tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post4793489360168764356..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: The Elegance of Understated CinematographyChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-70780235431532000802010-08-10T16:12:41.542-04:002010-08-10T16:12:41.542-04:00Certainly the style of the film should reflect its...Certainly the style of the film should reflect its genre and thematic goals. But minimalism can be expressed in many ways, not only through the absence of a significant score. There is much to be said for a balance of the atmospheric with the minimalist-- as you seem to have enjoyed Inception (as did I) I would mention that I consider Chris Nolan to be very adept in blending these two approaches. <br /><br />What I'm saying is, there is more than one way to create moving cinematography, whatever one is filming. Certainly, the minimalist approach can be intensely powerful, but it is not <i>the</i> right way to do things. In my opinion (however much that may be worth) effective films are created when the expectations of the audience are successfully manipulated by the filmmakers in order to create cinematic texture. This can just as easily ask for a minimalist approach in a torture scene as it would for a fantasy sequence in a romantic comedy; there is no prescription for successful tone.Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-50104846719111363512010-08-10T11:33:47.330-04:002010-08-10T11:33:47.330-04:00M,
But it follows, does it not, that certain styl...M,<br /><br />But it follows, does it not, that certain styles are more suited to certain portrayals? For example, a period piece should certainly be lavish, but a film that is meant to horrify *should* be a minimalist venture- as the best ones are. There's a reason "Schindler's List" is still the best-known Holocaust film; it has a great deal to do with the use or lack of use of color. I'm willing to bet American remakes of the Lisbeth Salander series will be terrible in comparison to the European (which is not measured in terms of how many theater-goers there are; <br />American taste is hardly refined); that's because this isn't the right story for that medium.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-90509469074281497522010-08-10T10:19:14.586-04:002010-08-10T10:19:14.586-04:00Different cinematic styles accomplish different th...Different cinematic styles accomplish different things, and skilled directors and editors use the techniques appropriate to their films. American filmmakers by no means "get it wrong"; they simply aren't, by and large, of the minimalist school that many Europeans are.Mnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-29058822723961045762010-08-09T08:01:29.989-04:002010-08-09T08:01:29.989-04:00domestic violence [perpetrated by both genders] is...domestic violence [perpetrated by both genders] is still largely ignored by the media, despite "domestic violence drives" and shelters and purple ribbon days. <br /><br />it's a nasty, depressing blight, so we'd rather romanticize it as best we can [see: eminem video]. it affects people across the spectrum: frum yidden, homosexual couples, long.married heterosexual parents. <br /><br />kudos to you for pointing out the problems with depictions of violence in the media. i wish more people were so aware.shualah elishevanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-41173083338982184932010-08-08T18:47:11.542-04:002010-08-08T18:47:11.542-04:00Now he should consider making one showing that nea...Now he should consider making one showing that nearly half the batterers are women. Such as the Major League Baseball Pitcher who was beaten on by his girlfriend, a super model, while driving in their car on a California freeway at the same time it was happening to Rihanna. I guess it male victims don't make all the news. It was just a back page story in the LA Times.<br /><br />Annette's Story: The Other Face Of Domestic Violence<br />http://TheOtherFaceOfDomesticAbuse-Annettes-Story.orgGeorge MCCaslandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15007479301944534709noreply@blogger.com