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Alex Proyas - Filmmaker[/caption]I personally came to discover this guy when I first saw the movie, The Crow (1994) with Brandon Lee (Rapid Fire).
Now, The Crow (1994) is a movie which was based on the Graphic Comic book series and strip by James O'Barr (Frame 137), which is a dark and dismal look at what would happen if society allowed itself to decay to the point where criminals can begin to slowly take over, and how the power of love can conquer all!
What I mean by this is that, in Detriot on what a particular criminal syndicate has dubbed, 'Devil's Night', this syndicate boss has sent his crew over to a small rundown apartment building to kill off the remaining tenants of the building!
The only problem is that after this group of Sociopaths kill off a musician and his fiancé (the night before their wedding,) with the help of a crow, this musician comes back to life to exact a bloody vengeance against the crew that killed him and his fiancé, so that both of them can rest in peace together for eternity!
Now that is just one of the amazing films that Mr. Proyas has done. The truth is, is that this guy can create something dark and dismal, and yet make it completely entertaining, with a great story line,
make it completely entertaining, with a great story line, amazing special effects, great acting and an amazing message that can really make you think!
Another example of this that I thought that I would mention is, Dark City (1998):
Dark City tells the story of a city that has been created around a large group of humans in space in an effort for a dying race of Aliens to study the human, 'soul' in an effort to save their own race, and the human being that has evolved passed the Alien's ability to control him, with the desire for this human and his small group to break free of the influence of the Aliens by finding a beach community that doesn't really exist!
Of course like the rest of these movies that I have seen of his, this movie has some amazing special effects, and some great acting... All that stuff was pretty spectacular, but the truth is, the best part of this movie, is the underlining message that makes up this movie!
The underlining message I do believe in this movie is that, 'there is light at the end of the tunnel', 'that sometimes in life you might feel like you are going in circles and that you might feel like you can't break free of whatever dark and dismal problem you are facing.... But don't give up because in the end you still could break free!'
The above are just two examples of the awesome way that I do believe that Mr. Proyas is able to create some great very positive messages rather they be of, 'Love' or of, 'Hope', in an entertaining, yet dark and dismal film!
http://youtu.be/6UCqYrHFzdI
http://youtu.be/QrGSLMl1XFs
