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Review - some films that I have watched
01/04/08 10:53
I spent a day looking at some classic films, inspired
partly by reading Brenda Laurel's 'Computers as
Theatre' and partly thinking about animation with
students, going back to the classic look and feel of
film. Inspired also about reading a book by Aardman,
with their classic Chicken Run, based on classic POW
movies.
The films that I chose - Tiger Bay, Brief Encounter, Goodbye Mr Tom,
With the former two I was really struck by the quality of the cinematography, shot in black and white, with Brief Encounter in particular, shots of the stations, steam from the engines, railings and passages. A particular shot at the end when the woman contemplates suicide, sitting in the cafe not listening to an inane drone of a crone, the camera sit rotated. When she stops herself from leaping in front of the engine the camera rotates back to level.
A beautiful film because it is beautifully simple, and beautifully shot.
The bit from Goodbye Mr Tom that stuck me was the long bicycle ride down the hill. I was only watching this because it was on!
Other films that I could look at perhaps -
A NIght To Remember, The 39 Steps, The Third Man,
The films that I chose - Tiger Bay, Brief Encounter, Goodbye Mr Tom,
With the former two I was really struck by the quality of the cinematography, shot in black and white, with Brief Encounter in particular, shots of the stations, steam from the engines, railings and passages. A particular shot at the end when the woman contemplates suicide, sitting in the cafe not listening to an inane drone of a crone, the camera sit rotated. When she stops herself from leaping in front of the engine the camera rotates back to level.
A beautiful film because it is beautifully simple, and beautifully shot.
The bit from Goodbye Mr Tom that stuck me was the long bicycle ride down the hill. I was only watching this because it was on!
Other films that I could look at perhaps -
A NIght To Remember, The 39 Steps, The Third Man,