Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Sir Roger Deakins! Famed cinematographer Roger Deakins knighted after second Oscar win Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,943 Posted December 30, 2020 Share Posted December 30, 2020 Well deserved! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 Spoiler Beanpole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 Ah! THE THIRD MAN, an exquisitely directed film. All those Dutch angles, at the climax, are fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 It's so exquisitely shot! The shot where Welles gets a taste free air with his fingertips...super evocative: 13 minutes ago, KK said: It's also a brilliant visual archival of post-war Vienna. That faded Austrian glory against all the rubble...you can't recreate that. Definitely a once-in-a-lifetime kind of film. The only thing that doesn't really sit with me is the music. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 @KK, the music is brilliant! It's such a great counterpoint to the onscreen events, and it works, perfectly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted January 11, 2021 Share Posted January 11, 2021 5 hours ago, KK said: It's also a brilliant visual archival of post-war Vienna. That faded Austrian glory against all the rubble...you can't recreate that. Definitely a once-in-a-lifetime kind of film. It's also largely "geographically correct", i.e. most scenes are edited together in a sequence that is consistent with the real life locations. 5 hours ago, KK said: The only thing that doesn't really sit with me is the music. I agree. I suppose it has a cynical Gemütlichkeit that successfully captures the "Viennese mindset", but it's a bit too much "accompanying music" rather than "film score" for my taste (i.e. I think it could have done more to support the drama/action, rather than just setting the stage). KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 (Could be soft-NSFW I guess?) Spoiler Glóin the Dark 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted March 9, 2021 Share Posted March 9, 2021 4 hours ago, Holko said: Don't mention the war! Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Glóin the Dark 1,218 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 On 3/9/2021 at 8:27 AM, Holko said: I saw this a couple of years ago. It's one of the most amazing looking films I've seen. Should be better known than it is... Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 What is the film? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holko 9,499 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 1 hour ago, KK said: What is the film? Sindbad (1971), based on sumptiously worded novellas about a late 18th century womaniser who's more of an observer of life than a participant. In the movie, instead of adhering to the plot(s), they use memory fragments, multiple past stories flowing into each other in a stream of consciousness, with all kinds of quick cutaways to create free associations and try to get across the feel of the original material. Examples of such that I posted above are the oil drops on the soup, the burning embers, and the woman rolling in the snow. Quote In the English-speaking world, apart from some limited screenings at the time of its release, Szindbád remained largely unknown for many years. It was issued on DVD in 2011. Critics have invariably praised the sumptuous visual qualities of the film: "the extraordinary (and very beautiful) images that pour over the screen"; "a film of intoxicating voluptuousness"; "a beautiful film ... painterly but not simply pretty, with a late-evening pilgrimage by candlelight that settles in your memory, and possibly the loveliest ice-skating sequence ever put on film. The non-linear and fragmented structure allows the linking of images, sometimes almost subliminally, to evoke Szindbád's memories or his subconscious, and the description "Proustian" has repeatedly appeared in critical assessments (perhaps echoing a frequent characterization of the writings of the author of the original stories, Gyula Krúdy). Glóin the Dark and KK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted March 12, 2021 Share Posted March 12, 2021 Sounds right up my alley! Will check it out. Cheers! Holko 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Popular Post The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted April 25, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted April 25, 2021 Spoiler Rififi (dir. Jules Dassin) Oomoog the Ecstatic, Glóin the Dark, TheUlyssesian and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unlucky Bastard 7,782 Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 Mmm The Heiress. Livvie was a honey Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Illustrious Jerry 3,356 Posted May 4, 2021 Share Posted May 4, 2021 Just to pick a few! Spoiler Memoirs of a Geisha (dir. Robert Marshall) Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Holko 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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JoeinAR 1,949 Posted June 24, 2021 Share Posted June 24, 2021 This as Slave Children plays in the foreground. Cerebral Cortex and Jay 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted June 30, 2021 Share Posted June 30, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bayesian 1,359 Posted July 10, 2021 Share Posted July 10, 2021 Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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KK 3,307 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I have little patience for that film, but it is shot exquisitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I saw it for the second time yesterday. I still have the feeling that I don't "get" some of it, but ultimately quite a bit of that is probably just the film's (successful) depiction of depression. In any case, while it can't fully win me over, there's much to admire in it - the cinematography and Binoche's performance are first rate, and the use of music is very good, too. They're showing the entire trilogy at a local open air cinema, one week apart, so I might go see the other two as well. I remember not liking the second one (apparently it's supposed to be funny, but I only found it bleak and depressing) and loving the third. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted July 14, 2021 Share Posted July 14, 2021 I admire Binoche and the way the film was shot, but the way it treats music and creativity conceptually seemed incredibly naive and ultimately undermines its thematic ambitions for me. The second one is probably the strongest one actually, and works the best but the third one remains my favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glóin the Dark 1,218 Posted July 15, 2021 Share Posted July 15, 2021 The music is the biggest sticking point for me. It comes across as artificial and derivative. KK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KK 3,307 Posted July 17, 2021 Share Posted July 17, 2021 On 7/15/2021 at 12:51 PM, Glóin the Dark said: The music is the biggest sticking point for me. It comes across as artificial and derivative. Indeed. Very much feels like a non-musician trying to pontificate about MYUUUUSSSIIIC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 (or rather, the other shot where you can clearly see the wire on the plane, but I can't find that one on Google) Raiders of the SoundtrArk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 On 6/21/2021 at 2:33 PM, KK said: BLACK NARCISSUS!!! One the greatest films ever made, and one of the greatest films ever shot! Jack Cardiff is a certified freakin' genius!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted August 15, 2021 Share Posted August 15, 2021 6 hours ago, Marian Schedenig said: Well you can still guess it here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Raiders of the SoundtrArk 2,429 Posted August 16, 2021 Share Posted August 16, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted September 4, 2021 Share Posted September 4, 2021 Raiders of the SoundtrArk and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 I like the composition of these shots, but I don't recognize the film. Which film, @Marian Schedenig? (edit) from the top shot, I'm prep prepared to guess that it might be Spoiler INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS but I could be wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Yes, Inside Llewyn Davis (shot by Bruno 'Amelie' Delbonnel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted September 5, 2021 Share Posted September 5, 2021 Yup. Coens films look gorgeous even when Deakins is busy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Two more great shots, but I don't recognise the film(s). @Marian Schedenig, would you please do the honors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 5 hours ago, Naïve Old Fart said: Two more great shots, but I don't recognise the film(s). @Marian Schedenig, would you please do the honors? The Apartment (That's Jack Lemmon in both shots) Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,498 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Thanks for that. Is there a discrepancy in ratio between shots? I had no idea that THE APARTMENT was filmed in 2.35. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 Glorious 2.39:1. Door frames start to bulge as soon as they're a centimetres off centre. Those screen caps seem to be minimally off-ratio (the first too wide, the second not wide enough). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,326 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 The office shot is heavily inspired on an even older movie but I don't remember which one. And those movies inspired All The President's Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,173 Posted September 6, 2021 Share Posted September 6, 2021 An introduction on the Arrow Blu linked them to Metropolis. And (in the other direction, chronologically) they reminded me of Brazil. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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