Film – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Fri, 13 May 2022 19:38:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Film – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 From Smell-O-Vision to Astrocolor, the Film Industry’s Biggest Innovation Flops https://brewminate.com/from-smell-o-vision-to-astrocolor-the-film-industrys-biggest-innovation-flops/ Sun, 04 Mar 2018 18:48:46 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=52910 Moviegoers familiarize themselves with the joystick that will allow them to interact with the film ‘I’m Your Man’

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]]> The History of the Hollywood Sign: Public Nuisance to Symbol of Stardom https://brewminate.com/the-history-of-the-hollywood-sign-public-nuisance-to-symbol-of-stardom/ Sun, 04 Mar 2018 18:48:14 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=52904 George Brich/AP Photo By Dr. Leo Braudy / 03.01.2018 Leo S. Bing chair in English and American Literature Dornsife College

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]]> A History of Printing and Typesetting in Film https://brewminate.com/a-history-of-printing-and-typesetting-in-film/ Mon, 12 Feb 2018 19:04:25 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=49470 An Intertype Fotosetter, one of the most popular “first-generation” mass-market phototypesetting machines. The system is heavily based on hot

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]]> Are Movies a Good Way to Learn History? https://brewminate.com/are-movies-a-good-way-to-learn-history/ Sat, 27 Jan 2018 18:56:53 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=48771 Daniel Day-Lewis won the 2012 Academy Award for his portrayal of Abraham Lincoln. Is Spielberg’s historical drama a

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]]> Blade Runner’s Chillingly Prescient Vision of the Future https://brewminate.com/blade-runners-chillingly-prescient-vision-of-the-future/ Wed, 11 Oct 2017 17:29:02 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=38529 The original ‘Blade Runner’ took place in a dreary, dystopian Los Angeles in 2019. Warner Bros. By Dr. Marsha

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]]> Philosophy has a Lot to Learn from Film https://brewminate.com/philosophy-has-a-lot-to-learn-from-film/ Fri, 14 Jul 2017 19:15:31 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=36394 Machiko Kyō and Toshiro Mifune in Kurosawa’s Rashômon (1951) / Wikimedia Commons By Dr. Costica Bradatan / 07.03.2017 Professor of

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]]> Metaphors Be With You: A Cultural Analysis of Star Wars https://brewminate.com/metaphors-be-with-you-a-cultural-analysis-of-star-wars/ Tue, 16 May 2017 18:11:59 +0000 http://brewminate.com/?p=33971 By Dr. Lee Drummond / 03.09.2016 Professor Emeritus of Social and Cultural Anthropology McGill University [The mathematical physicist]

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