De Palma a la Mod

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Posted by Geoff at 11:55 AM CDT
Post Comment | View Comments (2) | Permalink | Share This Post

Friday, June 20, 2014

'PHANTOM' TICKETS ON SALE TODAY @ 2PM CENTRAL
40TH ANNIVERSARY EVENT JULY 30TH AT ARCLIGHT HOLLYWOOD

Posted by Geoff at 7:31 AM CDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post

YOU SAY THAT
BUT IT'S REALLY NOT TRUE AT ALL
Two days ago, in an article about his disappointment with Brian De Palma's films post Blow Out, Movie Morlocks' Greg Ferrara wrote, "the Odessa steps/Railway station scene in The Untouchables is less a nod to Eisenstein than a 'look, here’s the Potemkin sequence with different actors' setup." Well, no, that's not true at all-- it actually is more of "a nod to Eisenstein," but uses the idea of the baby carriage, and specifically its shots of the wheels hitting each step on the way down, to add suspense and tension to the already suspenseful shoot-out happening on the train station steps. De Palma's contrast here of the innocent (the baby) and the dangerous men all around is part of a theme that runs through the entire film.

All anyone has to do is watch Eisenstein's Odessa Steps sequence side-by-side with De Palma's to see that aside from a lot of steps, a baby in a pram, and people falling violently, what De Palma has constructed in The Untouchables in terms of set-up, staging, story, cinematography, suspense, slow motion, sound, humor, etc. is far different from what is on the screen in Eisenstein's construction. YouTube it for yourself.

Posted by Geoff at 1:58 AM CDT
Updated: Saturday, June 21, 2014 11:41 AM CDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post

Thursday, June 19, 2014

EMBRACE THE STRUGGLE

Posted by Geoff at 7:15 AM CDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post

THINKING BIG, FOR SURE

Posted by Geoff at 7:09 AM CDT
Post Comment | View Comments (1) | Permalink | Share This Post

Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Posted by Geoff at 2:55 AM CDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post

Sunday, June 15, 2014

VIDEO PAYS TRIBUTE TO DE PALMA'S CINEMA
HELLO WIZARD VID USES SONGS 'RELAX', 'SEXE', AND 'SIN CITY'

Posted by Geoff at 11:44 PM CDT
Updated: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 5:04 PM CDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post

Friday, June 13, 2014

'22 JUMP STREET' SPLIT-SCREENS ARE 'DE PALMA-ESQUE'
Phil Lord and Christopher Miller's 22 Jump Street, which opened in theaters today, features an apparently inspired use of split-screen that at least one reviewer has deemed De Palma-esque:

Scott Foundas, Variety
"...Lord and Miller also know how to sell a joke visually better than most contemporary comedy directors, and 22 Jump Street is rife with delightful throwaway visual gags, from De Palma-esque split screens to a car chase (between Hummer and helmet-shaped golf cart) that might have been designed by ‘60s-era Richard Lester."

Sam Cohen, Under The Gun Review
"There are even some sly winks at filmmakers like Michael Bay and Brian De Palma through the film’s multitude of comedic set pieces. The film begins with a shot that pans in over Schmidt and Jenko conversing on the top of a parking garage with the sunset in the background. Naturally, some stakes-raising music along with a complimentary lens flare occupy the sequence as an almost direct stab at the generic Hollywood blockbuster aesthetic. That’s the best part about 22 Jump Street, it knows what films to make fun of it but it invites you to be a part of the joke as the viewer."

Posted by Geoff at 7:13 PM CDT
Updated: Friday, June 13, 2014 7:15 PM CDT
Post Comment | View Comments (2) | Permalink | Share This Post

Thursday, June 12, 2014

Posted by Geoff at 6:13 PM CDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post

Wednesday, June 11, 2014

TEA AND A MOVIE COMPARES 'CARRIE', 'BASTERDS'

The influence of Brian De Palma's Carrie on the climax of Quentin Tarantino's Inglourious Basterds has previously been mentioned/discussed here and here, and now the Tea And A Movie Tumblr has posted side-by-side frame comparisons that make the links between the two movies pretty clear. When you go to the tumblr, click on one of the images to see larger versions.

Posted by Geoff at 7:49 PM CDT
Post Comment | Permalink | Share This Post

Newer | Latest | Older

«	June 2014					»

S	M	T	W	T	F	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30