Watch The Replacement Child on Vimeo “It is not the storyteller’s job to provide answers, but in fact the harder job is to correctly state the question.” -Anton Chekhov The Replacement Child was writer-director Justin Lerner‘s graduate directing thesis at UCLA’s School [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Film Reviews’
July 21st, 2009 - 6:53 am § in Contemporary Short Films, Film School
Contemporary Short Films: The Replacement Child by Justin Lerner
July 9th, 2009 - 9:23 pm § in Filmmaking, Screenwriting
Porn, Drama and Documentary
Introduction to Dramaturgy Last week I saw the German Documentary 9 to 5: Days in Porn. Porn, love it or hate it, is inherently interesting. The moral debate surrounding pornography is beyond the scope of this article. As a writer and filmmaker my biggest issue with this documentary was dramaturgica[...]
July 5th, 2009 - 10:43 pm § in Reviews
Great Movies: Last Tango In Paris (Bertolucci, 1972)
99% of people will never experience this sort of passion in their lives. Its mere presence makes them uncomfortable. When I left the theatre, I watched as the only couple I was with instinctively held hands, making small criticisms to cast off the demons brought forth by a film which by all standard[...]
June 27th, 2009 - 2:29 pm § in Reviews
Great Movies: Punch Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002)
I don’t get excited about many movies anymore. When I watch them with friends I am relieved to know that their presence will keep me there for the whole film. Not so with Paul Thomas Anderson’s Punch Drunk Love. I felt like a little child watching it three nights ago. It is hard to conta[...]