Although he had demonstrated no previous interest in film as a profession, Kurosawa submitted the required essay, which asked applicants to discuss the fundamental deficiencies of Japanese films and find ways to overcome them.

Although filmed in color, instead of black and white as the earlier 1930 film adaptation was, the wasted and desolated landscapes and environment are very effectively conveyed.

Although officially declassified, the original film taken by U. S. Corona spy satellite in the 1960s has been altered prior to declassification ; in answer to freedom of information queries, the government responds that these exposures ( which map to Groom and the entire NAFR ) appear to have been destroyed .< ref >

Although Bardot got the role, the film was cancelled, but it made her consider becoming an actress.

Although the European film industry was then in its ascendancy, Bardot was one of the few European actresses to have the mass media's attention in the United States, an interest which she did not reciprocate by rarely, if ever, going to Hollywood.

Although most agreed that it was a brave and worthy film, many considered the ending inappropriate.

Although the film would have comic moments, Chaplin described it as first and foremost a romantic film.

Although Chaplin was known for limiting visitors to his film sets, due to Universal's involvement, he allowed several journalists to follow the shooting at Pinewood Studios.

Although Chaplin still had plans for future film projects, he was by now very frail.

Although some of Chaplin's critics have claimed that credit for his film music should be given to the composers who worked with him, for example Raksin, who worked with Chaplin on Modern Times, has stressed Chaplin's creative position and active participation in the composing process.

Although the film had originally been released in 1952, due to Chaplin's political difficulties at the time, it did not play for one week in Los Angeles, and thus did not meet the criterion for nomination until it was re-released in 1972.

Although its Academy Award was presented to Taiwan, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon was in fact an international co-production between companies in four regions: the Chinese company China Film Co-Production Corporation ; the American companies Columbia Pictures Film Production Asia, Sony Pictures Classics and Good Machine ; the Hong Kong company EDKO Film ; and the Taiwanese Zoom Hunt International Productions Company, Ltd ; as well as the unspecified United China Vision, and Asia Union Film & Entertainment Ltd., created solely for this film.

Although Blade Runner was largely unsuccessful in its first theatrical release, it found a viewership in the home video market and became a cult film.

Although the film was less than successful at the box office in the wake of 9 / 11, it reached cult film status after the DVD release, inspiring numerous websites devoted to unraveling the plot twists and meanings.

Although not released until 1984, the filming sessions in January 1969 led to unexpected success when Bowie told the producers, " That film of yours — I've got a new song for it.

Although he had plans to either write a book or make a film ( which he would call Digging up the Past ), Morris never completed his Ed Gein project.

Although Coppola insisted that this was purely coincidental, for not only was the script for The Conversation completed in the mid-1960s ( before the election of Richard Nixon ) but the spying equipment used in the film was discovered through research and the use of technical advisers and not, as many believed, by revelatory newspaper stories about the Watergate break-in.

Although ridiculed for making the film, Coppola has defended it, saying he is not ashamed of the final cut of the movie.

Although, strictly speaking, U. S. film director D. W. Griffith was not part of the montage school, he was one of the early proponents of the power of editing — mastering cross-cutting to show parallel action in different locations, and codifying film grammar in other ways as well.

Although D. W. Griffith did not invent any new film techniques, he was the best film director working up to 1913, and this was because he made better dramatic and artistic use of the medium than other directors.

Although film production began again in 1915, it was on a reduced scale, and the biggest companies gradually retired from production, to concentrate on film distribution and exhibition.

Although it is constantly made to look foolish ( too simple to come in out of the rain, people say, who have found in the innocent an impediment ), it does not mind looking foolish because it is not concerned with how it looks.

Although she looks sweet, frail, and old, she fears neither dead nor living.

Although extremely intelligent, Ed is still a child, and looks up to the crew of the Bebop as members of her family.

Although in later times Hecate's dog came to be thought of as a manifestation of restless souls or demons who accompanied her, its docile appearance and its accompaniment of a Hecate who looks completely friendly in many pieces of ancient art suggests that its original signification was positive and thus likelier to have arisen from the dog's connection with birth than the dog's demonic associations.

Although the Ivory-billed looks very similar to the Pileated Woodpeckers they are not close relatives as the latter is a member of the genus Dryocopus.

To work with a second color, a second needle is used. Although needle tatting looks similar to shuttle tatting, it differs in structure and is slightly thicker and looser because both the needle and the thread must pass through the stitches.

Although in two dimensions the seal system of a Wankel looks to be even simpler than that of a corresponding multi-cylinder piston engine, in three dimensions the opposite is true.

Although the explicit form of the function f looks complicated, it is clear

Although his early film roles were partly the result of his good looks, by the later half of the 1950s he became a notable and strong screen presence.

Although similar in looks and design, almost no parts were interchangeable with the Type 82.

Although not many people don't like Nina there are some who wouldn't mind being her, since she has the money, looks, and life that a lot of people would love to have.

Although Ken is thought to stand 6-feet tall in accordance with Barbie's 1: 6 scale, Yale University psychologist, Kelly Brownell, stated that to size up to what Barbie looks for in a mate, " a man would have to grow 20 inches taller and add nearly 8 inches to his neck circumference, 11 inches to his chest and 10 inches to his waist to resemble the muscular Ken.

Although it looks intuitively reasonable, it's a quite remarkable result, as the relationship is " not influenced by the arrival process distribution, the service distribution, the service order, or practically anything else.

Although Harman and Ising based Bosko's looks on Felix the Cat, Bosko got his personality from the blackface characters of the minstrel and vaudeville shows popular in the 1930s.

Although determinism was initially a major motivation for physicists looking for hidden variable theories, nondeterministic theories trying to explain what the supposed reality underlying the quantum mechanics formalism looks like are also considered hidden variable theories ; for example Edward Nelson's stochastic mechanics.

Although it was not placed where Colleoni had intended, Passavent emphasised how fine it looks in its actual position, writing that " the magnificent sense of movement in this figure is shown to superb advantage in its present setting " and that, as sculpture, " it far surpasses anything the century had yet aspired to or thought possible ".

Although, graphically, 1. 0B looks similar to the later versions, in-game, its menus were completely different.

Although the stroke looks similar to an apostrophe, there is a significant difference in kerning.

Although the H cap has a distinctive advantage over most other downdraft caps, it fell out of favor because of its bulky looks.

Although Barbara was not beautiful — her homely looks were thought by observers to cause the prince a visible shock when he was first presented to her — ' Ferdinand the Learned ' ( as he was called ) became deeply attached to her, sharing her passion for music.

Although his fourth and Final Form looks scrawny and weak, he possesses unbelievable power in that form, utterly dwarfing his previous transformations.

Although Piccolo's transformation from a villain to a hero was considered by Toriyama to be cliché, he still felt excited when drawing him noting that despite having a scary face, he still looks appealing.

Although it looks rather like a wader and is related to the oystercatchers, avocets and plovers, it is a terrestrial predator filling a similar ecological niche to the roadrunners of North America.

Although they may not have spoken to each other, Cobb and Crawford developed an uncanny ability to communicate nonverbally with looks and nods on the base paths.