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The Gleaners and I 2000
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A charming documentary, the Gleaners and I takes the viewer on a tour of France (which is the SETTING for the entire documentary) that details the history and the lives of the French peoples who glean. Gleaning is a term that traditionally referred to picking up the remaining grains that fell to earth after a harvest. Gleaners are the underprivileged--the poor. The NARRARATOR (and director of the film) notes that while gleaning used to be something exclusive to women--and then…
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The Iron Giant 1999
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The Iron Giant is a cinematic masterpiece in many ways. The sounds utilized in the film are marvelous. The score is NONDIAGETIC, mostly upbeat and fun, moves the plot along--and the DIAGETIC sounds of people going about their lives (with my favorite example being near the opening in the diner, which shows how busy Hogarth's mother is just from the bustle of the customers). The animation is stylized in a really fun way; not overly realistic, which adds to the…
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Moulin Rouge! 2001
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Moulin Rouge! is full of SPECTACLE by design. Near the opening of the film, we're introduced to the titular nightclub where sex and extravagance take the stage. The club is frenetic; colors vibrant; music bombastic. Its nature contrasts with the depressing opening scene where our lead, Christian (played by Ewan McGregor) provides exposition--explaining that his love, Satine, the "Sparkling Diamond" of the Moulin Rouge (played by Nicole Kidman), is dead. Through the juxtaposition of vibrancy and despair, the audience is…
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O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000
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An exciting retelling of The Odyssey, this film opens with a scene that appears not BLACK AND WHITE, but almost sepia. It evokes a feeling of the time period--it's downtrodden; tired; poor--even as the light is bright and exposing. The TONALITY is distinctive and appears in several scenes.
While ordinarily intentionally washed out, at other times, the COLOR GRADING seems turned up. At one point, the boys are in the woods when a religious congregation floods through and the colors…
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