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The following are suggestions from the students of Illinois Central Colleges's History of Motion Picture class. As an elitist, I think I am ahead of most with offering treasured films, but I like to think I have elite friends to support my hypothesis.
Both films are written and directed by their directors (Alex Proyas for Dark City and Michel Gondry for The Science of Sleep) and both directors have had gained the attention of the American audience with previous films (Proyas had The Crow and Gondry had Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), so I believe most people are familiar with at least one of the director's work.
Both films have to rely on creating what were at those times new visual styles since they are both incredibly cerebral. Dark City is about a group of aliens who experiment on Earthlings by changing their memories, and how our hero must learn how to use their power to create an ideal world. The Science of Sleep shows how it's protagonist escapes to the world created in his dreams as his attempts to win the affection of his neighbor seem more and more futile.
Dark City was considered the best film of 1998 by Roger Ebert who offers a commentary track on the picture's DVD release, and Science is a film that was seemingly designed for a more liberal European audience, so it was allowed to cover what Gondry's Eternal Sunshine attempted to study more thoroughly.
Since this is a class about the history of motion picture, I find these two films to be great examples of everything we will be studying this semester.
My Suggestions: Dark City and The Science of Sleep
If you are looking for two films that are visually appealing and creative masterpieces, I would suggest Dark City and The Science of Sleep.Both films are written and directed by their directors (Alex Proyas for Dark City and Michel Gondry for The Science of Sleep) and both directors have had gained the attention of the American audience with previous films (Proyas had The Crow and Gondry had Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind), so I believe most people are familiar with at least one of the director's work.
Both films have to rely on creating what were at those times new visual styles since they are both incredibly cerebral. Dark City is about a group of aliens who experiment on Earthlings by changing their memories, and how our hero must learn how to use their power to create an ideal world. The Science of Sleep shows how it's protagonist escapes to the world created in his dreams as his attempts to win the affection of his neighbor seem more and more futile.
Dark City was considered the best film of 1998 by Roger Ebert who offers a commentary track on the picture's DVD release, and Science is a film that was seemingly designed for a more liberal European audience, so it was allowed to cover what Gondry's Eternal Sunshine attempted to study more thoroughly.
Since this is a class about the history of motion picture, I find these two films to be great examples of everything we will be studying this semester.
Other Suggestions:
Read the rest of this blog and other stories at Main Event of the Dead.com and determine if this thought process can be translated into a B-movie comedy about pro-wrestling zombies.
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