tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9770118.post580781805672441840..comments2023-12-24T18:38:47.076-05:00Comments on ACHTENBLOG: Art of TimeMarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05213866618922724603noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9770118.post-92018460011599274562008-07-14T12:05:00.000-04:002008-07-14T12:05:00.000-04:00Apropos of the pasage of time in film - albeit not...Apropos of the pasage of time in film - albeit not quite in the same way you're discussing - I'm looking forward to the new film "The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button", starring Brad Pitt and the ethereal Tilda Swinton, about a character who begins his life as an old man and as time passes and as those around him age he grows younger.<BR/><BR/>You can find the trailer for it here: http://www.vimeo.com/1219463<BR/><BR/>Cinema is also the art where time can not only be captured (from Muybridge on) but also at varying speeds - Edgerton's high speed science films come to mind along with Peckinpah's use of slow motion. We've become so accustomed to playing with time and speed in cinema now, from the visual pyrotechnics of "bullet time" in "The Matrix" to the "bullet POV" in "Wanted" that it's actually become rare to be able to sit and watch a story or a scene unfold in "real time".<BR/><BR/>Mind you, it helps if something's happening and it's not just some lengthy shot of an actor staring at the sunset while the music saws away and we, the audience, are supposed to "feel" what the character is "feeling". You gotta get on with it. Show me. It's not like I've got all the time in the world.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com