Comments for Cinephilia & Beyond https://cinephiliabeyond.org Films and Filmmaking Sun, 17 May 2026 09:41:27 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 Comment on Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’: A Deep Exploration of the Importance of Language, the Nature of Time and the Dichotomy of Human Existence by How Science Fiction Changed My Thinking About AI and the Future https://cinephiliabeyond.org/arrival/#comment-2735 Sun, 17 May 2026 09:41:27 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=55981#comment-2735 […] Villeneuve’s ‘Arrival’: A deep exploration of the importance of language, the nature of time and the dichotomy of human existence 2024, Cinephilia & Beyond, 18 November, viewed 17 May 2026, https://cinephiliabeyond.org/arrival/. […]

]]> Comment on ‘Close Encounters of the Third Kind’: Steven Spielberg’s Gamble That Paid Off Generously by Disclosure Day (2026) Trailer | Minty's Menagerie https://cinephiliabeyond.org/close-encounters-of-the-third-kind-steven-spielbergs-gamble-that-paid-off-generously/#comment-2734 Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:56:26 +0000 http://www.cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=20966#comment-2734 […] What I particularly like about that treatise of a text that has been deeply analysed and discussed over the past half century is its robust emphasis on alternative script revisions and deleted scenes, some of which was new to me. I’ve always been fascinated how CE3K morphed from an original Paul Schrader script with the distinct pre-X Files design of a cynical and skeptical government bureaucrat taking on the project blue book mantle and slowly morphing into a true believer, with the trademark Schrader final transcendental epiphany. For another comprehensive overview, click here. […]

]]> Comment on David Fincher: A Life in Pictures by Director Research https://cinephiliabeyond.org/david-fincher-life-pictures/#comment-2733 Fri, 27 Feb 2026 07:53:37 +0000 http://www.cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=11880#comment-2733 […] Cinephiliabeyond. (2014, December 21). David Fincher: A Life in Pictures. Cinephilia & Beyond. https://cinephiliabeyond.org/david-fincher-life-pictures/ […]

]]> Comment on Cleansing of the Soul for a Clean Slate: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ at 25 by Research Task 4.2: Case Study – Storyboards – Susanne's OCA Graphic Design Blog https://cinephiliabeyond.org/devils-backbone/#comment-2732 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 14:14:43 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=39694#comment-2732 […] Slate: Guillermo del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’, Cinephilia & Beyond. Available at: https://cinephiliabeyond.org/devils-backbone/ (Accessed: November […]

]]> Comment on “Dazed By Days” By Richard Linklater by Needle-drops and beefing with Robert Plant: how Richard Linklater uses music in his indie masterpieces – Gary Ryan https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dazed-by-days-by-richard-linklater/#comment-2731 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 13:41:35 +0000 http://www.cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=15509#comment-2731 […] Plant had blocked Zeppelin’s music from being used in Dazed & Confused. Linklater called him a “pathetically aging rock star,” in response. “I’ll boycott Plant for life. Even if […]

]]> Comment on Carol Reed’s ‘Odd Man Out’—Too Long In ‘The Third Man’s Shadow? by Odd Man Out | Charlotte was Both https://cinephiliabeyond.org/odd-man-out/#comment-2730 Sun, 01 Feb 2026 04:59:20 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=43242#comment-2730 […] of interest about movies and literature and war, but what really caught my eye was a snippet from a lengthy 1971 interview with Reed. The interviewer was question him about an aspect of the 1959 Our Man in Havana – yes, yet another […]

]]> Comment on Fincher’s ‘Zodiac’: A Suspenseful and Thrilling Combination of Police Procedural and Newspaper Film That Masterfully Chronicles the Progression of Obsession by The Epistemology of Narrative Certainty: Historical Revisionism and the Substitution of Evidence in Cinematic Docu-Drama – JP https://cinephiliabeyond.org/zodiac/#comment-2727 Mon, 15 Dec 2025 03:12:00 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=40798#comment-2727 […] reportedly framed Zodiac by stating his intention was to capture the “truth of those books” and present the story “through Robert’s eyes.” In this framing, the film becomes less about the crime itself and more about the psychological […]

]]> Comment on ‘A Clockwork Orange’: Kubrick and Burgess’ Vision of the Modern World by Tema 2: Del signo a la pantalla: la construcción del significado en el discurso cinematográfico – Tesseract fílmico https://cinephiliabeyond.org/clockwork-orange-kubrick-burgess-vision-modern-world/#comment-2724 Tue, 21 Oct 2025 03:30:13 +0000 http://www.cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=21775#comment-2724 […] Cinephiliabeyond. (2024, 20 diciembre). ‘A Clockwork Orange’: Kubrick and Burgess’ Vision of the Modern World. Cinephilia & Beyond. https://cinephiliabeyond.org/clockwork-orange-kubrick-burgess-vision-modern-world/ […]

]]> Comment on ‘Persona’: Ingmar Bergman’s Psychological Masterpiece as the White Whale of Critical Analysis by Tema 1. Signos en movimiento: el cine como construcción del sentido – Tesseract fílmico https://cinephiliabeyond.org/persona-ingmar-bergmans-psychological-masterpiece-white-whale-critical-analysis/#comment-2723 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 02:38:31 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=26105#comment-2723 […] Mikulec, S. (2024). ‘Persona’: Ingmar Bergman’s psychological masterpiece as the White Whale of critical analysis. Cinephilia & Beyond. https://cinephiliabeyond.org/persona-ingmar-bergmans-psychological-masterpiece-white-whale-critical-… […]

]]> Comment on Peter Weir’s ‘Dead Poets Society’ at 36: An Awe-Inspiring Celebration of the Human Spirit by Tema 0. Versos que arden – Tesseract fílmico https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dead-poets-society/#comment-2722 Thu, 09 Oct 2025 04:38:32 +0000 https://cinephiliabeyond.org/?p=51008#comment-2722 […] Cinephiliabeyond. (2025, 2 junio). Peter Weir’s ‘Dead Poets Society’ at 36: An Awe-Inspiring Celebration of the Human Spirit. Cinephilia & Beyond. https://cinephiliabeyond.org/dead-poets-society/ […]

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