The Meta-Story and Worldview of many films is discernible from little more than their first and final shots. Don’t believe it? Watch this video!
Master Shots: First and Final Frames of 55 Films Side-by-Side, by Jacob T. Swinney
All-Time Top Films for Deep Culture Impact
Tonight the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will award the 2015 Best Picture, yet the academy missed most of these “Deep Culture” Impact films. Will this year’s winner one day join this august company?
Why are ‘Deep Culture Impact’ Films so Rare?
In the past 40 years only three Academy Award-winning films managed to break into the coveted top 60 all-time box office earners. Here’s Why.
100+ All-Time Top ‘Deep Culture Impact’ Films (2014)
Nearly two decades of using film to teach worldview to undergraduate students has resulted in a few surprises in which films have had the deepest cultural impact on a generation. Here’s our list of the top 25 films and our pick for “Best Deep Culture Impact” Film for 2013.
Twelve Years a Slave to History: Why Academy Voters Often Miss the Real Best Picture
Odds are Brad Pitt and the TWELVE YEAR’S A SLAVE producing team will win best picture Sunday night. Yet history reveals that, when it comes to picking a film that will be recognized as truly great twelve years from now, Oscar voters often miss the mark.
Oscar Fail: Is an Academy Award a Reliable Indicator of a Truly Great Film?
Sunday’s Academy Awards show seeks to honor this year’s greatest film, yet history reveals that Oscar voters often miss the mark.
All-Time ‘Deep Culture Impact’ Films
Nearly two decades of using film to teach worldview to undergraduate students has resulted in a few surprises in which films have had the deepest cultural impact upon a generation.
Is Winning an Oscar a Reliable Indicator of a Truly Great Film?
The public-relations-driven, artistically myopic, and sometime overtly political nature of both the studios and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences often make Oscars an unreliable measure of true greatness.
Oscar Week 2011: Fresh story ideas a tough sell in Hollywood, by Nicole Sperling
We used to be the generators of intellectual property, not just recyclers of it.