Dazzling nonsense

TAKEN

* "The Naked City," 1948, filmed on actual locations in New York; this movie won Oscars for best photography and editing. It was a gritty crime film combining slices of several stories.One issue with Re:Frame going forward is varying and expanding the circle of presenters to keep the content fresh, and one thing that means is that not all Collective members will present each time. But just because all six at the first two events doesn't mean attendees will be getting the same presentations both times. Pham says he and Hill will focus on the editing process when they present together in New Orleans: how to do "short-form, coloring, the whole process." Pham says they might even provide video clips and other media assets to Re:Frame registrants ahead of time to keep session attendees involved at every step, working out the same color-grading issues as the presenters as the workshop unfolds. But Pham has something much different in mind for Re:Frame Austin: "I'll go through the whole process of the event day-what I bring, what I do, where I position myself."SWEARING; SEX; VIOLENCEThe hero follows the evidentiary trail of breadcrumbs, leaping through gaping plot holes towards a climactic night-time boat trip which goes overboard on wanton bloodshed. However the action setpieces are well choreographed, including a breakneck car chase.The Re:Frame Collective comprises six studios, all 2007 EventDV 25 honorees-Julie and Alex Hill of Elysium Productions, Terry and Joe Taravella and Julian St. Pierre of Studio Vieux Carre, Don Pham of Take 1 Productions, Kristen* of Bliss* Productions, Chris P. Jones of Mason Jar Films, and Bruce Patterson of Cloud Nine Creative who joined forces in 2007 to develop an approach to wedding video education Pham describes as "more hands-on, more aggressive, more cool factor."* "Days of Heaven" (1978)A fast-paced jaunt through the French capital based on a script by Luc Besson and Robert Mark Kamen, Taken delivers mindless, high-speed thrills and spills, casting Neeson against type as a merciless avenger who will stop at nothing to rescue his daughter from the clutches of sex traffickers.Midway through a telephone call to Kim to check the girls have arrived safely, all of his worst fears are confirmed.* "In a Lonely Place," 1950, a scathing Hollywood satire with Humphrey Bogart playing a screenwriter, brilliant at his craft yet prone to living with his fists.Both recent and early films are eligible for inclusion, and hundreds are nominated by the public each year.* "Grand Hotel" (1932)Taken puts the pedal to the metal from the moment the girls are snatched, barely pausing for breath as Mills wreaks havoc.Stephen Nathans-Kelly (stephen.nathans@infotoday.com) is editor-in-chief of EventDV.

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