Lawsuit_Boy
Veteran
CineAlta said:
yes! we can't forget them. This group really is something else!
Munich's style
- Thread starter notwithstanding
- Start date
yes! we can't forget them. This group really is something else!
J.R. Hudson
Spirit Animal
CineAlta said:
You ain't kidding.
These old pros have it down to a science; just check the pace at which War of the Worlds and Munich got 'slammed out'. One grossed a half million and
the other is up for best picture.
Munich
Filming Dates 29 June 2005 - 29 September 2005
War of the Worlds
Filming Dates
Filming Dates 8 November 2004 - 7 March 2005
Not bad for a years work, huh ?
jamestmather
Well-known member
personally, I find Kaminiskis dior stockings-plus flashing-plus bleach bypass-plus off beam stocks -plus the kitchen sink lobbed in - a little too much at times. Parts of minority report (the mall scene) looked like it was shot on toilet roll because the stock was so distressed - that said I know they were aiming for an owen roizman french connection kind of thing. also the endless haloing around highlights that threatens to swallow actors who stand too close to a window (the dior stockings catching highlights and hit hard with the bypass) - in EVERY film he does becomes a little samey. I just think he could change his style a little from time to time. I'm just not crazy when photoraphy threatens to overwhelm narrative. I liked what he did on the anthony minghella guiness commercial however and the inserts he lit for armageddon looked great - he laid off the diffusion which allowed his nice placement of lights to shine through. Very diferent for his style.
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Curugon
Well-known member
Janusz is by far the DP who's affected me most, and made me want to learn lighting. His films are always visually exciting and incredibly daring.
Munich does look like a 70s-shot film, but look at Catch Me If You Can - that traverses nearly three decades, and captures the look of each!
Munich does look like a 70s-shot film, but look at Catch Me If You Can - that traverses nearly three decades, and captures the look of each!
Aaron David Lavinsky
Active member
That is Janusz Kaminskis doing, he deserves the credit for the style in Munich and War of the Worlds.
Did anyone catch the shots of car mirrors being used instead of shooting the actors in their stakeout scenes? or the insane car tracking shot in war of the worlds (most of it was CG but the DP still deserves credit for the idea)
Kaminski IMO is up there with Conrad Hall and Vittoro Storaro, pumping out movies from Schindlers List to Minority Report all of which having extrememly high production values especially in cinematography.
Did anyone catch the shots of car mirrors being used instead of shooting the actors in their stakeout scenes? or the insane car tracking shot in war of the worlds (most of it was CG but the DP still deserves credit for the idea)
Kaminski IMO is up there with Conrad Hall and Vittoro Storaro, pumping out movies from Schindlers List to Minority Report all of which having extrememly high production values especially in cinematography.
Lawsuit_Boy
Veteran
I tell you what, Catch Me If You Can is definately one of my favorite films that this group has done. Every aspect of it. just blows me away everytime. (I watch it a little too often)
Did anyone else notice the really horrible framing in the last scene in the park?
I don't know if it was just that the projector was set wrong or something. It was framed with the actors eyebrows hitting the top of the frame and shoulder level at the bottom. I found it really distracting, as if the camera man had fallen asleep and not locked off the camera.
I thought the rest of the film's style was pretty damn good though. I found it hard to concentrate on the story because I was so busy watching the cinematograpghy. I doubt a normal audience member would think about it consciously like that though.
I don't know if it was just that the projector was set wrong or something. It was framed with the actors eyebrows hitting the top of the frame and shoulder level at the bottom. I found it really distracting, as if the camera man had fallen asleep and not locked off the camera.
I thought the rest of the film's style was pretty damn good though. I found it hard to concentrate on the story because I was so busy watching the cinematograpghy. I doubt a normal audience member would think about it consciously like that though.
Lawsuit_Boy
Veteran
mmm said:I don't know if it was just that the projector was set wrong or something. It was framed with the actors eyebrows hitting the top of the frame and shoulder level at the bottom. I found it really distracting, as if the camera man had fallen asleep and not locked off the camera.
I thought the rest of the film's style was pretty damn good though. I found it hard to concentrate on the story because I was so busy watching the cinematograpghy. I doubt a normal audience member would think about it consciously like that though.
haha, I also found myself focusing too much on the visuals at times.
I doubt it was the projector, because it was the same way when I saw it. It didn't really bother me though.
Lawsuit_Boy
Veteran
Blaine said:Really? I can't get past Leonardo.
really? I thought he was terrific in it. Him and Hanks were so good together. And the entire cast was just great in general, especially Walken.
indiefilmnola
New member
I love that quote you have by Welles. I hadn't heard that before.
I've seen:
The Stranger
The Third Man
A Touch of Evil
The Trial
Citizen Kane
Mr. Arkadin
But I must admit.... my favorite is The Trial.
"I don't care what anyone says, the best movie I ever made is still The Trial"
-Orson Welles
I've seen:
The Stranger
The Third Man
A Touch of Evil
The Trial
Citizen Kane
Mr. Arkadin
But I must admit.... my favorite is The Trial.
"I don't care what anyone says, the best movie I ever made is still The Trial"
-Orson Welles
Lawsuit_Boy
Veteran
"A film is never any good unless the camera is the eye of a poet." -Orson Welles.