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I was old enough to see all Star Wars movies in the cinema: Star Wars/Empire in a double bill when Empire came out. I always remember the scene below, even as a kid. The perfect music rising, a young Luke Skywalker looking into the sunset. And what a sunset. (Suns set? Sunsets?) Longing for more than his farm. It still gives me goosebumps. Before Lucas lost the run of himself - Being able to do whatever he wants simply because the technology is there and nobody said "No" (A fate that befell Peter Jackson with The bloated and plasticky Hobbit movies). Before Lucas lost the run of himself he was a decent film-maker (Just a terrible writer of dialogue)....
Anyway...... Sunsets......
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Was lucky enough to be at the Q&A with Makoto Shinkai a couple of years ago in Dublin when "Children Who Chase Lost Voices" came out. His movies are stunningly beautiful (Especially "Voices of a Distant Star" and "5CM Per Second"): Big sky, normal urban and rural Japan, framing. It was very satisfying to see the critical and international box-office success of his latest movie: "Your Name"
(Just STOP calling him the "Next Miyazaki" He is NOTHING like him in style. "Children Who chase" would be the closest in style to Ghibli and it still is quite different tonally and style from Ghibli)0 -
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James Cagney and Mae Clarke in 1931's Public Enemy. We tend to think of early films as pretty twee and this is mainly down to the limitations imposed by the Hays Code. The code was in place from the 1930's right up to 1968 but was followed to various degrees. Originally intended to protect the morals of the American public it was actually self-imposed to avoid even harsher codes being applied by other groups.
The scene below is still quite shocking to look at in it's portrayal of casual domestic violence. And especially when you concider it was made in 1931. They had the balls, talent and willingness to make serious, hard-hitting films that tackled serious subjects in a grown up and honest way but to often their hands were tied.
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La Femme Nikita
Victor the cleaner - believed to have inspired Quentin Tarantino's character of Winston Wolf in Pulp Fiction
Jean Reno
Harvey Kietel (in the remake for english speaking audiences, called Point of no Return/The Assassin)
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I know this is a gif but a static pic could not convey it. From Wings (1927). Look how smooth this pan in is. Imagine the restrictions of the technology of the time. Of course there have been many many extended shots (Russian Arc, Goodfellas to name two) but at a time where shots tended to be static and quite basic then this must have been simply mindblowing at the time. Each table has it's own little story until it focuses in on the last table, the focus and action around the character inducing a sense of queasiness reflecting the character's drunkenness.
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The third table has a lesbian couple; very progressive for the 20's.TheIrishGrover wrote: »I know this is a gif but a static pic could not convey it. From Wings (1927). Look how smooth this pan in is. Imagine the restrictions of the technology of the time. Of course there have been many many extended shots (Russian Arc, Goodfellas to name two) but at a time where shots tended to be static and quite basic then this must have been simply mindblowing at the time. Each table has it's own little story until it focuses in on the last table, the focus and action around the character inducing a sense of queasiness reflecting the character's drunkenness.0 -
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Russian Ark , "Night At The Museum" :pac:TheIrishGrover wrote: »I know this is a gif but a static pic could not convey it. From Wings (1927). Look how smooth this pan in is. Imagine the restrictions of the technology of the time. Of course there have been many many extended shots (Russian Arc, Goodfellas to name two) but at a time where shots tended to be static and quite basic then this must have been simply mindblowing at the time.
It's one of those times where knowing how they did the trick makes it more impressive.
Not really.the purple tin wrote: »The third table has a lesbian couple; very progressive for the 20's.
The Hays Code put a stop to lots of stuff.
In Kurosawa's RAN anything that isn't an action scene could be a painting. The storyboards were.
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Spielberg's Jaws. I always loved the look on Robert Shaw/Quint's face in this scene. The rocking of the boat and the small smile on Quint's face. You never knew what that was about. Was he pleased that they managed to get the barrels on the shark or was he bemused by the fact they almost lost the chance or was it simply "Well now, chief. We just wait and have a drink"
Anyway: Jaws:
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"The future's all yours, you lousy bicycle!"
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The start of "Arrival" (Not to be confused with "The Arrival"):
I wasn't gone on Bladerunner 2048. Thought it was just a bit too cold for me. But I did love Arrival.
I loved the framing of the movie: The rectangular motif that seems to run through it. How the opening shots of Amy Adams' window is so similar to the window through wich they view the aliens, to the whiteboards with all their notes at their command centre.
Maybe I'm just reading too much into it: Don't get me wrong, I don't sit in a cinema stroking my pointy beard
. I just like good cinematography: Even a terrible film can look beautiful (Sometimes style-over-substance). But certainly the house window and viewing window similarity must be intentional.
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Since it was on over the weekend.
Tron Legacy did have its flaws: Poor CGI young Jeff Bridges head, poor central performance from lead character, it certainly looked great (Apart from said head ). There may be an argument of style over substance but I certainly found the movie interesting and was disappointed that it did so poorly that the planned sequels were cancelled.
Plus the soundtrack is kick-ass. anyway: Tron Legacy
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