Hacker News with Generative AI: Film

RIP Val Kilmer: Celebrating cult classic Real Genius is now a moral imperative (arstechnica.com)
Back to the Future justly dominated the summer box office in 1985, but it's too bad its massive success overshadowed another nerd-friendly gem, Real Genius, which debuted one month later, on August 9.

Movies, Nostalgia, 1980s, Pop Culture, Film

7 points by LinuxBender 1 day ago | 5 comments

"Fiume O Morte " Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of a Demagogue (newyorker.com)
Many filmmakers display undue faith in their ability to depict ways of life far outside their own experience. This blithe self-confidence is particularly egregious in depictions of distant history, where imagination inevitably courts fabrication.

Film, History, Politics, Demagoguery

28 points by rbanffy 1 day ago | 7 comments

RIP Val Kilmer: Real Genius .. the Film Nerd Culture Deserves (2015) (reactormag.com)
It’s interesting to me that Revenge of the Nerds, while still full up of the nostalgia that the 80s lends us, is lately being repositioned in the zeitgeist.

Film, Culture, Nostalgia, 80s

324 points by MPSimmons 2 days ago | 105 comments

Val Kilmer: Top Gun, Batman and The Doors actor dies aged 65 (bbc.com)
Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in some of the biggest movies of the 1980s and 90s, including Top Gun and Batman Forever, has died at the age of 65.

Celebrities, Obituaries, Film, Entertainment, Music

11 points by marban 2 days ago | 2 comments

Val Kilmer, star of Top Gun and The Doors, dies aged 65 (theguardian.com)
Val Kilmer, the actor best known for his roles in Top Gun, Batman Forever and The Doors, has died at the age of 65.

Celebrities, Obituary, Film

33 points by sandebert 2 days ago | 15 comments

Netflix’s Media Production Suite (netflixtechblog.com)
The journey from script to screen is full of challenges in the ever-evolving world of film and television.

Netflix, Media Production, Film, Television, Technology

256 points by MattSayar 3 days ago | 141 comments

Commercials that David Lynch directed (2018) (openculture.com)

David Lynch, Commercials, Film, Advertising, 2018

171 points by bookofjoe 5 days ago | 38 comments

‘Watch the Skies,’ First Feature Film Dubbed Entirely With AI (variety.com)
A foreign language sci-fi movie is headed to U.S. movie theaters this spring, but audiences won’t have to groan about subtitles. For the first time, an international feature film will look and sound as if it was made in English thanks to artificial intelligence.

Artificial Intelligence, Film, Technology, Language

7 points by geox 5 days ago | 1 comments

Why Studio Ghibli movies can't be made with AI (2023) (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Artificial Intelligence, Film, Animation, Studio Ghibli

24 points by tosh 6 days ago | 5 comments

The Biology of B-Movie Monsters (2003) (lib.uchicago.edu)
Size has been one of the most popular themes in monster movies, especially those from my favorite era, the 1950s. The premise is invariably to take something out of its usual context--make people small or something else (gorillas, grasshoppers, amoebae, etc.) large--and then play with the consequences. However, Hollywood's approach to the concept has been, from a biologist's perspective, hopelessly naïve. Absolute size cannot be treated in isolation; size per se affects almost every aspect of an organism's biology.

Biology, Film, Science, Monsters

96 points by cainxinth 7 days ago | 45 comments

A filmmaker and a crooked lawyer shattered Denmark's self-image (theguardian.com)
The trap was laid in a rented office: two rooms in downtown Copenhagen, furnished without a whisper of Scandi style. If it wasn’t for a Frida Kahlo print on one wall, the premises might have felt as impersonal and stark as a confessional. That, in any event, was what it became. For six months, beginning in mid-2022, a parade of people – members of motorcycle gangs, entrepreneurs, lawyers, real-estate barons, politicians – trooped through to recount their sins to Amira Smajic.

Crime, Denmark, Film, Law, Politics

196 points by RapperWhoMadeIt 8 days ago | 178 comments

Blender releases their Oscar winning version tool (blender.org)
Blender 4.4 is all about stability. During the 2024–2025 northern hemisphere winter, Blender developers doubled down on quality and stability in a group effort called “Winter of Quality.”

Software, Open Source, 3D Modeling, Film, Design

810 points by babuloseo 8 days ago | 282 comments

David Lynch Presents Interview Project (youtube.com)

David Lynch, Interviews, Film

54 points by toomuchtodo 10 days ago | 2 comments

Classic film posters from communist Poland (theguardian.com)

Art, History, Poland, Communism, Film

27 points by kieckerjan 29 days ago | 5 comments

The Conversation at 50: Why the paranoid thriller is more relevant than ever (bbc.com)
Released between the Godfathers, Francis Ford Coppola's 1974 film was a passion project – and its tale of a surveillance expert disturbed by what he hears hits even harder in 2024.

Film, Surveillance, Paranoid Thriller, Pop Culture, Relevance

9 points by echelon_musk 36 days ago | 0 comments

Gene Hackman has died (nytimes.com)
Gene Hackman, who never fit the mold of a Hollywood movie star but became one all the same, playing seemingly ordinary characters with deceptive subtlety, intensity and often charm in some of the most noted films of the 1970s and ’80s, has died, the authorities in New Mexico said on Thursday.

Obituaries, Actors, Film, Hollywood

154 points by romaniitedomum 36 days ago | 163 comments

Visual effects studio Technicolor collapses (bbc.co.uk)
Technicolor, the visual effects (VFX) group which has worked on films ranging from Disney's 1940 classic Pinocchio to 2024 blockbuster Mufasa The Lion King, has collapsed into administration in the UK.

Visual Effects, Entertainment, Business, Film

7 points by nickdothutton 38 days ago | 0 comments

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 42 days 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

56 points by croes 42 days ago | 115 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 44 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 44 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 45 days ago | 118 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 53 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 54 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 67 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 69 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 73 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 77 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 77 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 77 days ago | 378 comments