To me, language is much simpler than culture. A lot of these jokes come from the movies that were popular before I am here. So I got this idea of going through all time favorite films in US, or in film history. Maybe by the end of this project, I will be able to understand more of my friends' jokes, also be able to use these films for my own animation reference.
This is already day 3 into my film history project.
I have watched Pulp Fiction by Quentin Tarantino on day 1. I now understand the reason a few years back my friend Cory made a huge deal when he got his bad mother f****r wallet. I imagine this film is very innovative when it first came out. The non-linear story structure still hooked me in after many years. And Uma Thurman is hot~~
Day 2, I watched The 400 Blows by François Truffaut, the defining film for the french new wave, a new way of telling story in a non linear form. Directors have become the author of the story. Yup, a lot of directors nowadays are influenced by this movement, such as Quentin Tarantino, Wong Kar-wai. Also last month when I was in Pixar master class, this film was mentioned for its acting. A lot of the lines are improvised. I guess that's one reason why it looked natural. This movie is a character study film. Later on Francois Truffaut made more films about this character, how he grew up, how he fell in love, got married. I watched it on a rainy day, good mood setting, lol.
Today's menu~ Clockwork Orange by Stanley Kubrick.
This is a great idea! I hope you like A Clockwork Orange. If you need and ideas on other films, ask us. We'll give you tons of ideas.
ReplyDeletehaha thanks! I am on Godfather 1 now. Very good movie. Gonna find time to watch the second one. hehe
ReplyDeletethe clockwork orange... Its very innovative...lol I am ok with the film though. Roger have Stanley Kubrick's collection set. I'll have to suck it up and go through them all. @@ I remember last time I attempted to watch space odyssey...attempted... fail after 20 minutes..
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