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RE: "The Secret in Their Eyes"

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In Reply to: RE: "The Secret in Their Eyes" posted by pbarach on October 16, 2010 at 15:52:40

I've been waiting for that movie to come out on DVD or Bluray.

By the way, if you like long tracking shots, you MUST see "Russian Ark." The whole movie is one shot and it also manages to span about 300 years of time. This movie is much more than just that amazing technical feat, it is a wonderful movie experience.

I also like the long tracking shot at the beginning of "The Player." That single shot went around a whole Hollywood studio, both interiors and exteriors, so seamlessly that one could easily miss that trick except for one of the characters talking about tracking shots.

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RE: "The Secret in Their Eyes" - pbarach 19:38:55 10/19/10 (1)
I well remember watching the opening shot of "The Player and noticing that the camera was doing exactly what the actor was talking about. I liked the movie, but that's the only scene I actually remember.

Another great tracking shot is at the climax of Hitchcock's "39 steps," where the protagonists know that the guy they're looking forward is somewhere in a crowded ballroom. The camera tracks from a very wide shot forward--forward--forward until the screen is filled with the eyes of the person they are looking for. The power of this shot is lost on the typical home tv--you need a BIG SCREEN!!
- RE: "The Secret in Their Eyes" - Larry I 08:34:26 10/20/10 (0)
  Yup, that is a great scene by Hitchcock. He was so well aware of how cuts can kill the tension and distroy momentum, and unintentionally give away information best kept secret. In Psycho, when the detective is in the house climbing the stairs to mom's room, he did a long continuous shot. In order to keep this tension going and to change the shot from one facing the detective to an angle where the viewer can see the attack coming, he had the camera slowly rise till it was directly above, looking down (obviously the house had no roof on it). This also conveniently hid the face of mom so the view could not see that it was Anthony Perkins.

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