The most beautiful thing about the cinematography in Rachel Getting Married is its stream-of-consciousness style. The camera is treated as just another character in the film, playing the role of an observer–an attendee at the ceremony. It lets go of the grip of being some omnipresent being, putting a frame around the puppet show taking place [...]
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Posted in Movie Daze, tagged alrighti'llstoptalkingaboutmoviesforalittlewhile, cinematography, movies, rachel getting married on March 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Five days in the making…
Posted in Movie Daze, Photo Daze, tagged flickr, movies, photography, c-41, watchmen, comics, film scanners on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It’s taken me a while to publish this.
The Watchmen movie definitely left a lasting impression. Going into it as one of those jackasses who has read the graphic novel (twice now), I faced it with high hopes, but low expectations. Hours after it ended, I’m still giddy over how meticulously detailed it was, and how unbelievably [...]
Movie Daze, Part 2
Posted in Movie Daze, tagged l'enfant, movies on January 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
L’Enfant is another minimalist foreign drama that, amongst other minimalist dramas, has captured my heart. This is quickly turning into my absolute favorite style of cinema. I’m a huge fan of raw, transparent cinematography and unbelievably realistic acting. The soundtrack exists as nothing but the background noise of the rather depressed-looking city in which the film [...]
Movie Daze
Posted in Movie Daze on January 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The movie “Crash,” as fine as it is, seems a little blatant. That’s not to say that blatancy is unnecessary; everything just seemed to happen flat-out too close to the beginning. The editing is a little confusing to trudge through, but once you understand the movie’s use of catalysts, and how they set up the [...]
