Movies

 

 

Framing a shot

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This is my all time favorite film. Rarely do I see a modern day film that does not include some elements taken from Cocteau's masterwork.

While Cocteau undoubtedly wasn't the first to use those elements, he did use them in such a creative and unique way in this film as to make a lasting impression on all the filmmakers that followed.

Nothing is truly "new" in filmmaking. Every time I think I have discovered some new way of doing a shot, I usually end up seeing the same setup in some other movie — usually shot a long time ago.

All filmmaking is derivative in one way or another. It's how that derivative work is used that can add or detract from a film's worth.

In this section, you will find my opinions (and some personal philosophy) about movies, movie makers, and the motion picture business.

 

 

I don't have a "top ten list" (either for the year, or of all time). I was actually working on such a list, but then I happened to watch the movie "Memento", and now I can't remember what movies were on it :)

On the following pages, I sometimes name some of the movies I have liked (and not), and why.

I am not a film critic in any sense of the word (I leave that to my eclectic reviewer ex-wife, Staci Wilson), so please take my personal comments and opinions as just those of someone that enjoys going to see a good movie.

I define a good film as one that I find entertaining or thought provoking, and makes me glad to have had the opportunity to experience it, and a bad or mediocre film as one that fails to do either.

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