By Emily on June 4, 2011
By Matt Martin By the early sixties, American teenagers had grown bored with the greaser, juvenile delinquent lifestyle, made popular by Marlon Brando in The Wild One and James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause, that had dominated youth culture throughout the fifties. Spurned by a prospering economy and the beginnings of the sexual revolution, [...]
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By Emily on May 11, 2011
By Matt Martin To be honest, I’m guessing there’s a good chance you just asked “who?” Had the name above read Steven Spielberg, Woody Allen, or Martin Scorsese, I imagine that would not have been the case. And although he was one of the most prolific and celebrated film directors in the history of cinema, [...]
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By Emily on April 2, 2011
By Matt Martin Almost from its very inception, like every other art form, film production has been riddled with censorship. Long before there were Hollywood studios, even before there were movie theatres, the raw power of this new art was being edited, controlled, and sometimes even outlawed. In America this first appears in 1894, when [...]
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By on March 4, 2011
By Matt Martin Music and movies have been permanently bound together since the advent of cinema. Early silent films were generally designed to be played with an accompanying orchestra or band. In fact, the first words ever spoken in a movie were music related. In the 1927 film The Jazz Singer, Al Jolson played a [...]
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By on January 31, 2011
Planning on participating in FuelFilm’s 48 HR Film Launch? Come prepare your pitch! Meet some Mentors! We’ll have a pitch workshop, so you can get some insightful feedback on your ‘pitch’. Remember, at ’48′, you’ll have 2min, ( 120 secs ) to sell your film! Make the most of it. When? Monday, February 7 · [...]
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By on January 31, 2011
By Matt Martin It’s all Jaws’ fault. Allow me to explain. For much of cinematic history, films opened gradually. A movie was produced then released to major markets in cities like New York and Los Angeles. A film’s popularity (and its studio’s influence) decided whether it would be released to smaller cities and so on [...]
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By on January 31, 2011
By Sarah Frierson It began in May of 1961 when thirteen people boarded a bus bound for the Deep South. The Freedom Riders did not know the dangers they would face nor the ultimate affect their journey would have on a nation. Armed only with conviction, their desire to confront the Jim Crow laws forcing [...]
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By on December 7, 2010
By Matt Martin In American history the winter holidays contain a vast and ever-shifting series of traditions. Like all cultural traditions over time, some continue stronger than ever (Christmas trees, Hanukah menorahs, intense gift-giving, gorging on family feasts) and some ebb and virtually disappear (When was the last time you went caroling? I thought not.) [...]
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By on October 28, 2010
By Matt Martin When World War 2 finally ended, Americans were ready to face a hope-filled future, which they thought meant vacations on the moon, teleportation, and nuclear-powered everything. No one had considered the rise of Rock’n’Roll, an endless cold war, and the domination of entertainment by a growing youth culture. From this grew a [...]
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By on October 1, 2010
By Matthew Martin In the midst of the chaos of the 60’s, no group better reflected the rejection of America more than bikers. Even more than hippies, beatniks, and delinquents, the biker had become the ultimate fear of polite society, denying all but the freedom of the open road, all else be damned. And it [...]
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