Cuaron assembles his long takes out of well composed and emotionally appropriate visuals, rather than a series of nostrils.
I guess they both like their equally hacky symbolisms, though.
Cuaron assembles his long takes out of well composed and emotionally appropriate visuals, rather than a series of nostrils.
I guess they both like their equally hacky symbolisms, though.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
One gets the sense with Iñárritu that he thinks doing something because it's hard is a justification unto itself. I can't imagine there's anybody on the planet who can tell, or cares, if this film was shot with natural or artificial light; the only thing that matters is what winds up on the screen. It doesn't speak well for any movie if the only thing people are talking about is how hard it was to get a particular shot, rather the shot itself.Quoting Stay Puft (view post)
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
I don't know if shooting only natural light is super impressive when your movie is 99% outdoors and mostly daytime.
Adriano Goldman shot Jane Eyre with only candles. That I was impressed by.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
It's a risk, in any case, as the filmmakers can't control the light. But whether it's hard to do or not simply doesn't matter. The only thing that counts is the result.Quoting number8 (view post)
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
That's kind of what I meant. Most outdoor daytime shoots are already using natural light, that's why the result isn't dramatically apparent here, whereas the experiment in difficulty in Jane Eyre actually did result in a distinct look.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Just in case it has not been made clear, I think this movie looks flat and drab and bland to look at. Especially after The Hateful Eight.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Babel was nominated for 6 Oscars.Quoting number8 (view post)
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
This is my Fitzgerald.Quoting Spinal (view post)
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Ha!Quoting number8 (view post)
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
It really didnt help that my first watch of The Skin I Live In was just before The Revenant. Gorgeous lighting, eye-popping colors...
I haven't seen Valhalla Rising, but I did think of Apocalypto during this film, and how Apocalypto handled a similar premise with greater concision, focus, energy, and wit.
Some folks on RT brought up the idea of pronounced breathing as a motif, with DiCaprio's wheezing, breath fogging the lens, and DiCaprio urging his son to "just keep breathing" at one point. Thin soup thematically speaking, but I can buy it as something beyond a single indulgence.Quoting Skitch (view post)
I was thinking of Fitzcarraldo, and (no joke) Ace Ventura 2.
Movie Theater DiaryQuoting Donald Glover
Haha. Alrighty then....Quoting number8 (view post)
I've been wanting to watch Apocalypto again.Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)
It instantly reminded me that there was a camera in Leo's face and I was watching a movie.Quoting Dead & Messed Up (view post)
There's a shot in Aguirre: The Wrath of God where some drops of water get on the lens, but Herzog left it in because he didn't have the money to go back and reshoot it. Iñárittu having DiCapprio deliberately fog the lens for the sake of "realism" is just stupid.
Just because...
The Fabelmans (Steven Spielberg, 2022) mild
Petite maman (Céline Sciamma, 2021) mild
The Banshees of Inisherin (Martin McDonagh, 2022) mild
The last book I read was...
The Complete Short Stories by Mark Twain
The (New) World
Hey, remember that time we argued about the blood splatter on the lens in Children of Men for days and days? I'm still on the same side. As much as I admire Lubezki, I'm not a fan of this tendency.
Coming to America (Landis, 1988) **
The Beach Bum (Korine, 2019) *1/2
Us (Peele, 2019) ***1/2
Fugue (Smoczynska, 2018) ***1/2
Prisoners (Villeneuve, 2013) ***1/2
Shadow (Zhang, 2018) ***
Oslo, August 31st (J. Trier, 2011) ****
Climax (Noé, 2018) **1/2
Fighting With My Family (Merchant, 2019) **
Upstream Color (Carruth, 2013) ***
The glory days of match cut. That and the viking thing.Quoting Spinal (view post)
I am impatient of all misery in others that is not mad. Thou should'st go mad, blacksmith; say, why dost thou not go mad? How can'st thou endure without being mad? Do the heavens yet hate thee, that thou can'st not go mad?
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This movie made me wanna watch the similar and infinitely greater film Ravenous.
"You must spread some love around before polishing D_Davis' knob again."Quoting D_Davis (view post)