A single DVD collection defining Modern Cinema? [more inside]
posted on May 16, 2008 - 12 answers

What's the legal stance on filming on location in malls or downtown areas in the United States? [more inside]
posted on May 15, 2008 - 9 answers

Where to find 35mm films (movies) to use for training? [more inside]
posted on May 14, 2008 - 5 answers

Where to eat, who to do and what to see in Cannes during the film festival? [more inside]
posted on May 12, 2008 - 1 answers

What is the font used for the title in this poster for Being John Malkovich? Details are welcome - light, bold, etc. Thanks.
posted on May 7, 2008 - 8 answers

Does Udo Kier play a character called Yuri in the film In Bruges? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 4 answers

A comprehensive short-film festival submission calender: Does such a thing exist? [more inside]
posted on May 7, 2008 - 1 answers

Is there a name for the small scene that comes at the end of a film--after the credits? [more inside]
posted on May 6, 2008 - 17 answers

Help me find a place to transfer my Super8 & 8mm film to DVD in Austin, TX. [more inside]
posted on May 5, 2008 - 1 answers

Trying to make a list of fictional drinks. For instance: Clementine mixxes up a couple of "blue ruins" in Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind and the Silver Jews' song Buckingham Rabbit makes reference to "shattered dogs on the rocks." What other fictional drinks can you think of? [more inside]
posted on May 4, 2008 - 51 answers

A comes upon B cheating on her with C. Grabbing the covers frantically, B shouts "This isn't what it looks like!". Does this flimsy excuse ever get uttered in real life? (Kind of NSFW, obviously.) [more inside]
posted on May 1, 2008 - 20 answers

Are We Done Yet? was the sequel to an original film, but was weirdly also a remake of the classic Cary Grant comedy Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. Along the same lines, Ocean's Twelve was based on an unrelated script first intended as a John Woo project. Can we think of any other examples of a sequel to an original movie starting life as an unconnected film? [more inside]
posted on Apr 30, 2008 - 18 answers

Where can I find a film from the 70's I saw in school? [more inside]
posted on Apr 27, 2008 - 2 answers

Incorporating still frame captures in a TV commentary blog: is it possible/affordable/practical to get general permission from the studio to do this? [more inside]
posted on Apr 23, 2008 - 9 answers

What is that amazing modernist building in The Yakuza? [more inside]
posted on Apr 20, 2008 - 4 answers

What arrangements should I make with a student filmmaker who wants to use my music in his film? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 14 answers

Where can I find film footage of Richard Nixon bowling? [more inside]
posted on Apr 19, 2008 - 1 answers

Suggest online or DVD resources for a new filmmaker to learn about lenses, film formats, shot composition, camera moves, dialogue staging, and other aspects of cinematography & directing? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 7 answers

What legal precautions should I take when filming a documentary? [more inside]
posted on Apr 17, 2008 - 6 answers

How can I get a short clip from a DVD and save it to use in the classroom? Say I was teaching a lesson and a film had a short clip that was perfect at demonstrating something or at getting a point across and I wanted to save it and let other teachers use it in their lessons what would I have to do? Obviously I would look to getting the right clearance in terms of copyright - but how would I do this? Is there a really quick and easy way? Thanking you.
posted on Apr 15, 2008 - 9 answers

What composition/recording does the eerie melody played by the solo violin in the trailer to Crispin Glover's film What Is It? come from? Does anyone recognize the tune and/or recording? (YouTube link to trailer inside). [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 5 answers

Question about audience reaction to "The Ruins"--spoiler of one line of dialogue, comments (if anyone else actually saw it) may contain more. [more inside]
posted on Apr 12, 2008 - 5 answers

short film: guy on fire - what was the title? [more inside]
posted on Apr 10, 2008 - 3 answers

Where can I find examples of characters in film speaking English with a Columbian accent? I'm also looking for plays in English with Columbian characters. [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 14 answers

Working in the US film industry as a foreigner. Please explain... [more inside]
posted on Apr 9, 2008 - 4 answers

Where can I see video of larks flying? (Preferably online and free, but commercial movies/videos are also fine if you're sure the birds pictured are larks.) So far on YouTube, I've only found them walking or still, not flying.
posted on Apr 8, 2008 - 6 answers

Vaguely remembered movie from the early-to-mid 70s...any ideas? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 3 answers

How can I pass through airport security without having my camera film X-Rayed? [more inside]
posted on Apr 7, 2008 - 21 answers

I've recently asked a question of the BBC about why they're not showing films in the correct aspect ration -- even though the uk's Channel Four does -- and I'm a bit confused by the reply. [more inside]
posted on Apr 6, 2008 - 10 answers

Does anyone know the name of a French film where the main character commits suicide at the end by jumping off a building? [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 16 answers

Is there any earthly way - preferably on the up & up - to get a copy of Raiders of the Losk Ark: The Adaptation? (see also, see also). Gaining admission to a local screening would also be acceptable. [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 3 answers

Movie organizing software for directories of film files/subs/etc? [more inside]
posted on Apr 5, 2008 - 1 answers

Where can I get the best subtitles for My Neighbour Totoro? [more inside]
posted on Apr 4, 2008 - 16 answers

Recursion filter: I recently came across the phrase 'Mise en Abyme' and have become fascinated by recursion in literature, language and film. What writings have used these themes in their form to address the questions they posed? [more inside]
posted on Apr 2, 2008 - 18 answers

I'm looking for narratives (books, movies, games) in which the protagonist is dead, dying or unconscious, and discovers they are not in the 'real' world at all, but Hell, heaven, purgatory, a coma, a nightmare, memory, or similar. Examples which contain spoilers below the fold. [more inside]
posted on Mar 28, 2008 - 63 answers

What was this movie called? [more inside]
posted on Mar 27, 2008 - 13 answers

I'm looking for fictional intragenerational incest narratives -- books, film, television, etc. -- in which the relationship is presented as a tragic love, doomed to failure. I'm not interested in the probably more common (and more realistic) pure trauma narratives. The relationship need not necessarily be physically consummated. [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 49 answers

Help me find inspiration for my gangster short [more inside]
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 17 answers

I'm looking for a documentary about Fleetwood Mac that a friend had spoken highly of but which I can't seem to find. It might have been about the making of 'Rumours' but I only see a book about that on Amazon--no film. Anyone seen this?
posted on Mar 25, 2008 - 9 answers

Old Movie Filter: This is the question I joined MeFi to ask. I remember seeing a movie, on actual reels, when I was about seven at school. It has haunted me for the last twenty-two years. [more inside]
posted on Mar 18, 2008 - 17 answers

Whats the cheapest and easiest way to get high-quality digital photos from 20 disposable cameras? [more inside]
posted on Mar 17, 2008 - 5 answers

Mothers and daughters and the films about them - can you name some? [more inside]
posted on Mar 15, 2008 - 45 answers

I submitted two films to Cannes. The next morning I noticed that the two DVD packages I prepared with the entry numbers and everything were still in my bag. Whoops! Looks like I sent them unmarked discs. The cases I sent them have my contact info and the envelopes I shipped them in have the entry numbers written on them, but the actual DVDs are completely blank. Should I send a new package or will that confuse things further?
posted on Mar 15, 2008 - 6 answers

I know there is a movie version of The Stranger (l'Etranger), where can I order it online? Also, is it any good, if you've seen it?
posted on Mar 14, 2008 - 3 answers

Spiral staircases in film. I need a list! [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 28 answers

Anyone here work on the Panasonic HVX200 camera? We're having a footage emergency and need advice immediately -- seriously, epic karma points to the piler who can help us out. Details inside. [more inside]
posted on Mar 13, 2008 - 11 answers

Weirdest and wildest films in the public domain. [more inside]
posted on Mar 10, 2008 - 13 answers

Is the screenplay for Diablo Cody's "Juno" online anywhere (other than the official Fox Searchlight site)? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 3 answers

Can I develop 20-year old 110 film? If so, where? [more inside]
posted on Mar 5, 2008 - 7 answers

Any good film/movie forums? [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2008 - 14 answers