Most perfectly composed shot in movie history

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Pwaybloe

#60
June 04, 2003, 03:07:05 PM
Quote from: godardianMy favorite Connelly bit from Requiem would be the muffled bathtub scream. It's beautifully composed... misery. Guess you could say the same of the film itself. I'm a fan.

Have you ever seen the movie "A Perfect Blue?"  It's a Japanese anime (an excellent one), and it had that same scene.  A couple of years later, Aronofsky did a rip-off of that scene in "Requiem..."  

I don't think Aronofsky mentions it in the commentary.

Cecil

#61
June 04, 2003, 07:58:55 PM
Quote from: PawbloeHave you ever seen the movie "A Perfect Blue?"  It's a Japanese anime (an excellent one), and it had that same scene.  A couple of years later, Aronofsky did a rip-off of that scene in "Requiem..."  

she does look very anime-like in that scene

Pedro

#62
June 04, 2003, 09:18:22 PM
Quote from: Pawbloe
Quote from: godardianMy favorite Connelly bit from Requiem would be the muffled bathtub scream. It's beautifully composed... misery. Guess you could say the same of the film itself. I'm a fan.

Have you ever seen the movie "A Perfect Blue?"  It's a Japanese anime (an excellent one), and it had that same scene.  A couple of years later, Aronofsky did a rip-off of that scene in "Requiem..."  

I don't think Aronofsky mentions it in the commentary.
Perfect Blue is nifty.

Pubrick

#63
June 04, 2003, 09:54:01 PM
Quote from: PawbloeHave you ever seen the movie "A Perfect Blue?"  It's a Japanese anime (an excellent one), and it had that same scene.  A couple of years later, Aronofsky did a rip-off of that scene in "Requiem..."
i know..




works on both, i reckon. PB: ekzellent movie tho.
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godardian

#64
June 04, 2003, 09:57:05 PM
Wow. Great caps, P. I'll have to check into this Perfect Blue. I'm way, way behind on Japanime in particular and animated films in general.
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#65
June 05, 2003, 03:49:11 PM
Quote from: P
Quote from: PawbloeHave you ever seen the movie "A Perfect Blue?"  It's a Japanese anime (an excellent one), and it had that same scene.  A couple of years later, Aronofsky did a rip-off of that scene in "Requiem..."
i know..




works on both, i reckon. PB: ekzellent movie tho.

wow. and the pier shot in DARK CITY. but he claims coincidence. sure.
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#66
June 26, 2003, 04:32:27 PM
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Quote from: mogwai

that one's pretty average for Kubrick.  However:

- it's kinda a "visual rhyme" within The Shining, hearkening back to the hotel hallway steadicam shots and foreshadowing the hedge maze; the urinals and sinks in red create a kind of "corridor" into the deep space of the shot.

- also, it's blood-redness (and the presence of Grady) recall the subliminally flashed slaughtered twins frames as well as the elevator blood cascade moment—two of the films most shocking segments.

Speaking of Kubrick, is somebody can do DVD captures, and has these DVDs, how about a couple of these shots.

The stairway in Victor's home in Eyes Wide Shut. All lit up with bright Christmas lights. There is one shot in particular with, I THINK, Victor walking upstairs. It is so gorgeously framed.

I'm quite fond of the pool in "Three Colors: Blue" as well. The "fetal position" scene is really beautiful. I think it is right after she has let the cat kill the little mice. She goes for a swim, and then as she is about to get out of the pool, she drops back in and sort of curls up. Really neat shot. All three of the films have some remarkable shots. Red and the fashion model shoot is really beautiful.

ElPandaRoyal

#67
July 22, 2003, 10:49:03 AM
damn, that Pianist shot is quite something!!! POWERFUL

Also, as clichéd as it may be... the shot of Woody Allen (Ike) and Diane Keaton (Mary) in Manhattan, when they're sitting at a bench in the park... fuckin' great[/quote]
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#68
July 22, 2003, 02:49:29 PM
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#69
July 22, 2003, 06:21:51 PM
Just one?? mmmm.... well this is just one of many that i love, but i think this is magistral, the way how Francis F. Coppola moves the camera here and the music from Wagner, well just terrific...



oh, oh, i was forgetting this one from "Dreams" by Akira Kurosawa loooovely movie!!!!

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adolfwolfli

#70
July 28, 2003, 09:55:40 AM
There's a shot early on in Terence Malick's "Days of Heaven" that made my jaw drop the first time I saw it...

It's the long, wide shot of a train going over a very high train trestle, almost in silhouette...I don't even understand how it was done.  Could be a model.  

There are other shots in this movie that are unlike anything you've ever seen.  If you haven't seen it, rent or buy the DVD.  Malick's best film (not really saying much being there are only 3) but just breathtakingly beautiful.

mutinyco

#71
July 28, 2003, 09:59:59 AM
I think this thread is pursuing the wrong topic. Single shots aren't as important as the sequences they belong to. It's a part, not a whole. We should be talking about great sequences.
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Sleuth

#72
July 28, 2003, 10:02:18 AM
No, this is a thread for a single shot.  That's what it says in the title.  Go create a sequence thread if you really want to.
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MacGuffin

#73
July 28, 2003, 10:06:35 AM
Quote from: mutinycoWe should be talking about great sequences.

Quote from: tremoloslothGo create a sequence thread if you really want to.

Please don't.

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Sleuth

#74
July 28, 2003, 10:07:08 AM
Fine, then I'll create a sequence thread
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