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1. 'Atomic Blonde' Shows Off One-Shot Wonder Woman.

Author

DEBRUGE, PETER

Subjects
MOTION picture locations, FILMMAKING, PICARESQUE films, ACTION & adventure films
Abstract

The article focuses on the making of an action scene in David Leitch's film Atomic Blonde. Description of the nearly 10-minute single-shot jaw-dropping action scene in the film in which actor Charlize Theron's secret-agent character fights her way upstairs and back down is given. It is noted that nearly 40 separate shots make up the action sequence, which are discreetly stitched together to appear as one.

Published
2017

2. WIDESCREEN.

Author

Cousins, Mark

Subjects
PICARESQUE films, CINEMATOGRAPHY, FILM criticism, MOTION picture plots & themes
Abstract

The article presents a reflection on the nature of good cinematography and film making. The importance of tightly structured and developing plot lines is downplayed and the thematic value of picaresque elements is celebrated. Several films such as "The Grapes of Wrath" are discussed for their artistic value apart from refined plot development.

Published
2007

3. THE EASY LIFE.

Subjects
ROGUES & vagabonds, PICARESQUE films
Abstract

The article reviews the motion picture "The Easy Life," starring Vittorio Gassman.

Published
1965

4. THE EASY LIFE.

Subjects
PICARESQUE films, ACTION & adventure films
Abstract

The article reviews the motion picture "The Easy Life," starring Vittorio Gassman.

Published
1964

5. DON QUIXOTE.

Subjects
PICARESQUE films
Abstract

The article reviews the motion picture "Don Quixote," directed by Grigory Kozintsev and starring Nikolai Cherkasov.

Published
1961

6. DON QUIXOTE.

Subjects
PICARESQUE films
Abstract

The article reviews the motion picture "Don Quixote," directed by Grigory Kozintsev and starring Nikolai Cherkasov.

Published
1961

7. An Innocent Who's Adrift In Mumbai.

Author

Saltz, Rachel

Subjects
*FILMMAKERS, *PICARESQUE films
Abstract

Life, according to a song in the Bollywood comedy ''My Friend Pinto,'' is cute, and has many moods: sometimes it's misty, sometimes it's crispy (or so goes the translation). ''My Friend Pinto'' also has many moods, too many really. It's cute, sort of, as well as crudely slapstick and sweetly picaresque, and just a bit misty and crispy. If the director Raaghav Dar had tried to do less, he probably could have done more. But he and his co-writer, Arun Sukumar, lard the story with subplots, and it runs away from them early on, careering from tone to tone. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Published
2011

8. Romance in Brazil's Wild West.

Author

Hale, Mike

Subjects
*FILM reviewing, *PICARESQUE films
Abstract

''Carmo, Hit the Road,'' a picaresque romance set (and filmed) in Brazil's wild west on the borders of Paraguay and Bolivia, rambles through some beautiful jungle-and-river landscapes without really going anywhere. It's not a memorable ride, but there's enough rueful humor, tropical sensuality and borrowed style along the way to make it pleasant. The film, written and directed by Murilo Pasta, has been marketed as ''Bonnie and Clyde'' meets ''Y tu Mama Tambien.'' It's neither as bleak nor as interesting as that would indicate; it's more like ''Pulp Fiction'' meets ''It Happened One Night.'' [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2010

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