Movie-making is a tough and complicated business. Once you have a studio sold on your pitch and script, there’s changes to be made, casting to be done, lighting choices, changes to the script, sets to find, costumes to make, special effects to prepare, more changes to the script, camera set-up, studio supervision, and then, possibly,Continue reading “The Princess Bride: Facets of Film”
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The Princess Bride: A Product of the Times
The 1980s were an age of surplus in terms of just about everything. From the music and clothes to the explosions on screen, the 1980s were a clear example of excess, of wealth of ideas and resources, and nowhere was it more obvious than in the movie industry. From teen films to comedies to blockbusterContinue reading “The Princess Bride: A Product of the Times”
The Princess Bride: The Characters, Part 2: The Sicilian Crowd, the Villains, and Conclusion
When we are first introduced to Inigo, he’s not exactly a glowing example of heroism. A former alcoholic, Inigo is a Master Swordsman, working as a mercenary, he is one of the trio who first kidnaps Buttercup (under Humperdinck’s orders). He’s fine with the abduction itself, but shows a few of his true colors whenContinue reading “The Princess Bride: The Characters, Part 2: The Sicilian Crowd, the Villains, and Conclusion”
The Princess Bride: The Characters, Part 1: Introduction, Westley, and Buttercup
As easy as it might seem, as it turns out, writing a fairy-tale for the screen can be rather challenging, especially in terms of what might seem to be the ‘easiest’ part: the characters. In most legends and fairy tales, characters aren’t really people, they’re archetypes, designed to be described in one word so thatContinue reading “The Princess Bride: The Characters, Part 1: Introduction, Westley, and Buttercup”
The Princess Bride: Genre and Themes
“Fencing, fighting, torture, revenge, giants, monsters, chases, escapes, true love, miracles…” Within the first few minutes of the film, The Princess Bride firmly places itself into a very specific genre. The Grandfather uses the above phrase very early in the movie in an attempt to sell the Grandson on the book after his skeptical reactionContinue reading “The Princess Bride: Genre and Themes”
The Princess Bride: The Story
The story of The Princess Bride doesn’t even open with the actual story at all. In fact, it opens on something out of the realm of fantasy entirely: in a little boy’s bedroom, circa 1987. This is The Grandson (Fred Savage), and he is home from school, sick. The Grandson is interrupted from his videoContinue reading “The Princess Bride: The Story”
Twentieth Century Fun With Film 