A psycho-sexual thriller, A Little Life is really a middlebrow gothic sensation, a commercial read for our times, but deficient in almost all the qualities that make lasting fiction.
The film opens with exposition-heavy narration that's the cinematic equivalent of a drug commercial reading potential side-effects.
Fifty-one percent of the students were English language learners (ELLs), and all were enrolled in READ180, an online and classroom-based, commercial reading program designed to promote comprehension for students who struggle with reading.
She, for the record, weeps at the drop of a hat: during movies, a commercial, while reading..
One is less commercial, reading, "Let's reunite".
As a way to grow the show, they agreed to do live commercial reads for $200.
It's not subtle, either: "What you are hearing was created by the best sound team of the year," the commercial reads, over high-tech whizzes and clashes from the movie.
She means that more female filmmakers should tackle movie ideas and genres that are overtly commercial (read: dumbed down) in addition to the smart dramas and compact, personal stories they tend to gravitate toward.
But films become commercial (read: actually make money) only when huge audiences are emotionally moved by a story well told and produced.
No one telling me what I couldn't do or giving me suggestions on how to make it more commercial (read: tedious).
