Story of Film Episode 14 – New American Independents and The Digital Revolution
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Notes
The following material is from Wikipedia
The 1990s: The First Days of Digital – Reality Losing Its Realness in America and Australia.
- Gladiator (2000) dir. Ridley Scott
- almost everything in the shot was drawn on a computer
- Intolerance (1916) (introduced in Episode 1) dir. D. W. Griffith
- camera on giant crane
- Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) dir. James Cameron
- Anchors Aweigh (1945) dir. George Sidney
- Gertie the Dinosaur (1914) (introduced in Episode 4) dir. Winsor McCay
- Jurassic Park (1993) (introduced in Episode 11) dir. Steven Spielberg
- drawn on computer yet looks very real
- Titanic (1997) (introduced in Episode 5) dir. James Cameron
- looks as if it was photographed
- Toy Story (1995) dir. John Lasseter
- first mainstream feature film made entirely on a computer
- rendered shadows
- pricey end of cgi
- The Blair Witch Project (1999) dir. Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sánchez
- House of Flying Daggers (2004) (introduced in Episode 12) dir. Zhang Yimou
- Goodfellas (1990) dir. Martin Scorsese
- The Great Train Robbery (1903) dir. Edwin S. Porter
- The Killers (1946) dir. Robert Siodmak
- Pulp Fiction (1994) dir. Quentin Tarantino
- color is used strongly
- on film but full color
- mashup of different styles
- Reservoir Dogs (1992) dir. Quentin Tarantino
- City on Fire (1987) dir. Ringo Lam
- death triangle
- wide shots then close ups
- Bande à Part (1964) dir. Jean-Luc Godard
- fast cutting intro between main characters
- Natural Born Killers (1994) dir. Oliver Stone
- Miller’s Crossing (1990) dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (2000) dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- The Big Lebowski (1998) dir. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen
- My Own Private Idaho (1991) dir. Gus Van Sant
- landscapes and open roads
- The Shining (1980) dir. Stanley Kubrick
- single image of blood
- one special effect that stood out
- Elephant (2003) dir. Gus Van Sant
- response to shootings
- 4 by 3 screenratio old fashioned
- forward walking in real time but with little cuts
- Elephant (1989) dir. Alan Clarke
- following down long hallways
- Gerry (2002) dir. Gus Van Sant
- walk without cuts
- make it seem like reality
- Sátántangó (1994) (introduced in Episode 5) dir. Béla Tarr
- beauty of walking is shown
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) dir. Chantal Akerman
- Last Days (2005) dir. Gus Van Sant
- Psycho (1960) (introduced in Episode 8) dir. Alfred Hitchcock
- Psycho (1998) dir. Gus Van Sant
- Cremaster 3 (2002) dir. Matthew Barney
- imagery with clothing and meaning
- symbolism
- Safety Last! (1923) (introduced in Episode 2) dir. Fred C. Newmeyer and Sam Taylor
- cremaster 3 was based off of these scenes
- RoboCop (1987) dir. Paul Verhoeven
- meant to bring violence into the board room
- dead cop brought back to life
- Starship Troopers (1997) dir. Paul Verhoeven
- An Angel at My Table (1990) dir. Jane Campion
- girl doesn’t feel safe in this world
- panic attack
- focused on a piece of chalk
- The Piano (1993) dir. Jane Campion
- only film directed by a woman to win a award at a festival
- Romeo + Juliet (1996) dir. Baz Luhrmann
- knights have become people
- interesting shots
- Moulin Rouge! (2001) dir. Baz Luhrmann