Today in Movie Culture: 'Avengers: Infinity War' VFX Breakdown, How Christopher Nolan Ends His Movies and More
Here are a bunch of little bites to satisfy your hunger for movie culture:
Character Breakdown of the Day:
For Wired, Anthony and Joe Russo discuss every single hero in their epic Marvel crossover Avengers: Infinity War:
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VFX Breakdown of the Day:
Speaking of Infinity War, here’s a breakdown of Framestore’s visual effects work on the MCU blockbuster (learn more here):
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Movie Scene Breakdown of the Day:
Director Jon M. Chu breaks down one of the most memorable scenes in his new movie Crazy Rich Asians, which is now out in theaters:
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Reworked Movie Scene of the Day:
Mashable redid the sound design for the iconic T.rex scene in Jurassic Park so it’s no longer tense or terrifying:
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Vintage Image of the Day:
Legendary actress Ethel Barrymore, who was born on this day in 1879, with director Elia Kazan on the set of Pinky in 1949:
Actor in the Spotlight:
Great Big Story presents Javier Botet, a master of disguise who has played monsters in It, The Mummy, Alien: Covenant, Slender Man and many more:
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Filmmaker in Focus:
For Fandor, Jacob T. Swinney looks specifically at how Christopher Nolan ends his movies:
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Film Studies Lesson of the Day:
Well-timed to the release of Mission: Impossible – Fallout, here’s another Fandor video essay by Jacob T. Swinney on MacGuffins:
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Cosplay of the Day:
Incredibles 2 is still in theaters, so you still have a chance to cosplay at the theater but it’ll be hard to top this fan as Violet:
The Incredibles – Violet Cosplay pic.twitter.com/qtIVHObAjn
— Top Cosplays (@TopCosplays) August 14, 2018
Classic Trailer of the Day:
Today is Alejandro G. Iñárritu’s 55th birthday and we’re coming up on the 15th anniversary of 21 Grams, so here’s the original trailer for that classic drama:
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