In Reply to: I'd say so. posted by rhizomatic on March 3, 2004 at 07:00:32:
This was chosen by Eastwood to emphasize the trapped in the neighborhood lives all were living. He resisted any shots of the Boston skyline, even when they were on the bridge. And the bridge itself is a character, looming behind the neighborhood in many shots.
Just because a talented director chooses low key photography for an overall purpose doesn't mean that choice is "vanilla".
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Follow Ups
- Re: "close up mode" - rico 08:16:35 03/03/04 (2)
- Relentless close-ups aren't low key, - rhizomatic 09:05:49 03/03/04 (1)
- Re: Relentless close-ups aren't low key, - rico 09:59:56 03/03/04 (0)