“Love is a battlefield.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, After two years✌️ in production, I am proud to finally offer you(🥁)…. A Dark Night!
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EFC Presents: A Bad Romance
Feat. The Music of Journey, John Barry, and Bernard Hermann (In a very special EFC Music Video!)
“Here’s looking at you, kid.”
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EFC 3.03: Thoroughbreds
Feat. The Music of MGMT
“I’ve gotten so good at watching people’s emotions that I forget I don’t even have them.”
*SPOILER FREE*
In affluent suburban Connecticut, two rich girls, Lily & Amanda, rekindle their childhood friendship, by plotting the murder of Lily’s intolerable stepdad. Continue reading “EFC 3.03: Thoroughbreds”
Sadness Movie Characters
Sadness – Sense of sympathy, sorrow, grief, despair. Facilitates social bonding, processes traumatic experience. Mourns the loss of relationship, life or vitality.
We can all experience Sadness. However, some characters seem to experience the emotion so routinely that it dictates their personality and behavior. While most of the actors below are crying, I don’t believe all Sadness-dominant personalities cry necessarily. Continue reading “Sadness Movie Characters”
The World is Not Enough (1999)
Feat. The Music of David Arnold performed by Garbage
A few quotes… And a little psychology.
Remember, 007, shadows stay in front or behind, but never on top. Continue reading “The World is Not Enough (1999)”
EFC Classics – Lost in Translation
Feat. The Music of Pink Floyd (In a special EFC music video!)
Halloween is three weeks away. I should be writing about horror movies. However, tonight my heart is elsewhere, in the dramedy realm of Sofia Coppola’s, Lost in Translation. Continue reading “EFC Classics – Lost in Translation”
EFC 2.07 – Dr. Strange
Feat. The Music of Cold War Kids, and Earth, Wind & Fire (In a Special EFC Music Video!)
“You’re a man looking at the world through a keyhole, and you’ve spent your whole life trying to widen that keyhole – to see more, to know more. And now, upon hearing that it can be widened, in ways you can’t imagine, you reject the possibility.”
The famed mythologist, Joseph Campbell, said that Step #1 in The Hero’s Journey is The Call to Adventure. The caller, of course, is The Universe, and it wants the hero to undergo a transformative experience of some kind. But the hero must pick up the phone in order for the journey to commence. Continue reading “EFC 2.07 – Dr. Strange”
About
Feat. The Music of Olivia Newton-John
Welcome to Experience Film! A visceral, psychological perspective on modern cinema! Let me tell you how this whole thing works.
About once per month i’ll induct a new film into what i’ll call The Experience Films Collection.”EFC” for short. Here I’ll commemorate the chosen film by psychoanalyzing the lead characters and tenderly depicting the outrageous fortunes that encumber them. Continue reading “About”
EFC 2.01 – Rogue One
Feat. The Music of Lissie (In a special EFC music video!)
“I am one with the force, the force is with me.”
The writers of Rogue One have a message for us. Just like Galen Erso, they buried it in their creation. The message is simple, but powerful, and it has to do with The Force. Continue reading “EFC 2.01 – Rogue One”
New Inside Out Scoring System (Suggestions Welcome!)
Oi! Can I get some help over here? So you may have noticed the new little emotion characters at the bottom of each EFC post (I know what you’re thinking – cute, right? 🙄). And if you’ve seen Pixar’s Inside Out, or if you’ve read my Frozen Inside Out post, then you probably have at least some idea what they mean. Here I’ll explain their significance in full. And, when we get to the fun part, I’ll tell you how you can help out. But first let me back up for a second. Continue reading “New Inside Out Scoring System (Suggestions Welcome!)”
Experience Film 