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Imperishable is a work that takes Hitchcock's long-shot practice to the extreme
Talia 2021-11-13 08:01:22
Hitchcock is worthy of being a master of nervousness, but he is more than that. He is also a director who is persistently exploring new things in film. In the early days, Hitchcock stuck to Soviet montage theory and German expressionist films, and practiced it through his own films. In the middle and late stages, Hitchcock began to practice the use of long shots. A work that takes his long-shot practice to the extreme. Imperius is a film adapted from a stage play, and it is Hitchcock's first attempt to shoot a color film. But Hitchcock is not satisfied with this. He still has his own plans. Compared with the experimental nature of Hitchcock's filming method, the theme and plot of the soul-removing line are somewhat insignificant. The whole film feels like it was shot with an uninterrupted lens from beginning to end. Shooting a movie with an uninterrupted lens needs to overcome many factors such as venue restrictions, actors, lighting, and photography. In this film, all of these are resolved by Hitchcock. There are many tasks in the film, and the personality is distinct. The arrangement of the camera position adjustment and the performance of the actors are also very accurate, all of which reflect the profound skill of the director Hitchcock. Making this film was an almost crazy idea at the time, perhaps only Hitchcock had such a bold idea. Since the film at the time was only ten minutes, Hitchcock had to divide the film into eight segments to complete the shooting, but Hitchcock's clever special session made the film look like it was done in one go. The long lens can also ensure the continuity of time and space, reflecting the true so-called objective reality. Hitchcock’s meticulous choreography allows the scene to be changed from distant scenes to special scenes, allowing the uninterrupted scenes to continue. It can be said that this movie uncompromisingly insists on the unity of time, place and action. Very few examples of.
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Jayme 2022-04-24 07:01:05
Without any editing, a long shot to the end, the whole film is in one room, creating suspense that there is no suspense at all. In fact, this is Hitchcock's least suspenseful one. But there is a little bit, the meaning is that no one is the so-called superior, and can deprive others of their lives at will
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Carmela 2021-11-13 08:01:22
10 long shots of Hitchcock. Breathtaking. The stage effect is too heavy.
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Rupert Cadell: Sorry, knives may not be used on hotel employees. They are in the "death by slow torture" category. Along with bird lovers, small children, and tap dancers.
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Brandon: The few are those men of such intellectual and cultural superiority that they're above the traditional moral concepts. Good and evil, right and wrong, were invented for the ordinary, average man, the inferior man, because he needs them.
Mr. Kentley: Then obviously you agree with Nietzsche and his theory of the superman.
Brandon: Yes, I do.
Mr. Kentley: So did Hitler.
Brandon: Hitler was a paranoiac savage. His supermen, all fascist supermen, were brainless murderers. I'd hang any who were left. But then, you see, I'd hang them first for being stupid. I'd hang all incompetents and fools anyway. There are far too many in the world.
Mr. Kentley: Then, perhaps you should hang me, Brandon.