tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post2298909399843196078..comments2023-11-12T13:22:30.358+01:00Comments on andrewjshields: Forest WhitakerAndrew Shieldshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-70461729457813734452007-03-29T22:53:00.000+02:002007-03-29T22:53:00.000+02:00Alright, I'll let Jim know.Alright, I'll let Jim know.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-40441117865017548142007-03-23T19:58:00.000+01:002007-03-23T19:58:00.000+01:00Fits and starts—okay. But constant cutting and cam...Fits and starts—okay. But constant cutting and camera movement and circling around the characters—yuck!<BR/><BR/>If Jarmusch reads your note, then I bet he'll arrange to hire people to interrupt all screenings of whatever his next movie is! :-)Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-60001946297872966072007-03-23T17:01:00.000+01:002007-03-23T17:01:00.000+01:00There was an old story that at every concert B.B. ...There was an old story that at every concert B.B. King broke a guitar string at the same point in the same song. No matter how good the show was, it gave the audience something to remember, something that made their show a special one--the night he broke the guitar string. (I don't believe the story.)<BR/><BR/>I don't know if you remember Bill Murray's role in "Tootsie." Someone said he ad-libbed every scene he was in. He goes off on a lovely riff trying to impress a couple of women--he's a playwright--talking about how he'd love to have a theater that would only stage plays in the rain, never in good weather.<BR/><BR/>Even on the soundtrack of "Evita," the moment when the projector winds to a stop adds emphasis to a moment.<BR/><BR/>An artful director, along with editing fits and starts into a film, might also insist that every time the film plays, it gets interrupted for a medical emergency, or for an earthquake, or because a pickpocket runs into the theater and has to be flushed out. It breaks the proscenium.<BR/><BR/>I've always loved the way Jarmusch lets a moment play. "Stranger Than Paradise" has scenes with almost no words, where the whole story is told in the shifting light on the planes of John Lurie's face. I think of David Lynch in the same breath: He's not so eager to cut to the next scene; he's willing to let the moment play until the reveal is complete.<BR/><BR/>The most recent edit of "Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid" cut a lot of seconds from Peckinpah's original editing notes. The scene where Billy tells one of his shooting buddies that Pat Garrett's his friend, and the buddy says "Not anymore," gets cut right there. Peckinpah let the moment linger, watching Billy's face until he said, "I reckon." Subtle shading, but if you've got the patience, it deepens the film. (The line gets repeated later, always in that ambiguous mode--another reason not to trim the motif here.)mrjumbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00564375101442753257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-72575063316848508732007-03-22T20:55:00.000+01:002007-03-22T20:55:00.000+01:00It takes less time to see a movie than to read a n...It takes less time to see a movie than to read a novel! :-)Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20782819.post-57211373997420494762007-03-22T20:49:00.000+01:002007-03-22T20:49:00.000+01:00I really want to see the movie, and now I want to ...I really want to see the movie, and now I want to see Philadelphia again, too. Andrew, I don't have enough time! Stick to books, honey.SarahJanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02497062670296130228noreply@blogger.com