Wells' Confession, Retrospect and Compromise

Dessie 2022-12-11 06:21:22

Thesis film + short film pseudo-documentary collection + broken splicing experimental film (35, 16, 8mm film and color, black and white two color formats). The movies in the movie are wonderful - the light and shadow of the bar and the surrealism of the toilet, the retro romance and cyberpunk driving in the rain, the rhythm of the wipers and the crisp sound of unbuttoning the buttons, mixed with the whistling sound of passing cars and bringing up. The vivid light and shadow, the quick cuts of the close-up, the swaying sound of the necklace, the originality and beauty make the abandonment seem unobtrusive. The quick editing of the chase scene, the heating up of the tones, the streaks of light and shadow, and the wide-angle shots and fast cuts of the final wasteland, in the vast world, all desire and love, all the men and women shot by the director are all nothingness, all Hannaford "Shooting something dead" as Derek said. The whole film is made up of the material extracted fifty years ago. Watching the film in the film reminds you of the detachment and dislocation of my perception. The reality in the film - switching back and forth between black and white, lighting, composition, delicate camera positions, the rhythm of the dialogue between the protagonist and Dr. Burroughs at the dinner table, and the rhythm of editing; shooting the dummy is both a compromise and a form of self-imposed exile; What the film and television industry needs are warriors, not people who want to make movies at any time; for exhibitors or investors, movies are as simple as being able to release and making money, and artistic achievements or philosophical discussions are not in their eyes. Worth an article; film critics are good at saying things they don't know; the voyeuristic lens shows the madness of the paparazzi at that time - the audience's awareness of the camera makes the main meaning of the filming highly highlighted, making the whole film have a strong self-reflection sex. Autobiographical story - director Hannaford's pride and loneliness as a genius, his isolation after being surrounded and imitated by the halo, is inextricably linked with Orson Welles himself; Hannaford is difficult to do The plot of the film to raise funds also coincides with Wells' real-life situation. Wells is a legend. What he expounds is not only this mapping + discussion-style story and its spicy lamentation and ridicule, but also the modern film practitioners have tried their best to trace and explore the trajectory of that era. ps. Under the circumstance that contemporary Hollywood is becoming more and more constrained, Netflix's retrospective and platform provision for master/art films, I don't know whether it is good or bad for the entire film industry.

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The Other Side of the Wind quotes

  • Brooks Otterlake: What did I do wrong, Daddy?

  • Brooks Otterlake: What happened to the critic lady?

    Al Denny: She'll live.

    Brooks Otterlake: She'll live to write about it.