From the page to the screen: adaptationsLuca Balescu • Todor PophristicAs long as film has existed as an artistic medium, the written word has turned into visual spectacle. The first science-fiction film ever made, George Melies’ “A Trip to the Moon” (1902), was a loose adaptation of two...
Film reviews on Vivre Sa Vie and Another RoundLuca Balescu • Todor PophristicVivre sa Vie In 1968, film critic Richard Roud wrote that the art of cinema rests on three paradoxes: visual versus narrative, fiction versus documentary, and reality versus abstraction. Perhaps no director has better...
Chaos, Comedy, and Commentary: “30 Rock”Luca BalescuWhat do you get when a writer on a sketch comedy show at the National Broadcasting Company writes a comedy show for NBC about the writer of a sketch comedy show on NBC? The answer is “30 Rock.” Tina Fey’s “30 Rock,”...
