Three adjectives I would use to descibe the sound in Eraserhead are relentless, constant, and bombardment (although I don't think bombardment can really be considered an adjective, but that's okay I hope...please don't mark me down). Eraserhead essentially leaves the viewer with almost no moments of silence. It crosses non-diegetic sound and diegetic sound in such a way that the viewer is unsure which is which. It might be because I watched it late at night on a Saturday, but…
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Breathless 1960
Why is this movie "cool"?
I wouldn't really say that this movie is "cool" in the sense of "oh, these characters are so totally awesome". I think that Godard actually is attempting to make a very obvious mockery of the gangster culture of the United States, as well as the "Greaser" culture. When I watched the opening scene, all I could think about actually was a scene from Cry-Baby (1990, dir. John Waters) in which Cry Baby and his band…
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Breathless 1960
Godard seems to have a very unique style of editing. Some of his traits that I noticed were:
1. Frequent jump cuts. Godard uses jump cuts to signify a passage of time, much like a crossfade. A jump cut, however, makes this passage seem more abrupt and hectic
2. Long takes. Godard seems to really enjoy long takes, filling the first 30 minutes of the film with numerous long takes, which span from 30 seconds to two minutes.
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Battleship Potemkin 1925
I think the most important of the seven functions in the Odessa Step Sequence is symbolism. While functions, such as tone poetry and amplification are also very important, I think that symbolism can be seen as main driving factor behind this scene. At the start, the people rejoicing on the staircase seem to be the "happy" (not sure if you would consider them happy) Russian people under the rule of Czar Nicholas. When the first shots are fired, and the…
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