tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post2389470226931795531..comments2023-10-15T05:01:43.528-07:00Comments on Bamboo Killers: Emily's one day film schoolEmily Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-90038720144408595382007-07-01T13:23:00.000-07:002007-07-01T13:23:00.000-07:00The opening minute or two of REAR WINDOW is a fant...The opening minute or two of REAR WINDOW is a fantastic demonstration of how to define character with nothing but a wandering slow take of various items around a room. Think "Still Life With Sleeping Jimmy Stewart"-- pretty much everything you need to know about this guy is given to you in this one moment.<BR/><BR/>Both THE SEARCHERS and THE GODFATHER use a similar "closing door" gag to wordlessly convey the consuming isolation and "separate-ness" of their main characters, and both are interesting in that the main characters achieve their goals but can hardly be described as having achieved "a happy ending."<BR/><BR/>And the opening 6 minutes to PATTON... still maybe among the best character-defining moments yet captured on film. With this intro, even before that movie officially begins you KNOW who this Patton guy is, for good or bad, and you KNOW that he's not goinbg to be flinching or accomodating or compromising.<BR/><BR/>"Film As lit" is a great concept which sadly gets little effctive consideration in many schools.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>.<BR/>Baggiebretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895747782121932958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-64059221546112837732007-06-29T17:23:00.000-07:002007-06-29T17:23:00.000-07:00I haven't seen that film. I'll check it out.I haven't seen that film. I'll check it out.Emily Blakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02163221455899041141noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-21917242185353353752007-06-29T11:52:00.000-07:002007-06-29T11:52:00.000-07:00Show them the museum sequence in Dressed to Kill. ...Show them the museum sequence in Dressed to Kill. It's the perfect cinematic scene without speech. My favourite.Thomas Ruferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06508054737071594938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25895692.post-70961613559560938822007-06-29T04:51:00.000-07:002007-06-29T04:51:00.000-07:00You've got a really great lineup of scenes to show...You've got a really great lineup of scenes to show them.<BR/><BR/>Nice diversity.<BR/><BR/>Whether they can appreciate it or not is a whole different thing.IQCrashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602445872864488724noreply@blogger.com