Re: DRE: CTS community mail

  • From: Stephen Scheidel <gieroadsteve@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 18:03:56 +0200

Just watched the chappie trailer now too.
Looks like I'll enjoy it.
I just wish the main mech design wasn't a blatant rip off of the Patlabor
mechs.

On 11 February 2015 at 17:58, Stephen Scheidel <gieroadsteve@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Is Tarkovksy the guy who makes the rapey horrible movies?
> That shit sucks.
>
> On 11 February 2015 at 11:46, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Enter the Void is meh...  Could have been a 100 times better if they
>> didn't spend ages trying to get the viewer to understand the themes.  Good
>> if you're on LSD I guess.
>>
>> Tarkovksy's movies are challenging, mostly because they are in Russian,
>> are often very surreal, and deal with difficult themes.  Not easy viewing.
>>
>> The Massive Attack video is Unfinished Sympathy.  The one where they
>> follow the singer (Shara Nelson) around the city.  They used to play that
>> and Safe From Harm on Zero Hour Zone on TV4 (who remembers that?).  I
>> thought you were talking about a movie called Massive Attack hehe.
>>
>> I liked Gravity.
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 11:34 AM, Donaldson, Alasdair <
>> alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>>  I’ve got Enter the Void lying around, but haven’t got around to
>>> watching it. Same with Under the Skin. No idea who Tarkovksy is. Just
>>> checked IMDB. Nope. Are his films worth watching? I mean from a
>>> non-technical perspective.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> First time I saw the Massive Attack video, I didn’t realise that it was
>>> all one shot. I just assumed they’d cut it. I forget what the song was
>>> called, but it was more than 5min long.
>>>
>>> Snake Eyes was an okay film. It wasn’t bad or good… actually can’t
>>> remember much about the film.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I don’t know if I can be arsed to watch Gravity. Maybe I’ll put it on
>>> sometime while I’m reading. The only thing that I’ve heard about Gravity is
>>> that it is a very pretty film. No one seems to care about the story or
>>> script. That seems like a bit of a fail to me.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>>> cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Ilitirit Sama
>>> *Sent:* 11 February 2015 11:15 AM
>>>
>>> *To:* cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* Re: DRE: CTS community mail
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I haven't seen either, but last year there was Gravity which had a 17
>>> minute opening shot.  Under the Skin had shots the seem to be influenced by
>>> filmmakers like Tarkovksy.  The Protector has a 4 minute long shot (the
>>> stair case fight scene).  Enter the Void is composed of long shots (about 1
>>> to 2 minutes in length), joined together by psychedelic visuals.
>>>
>>> In The Sacrifice, Tarkovsky's crew built a special house meant to be
>>> burned down in a 6 minute long shot.  Toward the end of the shot the camera
>>> jammed and the film was ruined.  It took them two weeks to refilm it.
>>>
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mr5cYiRPf3E
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 10:55 AM, Donaldson, Alasdair <
>>> alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>
>>>  It opened at Cinema Nouveau up here.
>>>
>>> Long scenes are cool. Barring Massive Attack, nothing comes to mind
>>> though. Oh, wasn’t the first 10min of Snake Eyes a single shot?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>>> cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Ilitirit Sama
>>> *Sent:* 11 February 2015 10:46 AM
>>>
>>>
>>> *To:* cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* Re: DRE: CTS community mail
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Low budget?  Yes.  And it only opened in 4 cinemas, raking in less than
>>> $500k.  But it's probably best considered Arthouse, not B movie.
>>>
>>> You can't not notice the camera work in Birdman.  The entire movie,
>>> barring 1 or 2 scenes in the beginning is shot in one long continuous
>>> sequence.  It's obviously an illusion but it's still great to watch.  There
>>> are scenes where they film in front of a mirror and you can't see the
>>> camera.  There's a seen where the camera follows Michael Keaton through a
>>> busy square in NYC.  And a great scene where the camera glides from the
>>> theatre rafters to the stage below.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 7:32 AM, lindsey kiviets <lindseyak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  for best gimmick in a film
>>>
>>> soim guessing if birdman was shot in 30 days , that would make it a low
>>> budget B movie?
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>>
>>> From: alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail
>>> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:29:06 +0000
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Then I suppose they’d be guaranteed the Oscar.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
>>> cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *lindsey kiviets
>>> *Sent:* 11 February 2015 7:24 AM
>>> *To:* cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* RE: DRE: CTS community mail
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> boyhood - what if the kid died during that 12 years?
>>>
>>> "rock is overpowered, paper is fine" - scissors
>>>
>>>  ------------------------------
>>>
>>> From: alasdair.donaldson@xxxxxxxxxx
>>> To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: RE: DRE: CTS community mail
>>> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 05:09:25 +0000
>>>
>>> I tend to figure that the camera work is only something you notice if
>>> it’s done badly. I can’t recall when last I noticed good camera work in a
>>> film.
>>>
>>> Same with most of the things, I guess. It’s only when the music is
>>> jarring and detracts from the scene that I actually notice it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *From:* cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
>>> mailto:cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <cpt-fgc-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On
>>> Behalf Of *Ilitirit Sama
>>> *Sent:* 11 February 2015 12:50 AM
>>> *To:* cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> *Subject:* Re: DRE: CTS community mail
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Sheesh... apparently the movie was shot in only 30 days.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 11, 2015 at 12:48 AM, Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>  Birdman's camera work is amazing.  I haven't been that technically
>>> impressed by a movie in a long itme.  All the while I kept thinking "I
>>> can't imagine how hard it must have been to film this".  Fantastic
>>> cinematography.
>>>
>>>
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