DEFY CONVENTION
Great article in "Variety" magazine on how many of this year's films have gone against the convention of simple explanation and resolution to engage (and challenge) audiences. Three of my favorites this year, Zodiac, There Will Be Blood, and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly definitely fit into this category.
"There's this whole school of thought that movies are always so great when you're 10 or 12 years old, and the reality of it is, when you're 10 or 12 years old, you've only seen 100 stories. By the time you get to be 25, you've seen 3,000," Fincher says. "You've seen every permutation of every dramatic arc. And when somebody takes that and stands it on its head, that can be exciting."
For me, the article is very timely and relevant as I work on ATHLETE and attempt to mold and shape what I've captured into something compelling and fresh (without falling into the usual traps and clichés of sports films).
DLM
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"There's this whole school of thought that movies are always so great when you're 10 or 12 years old, and the reality of it is, when you're 10 or 12 years old, you've only seen 100 stories. By the time you get to be 25, you've seen 3,000," Fincher says. "You've seen every permutation of every dramatic arc. And when somebody takes that and stands it on its head, that can be exciting."
For me, the article is very timely and relevant as I work on ATHLETE and attempt to mold and shape what I've captured into something compelling and fresh (without falling into the usual traps and clichés of sports films).
DLM
athletemovie.com
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