Word: snyders
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...people who did the right thing and damn the consequences." When Miller grew up, he created a comic book about the Battle of Thermopylae called simply 300. Miller's account of the battle--now doubly refracted through two media--was read by a movie director named Zack Snyder...
...Snyder, 40, cut his teeth on high-concept, effects-heavy TV commercials. He made his feature debut in 2004 with a feather-light, razor-sharp remake of the zombie classic Dawn of the Dead. (Rent it just for the opening credits, where zombies rip various cities to pieces as Johnny Cash sings When the Man Comes Around.) Snyder is something of a dork. Only a dork--the finest, most discriminating of dorks--would have read 300 in the first place. When Maté made The 300 Spartans, he packed up his cameras and his actors and his caterers and went...
...Snyder is one of a small, hypertechnical fringe of directors who are exploring a new way to make movies by discarding props, sets, extras and real-life locations and replacing them with their computer-generated equivalents. Cinema has always had a tenuous connection to reality; they're severing it almost completely. It's a technique loosely known as "digital back lot." George Lucas was a pioneer, as was Kerry Conran, the lonely genius responsible for the much praised, little-seen Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow. In Robert Rodriguez's cult hit Sin City (also based on a Miller...
...began the game playing ferocious defense. Perlman, who is also a Crimson editor, finished the day with nine saves and repeatedly turned away uncontested shots, many of which were fired from within two meters. “She played amazingly,” senior co-captain Lauren Snyder said. Perlman’s efforts, along with the tough defensive play of Snyder, forced several turnovers early in the game and allowed Harvard to enter the break down just 5-2. “We really came out strong,” Snyder said. “We were feeling confident...
Harvard also received support from the future of its program, as three of its four freshman playing in the top nine secured victories, led by Johanna Snyder in the sixth spot...