Michael Liuzza Video Posts
Incredible time lapse, tilt shift video taken directly from Hitchcock's Rear Window. Amazing work here by editor, Jeff Desom.
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Nice byte, Nelson! Too bad the Blizzard messed up their fest. They must have been bummed.
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Reposting this dialogue I had with Justin Todd concerning the outlook for new filmmakers and digital content.
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Another excellent clip of Bresson discussing my favorite of his films, L' argent. He says he never knows what he will be doing the next day of a shoot. Everything is spontaneous.
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A great old interview with Robert Bresson. To me, his films are Cinema, nothing less but probably more.
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Whalestails at 12/31/10 2:45 p.m.
He definitely is a foreign art house fixture. I have actually seen Pickpocket and thought it was a little too insubstantial for what it was trying to execute. I do want to see Balthazar, though.
I'm just pretty particular with my directors, especially the ones who are considered "great." It's like Godard, I pretty much despise (even understanding his philosophy about movies) everything I've seen of his. It's similar even with Tarkovsky, whose dense, plodding symbolism becomes a bit extraneous for my tastes. Then again, I could find movies by both those director's that I'd end up loving. It's a rocky relationship!
Mike at 12/29/10 10:44 p.m.
Cool. Not that I'm trying to sell him to you but he really was a master. His movies are the purest sense of emotion. They are the purest form of Cinema. Tarkovsky said that above all, Bresson was the greatest of all filmmakers. He said that because he felt there was such a pure sense of truth in his films. I agree. Some people can't hang with Bresson because his films are such a departure from what we know. But if you allow yourself to be open to his style, I think you see that what he achieves is truly profound. If you watch Balthasar please let me know what you think. http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Au-Hasard-Balthazar/70034247?
Well, it sounds interesting.. and also like a huge marketing ploy. But then again, of-course it is.
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Nelson sent me this video. Thought I would offer my thoughts. Actually, I don't hear that much from these people. With the exception of the fact that "production firms" and standout filmmakers are now going across mediums and using their skills in new and expanding ways, they are basically speaking about a revolution in glorified youtubeing. I don't care much about glorified youtubers, becuase they are a dime a dozen at this point. It's true there is a revolution in the sense that there are more 11 year old making claymation and more 70 year olds making gardening videos and more philip blooms then ever before. That is new, but a revolution? How many of them are really making any money? Very, very few. There is more content being created in a quality way then ever before but this only creates more content, more stuff to look at, more of this and more of that. Still, even among the millions of talented people creating their own content the fundamentals still apply and only a few leaders will emerge who will actually draw a good living from it. An excellent story (both within and behind the production) combined with great visuals combined with unique, interesting marketing (ie. $$) will produce the leaders. When everyone is doing that, then I'll be more inclined to consider it a revolution. Food for thought - one of the best films of the last decade was an amazing, good-sized budget film, La Vie en Rose. It won many awards including best foreign pic at both golden globes and at the academy. But who saw it? Nearly nobody. So these people are saying there is a revolution? In their own backyards maybe. That's why, at the moment, I prefer to call it an "Evolution". It's got a ways to go yet. These people are talking about some changes, not an revolution.
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Announcement
26th Annual Latino Film Fest! Look for our upcoming Movie Nation episode covering this important event! Last night Alicia and I covered opening night of the 26th Latino Film Festival in Chicago. Among other people, we spoke with Director Gerardo Tort about the Chicago premiere of his award winning film "Viaje Redondo".
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Hey Mike, check out the trailer for our new experimental video art short film "Makeshift Correct" here:
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Incredible Time-Lapse, Tilt-Shift Remix Of Rear Window, by Jeff Desom
This is an astonishing video and if you're a fan of the film it makes it even more astonishing knowing how he put this together in such a beautiful, seamless remix of scenes from the amazing set Hitchcock had designed. This is a real treat. It's the best thing I've seen on Vimeo in a while.
Nelsoncarvajal at 1/6/11 5:20 p.m.
Incredibly potent, incredibly needed!