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Follow the Yellow Brick Road: Wizard of Oz is most influential Hollywood film by Andrew Pulver. Andrew reports upon an academic study’s results on which Hollywood films hold the most cultural resonance.
In a paper entitled Cross-evaluation of Metrics to Estimate the Significance of Creative Works, issued by Illinois’ Northwestern University, the study’s authors – Max Wasserman, Xiao Han T Zeng and Luís AN Amaral – analysed the “movie connections” section of the Internet Movie Database in an effort to uncover the “most cited” film – and, therefore, the most influential.
A film’s popularity depends on how many references are made to it in future movies, according to new study by Steve Connor. Connor analyzes the academic study that claims a film’s influence on other filmmakers determines long-term success.
Typical methods of assessing a film’s “impact”, such as sales, downloads or media attention, are not as good at predicting a film’s long-term success as its influence on other directors, who appear to be useful arbiters of long-term cinema quality, the study found.
Coen brothers named heads of 2015 Cannes film festival jury by Ben Beaumont-Thomas. Ben reports upon the selection of the Cannes-winning directors to head this year’s jury.
The pair said in a statement:
We look forward to returning to Cannes this year. We welcome as always the opportunity to watch movies there from all over the world. Cannes is a festival that has been important to us since the very beginning of our career. Presiding over the Jury is a special honor, since we have never heretofore been president of anything. We will issue further proclamations at the appropriate time.
The 17 Movies We’re Most Anticipating At The 2015 Sundance Film Festival by Matthew Jacobs. Matthew lists and describes the significance of coming titles.
While the rest of the moviegoing population catches up on the newly minted Oscar nominees, Hollywood is set to descend upon Park City, Utah, this week for the first major film festival of 2015.
Amazon Working On Game Changer In Film Industry by David Curry. David covers Amazon’s plans to release original films.
Amazon plans to release 12 original films every year, and has a smart way of integrating these films to promote its own streaming service, Prime Instant Video.
