Talk About Movies: Part 4
Somehow threads merged, so here's part 4 of our ongoing movie discussion.
Imagine trying to hate on Soderbergh. The man’s a natural, through and through.
It's time...
Going to see Perfect Days again on Friday. I think it's a film worth seeing at least twice.
In other news, my 14 year old granddaughter was explaining steampunk to me. I let her explain because that's what grandfathers do.
Finally, I need to show my film class a movie to demonstrate editing. I'm thinking of Strangers on a Train or Silence of the Lambs. Anybody have other suggestions?
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All, I just got an email from Mubi saying that they start streaming April 12.
It's called a sound bridge and it is not confusing at all. Here's an example. Near the end of the scene, Clarice's dialogue carries over from her on the phone to the next scene. The sound bridge connects scenes.
Often when characters have a conversation the sound carries over the cut. That's called dialogue overlap and it serves to make the cutting back and forth invisible.
https://youtu.be/5HlSwn7C8lE?si=eSq7pTmW...
The second video shows the dialogue overlap. Notice when the dialogue carr
I think I get what you're saying. I would call it a post-lap, as opposed to a pre-lap. I don't think that's what exemplified in the second clip. I don't think the voice that says "Oh, he's a monster," is Crawford's voice. I think it's whomever Clarice is talking to in the next scene. And for that reason, that clip is actually an example of a pre-lap. (For anyone else who's interested in this pedantic exchange, just go to the last ten seconds of the second clip. Don't let John Cole needlessly waste 3:30 of your time on the rest of the scene like he did to me.)
The second clip demonstrates both a sound bridge (Crawford begins the sentence and Chilton finishes it) from one scene to another and dialogue overlap (the sound carries over the cuts in the dialogue between Clarice and Crawford within the scene but not from scene to scene).
Dialogue overlap helps to make the cuts invisible in that shot/reverse shot pattern within the scene. So see where Crawford is talking and the editor cuts to Clarice while Crawford is still talking and the sound carries over the cut.
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Picking one or two films to try and illustrate 'editing' as an art form is like picking one or two paintings to try and illustrate brush techniques... perhaps you can use a film to highlight a certain technique or to bring attention to an editorial style,l or a famous editor, but you're gonna need a series of films or a series of film elements to really paint an accurate picture of that segment of film making .
Picking one or two films to try and illustrate 'editing' as an art form is like picking one or two paintings to try and illustrate brush techniques... perhaps you can use a film to highlight a certain technique or to bring attention to an editorial style,l or a famous editor, but you're gonna need a series of films or a series of film elements to really paint an accurate picture of that segment of film making .
Somebody was asking about terminology. That's all. So I gave examples to explain the terminology.
You could look at George Tomasini or Thelma Schoonmaker for a body of work.
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Civil War isn't going to be the movie you think it is...
American Fiction came on last night. I found it interesting, but not compelling.
I mean, I kept watching, but family melodramas aren't my thing. So that storyline didn't intrigue me. Also, not being an artist, I didn't really get the story of the writer creating popular schlock vs wanting to write well on anything but it's surface.
To be clear, that's on me, not the movie. Seems like it was well-made, just the stories didn't resonate with me, personally.
Late Night with the Devil - quite a fun found footage horror film. David Dastmalch was very good as the desperately fame-hungry late night host.
My wife listened to Barbara Streisand's audio biography. My wife decided that she didn't care that much for Streisand (I never did) after reading it, but was interested in seeing some of her movies.
I tried to find What's up Doc out there in streaming land but was unsuccessful. I remember thinking that the first time I saw it (probably at the theater) that it was the funniest movie I had ever seen. I figured it probably wouldn't have that appeal to me now.
Anyways, TCM had it on the other night so we watched it. I did find it amusing, but not really laugh out loud funny. Kinda silly and dated, but worth watching.
I spent most of the movie trying to decide if I thought Streisand was really pretty, or really not pretty. Shame on me I guess.
My wife listened to Barbara Streisand's audio biography. My wife decided that she didn't care that much for Streisand (I never did) after reading it, but was interested in seeing some of her movies.
I tried to find What's up Doc out there in streaming land but was unsuccessful. I remember thinking that the first time I saw it (probably at the theater) that it was the funniest movie I had ever seen. I figured it probably wouldn't have that appeal to me now.
Anyways, TCM had it on the other n
I love What's Up Doc, and Bogdanovich was a huge fan of Bringing Up Baby, which is the inspiration for WUD. I think Streisand is luminous in that role and beautiful in her way. And Ryan O'Neil plays that befuddled professor type really well. Streisand and O'Neil may not be a match for Hepburn and Grant, but they're not far off.
Funny that my friend was just telling me about Streisand's book on Friday, and she was mostly concerned with the number of men she "dated."
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Went to see Perfect Days again last week. I think it's going to be the kind of movie I will watch over and over again. Dragged a friend along, and I think she was intrigued even if she didn't like it as much as I do. It's one of those films you need to let sink in.
Here's a link to the same actor in Shall We Dance. It's free on YouTube.
https://youtu.be/F5I_TIAYHiY?si=hf93NJ3h...
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Didnt know Monkey Man is Dev Patel’s directorial debut. He’s got quite the resume
I went to the NEW iMax presentation of Ex-Machina last night... an amazing film, and very rewarding for me Intellectually.
for the audience they previewed 5 minutes of Garlands Upcoming Civil War... which I get to see early next week.
Kirsten Dunst looks amazing...
Counselor??!
We're not judges, Doctor.
Who'd want to justify their whole life?
