rajiv....can you stop celebrating loooooooooooooooong films? you're killing my bandwidth :P
Thanks for the follow. :)
I personally find the film to be technically brilliant - because it's very befitting with the essence of the film . Cook's camera never moves in "Schwitzkasten" if I remember correctly . Plus, you have to take into account that the film was shot on a super-8 ; my only complaint concerning the cinematography was the indoor scene when he was talking with Michael in his office - the b/w contrast was a bit off . But other than that, I felt that Cook's camera movement and structure of images to be very clever especially in relation with the women in the film . I felt that they had a very central role in the composition of each shot as there was not shallow focus in any of the scenes and constant depth of field - take for example the scene in which they are taking photos of Eva - there is a particular moment , where the camera is shot behind her shoulder as to show us the interest of Michael and John in her .. and as he repeats throughout the film "the fashion photographer and the girl" ( or something of the sort , forgot the exact words ) . Cook moved the camera very subtly, especially in that last part of the film - Hilde walks away from her husband who takes interest in that occurrence and asks where she's going - we are following the character's eyes who seek to inquire more about Hilde's movement - the camera moves in those last scenes in accordance with Hilde's movement : Cook follows her, Hilmut follows her and so does Michael . And I think here Cook did a very good job in shifts with his narration , as we were exposed to a 2nd point of view that was reliant on Hilde . So, I personally didn't see a lack of technical refinement in the film - I felt that his camera moved brilliantly in those scenes and Cook was very much aware of what he wanted to narrate and how ; and he captured the feel of the city with perfection , since everything was shot spontaneously . I can't imagine it any better to be honest - I think in "Schwitzkasten" , he had better equipment , but you will find a lot of similarities in styles and even essence . There will never be anything like 'Heaven and Earth' ! :p ( I certainly hope not - it's very unique and special ) - and mm, concerning Austrian independent filmmakers ; I'm familiar with more experimental filmmakers from there than independent ones that have made films in the vein of Cook and Pilz - I have explored the films of Dietmar Brehm, Peter Kubelka & Peter Tscherkassky . Hopefully , I can find filmmakers that have the approach of Cook !
rating oona ama revelateur lo ganteng bet dah jiv
