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Bad Influence The "doppelganger" aspects of Bad Influence, and the film's many unexpected twists and turns, echo films of Alfred Hitchcock, especially Strangers on a Train. The film's boldest stroke is to cast the likeable Lowe as the bad guy (albeit a charming one) and the often villainous Spader as the malleable milquetoast. Enigmatic drifter Alex (Rob Lowe) enters Michael's life and immediately begins to exert a negative influence. www.djangomusic.com /item_movie.asp?id=V+++++3733   (129 words)

Amazon.com: Bad Influence (1990) : Video Bad Influence, while not a bad film, is certainly not a good one either. The film tries to portray Rob Lowe's influence on James Spader as, well... For more information about "Bad Influence," visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb) www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0792839471?v=glance   (1226 words)

Bad Influence Movie: Bad Influence DVD is available from Bestprices.com BAD INFLUENCE contains a film clip from Jean-Luc Godard's ALPHAVILLE, starring Eddie Constantine and Anna Karina. BAD INFLUENCE is a variation on the plot of Alfred Hitchcock's STRANGERS ON A TRAIN. Bad Influence Movie: Bad Influence DVD is available from Bestprices.com www.bestprices.com /cgi-bin/vlink/027616881373IE   (394 words)

ipedia.com: Symbolism (arts) Article Griffith, and the silent movie "bad girls" portrayed by Theda Bara, both show the continuing influence of Symbolist imagery, as do the Babylonian scenes from Griffith's Intolerance. Symbolist imagery lived on longest in the horror film; as late as 1932, a horror film such as Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr shows the obvious influence of Symbolist imagery; parts of the film resemble tableau vivant re-creations of the early paintings of Edvard Munch. The virginal "good girls" seen in the films of D. www.ipedia.com /symbolism__arts_.html   (1424 words)

WiG NL Spring 1999 The fear among reformers of film's bad influence was not only that it cultivated a taste for further bad influence (for 'immoral' mass culture), but that it made children/masses unavailable for "good suggestion," which was oriented towards constructing responsible national subjects. The film reformers concentrated on diagnosing the particular danger which film presented to the moral integrity of Germany as a "Kulturnation" by demonstrating its negative moral impact on children. The reformers constructed a bridge between the child and the adult viewer via a particular idea of the film audience that was indebted to mass psychology of the late-19th century. www.womeningerman.org /pubs/newsletter/no78_spring99.html   (6476 words)

The Problems of the Literary Biopic And both films were directed by men who contributed, either partially or wholly, to the writing of the script, and who clearly had a decisive authorial influence on the final product. In late February 1994, Nattevagten opened in Denmark to rave reviews; in March and April it was the country's top film; in September, it premiered in North America at the Toronto Film Festival; and in 1995, the film received numerous awards at festivals and conventions across Europe. But here for the most part the films in question are already so laden with the conventions of mainstream Hollywood cinema that there is little risk of foreign "contamination." If anything, getting an outsider to direct the latest studio-conceived thriller, action flick, etc., is thought to add something of an "edge" to the production. www.kinema.uwaterloo.ca /schn021.htm   (6476 words)

Namibia Alert Namibian President Sam Nujoma has told the State Broadcaster, the Namibian Broadcasting Corporation (NBC) to stop broadcasting foreign films and series that have a bad influence on the Namibian youth. The "bad" foreign movies are to be replaced with locally made programmes and documentaries on Namibia's wildlife and environment. On September 30, 2002, Nujoma instructed the NBC to show films that portray Namibia in a positive light instead. www.misa.org /alerts/20021002.namibia.0.html   (6476 words)

GreenCine Slashers And that isn't meant to neglect the influence of its contemporary, fake snuff films, but those were decidedly not mainstream enough to take credit for launching a genre that split the modern horror movement in two. She is a programmer of the Lost Film Fest, an event focusing on pranks against corporations and government institutions. A few more films filled in the rush. www.greencine.com /static/primers/slashers.jsp   (2326 words)

Yojimbo (1961) Despite the massive influence of Fistfull of Dollars, it pales in comparison to both its predecessor Yojimbo, and its sequals, For a Few Dollars More and The Good the Bad and the Ugly. Goofs: Revealing mistakes: When Sanjuro practices throwing the knife at a leaf, the wire on the knife is clearly visible (the scene was filmed backwards; the knife was actually pulled off the leaf by the wire). Yojimbo is one of the latter - inspired by the Dashiell Hammet novel Red Harvest (Hammett's novel The Maltese Falcon was put onscreen moment for moment by John Huston in the movie of the same name which immortalised Humphrey Bogart). www.imdb.com /title/tt0055630   (646 words)

Chicago Reader Movie Review The film seems to suggest that witchcraft both exists and works, but the uncertainty we continue to have about some events and characters is a mark of Lewton's influence. The film was produced at RKO by Val Lewton, who'd once been David O. Selznick's story editor and who inspired parts of the producer hero played by Kirk Douglas in Vincente Minnelli's Oscar-worthy The Bad and the Beautiful (1952), an insider's look at Hollywood. The film feels both cozy and oppressive as it deals frankly with one character's death wish, familial and romantic love, the power of a cult to drive a member toward suicide, the sustaining warmth of a circle of friends, and the seductive allure of both art and oblivion. www.chicagoreader.com /movies/archives/2004/1204/041210.html   (2033 words)

rad.art :: home One interviewee in the film makes the powerful claim that "punk rock is black music," an idea which eschews mainstream conceptions of punk, but is, of course, completely accurate if one considers punk's roots in rock 'n' roll and the influence of seminal punk bands such as the Bad Brains. The film shows how black punks encounter conflicting experiences of alienation and racism within the punk scene (which is predominately white and usually predominately male) while at the same time feeling an intense ownership of and empowerment within punk culture. This film is a powerful testament to the idea that radical cultures such as punk can be and are stronger when they are multiracial and multicultural. www.umich.edu /~radart/moment.html   (1121 words)

Toon Zone - Your Source for Toon News! I don't want to downplay the influence of the comics on the film, but by the end the relentless praise grew more than a bit self-indulgent. 10-04-2005, 10:00 AM In what may arguably be the best superhero film of 2005 (then again, with Fantastic Four being the only other real “superhero” movie, that’s not saying much), Batman Begins thrilled critics, wowed audiences and gave fans of the big, bad Bat what they wanted in a film. But while the most important part of the DVD (the presentation of the film itself) shines and some of the extras are interesting, a few omissions render this set a bit of a disappointment. news.toonzone.net /article.php?ID=6110   (1432 words)

Guardian Unlimited Film Features Bollywood 20 Nov 2003 Bollywood films have been banned by rebel groups throughout India's troubled north-eastern region because their "erotic song and dance numbers" have been deemed a bad influence on young minds. The world's biggest film factory is a long cinematic conveyor belt where the products portray life as it is dreamed rather than lived. Heartbreak for millions as Indian film idol weds film.guardian.co.uk /bollywood/0,11871,678278,00.html   (999 words)

The Mission In addition, there are several important themes that the film touches upon; including the political implications of the slave trade, the political power of Spain and Portugal against the Jesuit fathers, and the problems faced by the church in reference to the increasing tensions against the missionaries. In this film we are offered a representation of an extensive network of missionaries and missions in South America, but we also see true spiritual worth, dignity and success in the attempts by Jesuit priests in converting native Indians to Christianity. Cardinal Altamirano visits the great Mission of St Miguel, as well as Gabriel’s St Carlos Mission, but still decides that they must be abandoned – a political action already sanctioned to curb Jesuit influence and power in the Americas in order to preserve their status in Europe. www.st-andrews.ac.uk /~histweb/scothist/brown_k/film/closed/reviews/mission.html   (1561 words)

Turner Classic Movies This Month Article The implication that she wasn't really responsible for her crimes because she was, as the title suggested, a bad seed, was deemed a bad influence on the youth of America. Ironically, the film he chose to make instead of the The Bad Seed, The Spirit of St. Louis (1957), would be released by Warners. Australian singer-actor Nick Cave even named his band, The Bad Seeds, for it. www.turnerclassicmovies.com /ThisMonth/Article/0,,879498795078406,00.html   (915 words)

The James Spader Screencap Archive - Biography Spader's reputation cemented, he starred in Bad Influence (1990), playing a gullible young businessman opposite manipulative psycho Rob Lowe (in what would earlier have been a Spaderesque turn) and White Palace (also 1990), as a callow preppie who falls for earthy waitress Susan Sarandon. His feature film debut, in Endless Love (1981), was followed by turns in exploitation pictures such as Tuff Turf (1985) and The New Kids (1985), and TV work including a stint as Robert Mitchum's son in A Killer in the Family (1983). He starred in Jack's Back (1988, as a possible modern-day Jack the Ripper) and The Rachel Papers (1989), but he really hit his stride as the sexually troubled young man in sex, lies, and videotape (also 1989), for which he won the Best Actor award at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. www.ktnb.net /jsas/bio.html   (367 words)

Chocolat (1988; Dir. Claire Denis) Film Guide & Resources The film refuses to present a reality in which characters are polarized as either good or bad, oppressor or victim; instead it dramatizes colonial relationships as complex, ambiguous and intricate” (Villella). Denis credits their influence on the style of this film, as well as the Japanese films of Ozu and Mizoguchi” (Sandars). Film Title Allusion: In a 1989 interview with Judy Stone, Claire Denis explained that she “employed the term Chocolat for its 1950s slang meaning, & be had, to be cheated,’ and therefore the word's association of & be black and to be cheated’” (cited in Sandars). web.cocc.edu /cagatucci/classes/hum211/CoursePack/Chocolat.htm   (5875 words)

User:Slgrandson - The Film Guide Because of the Disney Channel's influence in the 1990s (when I was much younger), the family film is a strong choice of mine, whether good or bad. I am an avid fan of the film industry and the movies. Because of this, I watch their choices from time to time, regardless of MPAA ratings. filmguide.wikicities.com /wiki/User:Slgrandson   (325 words)

JS Online: And the Oscars must go to . . . 'The Matrix' and its fine cast There are a number of less-heralded films on the docket that have generated good buzz - "Boys Don't Cry" is building momentum, and a lot of my sources think a film like "Being John Malkovich" might nab a surprise award - but I don't let any of that influence me. Perhaps you remember my review of the classic 1989 film "Road House" with Patrick Swayze ("a rock and sock 'em modern Western; Swayze commands the screen like an old-time movie star") or the blurb I provided for the sequel to "Ninja Turtles" ("possibly even better than the first!"). Later in the film, she changes to something less constricting. www.jsonline.com /news/metro/mar00/kanecol26032500a.asp?format=print   (994 words)

Women in Film during the 1920’s and their Influence on Socie Example Essays.com - Over 101,000 essays, term papers and book reports! Women in Film during the 1920’s and their Influence on Society American woman in the 1920’s began to make changes in the way they lived and in the way they were perceived by society. Young flappers were known to be very rebellious against their parents, and society blamed their rebelliousness partially on the media, movies, and film stars like Clara Bow. Their mothers saw these young women as bad girls who were loose in their principles. www.exampleessays.com /viewpaper/51235.html   (248 words)

cityonfire.com Come Drink With Me Come Drink With Me Come Drink With Me To some it all up, Come Drink With Me is a film that I appreciate and its innovation and influence reflects many popular martial arts films today. With Come Drink With Me, I'm forced to say that Cheng Pei Pei (who plays Golden Swallow, the film's protagonist) is the real deal; for the first time in kung fu movie history, I actually enjoyed seeing a woman beat the hell out of the bad guys. To sum it all up, Come Drink With Me is a film that I appreciate and its innovation and influence reflects many popular martial arts movies of today. www.cityonfire.com /hkfilms/cd/comedrink.html   (549 words)

VH1.com : Movies : Person : Curtis Hanson : Biography Hanson's next film, 1990's Bad Influence, was also laden with Hitchcock influences, particularly those of Strangers on a Train. Perhaps underestimating the film's critical appeal, Paramount buried Wonder Boys with a February 2000 release, where it was eclipsed by both late-release Oscar heavies (The Cider House Rules, American Beauty) as well as lighter fare (My Dog Skip, The Whole Nine Yards). The film, which also featured excellent performances from Russell Crowe, Guy Pearce, Kevin Spacey, Kim Basinger, and the rest of its large cast, was lavishly praised and widely hailed as one of the best films of the year. www.vh1.com /movies/person/82440/bio.jhtml   (729 words)

Symbolism (arts) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Symbolist imagery lived on longest in the horror film; as late as 1932, a horror film such as Carl Theodor Dreyer's Vampyr shows the obvious influence of Symbolist imagery; parts of the film resemble tableau vivant re-creations of the early paintings of Edvard Munch. Griffith, and the silent movie "bad girls" portrayed by Theda Bara, both show the continuing influence of Symbolist imagery, as do the Babylonian scenes from Griffith's Intolerance. English language authors that influenced, or were influenced by Symbolism include: en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Symbolism_(arts)   (2294 words)

Amazon.com: Video: Lemonade Joe (1967) As I started watching "Lemonade Joe" it was clear the film was a Czechoslovakian spoof of Hollywood westerns, with a heavy influence from silent films that were obsessed with tinting. Joe earned his name because he refuses to drink liquor when he saunters into the local saloon, the Trigger Whiskey Saloon, where bad girl Tornado Lou sings tawdry songs of love. The Czech title for this film was "Lemonade Joe a Horse Opera." This film, which won the Silver Seashell at the San Sebastian International Film Festival, is one of five Czech New Wave films released by Facets Video. www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000060MX9/aodr-20   (2294 words)

Johnny Depp Mega Depp may have chosen "The Astronaut's Wife" (the first of his three 1999 thrillers) for its opportunity to play good boy-gone wrong under alien influence, but the result was another one-note performance in a film that was not as bad as the studio's failure to screen it for critics had suggested. Depp made his feature directorial debut with "The Brave" (1997), a film he also co-wrote (with his older brother D P Depp and Paul McCudden) and in which he starred as a father who agrees to play the victim in a snuff film to earn money for his family's well-being. Depp's subsequent film career has exhibited an unwillingness to settle for standard heartthrob roles and a predilection for distinctive filmmakers and material. johnnydeppmega.tripod.com   (1254 words)

Blogcritics.org: Ed Wood: Bad Films, Good Times I mean, you figure a guy making films this bad would be in on the joke--that he couldn't possibly think he was making high art--but Wood really thought he was like Welles, which just amazes me. At any rate, thanks for the question and making me think a little deeper about my review. His best film was The Violent Years, a movie about a teen girl gang, that was surely an influence for later films like the classic Switchblade Sisters. For more reviews on bad movies and cult films, go to Bad Movies and Cult Films. blogcritics.org /archives/2005/08/21/020801.php   (1254 words)

FileRoom.org - Director of "Los Chicos" Marco Ferreri The censors found the film pessimistic, unhealthy, hostile to the Franco regime and a bad influence to urban youth. Description of Artwork: Ferreri's film "Los Chicos" (The Boys)is about the lives of four lower-middle class Spanish boys coping with the effects of the Spanish Civil War. Description of Incident: "Los Chicos" recieved negative reviews from parents, politicians and religious groups who believed that the film could have a detrimental impact on adolescents. www.thefileroom.org /documents/dyn/DisplayCase.cfm/id/889   (135 words)

Movie Music UK - Composer Gallery G-H More than just a composer/arranger, Earle Hagen has exerted great influence on other film and television composers, acting as one of the industry's leading teachers. One of Australia's most versatile and respected film composers, Gross studied composition at the Conservatorium High School in Sydney, and began writing music for film even before he graduated (his parents, Yoram and Sandra Gross, are well known in Australia for their children's animation films). Chaplin, along with arrangers Ray Rasch and Larry Russell, got the awards posthumously — but Larry Russell only got the Award because he was mistakenly credited on the film, when the arrangements were actually carried out by Garcia! www.moviemusicuk.us /gallery-gh.htm   (13277 words)

Todd Phillips Growing up on Long Island, New York, Todd Phillips fell in love with feature film teen comedies made in the 1980s, and claims they were his biggest influence in becoming a filmmaker. Green agreed on the spot, and Phillips went on to make his first fictional movie, an homage to the types of films he grew up with. About an excessive punk rocker, GG Allen, the student film won an award at the New Orleans Film Festival and went on to be released both theatrically and on DVD. www.tribute.ca /DIRECTORS/bios/7321.htm   (408 words)

Curtis Hanson @ Filmbug Hanson's other directing credits are The River Wild, The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, Bad Influence and The Bedroom Window, which he also wrote. He has served as the Chairman of the UCLA Film and Television Archive since 1999 and was the first recipient of the Film Preservation Award bestowed by the Film Foundation and the Directors Guild of America in 2003. Hanson is also a noted champion of film preservation. www.filmbug.com /db/1179   (231 words)

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