In Reply to: Re: To hell with the story........ posted by Victor Khomenko on December 15, 2005 at 18:41:38:
> Or you simply have not seen anything made before that time?Are you talking about the beautifully shot epics and European films of the 20's and 30's, with the laughably bad vaudevillian acting and clunky directing?
I consider Citizen Kane to be the maturation point of filmmaking, until then nobody got the complete package of a film quite right. Either it had fine acting and amaturish cinematography, or throwback, theater-style overacting with lovely visuals. Welles got it all correct.
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- Really... - jbmcb 21:31:06 12/15/05 (4)
- Yeah... I am talking Metropolis, Rules of the Game... that sort of insignificant crap. - Victor Khomenko 06:08:49 12/16/05 (2)
- Old junk - jbmcb 07:03:26 12/16/05 (0)
- Interesting themes and photography but still wet behind the ears in their narrative skill. - Revolver66 06:29:34 12/16/05 (0)
- Re: The editing is incredible...(nt) - Jeff Starrs 01:05:28 12/16/05 (0)