Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Victor Khomenko (M) on September 27, 2010 at 08:38:03

In Reply to: RE: What did you feel about Swinton? Did you notice that posted by tinear on September 27, 2010 at 08:05:58

I know this is a weak sentence...

But in reality most actors did superb job, the detective without any questions. Someone called the movie hypnotic, and that it is in droves. You are right, it is not about characters per se, certainly not about the story... it is more atmosphere, and in some sense closer to paintings as art than traditional movie making.

Did you, BTW, notice a minor mistake, the chess players did? The first time around they opened up the board the wrong way, turned 90 degrees from its proper position. Figures placement was of course also wrong!

They did fine the second time around... :)

The cinematography is as superb as it is unusual... at least in modern cinema. I nearly freaked out at the balls on pool table - they beat any Dali painting... and they were moving!

I am now dying to go back to the first minutes and see them again - they were bone-chilling... the slow disembarking figures wrenched my guts to no end. You mentioned other directors that come to mind when watching it - I would like to add Fritz Lang, for sure.

Edits: 09/27/10