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The film ran in over 500 theaters across the United States, including at least one theater in all fifty states. Wordplay went on to gross $3,100,000 in domestic box-office, then ranking it among the Top 25 highest grossing documentaries of all time. [3] A 2008 episode of The Simpsons, "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words", is based on the film.
He has said that his favorite crossword of all time is the Election Day crossword of November 5, 1996, designed by Jeremiah Farrell. It had two correct solutions with the same set of clues, one saying that the "Lead story in tomorrow's newspaper (!)" would be "BOB DOLE ELECTED", and the other correct solution saying "CLINTON ELECTED". [18]
Less commonly, Rodriguez has also worked as a second unit director, digital animator and a visual effects supervisor. Despite being rejected from the University of Texas' film school due to poor academic promise of the Arts, Robert Rodriguez created his first 16mm short film Bedhead which opened many doors for him.
Jamie Babbit; Héctor Babenco; Lloyd Bacon; Clarence G. Badger; John Badham; Bae Yong-Kyun; Cindy Baer; Prince Bagdasarian; King Baggot; Nadeem Baig; Prano Bailey-Bond
Short Film Jury Award: International Fiction - And The Whole Sky Fit In The Dead Cow's Eye by Francisca Alegría Short Film Jury Award: Nonfiction - Alone by Garrett Bradley Short Film Jury Award: Animation - Broken – The Women's Prison at Hoheneck by Volker Schlecht, Alexander Lahl, and Max Mönch
Tarkovsky on a 2007 Russian stamp. Andrei Tarkovsky (1932–1986) [1] was a Soviet filmmaker who is widely regarded as one of the greatest directors of all time. [2] [3] His films are considered Romanticist and are often described as "slow cinema", with the average shot-length in his final three films being over a minute (compared to seconds for most modern films). [4]
Spike Lee in 2007. Spike Lee is an American film director, producer, writer, and actor, known for films that deal with controversial social and political issues.Each of Lee's films is typically referred to as "A Spike Lee Joint" and the closing credits always end with the phrases "By Any Means Necessary," "Ya Dig," and "Sho Nuff."
Su Friedrich conceived her short film Cool Hands, Warm Heart (1979) in direct homage to Meshes of the Afternoon, and used the flower and knife motifs similarly in that film. Kristin Hersh 's song " Your Ghost " is inspired by the film, and the song's music video uses several motifs from the film, including a spinning record, a telephone, and a ...