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Bleak chic

2008-08-12 12:20:00 by J.J. in As Little as Possible
 
Looking for examples of bleakness in cinema: bleak stories, bleak landscapes, pervasive hopelessness. Films that don't shy away from getting to the redemptionless heart of humanity: gangster pics, post-apocalyptic films, etc. Recent are upcoming examples are welcome, as are ones from the past. Please leave in the comments
 
Tags: gangster pics, films, pervasive hopelessness, bleak landscapes, bleak stories, redemptionless heart, examples, bleakness, comments
 
 
 
 
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Fic: Bleak (Roswell, Parallel Lives Series)

2008-04-05 22:41:29 by Editor in Mission:Insane Fic Challenge
 
Parallel Lives : Bleak(PA prompt #54 Summary: How Liz and Michael became roommates Fandom/Claim: Roswell (General Series mission insane Technical Table Size Matters, 04. Ficlet - U9/04. Group Michael/Liz friendship, Gen, 525 words Read the Story
 
Tags: parallel lives, bleak, series, roswell, michaelliz friendship, fandomclaim, liz, story, matters
 
 
 
 
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It's Not Like Life is Such a Vale of Tears

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2008-12-01 11:25:00 by Jonathan Lapper in Cinema Styles
...bleak ending that didn't work: We would dislike it if it didn't fit the story. It's not that it's happy or bleak, it's that it doesn't work. Both Ian Fleming and the producers of the film adaptation knew they didn't want Bond married, so both the book and film conclude with Tracy Bond's drive-by killing at the hands of Ernst Stavro Blofeld...
 
Tags: happy endings, happy, top happy, endings, bleak endings, film history, bleak, film, film adaptation
 
 
 
 
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Top 10 Films of 2007

2008-01-19 13:35:00 by Danielle Ni Dhighe in Scan and Pan
 
...bleak but a vein of sardonic humor lurks just below the surface. It's a dark thriller that owes a debt to the film noir and western genres, while it projects itself onto the cinema screen with an unwillingness to conform to a conventional narrative path The Coens suggest that exploring the forces of fate that draw the characters into the...
 
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Stephen King's The Mist

2008-05-08 13:47:16 by Editor in Horror Movies
 
...bleak... in the story the father and son sort of drive through the mist, see the big creature's leg and then drive away. In this ending... with the dad shooting his son, friend, and the elder couple just minutes before rescue comes was just too awful! You could really see the mind of the father snapping when he sees the mist lifting The...
 
Tags: mist, live, dance live, dance, drive past, movie, lovecraftian creatures, super bleak, drive
 
 
 
 
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2007-01-25 23:45:00 by Hetero-Erotica in -M-TERTAINMENT
...bleak. It works best whenever Jackie Earle Haley shows up to darken things a bit more as a convicted sex offender. Somehow, everything comes crashing together in the end (and in a much better way than Crash ) and were left with a possible sense of hope. Or maybe not. Its a layered film that deserves a second viewing to grasp everything thats...
 
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2006-12-14 13:45:00 by Hetero-Erotica in -M-TERTAINMENT
 
...Bleak House Broken Trail Elizabeth I Mrs. Harris Prime Suspect: The Final Act Is it going to be Helen Mirren...or Helen Mirren? You decide Best Actress - Miniseries or Movie Gillian Anderson in Bleak House Annette Bening in Mrs. Harris Helen Mirren in Elizabeth I Helen Mirren in Prime Suspect: The Final Act Sophie Okonedo in Tsunami: The...
 
Tags: brad pitt movie, movie, elizabeth perkins, elizabeth, prada, babel, devil wears prada, brad pitt, elizabeth perkins rocks
 
 
 
 
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MIND MELD: Today's SF Authors Define Science Fiction (Part 2)

2008-01-16 00:15:08 by Editor in SF Signal
 
...bleak to be a Science Fiction theme. More than half the stories we read tell us that that Meddling With Nature is a Swell Idea. Look at H.G. Wells' THINGS TO COME. Cabal the Master Scientist makes a stirring speech at the end of the tale For MAN no rest and no ending. He must go on--conquest beyond conquest. This little planet and its winds...
 
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2008-01-17 12:15:00 by Hetero-Erotica in -M-TERTAINMENT
...bleak, and will likely alienate possible fans. Its why I loved it. As for The Orphanage , its probably the most fun Ive had being frightened since The Descent . While it may not be a traditional horror flick, per say, its certainly an old fashioned ghost story with some genuinely good spooks. Make a nice double feather with The Others . What...
 
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Unseen Images: Kes

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2008-01-28 23:00:00 by Jonathan Lapper in Cinema Styles
...bleak outlook. But this film is wonderful for two things in particular: 1- It is meticulously observed on a personal level that gives it a feeling of absolute authenticity, and 2 - It is among the most unpretentious and unsentimental movies I have ever seen. Watching Kes made me feel (whether true or not) that films have forgotten how to...
 
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