Word: celluloidal
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...Coneheads," the new Dan Aykroyd-Jane Curtin comedy about pointy-headed aliens who immigrate to Earth, is, as its main characters would say, a celluloid presentation with only one amusement unit...
...film's characters are simply more memorable--and seem more real--than those in movies which are supposed to be about real life (such as the overrated Nora Ephron snoozer "Sleepless in Seattle"). For all the focus on head shapes, this celluloid presentation is special because it's got something very human: corpuscle-churning muscle, also known as "heart...
Cocteau's movie is the sort of dream you would have if you fell asleep with your head on a deluxe illustrated edition of Grimm's tales. It is perhaps the most sumptuous and satisfying version of a fairy tale ever put on celluloid, candy for the eyes and a banquet for the aesthete. Above all, it is a swooningly romantic film graced with many visual miracles. And, like love, "Beauty and the Beast" is a dream from which you never want to wake...
...everyday life. The exhibition spans the history of the Walt Disney Company, from "Steamboat Willie" (the first animated film to feature Mickey Mouse and a synchronized soundtrack) to "The Prince and the Pauper," Disney's 1990 animation short. The exhibit includes preliminary drawings, movie posters, and frames of celluloid animation film ("cells"). The sequence of drawings for "The Prince and the Pauper" includes a story sketch, which captures the mood of the story; rough drawings of the extreme points of the character's movements; "clean up animations"; and a cell with a painted background that can be used for more...
...complete with filmed biographies by Harry Thomason and Linda Bloodworth-Thomason, the creators of TV's Designing Women and Evening Shade. One of the highlights was a 1963 film clip showing John Kennedy shaking hands in the Rose Garden with the 16-year-old Clinton, a priceless piece of celluloid that Clinton aide Frank Greer dug out of the Kennedy Library...