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Thomas Hill
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Owen Cox
A truly great film is one that makes you think. Everything else is irrelevant.
Jeremiah Phillips
First for Berto
Owen Brown
>>137817244A truly great film is one that makes you feel. Everything else is secondary.
Sebastian Reyes
"As for editing, my principle is the following. The film is like a river; the editing must be infinitely spontaneous, like nature itself. That which forces me to go from one shot to another by means of editing is not the desire to see things from closer up, nor to force the spectator to hurry up by introducing very short scenes. It seems to me that we are still in the bed of time, meaning that, in order to see nearer, we don't have to see things in close-up – that's at least my opinion. And accelerating the rhythm doesn't mean making shorter sequences. Because the movement of the event itself can be accelerated and can create a new sort of rhythm, and a long shot can give the impression of being detailed – that depends on its composition. Which is why, in these two specific instances, one is not close to Eisenstein at all. Furthermore, I do not consider that the essence of cinematography is the collision of two scenes, a collision that should give birth to a third notion, as Eisenstein used to say. On the contrary, the nth shot seems to me to be the sum of the first, the second, the third... fifth, tenth... and of the shot "nth -1", meaning the sum of all shots preceding the nth. Thereby we create the sense of a shot, in relationship to all the shots that have preceded it. That is my editing principle."
Dylan Mitchell
>>137817244>>137817303A truly great film is one that makes you think about the feels. Everything else is secondary.
Jaxon Watson
Reminder Japanese films and all that. You know the drill.
Anthony Johnson
>>137817382"Eisenstein felt comfortable experimenting because, at the time, cinema was at its beginnings, and experimentation was the only possible path. Nowadays, given the established cinematic traditions, one shouldn't experiment anymore. At any rate, I myself wouldn't like to experiment. It takes up a lot of time and energy, and I consider that one has to be sure of what one is doing. An artist should no longer make rough drafts, should no longer try to draw vague sketches – he must create important fllms. Finally, I would like to say that, if one absolutely needs to compare me to someone, it should be Dovzhenko. He was the first director for whom the problem of atmosphere was particularly important, and he loved his native land passionately. I share his love for my land, which is why I feel him very close to me. I'll add: he made his films as if they were vegetable gardens, as if they were gardens. He would water them himself, he would make everything grow with his own hands... His love of the land and of the people made his characters grow, as it were, from the earth itself. They were organic, complete. I would very much like to resemble him in this respect. If I didn't succeed, I would feel mortified."
Angel Allen
>>137817244A truly great film is one that you enjoy.
Bentley Morris
>>137817695>Nowadays, given the established cinematic traditions, one shouldn't experiment anymore. At any rate, I myself wouldn't like to experiment.reactionary mindset glad this hack is dead