Born an American of Japanese decent and soon quarantined to the Tule Lake War Relocation Center in northern California after the bombing of Pearl Harbor as child, Jimmy Teru Murakami was permanently scarred by the experiences he and his family endured during the war. Decades later, after he had been nominated for a pair of Academy Awards for his shorts The Magic Pear Tree and The Snowman, as well as having collaborated with Roger Corman on the sci-fi feature Battle Beyond the Stars, Murakami confronted the realities of nuclear war by stretching the boundaries of traditional animation with his bracing blacker-than-black satirical comedy, When The Wind Blows.
Based on Raymond Briggs’ brutal graphic novel of the same name, the tale follows a senior couple who lived through World War II as part of the British army and fought the good fight, now elderly, living rurally and long out of the loop of real world politics.
Based on Raymond Briggs’ brutal graphic novel of the same name, the tale follows a senior couple who lived through World War II as part of the British army and fought the good fight, now elderly, living rurally and long out of the loop of real world politics.
- 12/9/2014
- by Jordan M. Smith
- IONCINEMA.com
Blu-ray Release Date: Nov. 11, 2014
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Twilight Time
The 1986 animated film When the Wind Blows is a dark comedy-drama directed by veteran Japanese-American animator Jimmy Murakami, who passed away this year at the age of 80.
Jim and Hilda Bloggs (voiced by legendary English actors Peggy Ashcroft and John Mills), a middle-class, elderly British couple who, with the help of government-issued pamphlets, build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II. There home is hit indirectly by a Soviet nuclear bomb, leaving it in ashes and barely standing, with the couple surviving by ducking behind a door that Jim set up as an inner refuge. But barely surviving the attack is not enough, as they steadily fall prey to lethal radiation sickness…
A well-regarded Britsh cult entry (and a sad one!
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Twilight Time
The 1986 animated film When the Wind Blows is a dark comedy-drama directed by veteran Japanese-American animator Jimmy Murakami, who passed away this year at the age of 80.
Jim and Hilda Bloggs (voiced by legendary English actors Peggy Ashcroft and John Mills), a middle-class, elderly British couple who, with the help of government-issued pamphlets, build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II. There home is hit indirectly by a Soviet nuclear bomb, leaving it in ashes and barely standing, with the couple surviving by ducking behind a door that Jim set up as an inner refuge. But barely surviving the attack is not enough, as they steadily fall prey to lethal radiation sickness…
A well-regarded Britsh cult entry (and a sad one!
- 10/9/2014
- by Laurence
- Disc Dish
Why Watch? Because insomnia is a killer. So is questioning your reality. With just a tint of the particular brand of post-modern cleverness that Rubber had, this short features a man who can’t get to sleep and soon comes face to face with the hallucinations that not getting 40 winks can cause. But what if those hallucinations are real? And what do they have to do with the qualities of digital cameras? What Will It Cost? Just 12 minutes of your time. Does it get better any better than that? Check out The Glitch for yourself: The Glitch (2008) Written and Directed by: Joe Fordham Starring: Scott Charles, Elizabeth Newman, Scott Gerard, and Therese McLaughlin Trust us. You have time for more short films.
- 4/14/2011
- by Cole Abaius
- FilmSchoolRejects.com
Inside the pages of the most recent Cinefex, a quarterly professional movie special effects magazine, writer Joe Fordham goes deeply into the production of Christopher Nolan’s latest thriller to explore the intensely complex visual and technical feats that carried Inception from Mr. Nolan’s dreams onto the big screen.
This article delves deep into the work done by special effects supervisor Chris Corbould, miniatures by New Deal Studio, and digital work by Double Negative, under the guidance of visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin.
Physical effects featured heavily during the inception – a bravura hour-and-20-minute action sequence in the second half of the film – where dreams within dreams create ripple effects of shifting equilibrium and weightlessness. [...]
Shifting-gravity sets included giant gimbal rigs that production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas designed in collaboration with Chris Corbould’s team and stunt coordinator Tom Struthers. “One set was 100 feet long with corridors branching off it,...
This article delves deep into the work done by special effects supervisor Chris Corbould, miniatures by New Deal Studio, and digital work by Double Negative, under the guidance of visual effects supervisor Paul Franklin.
Physical effects featured heavily during the inception – a bravura hour-and-20-minute action sequence in the second half of the film – where dreams within dreams create ripple effects of shifting equilibrium and weightlessness. [...]
Shifting-gravity sets included giant gimbal rigs that production designer Guy Hendrix Dyas designed in collaboration with Chris Corbould’s team and stunt coordinator Tom Struthers. “One set was 100 feet long with corridors branching off it,...
- 9/18/2010
- by AlexHaas
- Nolan Fans
Altar
Nathan Bezner, 18 min
Nathan Bezner has a lens and that lens has one function: obliterate the edges of every scene in saturated florescent light (see Antibody for comparison). The main problem I have with this is that while it allows the film as a whole to be more hyper-real than real, it also sucks the real out of things you want to look real (like feces on a toilet [watch the film and you’ll see what I mean, it’s not like that’s a specific interest of mine or anything]). Story: Prosaic janitor narrates his way through the doldrums of life including his relationship to the holiest of thrones.
Burying The Ex
Alan Trezza, 15 min
Part boy-meets-girl with a dash of zombie and a whole heaping of American Pie. Burying the Ex is a funny short dealing with the irrational pining of a young man over his long-ex, though recently dead, girlfriend. His roommate is the mac player extraordinaire who sets him up on a blind date with a young fowl-mouthed vixen.
Nathan Bezner, 18 min
Nathan Bezner has a lens and that lens has one function: obliterate the edges of every scene in saturated florescent light (see Antibody for comparison). The main problem I have with this is that while it allows the film as a whole to be more hyper-real than real, it also sucks the real out of things you want to look real (like feces on a toilet [watch the film and you’ll see what I mean, it’s not like that’s a specific interest of mine or anything]). Story: Prosaic janitor narrates his way through the doldrums of life including his relationship to the holiest of thrones.
Burying The Ex
Alan Trezza, 15 min
Part boy-meets-girl with a dash of zombie and a whole heaping of American Pie. Burying the Ex is a funny short dealing with the irrational pining of a young man over his long-ex, though recently dead, girlfriend. His roommate is the mac player extraordinaire who sets him up on a blind date with a young fowl-mouthed vixen.
- 11/16/2008
- QuietEarth.us
Sporting some of the sweetest horror of the year, the NYC Horror Film Fest has it's kick off party at the Don Hills Night Club on Wednesday, November 12th at 8pm and runs at the Tribeca Cinemas. There's a host of great shorts, including Eel Girl and Treevenge, and for the main program, films like Bad Biology, Daniel Myrick's The Objective (this is a good one), and How to be a serial killer are playing. You can check the full schedule of shorts and features after the break or at the official website.
Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick St. @ Canal)
Nov. 13th though the 16th
Program 1
Thursday, Nov. 13th 9:00pm
Antibody (Dir. Nathan Bezner / 20 min)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (Dir. by Makoto Kamiya / 96 min)
Program 2
Friday, Nov. 14th 7:30pm
Legend of Ol’Goldie (Dir. by Matthew Snyman / 8 min)
Martians Go Home (Dir. by Dan Moreno / 20 min)
Alien Raiders (Dir.
Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick St. @ Canal)
Nov. 13th though the 16th
Program 1
Thursday, Nov. 13th 9:00pm
Antibody (Dir. Nathan Bezner / 20 min)
Resident Evil: Degeneration (Dir. by Makoto Kamiya / 96 min)
Program 2
Friday, Nov. 14th 7:30pm
Legend of Ol’Goldie (Dir. by Matthew Snyman / 8 min)
Martians Go Home (Dir. by Dan Moreno / 20 min)
Alien Raiders (Dir.
- 11/6/2008
- QuietEarth.us
We just got the final lowdown from the guys behind this year’s New York City Horror Film Festival with the first look at their full schedule! The festival runs from November 12th–16th this year, and there’s some great stuff on the schedule. Check it out below, and then head to the official NYC Horror Film Festival site to get your tickets!
Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick St. @ Canal)
Thursday, Nov. 13th
9:00pm
"Antibody" (Dir. Nathan Bezner / 20 mins) Resident Evil: Degeneration (Dir. by Makoto Kamiya / 96 min)
The Resident Evil franchise gets a brand new addition this winter with Resident Evil: Degeneration. It's the first full CGI Resident Evil movie and picks up seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City by the Us government after the first zombie outbreak caused by the Umbrella Corporation. It's set in a Us airport where the T-Virus gets released once again...
Tribeca Cinemas (54 Varick St. @ Canal)
Thursday, Nov. 13th
9:00pm
"Antibody" (Dir. Nathan Bezner / 20 mins) Resident Evil: Degeneration (Dir. by Makoto Kamiya / 96 min)
The Resident Evil franchise gets a brand new addition this winter with Resident Evil: Degeneration. It's the first full CGI Resident Evil movie and picks up seven years after the destruction of Raccoon City by the Us government after the first zombie outbreak caused by the Umbrella Corporation. It's set in a Us airport where the T-Virus gets released once again...
- 11/3/2008
- by Johnny Butane
- DreadCentral.com
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