Tag: filmmakers

The Burnt-Out Artist and the Truth: Federico Fellini’s 8 ½

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|Dan McCabe| Note: This article contains spoilers for Federico Fellini’s 8 ½. If you want to see the movie without knowing anything about it, stop now. Guido (Marcello Mastroianni) hates the science fiction movie he’s making.  He thinks such b-movie genre fare is cheesy and… Continue reading

Detour, Low Production Values, and Me

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|Sophie Durbin| Please bear with me as I begin this piece with (yes) a quick detour. I’ve always been fascinated by Low Production Values. I capitalize these words because I thought they were an official proper noun for an actual artistic style for many years. As a kid, I was fascinated by… Continue reading