It's been terribly almost a month since I last posted on my exploration blog. Been on a movie spree. Sucked into old cinema. I love Old Hollywood. There's alot of movies that still stick today, and some of the movies I seen have inspired my work ever since.
I've been interested in films directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, I watched 3 of their films so far. A Matter Of Life And Death is among my favorite of the bunch.
Most of these are on FILMGRAB, thank you guys so much. May you continue to inspire to this day.
First of all, I love this frame of the universe. There's a narrator in the introduction scene, and usually that happens in my other favorite films as well.
In the opening credits the movie used both Technicolor and Dye Monochrome. I love the Stairway to Heavens scenes, they're grandiose and imaginative. I'm someone who is obtaining that knowledge and salvation in the presence of the Lord's blessings and giving us opportunities on what life can lead to, which is why I'm always a sucker for these movies where they have settings or taking place at a time with life's struggles and the director's on what they vision the afterlife.
I like this celestial viewing of The Other World. I couldn't believe how ambitiously crowded they hired people to be on screen in this film. There was like over thousands of people I believe.
Here's another look into A Matter Of Life And Death and Black Narcissus with it's more grounded moments.
I love these fast-paced moments of Dr. Reeves riding his motorcycle.
Some nice uses of blue skies.
This type of stuff I want to create with my animations. I like the shadowing. I'm still drawn to the 30s-40s animation. Looney Tunes, Disney, and MGM. I enjoy their slapstick, and energy. But I felt like animation after that probably 80s-90s by that time we had NIMH, Studio Ghibli and Hunchback of Notre Dame, to me they have one of the best animation I ever seen. They use alot of shadowing, more camera angles and show body language and emotion.
Here's some great close-up shots.
I don't have much to say about Black Narcissus besides it's still a beautiful film that studies sexual repression, discipline and isolation. This is an impressive view.
The Red Shoes is another timeless classic where the Ballet of The Red Shoes sequence really is astounding more than the other moments involved.
I love this scene best it looks as if it was from an animated film, it's beautiful and mysterious.
I actually watched a production sketches short after I watched the feature film, I had no idea there was films like this that exist. I thought you would only get that sorta stuff in books just like the Hitchcock Storyboards I have in my collection.
These are awesome, no wonder why you don't see features like this anymore. It's very cool and interesting.
