Post by Salzmank on Nov 2, 2017 0:34:32 GMT
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Exactement. I watched Halloween again the other day with some friends, one of whom (believe it or not) had never seen it; that friend enjoyed it but got a good chuckle out of the parents' just standing there, not doing anything. I did try to explain that it was supposed to be stylized...
Primemovermithrax Pejorative
Some very interesting information. I would have loved to have seen Lee in the Holbrook part in The Fog; I think he certainly would have given the role more gravitas. While I agree that he would not have worked exactly in Halloween, I can see how he would have pulled it off; as for the height difference, I don't believe we ever see Michael and Loomis in the same shot (even at the end, Carpenter cuts between them when Loomis fires, if I'm not mistaken). I do believe Cushing could have performed the role exceptionally; there are moments of sheer obsession for his characters in Horror of Dracula, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, and The Beast Must Die such that they almost prefigure the Loomis character. Still, I'm happy with what we have. While I'm not exactly enamored of Pleasance's over-the-top performance, it's fine for what it is, even if I laugh a bit while watching it. (OK, fine, it's stylized too! It's all stylized! Every'ting's stoyloized except for me and you. And sometoimes Oy 'ave me doubts about you.)
I also think it's important to recognize that we are seeing stylized violence rather than real violence. It doesn't conform to reality because other concerns were given greater importance, like getting the shot in one take, making the action shot through a mask look coherent, and establishing the terrible sadness of what we just saw happen through the score as Michael walks out to the street. For that matter, the parents' reaction is stylized as well. The end result is an opening sequence that lends the events a mythic quality. It's not AN event; it's a representation of a type of event.
Exactement. I watched Halloween again the other day with some friends, one of whom (believe it or not) had never seen it; that friend enjoyed it but got a good chuckle out of the parents' just standing there, not doing anything. I did try to explain that it was supposed to be stylized...
Primemovermithrax Pejorative
Some very interesting information. I would have loved to have seen Lee in the Holbrook part in The Fog; I think he certainly would have given the role more gravitas. While I agree that he would not have worked exactly in Halloween, I can see how he would have pulled it off; as for the height difference, I don't believe we ever see Michael and Loomis in the same shot (even at the end, Carpenter cuts between them when Loomis fires, if I'm not mistaken). I do believe Cushing could have performed the role exceptionally; there are moments of sheer obsession for his characters in Horror of Dracula, Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed, and The Beast Must Die such that they almost prefigure the Loomis character. Still, I'm happy with what we have. While I'm not exactly enamored of Pleasance's over-the-top performance, it's fine for what it is, even if I laugh a bit while watching it. (OK, fine, it's stylized too! It's all stylized! Every'ting's stoyloized except for me and you. And sometoimes Oy 'ave me doubts about you.)