Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by TA (A) on November 24, 2003 at 21:37:31

In Reply to: "Touch of Evil" touched by genius posted by Bambi B on November 24, 2003 at 18:01:37:

staying just in color, i gotta got with kubrick, hitchcock, polanski, verhoeven, the coen brothers, danny boyle and scorsese as guys whose every frame and shot looks like perfection. however, some of their films, while perfect to look at, leave me cold emotionally.

some time back, i was at a concert where they showed 2001 w/o sound between acts. just the images looked awesome. (okay, so the scenes they showed didn't have much sound anyway.)

I get a huge kick watching Brian de Palma. His style may be overripe, but even his simple shots are dripping with style (like deeeeeeeeeeeeeep focus). You can always play, "what Hitchcock film inspired that shot?" while watching his films. Even Mission Impossible (borrows especially from Hitch's Foreign Correspondent). Plus he's not afraid of venturing into the erotic.

have you seen terrence malick's days of heaven? that's the most beautiful cinematography i've ever seen. i'm always hoping that it'll show up on a big screen near me sometime so i can see it proper.

bertolucci's the conformist i remember being particularly wonderful to look at. i only saw it once, over a decade ago, and i keep checking to see if it's out on dvd yet. to this day i remember it looking really good but can't remember much else about it.


"HEY" - BIG A