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WHAT?! ARONOFSKY DIDN'T invent that COOL FLOATY SHOT!?!?

posted 18 years ago by tweedly
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lol, I hate that everyone thinks Aronofsky invented the SnorriCam shot. Frankenheimer was an underappreciated director and this film deserves more attention.

[–] Gordon-M 18 years ago

Scorsese's, Mean Streets (1973) also features a similar harnessed-camera in the scene where Charlie (Harvey Keitel) is drunk and dancing. But it is used to great effect in Seconds.

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[–] solman_66 18 years ago

I agree. For me, Frankenheimer was one of the BEST directors. He's in my top five for sure.

[–] trozosdeunachicaenrusia 17 years ago

When the FLOATY SHOT gives the best, for me, is when the Arthur Hamilton character and his wife try to kiss each other and somewhat they failed to make any spark. There is a lot of beautiful sadness in that scene, and also explains the reasons that the character has to do what he does.

[–] ericrlee 15 years ago

Spike Lee uses it quite a bit.

[–] twelvepointnine 15 years ago

Actually, it's much older than Aronofsky or Scorsese. It's called entfesselte Kamera, or unchained camera, and it was first used by Murnau in 1924. What it basically does is show a scene from a character's perspective, which is a great innovation from the mere theatre registration that were many of the early films. And many of today's too, I'm afraid.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unchained_camera_technique

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[–] dan_macneill 12 years ago

I think a lot of credit must be given to cinematographer James Wong Howe for 'Seconds.' I think he was often given the green light to shape the look of most of his films.

[–] denise1234 11 years ago

Love Frankenheimer, and those camera shots were amazing...

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