I found this courtesy of AICN via Movie City News. Not one who finds contentment in pillaging and plundering other sites scoops, but I’m headed out to the Gaslamp and I don’t have time to go shot by shot through my next Visual Language Series.
When I was younger, I didn’t get Kubrick. Always a fan of The Shining, but never much a fan of the man himself. That is until I started paying attention and growing my own internal palette of cinematic influence. As I investigated his work further, I discovered I was indeed a fan of this genius filmmaker; Lolita, Barry Lyndon, The Shining, Full Metal Jacket being among my favorites.
This recreated tracking shot by Channel 4 of The Shining is just too good to not post here. Walk in Kubrick’s shoes as he prepares to shoot the Hallway scene from the film. Turning the corner only to walk through the ice maze stage is a virtual treat.
Source: Channel 4 Creative Services
From Channel 4:
Channel 4 has painstakingly recreated the set of Stanley Kubrick horror film The Shining, complete with look-a-likes of the crew and cast members including Shelley Duvall, for a TV ad to promote a More 4 season of the director’s films.
The 65-second promotional spot has been filmed as a one-take tracking shot through the
Jaws. The defining film in my life. The first film I remember seeing as a child remains my favorite film of all time. Steven Spielberg was a Welleian 26 years old when he directed this masterpiece and it forever changed the landscape of the Worldwide Box Office, the film formula and Hollywood’s marketing machines.
Based on the novel by Peter Benchley, Jaws tells the simple story of a small New England town terrorized by a great white shark but it’s in the 2nd act with what starts as a simple horror story turns into a Moby Dick tale at sea fueled by the 3 archetypes of Chief Brody, Matt Hooper, and Quint, our salty Ahab.
As much as it’s been compared to Melville’s Moby Dick, I don’t recall Dick giving people true fear. What Hitch did with Psycho and shower curtains, Spielberg to this day makes me think of what’s underneath me whenever I step foot into the ocean.
Watch the original 1975 Trailer too get in the mood for this one:
The film is perfect and I chose a very simple sequence too look at. A sequence which on the page was 3 sentences long. Keep this is mind all of you
Gotta get this one out. Courtesy of Moviefone. The official teaser trailer for the next James bond film, Quantum of Solace. Quantum of Solace is a James Bond short story by Ian Fleming and a part of the For Your Eyes Only collection.
What does this title mean anyway ? Let’s see:
Quantum:
–adjective 6. sudden and significant: a quantum increase in productivity.
Solace:
4. to alleviate or relieve (sorrow, distress, etc.).
So we know James is not a happy man after losing Vespa in Casino Royale, so I’m thinking this is a story about revenge. Slashfilm points to a USA Today article (I’ll paraphrase):
Quantum of Solace picks up where Casino Royale ended, with Bond working his way up the chain of command of the terrorists who blackmailed his lover, Vesper Lynd. Quantum of Solace comes from a short story by 007 author Ian Fleming, and it’s not a spy story but a tale told to Bond about another couple’s tragic romance. The short story has nothing else to do with the movie…
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