{"id":237443,"date":"2021-04-28T14:16:46","date_gmt":"2021-04-28T11:16:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/what-makes-a-great-film-within-a-film\/"},"modified":"2021-04-28T14:16:46","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T11:16:46","slug":"what-makes-a-great-film-within-a-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-makes-a-great-film-within-a-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#What Makes a Great Film Within a Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d538cc832f\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3d538cc832f\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-makes-a-great-film-within-a-film\/#Who_made_this\" >Who made this?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/what-makes-a-great-film-within-a-film\/#More_Videos_Like_This\" >More Videos Like This<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#What Makes a Great Film Within a Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to <strong>The Queue<\/strong> \u2014 your daily distraction of curated video content sourced from across the web. Today, we\u2019re watching a video essay celebrating the best meta-<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a> within movies.<\/em><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>You gotta admit, it\u2019s always a treat when there\u2019s a movie within a movie. After all, who doesn\u2019t love a fake trailer?<\/p>\n<p>Meta-movies tend to act as bite-sized Hollywood satire, a quick way to take potshots at genre conventions, aesthetics, and marketing techniques. A one-off gag is all well and good. But at their best, meta-movies can tell us a fair amount about the fictional world that they\u2019re a part of.<\/p>\n<p>To give an example: the fake teasers that precede 2008\u2019s <em><strong>Tropic Thunder<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em>lampoon everything from awards-hopeful Oscar bait (\u201c<em>Satan\u2019s Alley<\/em>\u201c) to overwrought action franchises (\u201c<em>Scorcher VI: Global Meltdown<\/em>\u201c), clearly establishing the satirical gait of the <em>actual<\/em> film to follow. These fake trailers also introduce us to our key players, a gaggle of actors whose in-universe film choices tell us what we need to know about their Hollywood status.<\/p>\n<p>As the video essay below emphasizes, the best meta-movies are the ones that transcend mere throwaway genre satire and wriggle their way into the narrative itself. <span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">The essay makes a distinction between \u201cfictional movies within movies\u201d and \u201cmovies predominately <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">about<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\"> the making of fictional movies.\u201d So don\u2019t expect to see any <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earances from<\/span> <em style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">Living in<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\"><em> Oblivion<\/em>\u2018s low-budget indie film<\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">\u00a0<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">or <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">The Player<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">\u2018s \u201c<em>Habeas Corpus<\/em>\u201d or the titular movie in <\/span><em style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">Hail, Caesar!<\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">. Instead, you\u2019ll find a thorough and delightfully celebratory breakdown of meta-movies that add a little spice to the films that they\u2019re a part of.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">Watch \u201c<strong>The Best Movies Within Movies<\/strong><\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.14285rem;\">\u201c:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Best Movies Within Movies\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3qbj40ZHQmw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Who_made_this\"><\/span>Who made this?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p id=\"block-839c096a-2881-4e76-aef1-4e01b79aa34f\">This video essay is by the New York-based <strong>Patrick (H) Willems<\/strong>. Willems\u00a0has been making content on <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> for the better part of a decade. You can find Willems\u2019 own directorial efforts and their video essays on their channel <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/c\/patrickhwillems\/videos\">here<\/a>. You can also find Willems on Twitter <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/patrickhwillems\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"More_Videos_Like_This\"><\/span>More Videos Like This<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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