kings of númenor’ .

tolkien works on ‘the taming of sméagol’ , ‘the passage of the marshes’ , ‘the black gate is closed’ and ‘of herbs and stewed rabbit’ .

charles williams starts attending meetings of ‘the inklings’ . tolkien works on early versions of ‘the council of elrond’ , ‘the ring goes south’ , and a first draft of ‘the mines of moria’ .

duckett , victoria . “investigating an interval : sarah bernhardt , hamlet , and the paris exposition of 1900 . ” in reclaiming the archive : feminist film history . ed . vicki callahan . detroit : wayne state university press , 2010 . 193 - 212 .

tolkien works as a freelance tutor in addition to work for the oxford english dictionary . he probably writes an early version of ‘the chaining of melko’ , ‘the coming of the elves and the making of kôr’ and ‘the theft of melko and the darkening of valinor’ .

after assassinating king arthur , edmund of cornwall seizes the throne and kidnaps arthur ' s daughter katherine in the hopes of forcing her to marry him to legitimize his claim to the throne . the outlaw robert marshall intervenes , rescues katherine , and , with the aid of merlin , overthrows edmund and the saxons . katherine is crowned queen and takes robert as her consort . this unorthodox film version of the legend of arthur incorporates elements of the legend of robin hood into its plot , but the end result is still a flatly - directed and only moderately interesting adventure film .

tolkien probably writes ‘the disaster of the gladden fields’ , ‘cirion and eorl’ and ‘part of the legend of amroth and nimrodel’ .

wilhelm scream : the scream appears during two deaths in the film . the first half - second of the sound clip appears about 90 minutes into the movie , and the remainder of the scream appears about 20 minutes later . in the film - within - the - film , " nation ' s pride " , the wilhelm scream can be heard when a soldier is shot and falls from an upper window .

their crew would hold bombs by the fins and then drop them on any target they could see during quick sorties over major cities like paris and london .

tolkien makes some recordings of the gollum chapter in the hobbit , and some poems from the lord of the rings .

the tolkien society hosts “tolkien 2005 : the ring goes ever on” conference in honour of the 50th anniversary of the lord of the rings . priscilla tolkien gave the opening speech .

it was situated on the northern outskirts of paris and featured sham streets lined with electric lights , replica buildings and even a copy of the gare du nord – the station from which high - speed trains now travel to and from london .

as of 2013 , this is quentin tarantino ' s film with the most academy award nominations , 8 .

1823 : valjean , now a successful small - town businessman , tries to save fantine , runs afoul of javert , rescues little cosette from the thenardiers , and escapes to paris .

, boorman ' s film is a dark brooding meditation on the arthurian legend in which arthur becomes the grail king . the film has not , however , aged well . it seems now too much a product of its times , dominated by a heavy musical score that is designed to cue audience reactions to scenes sometimes before they occur .

marta braun , charlie keil , rob king , paul moore , and louis pelletier ( eds . ) : institutions , networks , and publics of early cinema

a new glossary of the dialect of the huddersfield district with tolkien’s foreword is published .

the jerusalem bible is published , which includes tolkien’s translation of the book of jonah .

the year which marked the peak for female representation in film was 100 years ago in 1917 , when women made up 41 % of the combined casts . and based on the films which have been released so far in 2017 , there are signs that the gender mix has slipped backwards recently . these are just ' signs ' because the gender of some actors cannot be inferred and more films will be released over the coming months .

the first film to feature georges simenon’s policeman hero jules maigret , la nuit du carrefour harnesses renoir’s casual early brilliance to simenon’s trademark atmosphere . the action of this low - budget film – most of it filmed on location and with far from perfect direct sound – takes place at a forlorn crossroads 30km north of paris , mostly at night . shots of dark , foggy or rain - soaked exteriors , barely pierced by feeble car lights , match the opacity of the plot .

levinson ' s film lacks the ironic tone of its original and changes the novel ' s ending . clearly , this film was meant as a star - vehicle for redford more than as a faithful adaptation of a literary source , and the arthurian dimensions of the novel are obscured in the process .

james earl ray , an escaped american convict , is arrested in london , england , and charged with the assassination of african american civil rights leader martin luther king , jr .

she became a famous courtesan , and with the outbreak of world war i her catalog of lovers began to include high - ranking military officers of various nationalities . in february 1917 , french authorities arrested her for espionage and imprisoned her at st . lazare prison in paris . in a military trial conducted in july , she was accused of revealing details of the allies’ new weapon , the tank , resulting in the deaths of thousands of soldiers . she was convicted and sentenced to death , and on october 15 she refused a blindfold and was shot to death by a firing squad at vincennes .

the gender mix in film casts varies substantially with the genre of the film . the extremes conform to stereotypes . the casts of romance films have the highest percentage of women ( 39 % ) , while war films have the lowest ( 20 % ) . other genres sit between these two extremes . and most films have been placed into the very broad genres of drama and comedy .

the maestro ennio morricone said he was available to compose the soundtrack of the film , but eventually chose to give up in order to concentrate only on the music of " baaria " ( 2009 ) by giuseppe tornatore . several of morricone ' s songs from other films were sampled in the film instead .

korol ' parizha / the king of paris . dir . : evgenii bauer , ol ' ga rakhmanova , sc . / ad . : evgenii bauer ( a . khanzhonkov & co . ltd . russia 1917 ) cas . : viacheslav svoboda , nikolai radin , emma ( lina ) bauer , mikhail stal ' skii , lidiia koreneva , mariia boldyreva , si , b & w , 35mm , 1 " video and 3 / 4 " video . archive : rur , usw [ note : preserved without any intertitles ] .

he rewrites many sections of the fellowship of the ring before taking the narrative beyond balin’s tomb in moria .

on this day in 1917 , early in the fourth summer of world war i , british prime minister david lloyd george calls an emergency meeting of his war cabinet in london to discuss plans for an upcoming british offensive against the germans on the western front . with russia wracked by revolution and . . .

publication of the return of the shadow ( volume 6 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .

publication of the war of the ring ( volume 8 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .

publication of the war of the jewels ( volume 11 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .

baillie presents a modern day reinterpretation of the legend of parsifal set against the backdrop of the sierra nevadas . the director has commented that his film is a tribute to the hero , who never appears , and to wagner ' s opera .

michel marie , laurent le forestier ( eds . ) with catherine schapira , la firme pathé frères , paris : afrhc , 2004 , 447 pages .

clearly named rakhmanova the film’s director ( 4 ) . at the same time , a june 1918 article in

lagrange filmed this visually striking if not always coherent retelling of the legend of tristan in iceland . the director characterized his film as a " visual opera . "

the arrangement of films here is alphabetical for both main and alternate titles . each main entry includes the film ' s title and date of release , the film ' s country of origin , the director , the production company , any alternate title ( s ) , and the cast . in the case of some silent films , surviving records do not always provide all of this information . i then briefly discuss each film and offer a short critical assessment , which admittedly at times betrays my own biases . finally , i provide an exhaustive a list of reviews and additional discussions of each film .

the george kleine collection of early motion pictures in the library of congress , a catalog .

tolkien reads a shortened version of ‘the fall of gondolin’ to the exeter college essay club .

tolkien works on corrections for the first one - volume paperback edition of the lord of the rings and writes about the palantíri .

1814 : military defeat ; napoleon’s allied enemies invade france and force him to abdicate ; he’s exiled to the island of elba . the “legitimate” king , louis xviii , younger brother of the guillotined louis xvi , is restored to the throne . ( what happened to no . xvii ? that’s xvi’s son , the “lost dauphin , ” the little boy who never became king and who disappeared / died / whatever around 1795 , under mysterious circumstances . )

in the meantime , the british have also learned of the nazi leadership ' s plan to attend the premiere and dispatch a british officer , lt . archie hicox ( michael fassbender ) , to paris to lead an attack on the cinema with the aid of " the basterds " and a german double agent , an actress by the name of bridget von hammersmark ( diane kruger ) .

on this day in 1948 , a hand - built aluminum prototype labeled “no . 1″ becomes the first vehicle to bear the name of one of the world’s leading luxury car manufacturers : porsche . the austrian automotive engineer ferdinand porsche debuted his first design at the world’s fair in paris in 1900 . the electric . . .

tolkien writes early versions of the later chapters ‘the window on the west’ , the forbidden pool’ , ‘journey to the cross - roads’ , ‘the stairs of cirith ungol’ , ‘shelob’s lair’ and ‘the choices of master samwise’ .

future learning and skills – giving everyone the opportunity to build a lifelong relationship with film .

broadcast of the lord of the rings radio series on the bbc , written by brian sibley and michael bakewell .

england needs a king , but legend states that only he who can pull a sword out of a stone may ascend the throne . a young boy named wart meets the magician merlin who agrees to educate him . wart also becomes squire to his foster brother kay , and when he forgets to bring a sword for his brother to use in a tournament , wart pulls the sword from the stone , not knowing the significance of what he has just done . named king arthur , wart is reassured by merlin that he is indeed the rightful king . based on t . h . white ' s novel

using a highly exaggerated style of acting , interspersed with trick camera effects , a group of actors present the following scenes from wagner ' s opera : parsifal ascends the throne , ruins of a magic garden , exterior of klingson ' s castle , magic garden , interior of the temple , scene outside the temple , return of parsifal , and in the woods . with this film , edison had hoped to capitalize on the success of the 1903 stage production of the opera in new york , but the film ' s run had to be shortened when the owner of the copyright successfully sued edison for using the script without permission .

frank kessler and nanna verhoeff ( eds ) : networks of entertainment . early film distribution 1895 - 1915

( 1859 ) , this film was critically well received because of its effective use of pageantry and the skill with which it told a love story .

he and his fellow gang members compete with a rival group of boy scouts . the leader of the delinquents is wounded in a robbery and saved by a grail knight who appears to him . the delinquents then join the scouts . the screenplay for this film was written by scout commissioner james austin wilder , who also played the role of the scout master . this little known cinematic gem is notable for its use of the grail as a source of healing and its linking of the matter of arthur with the problem of the proper education of boys .

, this film has had few neutral critics , most of whom responded negatively to it . the charges leveled against the film are generally that the lead roles were miscast , that the direction was ponderous , and that , at nearly three hours , the film was too long . the film did , nonetheless , win academy awards for art and set direction , costume , and best musical scoring . it was also nominated for best cinematography and sound .

sad sack arthur king , who is obsessed with the legend of king arthur , finally is allowed to join the army . while in basic training , friends present him with a sword , which he imagines to be excalibur . when he is posted to the french front , he gains courage from excalibur and performs a series of heroic deeds , until his friends inform him that the sword is not that of arthur . the popular askey brings his comedic skills to this minor piece of cinematic fluff , which is best seen as part of the british war effort .

today , look with a sceptical eye at the sycophantic revival of czarist russia , and a misty romanticism some american and european media offer the russian othodox church , neatly forgetting its major role in maintaining feudalism and backness in russia right up to 1917 . once again , orthodoxy is supporting the millionaire bandits robbing the russian people , cosying up for its share of the spoils .

needs to be read against the politics of the 1950s . against such a backdrop , the film can be " seen as an allegory for the triumph of american values over a communist threat " ( 38 ) .

tolkien lectures on the old english exodus for the first time . tolkien probably writes the sketch of the mythology and the first version of farmer giles of ham may date from this year .

arthur sees his kingdom dissolve in squabbles among his knights over the innocence or guilt of guinevere . this made - for - television film of the last two books of sir thomas malory ' s fifteenth century

[ 1928 ] fame ) , and with a mostly new cast . the released film , renamed

during most of america ' s wars the film industry made a positive contribution to the war effort . this was achieved in a variety of ways : explaining the causes of the war , revealing the evil nature of the enemy , the sacrifice of americans and the importance of the home front . feature films also created a realistic image of the battlefield for non - combatants , often using actual combat footage for added reality . the industry , then , provided in explanation of america ' s wars for the public and acted as an unofficial government agency .

osberg , richard h . " pages torn from the book : narrative disintegration in gilliam ' s ' the fisher king . ' " in leslie j . workman and kathleen verduin , eds .

publication of the letters of j . r . r . tolkien , edited by humphrey carpenter with the assistance of christopher tolkien .

publication of the lays of beleriand ( volume 3 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .

publication of the treason of isengard ( volume 7 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .

whether by mistake or not , we previously listed the wallace beery , raymond hatton and louise brooks film now we’re in the air ( 1927 ) as a surviving film . any notes to support such a claim have been misplaced or never were based in fact . in the absense of reliable information to the contrary , we have listed the film as presumed lost .

tarantino intended for this to be as much a war film as a spaghetti western , and considered titling the movie " once upon a time in nazi - occupied france " . he gave that title instead to the first chapter of the film .

the name of the film was inspired by a 1978 film , the inglorious bastards , and the misspelling is intentional to prevent confusion between the two films . the latter film is also about a group of american gis wreaking havoc behind enemy lines , although the stories are wholly different in all other respects . ( english title : " the inglorious bastards " ; the italian title literally translates as " that cursed armored train " ) . castellari returned the favor by calling his new movie caribbean basterds .

, but this has not been verified by other sources . likewise , her co - writing of the film is not confirmed .

magill ' s cinema annual 1992 , a survey of the films of 1991 .

john , a poor blacksmith , learns that the viking attacks on england are really the handiwork of sir palamides , a knight of the round table , and his ally , king mark , both intend to overthrow arthur and supplant christianity in england with paganism . john becomes a knight and saves the kingdom from palamides and mark , while also winning the hand of his lady love , the fair linet . when it was originally released , most critics dismissed this film as unintentionally funny . more recently , however , alan lupack has advanced an alternate reading of the film arguing convincingly that

brought to you by packard campus of the audio - visual conservation center at the library of congress .

quenta noldorinwa , an expansion of the sketch of the mythology may have been written at this time .

tolkien probably works on ‘durin’s folk’ from appendix a of the lord of the rings after this date .

because of the absence of positive stock and electricity to power film theaters , the film was never released . in august 1919 , in the atmosphere of diminishing opportunities for practical filmmaking , another former director of the khanzhonkov studio , boris chaikovskii , organized a private film school called “tvorchestvo , ” which translates to “creation , ” with rakhmanova as one of the main teachers . he was also behind her return to cinema , first as an actress . in 1920 chaikovskii made two short agitation films ,

[ spoiler alert ! if you don’t know the story of les misérables and want to see the film without already knowing a lot of plot points , including the ending , then stop right now . ]

bbc radio 5 broadcasts tales from the perilous realm , which includes : farmer giles of ham , smith of wootton major , leaf by niggle and the adventures of tom bombadil . the latter is an adaptation of the tom bombadil chapters from the fellowship of the ring , and not the 1962 book .

and , as usual , played the blind harpist mother of the heroine , irina . the young version of her character in the film was played by natal’ia sokolova , who most likely was rakhmanova’s own daughter . she had studied in her mother’s acting school in odessa and also appeared in rakhmanova’s next film ,

the percentage of a cast ( or crew ) who are women is a simple metric and it should not be over - interpreted . if one film ' s cast contains a higher percentage of women than another film , it does not imply that the women in that film had more lines or more screen time . nor does it imply that their characters were more complex or that the film itself somehow better reflected a women ' s perspective .

colonel landa is an ss officer . although members of the wehrmacht were always expected to be apolitical the ss was the military arm of the nazi party , they were not members of the wehrmacht .

london : rank film distributors , [ 1963 ] . [ press book . ]

according to eddie murphy , he was in talks with quentin tarantino for a role in the film .

mayberry ' s film - - despite the license it takes with plot - - may be truest to the humor found in the original novel .

the narrative has reached the seventh chapter – the hobbits arrival at the prancing pony .

miller was dubbed the “grand old man of the movies” in motion picture magazine . a stage veteran , he spent his entire film career at biograph under the direction of d . w . griffith . by the time the voting began , miller had made his final film appearance in judith of bethulia and had retired to the actors’ fund home on staten island . he died in 1922 .

the movie " the tragedy of piz palu " from 1929 ( original title : " die weisse hölle vom piz palu " ) and its director , georg wilhelm pabst , are mentioned several times in the course of the film .

tolkien begins negotiations with milton waldman at the publishers collins about publishing the lord of the rings .

the wounded king amfortas awaits the arrival of a chaste fool who can cure him . a young man who has just killed a swan - - a heinous act - - is brought before him , and the court suspects that this simple boy may be the one to cure the king . the boy accompanies amfortas and his retinue to the grail castle and witnesses many wonders which so overwhelm him that he says nothing and is dismissed . soon the young man appears at the castle of klingsor , amfortas ' s enemy , and learns his name , parsifal , and the meaning of everything he earlier witnessed . he defeats klingsor and goes off into the forest . years later , parsifal returns and initiates the grail ceremony healing amfortas . the grail itself spreads its benediction to all who salute christ the redeemer . undoubtedly one of the most complex and possibly the greatest opera film ever made , syberberg ' s film , which runs for more than four hours , presents wagner ' s opera in a claustrophobic labyrinth that is constructed out of the cracks and crevices of an enormous model of the composer ' s death mask . the film succeeds by using elaborate sets , puppets , expert dubbing , and the daring conceit of having the title character played by both a man and a woman .

( france’s revolutions still aren’t over yet after 1832 . after 18 years of louis - philippe , the parisians kick him out , too , in the revolution of 1848—which is kinda - sorta foreshadowed with that ginormous barricade full of singing ghosts in the grand finale of the film—and proclaim the second republic . . . which is soon taken over by napoleon’s nephew , louis napoleon , who becomes president of the republic . he then decides he’d prefer to be emperor like his uncle and proclaims the second empire . the second empire lasts for almost 20 years , 1851 - 70 , before collapsing after the disastrous franco - prussian war . a new republic is proclaimed . radical parisians foresee the sort of cynical , conservative bourgeois republic that has existed before , decide they would rather bring back the leftist ideals of la grande révolution , and declare paris in revolt ( the paris commune ) . the government troops eventually suppress the rebellion in may 1871 by shooting down about 20 , 000 people in one week , ten times as many as were guillotined in paris during the 16 - month terror of 80 years before ; and the third republic comes into being—which chugs creakily along until hitler invades france in 1940 . whew . )

in part or in whole , the following studies discuss or catalog cinematic depictions of the legend of arthur .

note : the calculation of gender balance in all of an actor ' s films excludes the actor themselves .

publication of the lord of the rings : a reader’s companion by wayne g . hammond and christina scull .

publication of the history of the hobbit part 1 : mr baggins , edited by john d . rateliff .

on this day in 1946 , herman goering , commander in chief of the luftwaffe , president of the reichstag , head of the gestapo , prime minister of prussia , chief forester of the reich , chief liquidator of sequestered estates , supreme head of the national weather bureau , and hitler’s designated successor dies by his own . . .

wooden replicas of buildings were completed with ingenious details , including translucent paint creating the impression of the ' dirty glass roofs of factories ' .

publication of the shaping of middle - earth ( volume 4 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .

publication of the peoples of middle - earth ( volume 12 in the history of middle - earth series ) , edited by christopher tolkien .

. the cast included several of their students , and rakhmanova herself played the wife of general durasov . when chaikovskii suddenly died of a brain hemorrhage in november 1924 , she again finished the film . in this case , unlike the bauer controversy , her own account of how much was done by each co - director survives . rakhmanova’s slim personal file , held in the collection of the union of drama writers and composers at the

tolkien reads an expanded early version of farmer giles of ham to the lovelace society .

truer to the details of its source than either the 1921 or the 1931 films , this third screen version of twain ' s novel is , nonetheless , in many ways the least successful of the three . the novel has been turned into a musical vehicle - - not based for reasons of copyright on the 1927 rodgers and hart broadway musical - - for crosby , and the plot advances by a mix of song and silly dialogue . twain ' s novel was an example of comic genius ; this film is anything but an example of such genius . as with the other screen adaptations of twain ' s novel , this film also eschews any of the misanthropy in the original in favor of at times clumsy musical comedy .

trapped inside a time machine , tennessee ernie ford finds himself transported back to england in the days of king arthur where he has a series of comic misadventures liberally punctuated with home - spun wit . this rare example of noted actor lee j . cobb ' s work as a director strips twain ' s novel of any of its satiric edge .

sitney , alan p . " bruce baillie and the lyrical film . " in annette michelson , ed .

aldo raine ( brad pitt ) , the commanding officer of the basterds interrogates hammersmark and decides to continue the operation against the cinema under the guise of italians as suicide bombers .

the poem ‘the adventures of tom bombadil’ is published in the oxford magazine . tolkien’s paper chaucer as a philologist : the reeve’s tale is published in the second half of 1934 .

exiled for crimes he did not commit , prince valiant travels to king arthur ' s court to plead his cause . en route , he overhears a plot by an unidentified black knight to murder arthur and alerts the king who makes him a squire of the round table as reward . valiant soon becomes one of the most accomplished swordsmen of arthur ' s court . when word from home reaches him that his father is in trouble , valiant returns to free his family from prison , and , in a spectacular scene , he burns down the castle of his enemies . returning to camelot , he exposes the black knight , who turns out to be a disloyal knight of the round table . again he is rewarded by arthur , who makes him a knight , and marries his lady love with the king ' s blessing . based on the long - running syndicated comic strip by harold r . foster , this film is a cinemascope epic most notable for the climatic burning of the evil vikings ' castle .

sort films by title , year of release , and year inducted into the registry by using the up and down arrows at the top of each column . download pdf copies of the entire list of registry titles sorted alphabetically or by year of release .

the hobbit is published . because of its success , stanley unwin subsequently urges tolkien to write a sequel , which he begins . this is the germ of the lord of the rings .

maggie cheung as madame ada mimieux : although her scenes were cut from the cannes cut for length reasons [ 21 ] , cheung played madame mimieux , a beautiful french woman who owned the cinema marquee in paris where most of the movie is set . [ 22 ] [ 23 ]