Match Cut Director of February - Otto Preminger

[Boner M]

While maybe not masterful at camera movement,

[Ezee E]

Can you give me some examples? Compared to Scorsese, Kubrick, Tarkovsky... I just haven't seen anything yet that has particularly wowed me.

[Raiders]

Can you give me some examples? Compared to Scorsese, Kubrick, Tarkovsky... I just haven't seen anything yet that has particularly wowed me.

Advise and Consent, Anatomy of a Murder and particularly his masterpiece, Bonjour tristesse all have some awesome camerawork. It's not just the movement though, in the first two he navigates and frames the interiors of the courtroom/Congressional hall so damn well, and in Bonjour tristesse, the whole damn thing is a study in exquisite camera motion. I know there's a great article somewhere online that analyzes a lot of the camerawork in that film.

[dreamdead]

Laura - 7.5
Anatomy of a Murder - 7.5

[Boner M]

Can you give me some examples? Compared to Scorsese, Kubrick, Tarkovsky... I just haven't seen anything yet that has particularly wowed me.

I don't remember enough about Where the Sidewalk Ends or Laura, but Daisy Kenyon and Fallen Angel contain many, many striking examples. There's one scene on a street in the latter that I had to replay several times when I first saw it. His camera moves aren't as acrobatic and/or flashy as your examples (probably owing to that cameras were harder to move back then), but they're very elegant yet propulsive all the same.

[Ezee E]

I don't remember enough about Where the Sidewalk Ends or Laura, but Daisy Kenyon and Fallen Angel contain many, many striking examples. There's one scene on a street in the latter that I had to replay several times when I first saw it. His camera moves aren't as acrobatic and/or flashy as your examples (probably owing to that cameras were harder to move back then), but they're very elegant yet propulsive all the same.

Maybe I just haven't seen the right ones, and it's been years since Anatomy of a Murder, something I really remember liking.

In Laura, one of the best shots in the movie is near the end, when a certain someone is shot, and right in the background, perfectly framed, as if watching it all, is the portrait of laura.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Laura - 8.0
Anatomy of a Murder - 9.0
Exodus - 6.0

[Qrazy]

I still stand by that statement.

Neither Laura or Rebecca are very good.


Laura - 5
Anatomy of a Murder - 7.5

[Raiders]

Neither Laura or Rebecca are very good.

Naturally.

[Qrazy]

Naturally.

:lol:

[Derek]

Advise and Consent, Anatomy of a Murder and particularly his masterpiece, Bonjour tristesse all have some awesome camerawork. It's not just the movement though, in the first two he navigates and frames the interiors of the courtroom/Congressional hall so damn well, and in Bonjour tristesse, the whole damn thing is a study in exquisite camera motion. I know there's a great article somewhere online that analyzes a lot of the camerawork in that film.

Rosenbaum wrote a good article about him and Fred Camper's review of Bonjour Tristesse also focuses a lot on Preminger's camera work.

[Derek]

:lol:

Since you're not updating your sig anymore, you can go ahead and change it to "Cinema - *shrug*".

[Raiders]

Rosenbaum wrote a good article about him and Fred Camper's review of Bonjour Tristesse also focuses a lot on Preminger's camera work.

Camper's is the one I was looking for. After three viewings, I had begun to notice a lot of what he winds up talking about and when I read over his thoughts, the whole thing just clicked.

[Gittes]

As I mentioned in another thread, I watched ​Anatomy of a Murder for the first time last night, and I was bowled over by the excellence. Prior to this, I had watched Laura, Daisy Kenyon, and The Human Factor (Preminger's last feature), and I'm pretty sure Anatomy of a Murder is my favourite among these.

I'm a bit surprised to notice such low scores for Bonjour tristesse in here, as I thought it was generally held in very high esteem.

[Yxklyx]

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I'm a bit surprised to notice such low scores for Bonjour tristesse in here, as I thought it was generally held in very high esteem.

Blech, couldn't stand that movie.