Which movies have taught you the most about filmmaking?

Which movies have taught you the most about filmmaking? Jan 13, 2020 18:56:47 GMT petrolino likes this

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Post by spiderwort on Jan 13, 2020 18:56:47 GMT

Jan 11, 2020 1:10:56 GMT petrolino said:

I feel I've learnt something different from each and every master I've studied. Be it Max Ophuls to Orson Welles for long-takes, Jean-Luc Godard to Wes Craven for jump-cuts, Sergei Eisenstein to Brian De Palma for montage, Francois Truffaut to Tobe Hooper for low angles, Tod Browning to Wes Anderson for energetic tableaux, Elia Kazan to Sidney Lumet for arguably the most difficult art of varied shot selection, or Fritz Lang and Jean Renoir for all of it ... I believe the technicals are all there to revel in if you can embrace the positivity of the moving arts. Then, every great filmmaker brings something to the table.

Beautifully said, petrolino!

Re: Kazan and Lumet, I'd just add that they were also masters of working with actors and getting great performances from them, which is one of the most critically important elements in narrative filmmaking. Others on that list would have to include Ingmar Bergman, Vittorio de Sica, Mike Nichols, Sydney Pollack, and Martin Ritt, among others I'm sure I'm forgetting.