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TM2YC said:I bet Dario Argento was obsessed by this movie.
And Billy Idol.
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TM2YC said:I bet Dario Argento was obsessed by this movie.
TM2YC said:82 years ago...
Triumph of the Will (1935)
Director: Leni Riefenstahl
Country: Germany
Length: 114 minutes
Type: Documentary, Propaganda
I was expecting to be offended by the content of this film but there is nothing here to betray what the Nazis where really about. It's all vaguely positive stuff about strength, unity, faith etc with each speaker shouting "Deutschland!" 400 times. I'm not sure if this was a case of the Nazis being careful to present a clean image to Riefenstahl, or if Riefenstahl was carefully editing out the odious parts to present a clean image to us the viewer. I watched parts of the last GOP Convention and that had way more offensive hate-filled speech than 'Triumph of the Will'... but a comparable amount of flags and eagles. The inventive camera-work and the fascinating political-context made this a much less tedious watch than I feared. The endless marching footage towards the end got extremely tedious though.
TM2YC said:It's the way film can move around in time and place without any explanation that interests me, rather than the actual shift. Presumably a book like that actually has to have at least a note or a sentence to tell you what it's doing and to describe the effect of the change in some detail. Where as for example, cross-fading from a person sitting in a chair, to a child sitting in a chair without dialogue, text, voiceover, sound, or music, is all you need for an audience to understand. Further, cross-fading from a sad person, to a happy child tells you even more, without actually needing to tell you anything more.
addiesin said:TM2YC said:It's the way film can move around in time and place without any explanation that interests me, rather than the actual shift. Presumably a book like that actually has to have at least a note or a sentence to tell you what it's doing and to describe the effect of the change in some detail. Where as for example, cross-fading from a person sitting in a chair, to a child sitting in a chair without dialogue, text, voiceover, sound, or music, is all you need for an audience to understand. Further, cross-fading from a sad person, to a happy child tells you even more, without actually needing to tell you anything more.
I think you're describing the power of the Kuleshov effect. The idea that the order of shots contains information that isn't actually present in any given shot. Instead it creates a context and a relationship within which both shots exist. An active viewer will pick up that context and recognize that relationship between shots. It is amazing and the main reason film editing "works".
TM2YC said:61 years ago...
The World of Apu (1959)
Director: Satyajit Ray
Country: India
Length: 107 minutes
Type: Drama
The third, final and best part of Satyajit Ray's "Apu Trilogy" is 'Apur Sansar' ('The World of Apu').
mnkykungfu said:TM2YC said:61 years ago...
The World of Apu (1959)
Director: Satyajit Ray
Country: India
Length: 107 minutes
Type: Drama
The third, final and best part of Satyajit Ray's "Apu Trilogy" is 'Apur Sansar' ('The World of Apu').
I've heard so much about this film, but I'm incredibly picky about classic films I actually enjoy. Do you think it's possible to watch this one purely on its own, or do you need to watch the other two films first?
TM2YC said:60 years ago...
Breathless (1959)
Director: Jean-Luc Godard
Country: France
Length: 87 minutes
Type: Crime, Drama
Jean-Luc Godard's influential film 'Breathless' ('A Bout de Souffle" = "out of breath") seems intended to break all the formal rules of filmmaking which had then been established for about 25-30 years and still tell a perfectly coherent, easy to follow story, with defined characters... and thereby demonstrate that the rules need not apply. It's filmed hand-held, there is no continuity between edits, 'match cuts' don't match, he makes jump-cuts in the middle of shots, there is 4th-wall breaking, dialogue is placed over people who aren't actually speaking (but which is what they were thinking/expressing non-verbally) and there are self-conscious cameos, of Godard himself, a girl selling copies of his film magazine and other directors too. Martial Solal's Jazz score is excellent, Jean Seberg is breathtaking (like the title) and Jean-Paul Belmondo has a great anti-heroic charisma. He plays Michel, a killer, petty thief and womaniser who is trying to evade capture and spend time with various girls. It's got a tone and style that'll be recognisable to anybody who has seen much later films like 'Pulp Fiction'.
Another Charlton Heston epic next.
mnkykungfu said:What does the English expression "horses for courses" actually mean?
TM2YC said:mnkykungfu said:What does the English expression "horses for courses" actually mean?
It means they're delicious to eat.