“Yeah, I even lost my cat.”
So much of this operates as almost an antithesis to classic film noir. It was a genre defined by it’s use of harsh shadows and harsher camera angles. In Altman’s The Long Goodbye though, those dark shadows have been replaced with sunny beaches and naturalistic lighting. In fact the film stock was even pre-flashed (when the negative is exposed to a brief amount of light before shooting) to give a foggy/hazy look to certain scenes. Instead…
“Sometimes it is safer to be in chains than to be free.”
The Trial by Franz Kafka is one of my favorite novels and this is just a fantastic adaptation all around. Orson Welles is able to perfectly capture Kafka’s absurdist and feverish writing into monochromatic celluloid resulting in some of the greatest b&w visuals ever put to screen. (The recent 4k criterion restoration is absolutely stunning.) The meticulously crafted sets and dynamic camera movements are so impressive for 1962 that’s…
Marriage Story is probably the better and more cohesive film but I think this has to be my favourite Baumbach so far. There’s something so powerful about how personal his scripts are. Putting all of your worst insecurities and memories out in the open for millions to judge and critique, it isn’t just admirable but inspiring really.
Fun little homage film to the French New Wave. Jumped out of my seat when they started playing a song from The 400 Blows soundtrack.
I don’t think this movie would have moved me nearly as much if I saw it by myself in the comfort of my own home. Watching this in a small one screen theatre added to the experience so much that this has already become one of my all time favourites.
Unlike the theatre shown inside the film though, mine (Revue Cinema in downtown Toronto) was absolutely packed. I can’t say for certain if everyone liked it nearly as much as…
I would gladly listen to spot talk about his holes for hours if I could
