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Love this series:
 
 

Thanks for the tip, Holko!

You know me, I like the one you all hate: 
 

 
 

It's explosions that are dull, Joe.

Yes, probably nostalgia ... When I was young, my mother used to have this one ... 
 

Eh? How does 65mm evoke old westerns? How many old westerns, if any, were shot in 65mm anamorphic? That format was mostly reserved to large-scale historical epics. The biggest format I recall being used on an old western (outside of the use of Three-strip Cinerama for How the West Was Won) was 35mm VistaVision for The Searchers. I'm sure it was blown-up to 70mm for certain venues, but that's another matter entirely.

And the whole point of 65mm and other large formats is that they are so very clean and sharp. In fact, filmmakers like Tarantino and Nolan would claim its sharper than movies which were shot digitally (which, by the standards of contemporary digital cameras, is mostly rubbish, by the way, but never mind).
 
If you want grainy (which has naught to do with "lived-in" or "cinematic", I'm afraid) you'd sooner go for Super-16mm, instead. Large format is used for image quality and (especially with this specific, ultra-wide format) to suggest a sense of grandeur to the film (and, recently, as a statement for the viability of film in the future), neither of which came together too spectacularly for The Hateful Eight.
 
I guess it doesn’t help that I’m not a fan of the format: 2.76:1 is really too wide. Doesn’t quite have the elegance of 2.20:1 or even 2.35:1.

That whole scene is fascinatingly shot.
 
 

 
Indulge me.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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That whole scene is fascinatingly shot.
 
 

 
Indulge me.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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On you?

I bought the Blu-ray for a fiver and that's exactly my score: 5/10. The film tries so desperately to be sympathetic (or likeable) that it actually works counter productive. Nothing feels genuine any more, but rather simple-minded. 8 Oscar nominations? Baffling!

A pioneer who helped set waves that would directly shape so much music afterwards. 
 
At least we still have certain luminaries such as Nascimento and Veloso among us.
 
 

Embarrassing ...

I strongly disagree:
 
 

This is correct!

They are for kids. Or you have to look for the arty ones. 
 

They are for kids. Or you have to look for the arty ones. 
 

You could say "day", when I know that it's night. You could say "black" when I know that it's white. It's always the same. It's just a shame. That's all.

Hating U2 is fine. Hating Bono is required!

Steve Martin should ask John Williams to write him some arrangements for banjo.
 
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The solo violin is most likely avoided in film scores because of its strong connotations with the recital hall and classical music. It's not the Hollywood sound.

And yet women wouldn't mind if those speakers would be replaced by this ...
 

Midsommar. It was the first film in my lifetime that I ever walked out of. That's surprising even to me. Not because it was bad, mind you. In fact I'd say it is beautifully made. It is definitely quite a cinematic experience. But I made a huge mistake of going to see it in a very vulnerable emotional state. I was somewhat unsettled by something else and exhausted after a night out and I experienced something that I can only describe as a panic attack. Never happened to me before and it really took me by surprise. So I had to leave about 90-100 minutes in. It was interesting but I probably won't attempt to watch it ever again.
 
Karol