Meet the Author - Rory Dean
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Above the Line: Practical Movie Reviews- Some Safety Glass Distance (2013) May 11, 2013Writing is in my blood, it makes me feel connected to an often overwhelming sense of disconnectedness. Continue reading →rorydean
- Argo (2012) April 6, 2013So "Argo" should be on your list of movies to watch if you've missed it up to now. Be advised that the thrills come in bite-fulls and the story is much more about an ensemble cast than any one particular player. This has double feature written all over it. Pick up a couple of other movies while you're at it and if all goes South in a hurr […]rorydean
- 629 March 30, 2013This filmic is a multi-layered visual experience that takes place not in the dream-world but along the road that surrounds it. Continue reading →bleuravyn
- I Melt With You (2011) March 1, 2013“I Melt With You” feels like the mid-life rights of passage you've heard about or are living, the runway that many men land and take off from. Gathered for many drinks with the best friends of their lives quickly becomes a dangerous Bacchanalia of doomed ritualizing, darkly lit and disturbing yet familiar to anyone who has ever fallen off the beaten pat […]rorydean
- Female Directors Redux February 27, 2013Reblogged from Above the Line: Female Directors Redux - Women in Film in Hollywood and beyond After reviewing my original list "Female Directors - Above and Beyond a Call to Duty" and discussing female filmmakers with a variety of film aficionados, … Continue reading →rorydean
- Some Safety Glass Distance (2013) May 11, 2013
Monthly Archives: January 2010
Crash (2004)
There are ‘no easy answers’ in life but salacious stories about predictable, one-dimensional scenarios set up by characters I’d akin to minor distractions while channel surfing just leave me reaching for the remote control. Continue reading
Posted in On DVD
Tagged brendan fraser, chris bridges, crash, don cheadle, jennifer esposito, larenz tate, ludacris, matt dillon, michael pena, movie reviews, paul haggi, rory dean, sandra bullock
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Motion Picture Editing pt.1 “Eisenstein’s Methods of Montage”
Understanding the building blocks behind independent or block buster movies can go a long way toward figuring out why some films resonant with you and others do not. Taking this lesson with you into the theater might not make the film better but it will offer you insight and fodder for the next conversation you have about motion pictures and the multi-layered process of editing. Continue reading
Movies I’ve Seen
Included here are films I’ve watched numerous times. They serve as inspiration and motivation, of what came before so we can understand where we are now and where we are heading. Continue reading
Posted in Movie I've Seen
Tagged movie reviews, movies i've seen, popular films, rory dean
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