Cloverfield *
Matt Reeves, 2008
US
@ Kips Bay
My foremost thought was: wow, the shot count for this movie must be tremendously low. If we're lucky David Bordwell will confirm on his blog* that it's under one shot per minute, or something ridiculous like that. I found myself contorting in my seat, trying to see things not in the haphazardly composed frame. But then, I appreciate experiments like that (see particularly The Boss of It All) so that was okay.
Nathan Lee makes a good point of how easy it is to stay disconnected from the extremely shallow, boring characters, which I guess is nice since everyone comes to such a horrific end.
*Bordwell indeed discusses Cloverfield and notes: "I counted only about 180 shots, yielding an average of 24 seconds per shot (in a genre in which today’s films average 2-5 seconds per shot)."
See also: IMDb | Metacritic | Nathan Lee review | David Bordwell article
Matt Reeves, 2008
US
@ Kips Bay
My foremost thought was: wow, the shot count for this movie must be tremendously low. If we're lucky David Bordwell will confirm on his blog* that it's under one shot per minute, or something ridiculous like that. I found myself contorting in my seat, trying to see things not in the haphazardly composed frame. But then, I appreciate experiments like that (see particularly The Boss of It All) so that was okay.
Nathan Lee makes a good point of how easy it is to stay disconnected from the extremely shallow, boring characters, which I guess is nice since everyone comes to such a horrific end.
*Bordwell indeed discusses Cloverfield and notes: "I counted only about 180 shots, yielding an average of 24 seconds per shot (in a genre in which today’s films average 2-5 seconds per shot)."
See also: IMDb | Metacritic | Nathan Lee review | David Bordwell article
Labels: 1 Star, 2008, Matt Reeves, US
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