Hacker News with Generative AI: Film

James Bond's long-serving producers give control to Amazon (bbc.co.uk)
The James Bond film franchise will no longer be controlled by the Broccoli dynasty, after long-serving masterminds Barbara Broccoli and Michael G Wilson announced they are stepping down.

Entertainment, Film, Business, Amazon

3 points by sambeau 4 hours ago | 1 comments

Amazon MGM Studios will gain creative control of the James Bond franchise (aboutamazon.com)
Amazon MGM Studios, Michael G. Wilson, and Barbara Broccoli today announced that they have formed a new joint venture to house the James Bond intellectual property rights, and those parties will remain co-owners of the franchise.

Amazon, James Bond, Film, Entertainment, Acquisitions

46 points by croes 4 hours ago | 75 comments

Twin Leaks: C++ Walk with Me (deprogrammaticaipsum.com)
The work of Bjarne Stroustrup, one of the most important programming language designers of all time, has happened in parallel with that of one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, David Lynch, who passed away during the preparation of this edition.

Programming Languages, C++, Film

3 points by rbanffy 2 days ago | 0 comments

Dune: Messiah: Villeneuve's crowning achievement or when the spice runs dry? (theguardian.com)
Denis Villeneuve has already done the well-nigh impossible, making two brilliant big-screen versions of Dune, but given the history of sci-fi film sequels, another could be a terrifying sandworm too many

Science Fiction, Film, Reviews

4 points by howard941 2 days ago | 2 comments

On David Lynch's Revenge of the Jedi (2018) (benningtonreview.org)
In 1981, Lucas proposed that Lynch direct the third episode of the first Star Wars trilogy, Return of the Jedi (1983). This was a sign of esteem and confidence, in view of the financial as well as the emotional stakes riding on this third episode which would have to match the global success of the first two.

Film, Star Wars, David Lynch

236 points by tie-in 3 days ago | 116 comments

The World Without a Mask (1934) (scifist.net)
German action star Harry Piel accidentally invents x-ray TV in this 1934 comedy.

Science Fiction, Film, History, Germany

12 points by walterbell 11 days ago | 5 comments

The Daughter of Dawn [1920] (2024) (afi.com)
Celebrating Native American Heritage Month this November, the AFI Catalog shines a spotlight on THE DAUGHTER OF DAWN (1920), one of the earliest fictional feature films in history to headline a cast comprised entirely of Native American performers who actively participated in the production.

Film History, Film, November, Heritage Month

46 points by js2 12 days ago | 4 comments

Denis Villeneuve eyes a new hard sci-fi epic adaptation, 'Rendezvous with Rama' (comicbasics.com)

Science Fiction, Film, Adaptation, Novels

4 points by namanyayg 24 days ago | 2 comments

Hans Zimmer in Talks to Re-Create Saudi Arabia's National Anthem (hollywoodreporter.com)
How about the Hans Zimmer “bwong” sound in a national anthem? It could happen, with reports coming out of Saudi Arabia that the Oscar-winning composer is in talks to create, or re-create, the country’s national anthem.

Music, Saudi Arabia, Film, National Anthem

3 points by adrian_mrd 27 days ago | 0 comments

Paul Schrader on AI-Produced Scripts: 'Every Idea ChatGPT Came Up with Was Good' (indiewire.com)
Paul Schrader may be spending a bit too much time on the computer. Though the septuagenarian filmmaker rolled out his latest project, “Oh, Canada,” only last year, Schrader is already hard at work generating new ideas, not just for himself, but other legendary cinematic artists as well. Taking once again to his beloved Facebook page, Schrader shared in a post that he’d been experimenting with ChatGPT and was shocked to find how developed it had become.

Artificial Intelligence, Film, ChatGPT, Creative Processes

4 points by indigodaddy 31 days ago | 1 comments

David Lynch, Visionary Director of 'Twin Peaks' and 'Blue Velvet,' Dies at 78 (variety.com)
Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78.

Film, Television, Obituaries

16 points by magoghm 35 days ago | 1 comments

David Lynch, Twin Peaks and Muholland Drive director, dies aged 78 (theguardian.com)
David Lynch, the maverick American director who sustained a successful mainstream career while also probing the bizarre, the radical and the experimental, has died aged 78.

Film, Death, Obituaries, Director, American

158 points by helsinkiandrew 35 days ago | 2 comments

David Lynch has died (variety.com)
Director-writer David Lynch, who radicalized American film with with a dark, surrealistic artistic vision in films like “Blue Velvet” and “Mulholland Drive” and network television with “Twin Peaks,” has died. He was 78.

Film, Death, Television, American Cinema, Surrealism

1190 points by wut42 35 days ago | 378 comments

Coincidence between the start spacecraft scene in Prometheus and 60s phreaking (ycombinator.com)
Is there any coincidence between the scene in "Alien Prometheus" where the engineer pilot ignites the spacecraft by a piccolo and 1960s phreaking(2600 Hz whistles)?

Science Fiction, Film, History, Technology

4 points by damiaozi 35 days ago | 4 comments

The Free Movie: Frame-by-frame, handrawn reproduction of "The Bee Movie" (2023) (thefreemovie.buzz)

Animation, Art, Creative Projects, Film

278 points by gaws 39 days ago | 70 comments

Colossus: The Forbin Project (wikipedia.org)
Colossus: The Forbin Project (originally released as The Forbin Project) is a 1970 American science-fiction thriller film from Universal Pictures, produced by Stanley Chase, directed by Joseph Sargent, that stars Eric Braeden, Susan Clark, Gordon Pinsent, and William Schallert. It is based upon the 1966 science-fiction novel Colossus by Dennis Feltham Jones.

Science Fiction, Film, 1970s, Thriller

8 points by axiologist 39 days ago | 4 comments

The Typography Maestro Getting Calls from Hollywood (nytimes.com)
Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.

Typography, Film, Design, Hollywood

37 points by ripe 42 days ago | 7 comments

The accidental invention of the snow globe (2024) (smithsonianmag.com)
In the opening scene of the 1941 mystery Citizen Kane, the eponymous protagonist, played by Orson Welles, clenches a snow globe in his hand as he utters his last word: “rosebud.” The glass-encased spherical diorama of a snowy scene was a mere novelty at the time, but the film, in part, gave rise to its popularity.

History, Pop Culture, Film, Novelty Items

60 points by benbreen 49 days ago | 16 comments

Nosferatu's Robert Eggers on how folklore fuelled his film (theguardian.com)
The vampire of folklore is not a nobleman. The vampire of folklore is not a suave, dinner jacket-wearing seducer. The vampire of folklore is a corpse. An undead corpse.

Film, Folklore, Vampires

4 points by Emigre_ 55 days ago | 0 comments

The Typography Maestro Getting Calls from Greta Gerwig and Robert Eggers (nytimes.com)
Teddy Blanks, the designer behind the memorable movie titles for films like “Nosferatu” and “Barbie,” has quietly become Hollywood’s go-to guy.

Typography, Movie Design, Hollywood, Film

12 points by ripe 59 days ago | 1 comments

Decoding the telephony signals in Pink Floyd's 'The Wall' (corelatus.com)
I like puzzles. Recently, someone asked me to identify the telephone network signalling in The Wall, a 1982 film featuring Pink Floyd. The signalling is audible when the main character, Pink, calls London from a payphone in Los Angeles, in this scene (Youtube).

Music, Film, Telephony, Sound Engineering

417 points by matthiasl 60 days ago | 131 comments

Show HN: Movie Iris - Visualizing Films Through Color Extraction (github.com/LoSinCos)
The Movie Iris project was something that I started working on during quarantine. I saw some cool visualizations on Reddit's r/dataisbeautiful and was inspired to start working on the project. Some other users had already done something like this - and I wanted to try my hand at is as well. This repo is my take on turning movies into still art. Effectively taking raw movie frames, compressing them to their core colors, and visualizing the color schemes of a movie.

Programming, Data Visualization, Art, Film

78 points by losincos 63 days ago | 37 comments

Generative World Models for Film, Gaming, and Beyond (odyssey.systems)
We’re excited to welcome Ed Catmull, co-founder of Pixar, to our board. Together, we’re pioneering generative world models, beginning with Explorer.

Generative AI, Film, Gaming, Artificial Intelligence

8 points by jasondavies 64 days ago | 0 comments

Stanley Kubrick's the Shining Maps of the Overlook (idyllopuspress.com)
For some reason the idea of The Overlook's parts not fitting together can make some people upset when it really shouldn't. The initial response of many is to think in terms of continuity and design problems on a major production and that the maps are a matter of nit-picking at small details.

Film, Horror, The Shining, Stanley Kubrick, Design

63 points by weinzierl 72 days ago | 23 comments

We all took the DVD boom era for granted (filmstories.co.uk)
Nostalgia being the reality-warping entity that it is, there are certain things from years ago that aren’t quite as good as you remember.

Nostalgia, Media, Entertainment, Technology, Film

190 points by thunderbong 76 days ago | 368 comments

The zoology and biochemistry of xenomorphs from the Alien franchise (jgeekstudies.org)
In science fiction, the xenomorph emerges as a creature that transcends the boundaries of traditional extraterrestrial movie knowledge (Fordham, 2023). From the corridors of the spaceship USCSS Nostromo to the haunting silence of the primordial exoplanet Acheron LV-426 (Flowers, 2020), the creature created by Ridley Scott and H.R. Giger has become the symbol of alien terror in movies and in collective imagination (Domino, 2019).

Science Fiction, Biology, Film, Alien Franchise

118 points by zdw 80 days ago | 75 comments

NaNoGenMo 2024 novel from AI captioned stills from the movie A.I (github.com/barnoid)
An A.I. generated novelisation of the film A.I. Artificial Intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Creative Projects, Novels, Film

15 points by robinwarren 81 days ago | 6 comments

Map UI – Ghost in the Shell (ilikeinterfaces.com)
Map UI (User Interface) for the film “Ghost in the Shell” Copyright Shirow Masamune / Kodansha • Bandai Visual • Manga Entertainment •

Film

158 points by aspenmayer 82 days ago | 67 comments

Ask HN: Recommend me some silent movies (ycombinator.com)
I would love silent movies which are very well detailed

Film, Silent Movies, Recommendations

58 points by Shreesha_Bhan 85 days ago | 71 comments

'Dear Mr. Kubrick': 1960s Audience Responses to 2001 — A Space Odyssey (2009) [pdf] (participations.org)

Film, History, Audience Reception

55 points by wslh 88 days ago | 66 comments