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September 18, 2007
Smoke & Mirrors & More Smoke
David Fincher's Zodiac hasn't yet been toppled from the esteem I held it in last March; I haven't watched it on DVD yet, but I'm anxiously awaiting release of the director's cut in January. In the meantime, the following clip has radically changed my perception of what I thought was a more straightforward production for its technologically innovative director:
The complexity of all those seemingly innocuous shots almost gives me a headache. A dazzled, mightily impressed headache.
I'm in decompression mode. Jim's shoot, in which we completed out a total of four set-ups in the first day, was the polar opposite of Barak's (which regularly saw upwards of twenty shots knocked out within a twelve hour period). The former was almost more exhausting, simply because it was so meticulous. After we returned the gear yesterday, we went to the multiplex to see Cronenberg's Eastern Promises and James Mangold's 3:10 To Yuma. They were the third and fourth films I'd seen in the last month - my artistic consumption is in desperate need of resucitation. I think I'll put my all-access pass to the Angelika to good use when I get back to Texas. And go to some museums. And finish all the books I've started. And...
Posted by David Lowery at September 18, 2007 3:17 PM
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Funny. That clip has been on DD's website for a while in QT. I downloaded it a few months ago. Now somebody uploads it to YouTube and it's everywhere.
Posted by: mutinyco at September 19, 2007 7:41 AM
That's pretty amazing, really.
The film itself managed to create some great tension despite a rather frumpy script in parts. One detail they didn't dwell on enough, perhaps. The scene in the basement had me with my legs tucked up to my chest, hand poised to cover my eyes.
Posted by: David at September 19, 2007 11:05 AM
sure that's impressive, and it is, surely. but is in necessary?
Posted by: brendan at September 20, 2007 12:32 AM
You know, I have no idea. I'd say no, but then again, my mind doesn't work that way - and it's pretty fascinating to me that Fincher's apparently does.
Posted by: Ghostboy at September 20, 2007 2:39 AM